Makin' my dream come true...kinda...

Everyone has a dream in life. I have always had a dream that I want to be the most amazing surfer ever! It kinda looks scary but I am willing to try when I get the chance! I probably won't become as amazing as I want to but at least I will get to try and have fun! I decided to see what I would look like on a surfboard. So I put together a layered picture using Adobe Photoshop. I think I look pretty stylish standin' on that board. Don't you?

Most epic wish ever...11:11 on 11/11/11...

I know I am a little late on this because it is almost Thanksgiving and I am pumped!
So on the date of 11/11/11, Krystle and I were hangin' out at the house gettin' ready to take a picture holding the calendar with the date 11/11/11 circled and holding a clock that said 11:11 on it. We took a couple test runs with the self timer thing on the camera so we were sure not to miss it!
Meanwhile, Krystle is looking up funny youtube videos and I look at the clock and it says 11:11!
I yelled at Krystle to get her behind over here and take a picture before it changes. So we take a pic...and something went wrong that the flash was so bright so you couldn't see us! Ahhhh!

So we tried again quick! You couldn't even see the time! UGH stupid camera!

So next, we just took a pic of the calendar next to my iHome...

We ran upstairs to mom and dads clock!...We took a picture! We looked at it and well...it didn't turn out to well as you can see...

So we ran to the stove clock and it was still 11:11! Krystle stuck her face in there so we ended up kinda gettin' it I guess!

I think both of us forgot to even make a wish. Ah well! :)

Football...

Starting the beginning of this school year, I have really been into football (more than i ever have). I learned how the game works so I can actually clap at the right time during a game!

I have been to almost every DL football game and 1 Frazee game. Unfortunatly, Frazee lost, and it was there homecomeing too so that was a bummer.

DL has done very good! I mostly enjoy going so i can hang out with friends and take pictures and drink cappachinos! I also like to pay attention to see if #23, #27, or especially #87 go in to play. I wear red and white,  #87's jersey and cheer my heart out! You are probably wondering who #87 is...well...its not important :) jk, it's my friend Brock Johnson.

Me and Megan always sit together in the stands while I creep on #87 and she creeps on her #27, which is Hunter Schleske ;) (she wears his jersey of course).

So, I am not a real big sports player most of the time. But I did play a game of football today with a bunch of friends at Brock's house. Megan and I were the bomb diggity! (sarcasm...just a little)

I mostly ran back and forth trying my hardest but not quite succeeding.

Megan on the other hand was coachin' the team. "I want some action!", she says.

Too bad there's not a girls football team, eh? :)

How to Catch a Rabbit...

Rachel's Plan A:
1. Locate rabbit in front of cage door.
2. Sneak around back so rabbit doesn't see.
3. when rabbit looks, freeze in place.
4. run towards rabbit.

Rachel's turnout:
- leaves crackle beneath feet
- rabbit runs opposite direction into woods

Rachel's Plan B:
1. Locate rabbit.
2. Tie fresh carrot to string and tie string to wrist for support.
3. Focus on target.
4. Throw carrot connected to string, connected to wrist.

Rachel's Turnout:
- horrible throw
- rabbit sniffs carrot
- Rachel tried pulling back and carrot gets stuck in branches
- rabbit runs away

Mom's Plan A:
1. See rabbit in cage and shut door.

Mom's turnout:
- rabbit safely back in cage

Annie :)

We have a new addition to our crazy family! As you may know, our black lab (Bloo) was hit on the road awhile ago. :( So today, mom went and picked up our new baby puppy! She is a black lab/german shepherd mix and about...yay...tall (5 inches maybe?).

Zoey LOVES her! They have played like all day! Annie is funny when she runs and jumps, cuz she is kinda floppy (if ya know what i mean:)). She also pees when she gets nervous, so when you come around, don't hold her "right" away.

She already is in love with our family :)

I sure hope she stays safe and off of the road!



All because of Max...

The little boy i babysit (babysat) found a caterpillar on the sidewalk when he was playing at our house. He brought it and showed me and said, "What should I do with it?" "Can i keep it?"

Well me, who always wanted to raise a caterpillar, was SUPER excited. So we put it in a cage, well actually Max "played with it" (more like...well...you know what little kids do with things they find) for awhile.

He ended up going home without it. I kept it safe in a cage for him.

Later, a long time later, we looked at it and it was a cucoon!!! Woohoo! I watched it for awhile, and suddenly one day it was all of a sudden a beautiful Monarch butterfly :)

We let it go...



...and it right away landed on a flower...

...so i could take some shots of it!

This is Max's baby butterfly :)

Wisconsin

Yesterday, we just got back from a very fun week at Wisconsin!

On the way there, we went to Crystal Cave. It was 4 stories deep!...i think :\ It was kinda cold and we saw a bat! Someone got married there...who would do that? (weeiiird)

There was a wishing room in the cave. Everyone put a coin somewhere on the wall and made a wish. The dime in the middle happens to be my wish :) So later, dad got some change for something he bought and the coins he got were all dirty and old looking. We think the workers take the coins off of the walls and use them! What a rip huh!!!

We got to our cabin at Bass Lake campground and...well...the lake was...not as big as one would think...it was smaller than a football field. We were disappointed. But at least they had this great pool that me and dad are doing handstands in!

Then we went on Captain Ron's Jet Boat ride! It was a blast! The landscape there is beautiful! On the boat we did 360's and sudden stops. We got soaked! Woo-hoo!

When we went shopping in the Dells I got a HUGE strawberry covered in yummmyy chocolate! IT WAS AMAZINGLY AWESOME!

We went to a Magic Show called The Rick Wilcox Show one night and oh my it was unbelievable! It was prolly one of my favorite things we did! I got a picture with them and got their signatures on a poster that is now hanging up in my room :)

Noah's Ark was huge and lots and lots of fun! The ride we are just getting done with above is called the Time Warp! That and Black Anaconda were a couple of our favorites.

Forrest (above) went on The Scorpian's Tail. It is in fact the only looping waterslide! SCARY (i'd say)!

The wave pool was very wavy! (who woulda thunk?)

Our hotel (pictured below) had a fun waterpark!

It was huge!

Lake Michigan!

Daddy built a big hole in the sand :)

It was a great family vacation!!!:)

I love these days :)

Today I went on a photo shoot with Megan. It was a blast! I am using an iPad right now so sorry if the language is a little iffy! Anyway, we started out by packing up some changes of clothes props to take pictures with.
We walked over to an old house (too bad we 15 year olds can't drive aye?!), took some pics and danced a little.
Then we walked a ways and stole someone's rake to take some more shots next to.
Next we walked to a wheat field (not owned by us), tried not to smash down too much and make the farmer mad, and took some more really fun shots! I had to change into a different pair if clothes and no where to change so I sat down in the wheat and changed while megan tried taking pictures of me! Ohhh megan!
We got an ingenious plan to take some pics on the dirt road! They turned out pretty good but while we were shooting we had to quick run off the road for cars to pass. So this is us:
"ok quick pose, lay down or something!"
"good now one...two...car!!"
"ahhh!"
"whew, that was close!"
Ok let's try again."
Then we had to walk all the way back! Huh uh huh!
We made it back! Now let's go pig out on toaster strudels!

Oh, the joy of moving!

So, today Jim and Kayla got to say GOODBYE!, to their apartment! Lucky them, i hear they are quite excited to move into their new apartment that just got done being built. Well it all started, we get there, Kayla puts us to work, and we work and work and work. Jim, Dad and Terry (who arrived later on the scene) moved all the heavy duty stuff to the big trailer while us girls cleaned every spot of dust that was possibly seen...(want to have good inspections after all this hard work). Sweat is running down our backs (maybe a *little* exaggeration, but you know what i mean), and finally we're done! Me, being this is my...umm...one, two, three...uhhhh let me see...i think eighth time helping my siblings move to a new apartment, i can't wait until i move so ALL of them HAVE to come help their little sister pack and unpack :) Well, inspections went fine and dandy! Everything was well cleaned, and we got to go to Micky D's! Yummy...double cheeseburger with ketchup only and a Mellow Yellow! Oh i just can't wait till the next moving date!

That was back in the day...

Mom: Do it on your texter thing.
Me: Mom, its a cell phone.

Dad: We used to do that in grade school!
Me: You mean elementary school?

Mom: Ryasfaily

Me: Huh?

Mom: Rachel! It stands for; Rachel, you are so funny and i love you! You always say JK or LOL so I did the same!

Dad: Sweet buggy bumpers!
Me: They're converse, dad.

Friends, but to me, FAMILY!

 Smile!...umm okay close enough.

 SMILE!...or make a funny face, that's okay i guess.

 Let's try this again, Smi....le....whatever!:)

 How hard is it for EVERYONE to look at least...half-way...decent?!

What's even the point of smiling anymore? I mean, come on! 

Now there's two lovely smiles :)

Don't even get me started....!

Sisters...to the very end!

Sometimes i wonder...

...and other times...

...I'm thankful...

...that God gave me a sister!

Love you sis <3 :)