A Teenagers Creed...

It's not enough to have a dream unless I'm willing to pursue it.
Its not enough to know whats right unless I'm strong enough to do it.
It's not enough to join the crowd, to be acknowledged and accepted.
I must be true to my ideals, even if I'm exculded and rejected.
Its not enough to learn the truth unless i also learn to live it.
Its not enough to reach for LOVE unless i care enough to give it.

Phillips Easter :)

Every Easter we all wake up go upstairs and see what the easter bunny brought :) Then its off to church which always seems very long because we can't wait to get back to the house. Because every year we have our own easter egg hunt at the house except instead of candy...we put money in the eggs. Not just change either paper money the real deal. So today my older sister Dakota wasn't home so more money for the rest of us haha. We started off sweeping the front yard looking everywhere and anywhere. I got a couple here and there but ran around to the backround for the big money. Paden and Taibre where getting there share as they searched. But now there were three left i found the first two. One to go we circled the house three or four times until Paden shouted he found it. Dang it and of course it had ten dollars in it. We do this every year kinda like our Easter tradition its fun and a challenge. Also we have a little prize for who ever gets the most money. Paden was the winner today with $28.00, I was second with $24.00 and Taibre came in last with $15.00. So Paden was the winner and got a giant chocolate bunny haha. Today was really fun i enjoy Easter because we always spend the whole day together as a family.

Why I am ready for SUMMER!

I love the winter because i love to snowboard everyday an i love christmas so i really like winter. I don't think i could live somewhere where it doesn't snow i would miss it too much. You have to have winter how else would you make your first snowman or snowangels. You would miss out on ice skating and big cups of hot coco with marshmallows. But I am ready for summer here are my reasons.

1. I am sick of having to wear sweats and a hoodie to bed every night because in the morning its freezing.


2. I am sick of scraping my frozen windshield every morning.


3. Im sick of my toes being frozen on sunday when i wear my church shoes.


4. Im sick of falling on my face


5. Sick of being cold and miserable


6. Sick of driving in winter.


7. Im sick of not being able to be outside for very long without freezing.


8. Im sick of not being able to paintball, Swim, or ride bikes.


9. I just really miss the sun.


10. Im sick of wearing four layers everyday.


11. I miss wearing shorts, skirts , and FLIPFLOPS!


12. Im sick of being paper white!

So basically Im sick of WINTER!! I like it and all but I am definitely ready for the sunshine. So bring on the rays! :)

10 things my brother does to drive me CRAZY!!

Everyone that has a little brother knows what a pain they are. My brother thinks of ways to annoy me. Sometimes when he is doing something that drives me crazy, I will tell me to please stop it cause it is annoying me. But does he stop no he does it louder and in my face just to bug me! Brothers i can't figure them out why why do they do what we hate? Don't they have anything better to do that antagonize people! I mean you would think that my little brother paden or jerkface whatever i feel like calling him would get sick and tired of trying to annoy me or so i would think. Here are ten things that drive me CRAZY! Im not going to list all of them i don't have time for that. :)

1. He is always tapping or clanking something anything that will make an annoying noise he does.
2. He never picks up anything i feel like his personal maid. Not his dishes, his clothes, his skate board its always in the way.
3. He never cleans anything why would he, he doesn't even pick up his own crap!
4. He is always making a mess whether it be tearing out the shelfs in his closet, swithching my door with his door cause my locks, or emptying the toolbox all over the garage floor while he works on his bike.
5. He is really loud, i don't think he has an inside voice....Especially when we go to town he talks like where still on the farm.
6. He fights with my little sister constantly just because he can anything that will but her its done. Then i have her screaming which he knows i hate it when they fight.
7. Thinks everything of mine is his, doesn't matter what it is.
8. Trashes everything in his path he can't keep anything nice...so if he borrows your stuff make sure its something you don't want back.
9. He crushes you, paden is bigger than me and he puts his arms around me like he is giving me a hug but oh no more like the crush of death!
10.He thinks he is ALWAYS right so if you have an opinion keep it to yourself because it doesn't matter what it is your wrong....working with him can be extremely frustrating.
10 1/2. He criticizes my driving when he isn't even old enough to take drivers ed!

Now don't get me wrong i love my brother it just takes a lot alot alot of paitenance! But we do get along somedays....normally the days i work and we only spend two hours together. :)

Fast Food people...

When you go to the fast food drive through do ever wonder why in the world anyone would want to do this as a living? Or i wonder if that guy has been to jail? Or that kid looks like he has been seriously smoking pot. Or how old do you think that lady is? How did these people that are serving you your double cheeseburger and fries end up here? Well thats what i was thinking about this last wk since we pretty much ate fast food everyday on our trip. Here are so ideas and thought i came up with.

Got kicked out of school for smoking to much pot.
Likes the smell of fast food and really loves his job
Can't find another job.
Likes the food discount.
Was in jail and couldn't get hired anywhere else.
Is an illegal alien.
Is a criminal.
got fired from all their other jobs.
House burned down.
got laid off.
Retirement money ran out.
didn't feel like looking for a job.
Have no skills what so ever!
no education...school drop out
Family Business
can't speak english
likes to play in the play house
Life sucks

I have no idea why the fast food people are the fast food people maybe ill ask one of them sometime who knows...

The not so joyous things about American Heritage!

I loved American Heritage it was so amazing and fun. I would do it again first chance i got. But their were some parts that weren't so joyous i would like to share those with you now.

The six hr. flight at 11:00pm.
not being able to sleep on the 6hr. flight because it was like a furnace in there.
The four hr. drive to D.C. at five thirty in the a.m.
Having it rain all day.... basically being cold and really wet!
Having scary black guys ask you for money.
Going to bed late and waking up too early.
Missing stuff because you can't keep your eyelids open on the bus.
Tour guides that talk extremely fast or have the most annoying voice ever!
Walking 30 blocks in NYC.
More rain
all the STUPID SECURITY! seriously you have to be wand ya down everywhere you go.
Getting yelled at
waiting for traffic to move.
lack of FOOD!
being woke up at eight thirty at night to get off the bus and go see some ladies house that you have no idea who she even is.
Rain rain rain
Climbing 294 steps to see fog..... which my calves still hurt from.
Getting sick on the bus
More lack of FOOD!
waiting in the airport for an hour an a half.
Six hr. flight back....then my favorite part the four an a half SCHOOL BUS ride home at twelve in the a.m. with no sleep!

But even though i didn't quite enjoy these things the trip was still amazing and i loved every minute of it.... just some not as much as others :)

Why you don't mess with the Chinese!

When we were in NYC we went to china town and they just let us roam by ourselves for an hour an a half. It was a very interesting unique experience all i have to say is don't you dare upset the Chinese!! The streets were lined with little shops and carts selling merchandise, they all had bright colors but mostly red covered everything. we went into a small little shop and as soon as we walked in we had two Chinese ladies approach us and ask what you want, what you want i make special price for you before we even had a chance to look at anything. Then if they saw you look at anything they got it and would ask you what color or size i wanted. when you answered they started heading for the counter shouting prices and saying you buy you buy. Oh they were crazy and some were seriously unbalanced! Then if you said no or your not sure they would speak a hundred miles and hour in Chinese and put it back, or ask if you wanted something else. It was hard to escape some of the shops you would just have to walk out while they are shouting at you, it was kinda scary sometimes not going to lie. We went into this one particular shop and i started looking at the I love NYC sweatshirts. Of course the lady asked my size and which one so i told her she got it down and handed to me i held it up to me and was trying to decide if thats what i wanted. While i was doing this she ran over to the counter to get the phone an started speaking so fast i couldn't believe it! I decided I would look at another shop, so i folded it back up and stuck it on the self. Instantly the little Chinese lady was there grabbing the sweatshirt off the shelf and yelling at me saying no no no you don't touch you make a mess you want anything you ask me no no your messy! She seriously scared me i didn't know what to think so i just left and didn't get a sweatshirt. Also when your trying to purchase something you barter with them over a price, which can get a little scary as well. It all depends on if they like you or not, kandice bought a keychain for $2.50. Then Jayci went to go buy the same one she got out $3.00 expecting change back. But the man that was selling it said it was $3.69 for the exact same keychain he sold five minutes earlier Jayci is still mad about it. Oh and i have to tell you about the perfume psycho we went into this shop and this guy had this whole wall of perfumes. He asked us if we wanted one and started taking stuff off the shelf and opening it up and shoving it in our faces to smell. I said i didn't want one but he wouldn't stop talking so i asked for a certain kind to smell, thinking what could it hurt. Alot i found out he took it off the self opened it just like before he shoved it in my face and then quickly put it back in the box. I didn't even get to smell it all i smelt was alchohol so i told him no but then he started going down on the price and asking me what i would pay. I told him no again but just kept asking and talking to me i wanted to say NO I DON'T WANT THE STUPID PERFUME YOU PSYCHO! But i didn't i just ran out while he was talking to me and he walked out of the shop and kept yelling prices. He was seriously psycho i think all the fumes must have got to his head or something! Thats why you just don't mess with the Chinese they just go crazy.