Indiana

Late Saturday morning we left for Indiana for my cousins graduation open house. We went with my uncle Scott and Aunt Dawn, so us girls (Hyde, Jamie, Jenna & I) got our own motel room. In the afternoon, we decided to go shopping. We only had about a 1/2 hour, and the mall was huge! We went to U. Dan & A. Sandy's for pizza, and went back to the motel to swim. We stayed up way too late...and ate way to much food. Jenna and I had tons of food right in the middle of us while watching a movie. Poor, poor, Heidi....we teased her so bad. But I won't get into that for Hyde's sake! ;) Sunday was church and I made new friends, unlike Heidi! :D Then we went to the Graduation Open House and we were super bored.
We had a lot of fun on the way home...except for Jenna eating the gross cheddar popcorn! :P We watched "A Cinderella Story" and listened to Jenna's ipod. It flew by, unlike the way out, with Uncle Ted in the same van as us.

My Fourth

On Monday, I was a little servant to my sister. I helped her clean out, wash windows, and tear off wall paper. Also, on Monday, I started my 4-H project, sewing! I’m not going to be in 4-H next year because it’s always a pain to try and get it done in time. This year, I’m making a fleece coat. Heidi’s made two of them, so she’s helping me. On Monday, I got the whole thing cut out! And it only needs to be done in less than two weeks. :D Last year, I got state fair with a shirt and jean skirt (thanks to Hyde)! Anyways, on the fourth we had all the Pfaffmann’s over. They came for lunch, and then after lunch a whole bunch of guys and I went swimming. It was definitely not as fun with a whole bunch of guys. They'd tease me about every little thing.. But we swam until about 4, and then we came back, ate supper then they all left. Then my family went to tell Bill & Joan good-bye. *sniff* I don’t want Kate to leave!!! Afterwards, we went to Eureka Lake and watched Fireworks. We were right by the water, laid down, and the fireworks were right above us. It was pretty cool cause it looked like they were going to fall on you! This morning I practiced violin for the first time in a month! Wow, I sound bad. Ok, well see you all later!

A Busy Week

Wow, my week has been very busy mostly because Kate is here. Let's just say I did something about every night, and every night I didn't get much sleep at all. On Wednesday, all the Schick "ladies" went out to eat. So, Kate and I babysat all the little kids who needed to be babysat. At first we thought it was just going to be Willow, Tate and Brenna. But, when I got to Billy and Jenny's, there was more. Not really one's we needed to be babysat...some of the Barth kids were there. Yeah, so we sat all the little kids to watch Dumbo.Then we decided to take them on a walk! HAHA...we had to look hilarious because Brenna and Willow were in this two seater stroller. Tate was in a one seater, and we were holding Henry and Monwell's hands. We probably looked liked we were a daycare business. We took all of them to watch some of the guys play baseball. On Thursday, Shelly and I went to Kendra's for a sleepover. It was kind of for her birthday too. We went in the afternoon, and we had a hose and water balloon fight. We played volleyball, and then laid out and talked for a long time. Later that night we did manicures and pedicures. Then we put on so much make-up we looked so fake. By then it was dark, and so we went outside and took pictures. We talked really late that night...and then Lori comes in and asks, "Can you watch Cliff while I exercise?" I said sure, but Shelly and Kendra were so mad at Lori! So, Cliff laid by me and slept. He kind of cried a lot because he wasn't in a good mood that morning. But I didn't care one bit! I love any baby/kid, even when they're crying! :D Anyways, Friday night we babysat Ashlyn, Brenna, Kyle & Trenton while all the parents went out to eat. Then they all came back here for dessert. They stayed here really late...so that made more less sleep for me. On Saturday morning, us girls (Kate, Jenna, Jamie & Me) went shopping. My Mom dropped us off at 11:00 and we didn't leave until 5:00. We literally shopped until we dropped. I spent way to much money!!! : I spent more in AE than Kate spent in the whole mall. Then the girls spent the night at my house. I think I grew some grey hairs that night. Heidi got home from work, and tells me that I owe her 70 dollars for pictures! I was like what in the world?!? Well, on Friday Heidi and I went to Walmart to get pictures. Well, I did mine and Heidi did hers. I accidentally pressed something that said I wanted to order all of the pictures on the memory card. And there was 412 pictures on that thing!! So, I went up to the counter and asked the guy if he could cancel the order. He said sure, pressed a button or two, and said they were cancelled. Obiouvsly not because Heidi picked them up (don't ask me why). So now, if they don't return them, that's 70 bucks down the drain for me. And that's a lot for me! So, that's all my shopping money and 70 dollars gone!*sniff* So anyways, that made me in a bad mood Saturday night and then I thought I left two of my Sunday skirts at the mall. So I was panicking and looked all over the house for them. Then, Kate found them in my closet... :D But, they were buried!! So Yeah, 7 people had to take showers that night...and we didn't get done until 12:30!! I was so tired and my back was killing me (like it has been) and so yeah, I was really really grumpy. Sunday night, we went to the greatest thing ever! (I'm being sarcastic) There was a Schilpf reunion/shower. There's 5 couples engaged in the Schilpf family. But, I was so bored...There was girls there my age, but I was so tired that I didn't feel like making new friends! :D So, I just walked around by myself and hung out with Heidi, who had friends.

My Vacation

A morning's catch
Me tubing! (My hair is all wind blown, it was really windy that day)
Well, I'm back. I've been back for quite a few days, but I never got around to posting this. Sorry the pictures are kinda weird, I couldn't get them to cooperate. Anyways, we went to Northern Wisconsin to this little town called St. Germain. We went to a lake and fished, tubed, and relaxed. We went with my Uncle Rob and Aunt Lily and there family. Heidi and Elise didn't go, so it got a little boring. For one, I'm a social bug, Northern Wisconsin is not. I became a big fisherman (or lady)! I put my own worms on and took off my own fish! *takes a bow* First time I've ever done any of that. But the bad thing was, I only caught one actual fish. I caught way more than that but none of them weren't big enough! :(

Me and my fish!!
If I wasn't fishing, I was watching movies. I got to watch the Loves Come Softly series again! Note: you do not want to watch that with the guys...They totally ruin a love story!! Anyways, I think the guys watched enough Andy Griffith. We had 5 CD's and they watched them all! :P Every night at supper, they would quote Andy Griffith. Anyways...tubing was a lot of fun. It always looks like a blast when they whip ya off of the tube...So I decided I wanted too. Well, I never did...:( I guess you have to weigh a lot for that. We only got to go one day because the other days it was too cold. One night, the guys(Micah, Josh, & Adam) let me go fishing with them. They always act like they're the best fisherman etc. etc. Well, It turned out, I was better than they were! :) The night of the fish fry, we had a campfire and roasted smores and the guys played there guitars. Luke and I went on the dock and fished until 10:30. That was really fun, but I got a million mosquito bites! We always get a lot of those in Wisconsin...Last year, Hyde got 32! Another thing that they have a lot there, is ticks! :P I got one stuck on my toe, and it would not come off! Thankfully, we didn't have to use a match or anything. I found a lot of them, but only one was stuck to me. phew! If you don't know me, I hate bugs...so that really grossed me out. The last night we're there, we always go out to eat. We went to a really fancy restaurant. I don't think I've ever been to that fancy of a restaurant ever. It was a humongous log cabin and had tons of mounted animals. On the way home, I rode with the guys, and they put the seats down, got out there guitars and played almost the whole way home. I serioulsy had a headache. Well, that's all for now!

Leavin'

Just to let ya'll know, I'll be leavin' for vacation tomorrow. We're going to Wisconsin for a week of fun. I'll write about it when we get back!

Kansas

This weekend I went to Kansas with the Bible Class. I didn't actually go WITH the bible class...I stayed at Jill and Larry's. But, I could've cause I'm considered a Freshman now. I went with them on Sunday, but that's all. Katy, Michelle, Kendra and I all had a blast on the bus. The bus was so empty that we each got our own bench to ourselves. There was even extra seats left. I think the bus trip was more fun than actually being in Kansas. Anyways...Michelle, Heidi, and I stayed at Jill and Larry's. Brenna is so cute. She is soo obsessed about pink. We were reading a book, and if anything in the picture was pink she had to point it out. She's also into the word awesome. She just started it when we got there. Kyle got all these pens, and he pours them out and she goes, AWESOME!!! Then we went over to the neighbors and they have a pool, and she looks at it, and says AWESOME!!! She said it to every thing. It was hilarious. And as always, Jill and Larry made fun of me. They always make fun or comment on how little I eat (which has changed...)(not a good thing) or how "healthy" I am. This time, they made fun of how I take oxi-link. Seriously, I could not live without that stuff. It's my life saver. Kendra and Michelle refer it to "the toilet bowl cleaner." Anyways...I had fun, and on the way back we were soo slap happy and laughed at every thing. We sang, talked (while having 4 people on a bench) and laughed. Great Times.

ACYF Day

Sunday was ACYF day and I had a blast! But, If you ask Adam, he'll answer by saying, "It was soo boring." Guys just don't have as much fun as girls. True Story. But, I'm a lot more outgoing than Adam too. I met a million new friends and Adam just hung out with the Washington people. Most of the people I met were from Princeville or Peoria. I met the most funniest person. She could live out of her purse. Seriously. She got chocolate on her shirt and takes out this "Tide 2 Go" stick. She says she's a messy eater so she keeps it in her purse. HAHA!! When we went to set up for V.B.S. today, Kathy said, "That's what Michelle needs." lol! Anyways...The only part I didn't like about Sunday was the food. ick. The pizza sauce on the pizza was like jelly. :P
Well, this week is V.B.S, and it's my last year in the "little kid" one. *sniff sniff* See ya'll later!

Cute Pheasants

Here's a picture of the really cute baby pheasants.