Colombia 2014!

For spring break, my family went to Colombia this year to visit our sponsor child! It has been such an amazing experience to be here, but I'm ready to go home tomorrow! Tomorrow we have to wake up at 4:00 in the morning because we have a flight and then a 10 hour lay over...which should be fun.

Here are some pictures from our trip!

Panama  Canal

We went to the Catedral de Sal and it was so cool!

Looking over the city of Botota, Colombia.

February 28

Well, the winter has not died down at all since my last post. We've had 10 snow days total this year and today we had a 2 hour delay! My dad told me that here where we live we've had around 140 inches of snow this whole winter. The wind chill was -15 when we went off to school this morning but it got warmer throughout the day. Oh and also, a while ago the temp was at like 45! So that was good.
Last weekend my school had a dance, so here are some pictures from that!

Something that I read in my devotional really stuck out to me the other day, so I thought I'd share. 

"I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. I know how confused you sometimes feel-and how much  you long to find the way forward. You have tried so many different things; you have been so hopeful at times. Yet your hope-filed paths have lead to disappointment. I want you to know that I fully understand how hard your journey has been. I also assure you that I can bring good out of every bit of it." 

This is from the devotional Jesus Today. 

Also, on another note....If you haven't read The Fault in our Stars by John Green, I highly recommend it! 

A glimpse of Michigan...

It has been a while, I know, but I'm going to try to get back into the routine of updating. The problem I've been having with updating this is that I never know what to write. I've tried to write entries but every time I write one, I feel like I'm just writing in a journal or something. So I've decided that maybe I should start to post more writings. Or maybe about my walk with God. I want to encourage people to follow God, so maybe if I put more about my walk with God on here it can help at least one person. I'll still write about my family too though.
But, there is one thing that I really want to share with you all....and that is the weather! It's crazy in Michigan! There is SO much snow. We have a foot and a half or even more I'd say. We have been out of school since last Thursday. I thought we would go back today but I woke up this morning and got the call that we're closed again!
Here are some pictures of what it's like here. All of these pictures were taken last week, there's a lot more snow now.

Shoveling the driveway is worse than running a mile...Let me just put that out there.

Our mailbox is basically covered completely with snow.

So yeah, that's why school has been out for so long. I never thought I'd say this but I miss school! 

October 28

My family went on a trip out east last week. We went to Hershey park, Washington DC, and Gettysburg. It was a lot of fun! Here are some pictures of our vacation.

We went to a wax museum and had fun posing with some of the people who were there :)

I liked this guy because he was short :)

These are some pictures from Gettysburg.

My dad locked the keys in our car... so this is what we had to do to get in it (after a special car guy came and tried to get in it for 45 minutes...) 

Such a fun place! 

September 13

Okay, I know it's been a long time since I've updated but school has seriously been keeping me SO busy. I get so much homework every night, and I also do the musical so I have had no time to update this! Anyway, I'll fill you in on just what's been going on in our lives these past couple weeks.
My dad went to New York! He got to go to the MTV awards and everything! So that was pretty cool that he got to go there.
Nathan, Emily, and I started up school a little bit ago. We all love school and it's going really well.
I actually got my license a couple days ago, so that's pretty exciting! I had to take a road test, and that was probably the most scariest thing I've done in my life. The instructor sits there in the car with you and watches your every move. I was shaking the whole time, but I managed to get through it without having any points taken off! The first day I drove my brother to school, he actually got into the back seat of the car because he thought we were gonna get pulled over because I "look too short to be driving." I made him sit in the front seat(:

Anyway, everything's going pretty well here!

July 24

I had an amazing birthday today! I started it off with teaching kindergartners at VBS, and honestly there is no better way that I would want to start off my birthday! I love being around kids. Later in the day I was brought to my Aunts house for a surprise party that my dad planned for me.