day 6.

hi.
no pictures again. tomorrow i promise.
but pictures are not really needed cause it was a lame day.
today we, woke up drove 2 hours to Virginia, saw transformers, and am soon going to bed.
goodnight.

love, maddie

day 5.

hey so i missed a da, what can i say? im only human. so on day 5 we, went to the Jefferson monument, went to the Holocaust museum, and walked by the white house.

pictures are unavailable. the monument was just like the Lincoln monument so look at those pictures, we were not allowed to take pictures of the museum, and the white house...it was nothing worth showing pictures of.

love, maddie

day 4.

today i, ate popcorn, had a bowl of soup, drank 2 bottles of Gatorade, watches 2 movies and watched lots of t.v., and slept tons.
today my family, went to the Smithsonian museums, and i stayed home, im sick.
tomorrow i will have more fun i hope.

love, maddie

day 3.

Washington monument

today we, went up to the top of the Washington monument, saw the world war 2 monument, saw the Lincoln memorial, went on little boats, floated by the Jefferson monument, then went to eat (yummy), and later at night we went to the more cityish area and just looked around.

family picture

Vietnam veteran memorial

Lincoln memorial

there are more pictures but the computer is lame and i just dont feel like it.
i realized there are 3 kinds of people in DC. The African Americans, tourists, and white people in suits. true, very.
on the metro link i saw a girl with pink hair wearing a cocaine shirt with sea horse earrings and red heart sunglasses. ha! i love people like that, they make my day.

love, maddie

day 2.

im sick. i didnt really sleep last night. i was tiered this morning. and grumpy all day. so, today was kinda miserable but fun. we toured the capitol building, went in the library of congress, the supreme quart, and the botanic gardens.

me and parents in the botanic garden

this would be the botanic garden (forest section)

me sitting with my apple juice in the supreme court

the supreme court

me looking at the ceiling in the library of congress

the ceiling of the library of congress

the ceiling of the dome in the capitol

i like history, so yes i did read about the capitol

this is me in front of the capitol

now some details about the day. i like history.
i saw some people dressed in some crazy outfits. i saw i high heel crocs! oh wow! they were teal and well they were something else. in case you missed that, they were high heels.
i really hate plain yogurt, it tastes like sour cream.
there is a tour you can take on segways. great right!
with that...i am going to go to the jacuzzi and have fun with my dad and brothers :)

love, maddie

my first night.

i was on a smelly uncomfortable plane all day. and i am sick, therefore it sucked, a lot. I am now at my hotel in D.C. and it is...cozy. we have 6 people, 2 queen beds, a couch bed big enough for one, and thats room enough for 5 people. i get to sleep on the floor in the middle of the family room :) yes! tomorrow will be better hopefully.

this is my stuff located in the family room/ kitchen, for the whole world to see.

my bed

my bed again, notice the kitchen is right next door.

oh gosh this is going to be the longest 5 days of my life. the site seeing better make up for this.

love, maddie

...what to say? im not sure.

hello,
i am leaving on a trip for 14 days...
2 nights im sleeping in a hut...
7 hours i am driving in a cramped car...
and for a long time i am going to be on a plane or looking at monuments/librarys/museums...
exited? for some parts like shopping and being with family :)
and if im exited or not is beside the point cause im going and im going to have funish.
and while i am there i will be blogging every night telling of our days adventure :) and photos will be available.
now with that said, i have been running around packing...actually i was up till 11 last night.
my mother and i were trying to get my camera fixed (didnt go so well)
and you know im gone for 14 days so packing is intense.
i mean i am staying in a hut for 2 nights so i have to bring survival stuff...
this trip is seeming more and more fun as i talk about it :) I leave at 5 am in the morning and i will be sleepy on the plane :) wish me and my family luck and pray for safe travel. i will keep you updated :)

love, maddie

summer. and so much more

.summer is here :) YES!
the last day was sad and great. the 8th graders were crying and we were all so happy for summer it was amazing. everyone was screaming and laughing and saying goodbye. the teachers were getting mad at every kid they say doing anything remotally wrong cause i guess they figured it was their last chance so they mught as well live it up. im not sure. anyways it was fun.ah! this year was so great, fun, exiting, emotional, scary, and just all together amazing.

so i got out on Wednesday and went to the beach with 3 friends :) many pictures below, and i mean many pictures...

thats our model pose :) lovely.

L.O.V.E. :) so fun

it was very fun :) after i went over to one of their houses and we went in the pool :) and slept cause we were sleepy. the next morning i got picked up and went to church for like 10 min and then went to Costco with small group leader and 4 friends. then went back to leaders house and had yummy lunch :) and played with his kids and just had fun. now im getting ready to go to my brothers graduation! wow. a busy and fun first 2 days of summer. i cant wait for the rest of the 2 months.

love, madddie

photo fun

we went on a photo shoot :) yeah! i took like 100 pictures of chach and only ended up keeping 2...but hey what can she say? hahahaha here they are :)

chach

we had funn :) yeah!

love, maddie

roller coaster :)

for a math project we had to make a roller coaster out of paper, tape and glue only......wow...now thats a MATH project for you :)
mine turned out pretty good :) and i was proud cause i made mine all by myself, besides the loop.
here it is.

want to see the marble roll down? your wish is my command :)

hope you enjoyed :) it was very stressfull but fun in the end.
i was proud cause when i got to school every one was saying that their parents did the whole thing and i did mine all by myself so i was happy :) YEAH!

love, maddie

stress...

is stressful. and i do not enjoy it very much...

love, maddie

i really love her...

We hung out today :) funness...








love, maddie

11 days left?

it is so weird. this school year went by soooo fast. i feel like just yesterday i was walking through school for the first time not knowing anyone, scared and lost. in a way the year went by too fast. i dont feel like i did all that i wanted to do. and i dont feel like i met all the people i could meet. and i dont feel like i laughed and smiled as much as i wanted to.
but then again it went by to slow... too many classes, conversations, homework, short of weekends, long hours sitting in hard plastic chairs, hours writing on cold wooden desks, boring lunches, and stupid drama (all the things that made the year terrible.)
dont get me wrong i love being a kid and i never wanted to grow up. my last birthday i cried for hours the night before because i was so upset i was growing up and i did not want to. i would love to be a kid forever. i played Barbies and dolls up until last year and i thought i was going to forever but i knew that with time i would stop and sure enough i did and it is sad i miss being able to sit and pretend for hours and hours.
but now only 11 days left of the school year. its fun, exiting, scary, sad, and just weird.
i never get this school year back. i never get to go back and remember each day exactly perfect. i never get to redo what i did wrong. i never het to change anything. and if i ever feel like i want to be a kid again i never get to come back. ever.
but then again that is part of growing up. learning from my mistakes. and making new memories each day. and i am looking forward to the fun of summer and next year at school. new teachers. same friends. more memories to be made :)
ah...the year is almost over...

love, maddie