Some of the reasons why....

I LOVE THE RAIN. something i have never understood is when people say on a rainy day is, "oh the rain makes me so sad." I absolutely LOVE it. i could live in a place where it rained every single day. anyways.

Gopher or Mouse?

So this morning i had lab around 8ish. i went to the caf with a couple friends afterwards, hung out for a little bit, and then started walking home cause its super close to my house. when i started walking up our driveway and i saw this little furry thing wobbling across it. my first thought was that it was a little chipmunk or somethin...but no, it looked at me and like, hissed. my first reaction was to scream. so i did. of course there were a bunch of gardeners at my neighbors house and they all looked at me like i was extremely stupid, but whatever.

anyways, whatever this thing was, i wanted it to die. i was almost positive it was a mouse, and yeah, our family doesn't like mice so much. so i picked up three big rocks, and chucked them at him (or her, you can choose). poor thing. for those of you who have ever seen Princess bride, it reminded me of the part in the fire swamp where westley kills the rat...it liked turned over, and rolled. yeah, so anyways, everyone came outside...we named it chucky...even though it was dead, and then left it there for our cat george. Well, i wanted something to blog about, so i guess this works...even though its kinda sad, and gross, but here's a pic of chucky and the rock we killed him with. Kyle says its a gopher, but at the same time looks like a mouse. we'll just call it a mopher.

Mackenzie

some more of mackenzie...and more to come.





tried a signature on this one...

My Friend Jackson

Meet Jackson. He's our wheelbarrow. yes, i'm bored.


i thought this flower was really pretty, so there.oh and on the side, i have decided i'm going to call california burnifornia. why is it so hot?

oh, and one more thing, please watch this video. it made my day, watch the whole thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqrhZW9xIrY&feature=related

New Zealand

Some old pics. I don't think I ever put any edited ones from New Zealand on, so here they are. I have some more on my flickr...click here.

worms and snoring.

I feel like i haven't posted in awhile, even though i have. i know that this is probably a gross picture to you, i mean who wants to look at a picture of two worms in a 9 year olds hand? but who cares... oh well.
she (binger) said she was trying to make a cross out of them. not quite sure what she meant by that, but okayyy.
speaking of binger, this past week Tina and the boys were away in Missouri doing music for a camp, since they were gone, we had the twins sleep upstairs with us. little did i know binger has some....snoring issues. i came upstairs the first night, and they had been asleep for at least two hours, bomber was on the floor, and binger was in tina's bed. i got in bed, (it was like 1am) and listened to binger snore for a couple minutes hoping it would go away. yeah, it went on for like 20 minutes. so finally, i got out of bed, went over and plugged her nose. yeahhh thats not the nicest thing to do but what else was i supposed to do??? she kinda coughed and turned over, the snoring stopped. i got back in bed and in less than 30 seconds she was at is again, louder than before. so i did it again. and again. and again. probably like ten times. finally i decided i was just going to wake her up....i needed sleep. i went over and shook her and told her to go to her bed, she sat straight up, looked me right in the eyes and said, "OH! do you think im snoring?" and then she got kinda close and whispered, (creeeper) "cause if you do, i'm really not!!" that was the end of binger sleeping in my room for a looonnnggg time.
tina i am very thankful YOU sleep in your bed and not binger! haha...poor kid.

Mackenzie

More to come.

words.

I have been in a writing mood for awhile but haven't taken the chance to just sit down and write. most of the time i sit down about 20 people are watching over my shoulder, and obviously it would be kinda awkward to write with them right there so i like, turn off the browser and look at old pictures. eventually they go away but not for very long. anyways, tonight is a really laid back night. the three oldest are away in missouri and the little girls are watching some penguin show...i'll pass.

the past couple of months have been pretty busy, i feel like second semesters always are...lots of essays and quizzes and tests to turn in for final grades for my classes and stuff, and trying to figure out what i'm doing for school next year.
I can't think of anything significant to write about so i'm gonna post this 25 things about me thing I did on facebook awhile ago. if something else comes to my mind i'll let you know later.

1. I bite my ice cream. its fun.
2. I have never eaten an olive
3. sometimes I forget how to spell my name. it eventually comes back to me.
4. I grew up in chicago. its green and beautiful and sometimes i wonder how a place like california can be on the same planet.
5. i like to eat my popcorn with lemon pepper on it. true story.
6. I met my best friend in chicago by knocking her over while riding my bike
7. when I was 9 I had shingles for two months. still got scars and everything. it was scary
8. i take pride in having a greek heritage. not sure why. people call me the greek geek.
9. I hate milk. I think it's gross that people drink liquid that came out of cows. i mean seriously, all they know how to do is moo and eat grass. i'm surprised it doesnt make people stupid.
10. i love bananas. i could live off of them.
11. when i was four i chopped off all my hair
12. when me and sierra bates where in middle school we would go into my closet and write stories
13. i am probably one of the most casual people you will ever meet. i would wear sweats and a t shirt to the store while my little sister dresses up to walk down stairs.
14. i have 6 siblings...plus a few others we've sorta adopted
15. i have only been to disneyland twice
16. i have a lot of nicknames. my dad calls me chloe. oh and this one is weird, my aunt from new zealand calls me her matarikan princess daughter. weirddd.
17. i DESPISE in n out. their burgers are slimy and their fries are really skinny.
18. i love rain with a passion. whenever it rains people are like..."aww i'm so sad.." i dont get that. why would water falling from the sky make someone sad? its beautiful.
19. i love photography.
20. i love music, almost everything except for taylor swift
21. i have had like 20 gold fish, and the longest time that any of them lived was like 2 weeks, its name was turkey.
22. i broke my wrist playing dodgeball at my first night at youth group.
23. one time when me and my cousin jessy were at this beach somewhere we caught 23 jellyfish with big buckets cause they were everywhere, we burried them in the sand
24. my cousin is my best and favoritest friend.
25. my sister is my hero and i love her so much.

and here's a oldie from New Zealand, hard to believe that 14 hour flight to that wonderland was almost a year ago. anyways, I don't think I have ever posted without a picture, lets not break that trend.