HAWAII PICTURES!!

Aloha!
As most of you know, I went to Hawaii this summer (July 2013). Sadly, my iPod was crashing/malfunctioning while on the trip, so it only saved about 12 of the 50  pictures I took. :(
Here are the best ones - enjoy!



          Here is a gate at Ilolani Palace.
           The colors were so vibrant! 

This was in the "courtyard" of the USS Arizona monument

I think this was taken from our hotel balcony (we stayed at he Hilton Hawaiian Village)

By the bathrooms at the USS Arizona monument

On the hotel grounds (a strip of Waikiki Beach)
This was taken on the first day of our vacation. See the rainbow?

This picture was (obviously) taken on the plane. I was SO exited to finally see Hawaii!

 

Aloha,

A.C.

3 outfits 4 colors

                                                                Here's the first look.

                                                            

The dress  has small black and white checks with a velvet collar. There's a little bow in the front as well.

                                                              Here's the second look.

 

It's a Rugby shirt dress that I got from my Grammy A LONG time ago. There's a white cami peeking out from underneath.




                                                                      Here's the third look.                                                             

                                                      

 

                                                                      

The last look is a cargo shirt dress. It's paired with a navy blue sweater. 

The books are:

Talking Time, by Louise Binder Scott and J.J. Thompson

and    

My Utmost for His Highest , by Oswald Chambers 

(sorry Alyssa, you kinda look like a ghost in the one with the books...)

Ending Notes:

Sorry the photos are so bad. I don't have a camera of my own - YET! I have to take all the pictures with my iPod touch. :(

Also, a big THANK YOU to my little sis for being my model in 100+ degree weather!

A.C.

P.S. I had planned on including one more outfit, but because of the temperatures outside, it was just too hot...                           

25 things about me...

Aloha!

The other day I found this blog 'Serendipity Happens'. It's a unique blog with DIY and beauty posts galore! (witch you know I love!)
Karla, the makeup artist who is the author of the blog, once had a post "25 things about me".

That is where I got my inspiration for my post!
(it's weird that lately i've been doing post titles like 'dreams' and know i'm doing a post on 25 things about me! Ok maybe that's not weird....it just stood out to me...)

    Here it goes:

1. i'm a firm believer that a zebra is WHITE with BLACK stripes
2. i hate it when people file their nails in the car (or any place for that matter)
3. i wear invisalign - clear braces
4. i used to breed fish for a hobby
5. my first plane ride was this summer
6. i like school (shock right?!?!) - except math, but i'm trying to change that this year
7. i've taken ballet for 5+ years
8. i LOVE to surf and skateboard
9. i like the smell of sharpies, skunks, horse poo, and gasoline
10. my personality (or whatever you want to call it) is 70% tomboy and 30% girlygirl
11. i really want to work with food when it's time for me to get a job
12. i've only gotten my nails professionally painted 4 or 5 times in my whole life
13. i have only been in a wedding once. i attended one other wedding
14. i'm planning to graduate high school 1 year early (i'm also going to be home schooled all the way through high school)
15. i would rather watch a food network show than listin to taylor swift or watch good luck charlie
16. when i was in 4th grade, i tested into high school history
17. my family has had at least one pet all my life
18. i love to read
19. i like to draw/color while listing to audio books
20. i love all things DIY
21. i have over 45 bottles of usable nail polish
22. i love my friends and family to the moon and back 100x times!
23. i try to give everything 110% - everything!
24. i'm all european except for a little canadian 
25. a few days ago i found out that i'm finally going to be on pionte in ballet!

A.C.

Dreams....

Hey!
A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon The First Lime. I instantly fell in love with the blog/website and the girl who writes it sounds amazing! (her dog is SO adorable!)
The doodles all over the blog and the story behind the name are equally unique!
Her photography is amazing!

One of the sections of her blog is titled "dreams".
That's where I got the inspiration for this post. :)

MY DREAMS
write a cookbook
have my own restaurant or work at a fancy one
go to a nice culinary school 
(can you tell i really love the food industry?!?!)
finish high school a year early (3 years instead of 4)
travel to europe and the middle east
get married and have kids
get a car and a house
never be in great debt (nothing that i can't repay)
go to new york
go to hawaii
take a road trip through the south
fly on a plane
ride in a taxi
have people i don't know write comments on my blog
get some followers on my blog
have my own brand of something and have it be well known
invent something useful
make a  wearable skirt
do 100 diy projets
memorize all my  italian granparent's recipes
have 100 bottles of nail polish
redo my room
go on a missions trip
lead 10 people to christ
ride in a helicopter
try food that most people would consider gross
be on the "big screen" at a baseball game
be in the newspaper
be on the radio
be in a magazine (i'm going to be in a few months!)
be on tv
meet bobby flay
meet robert irivne
meet giada de laurentiis
be on a foodnetwork show at least once
meet other food stars
get on pionte in ballet
love my family and friends more!

enjoy!
A.C.

School is starting + Happy Labor Day

Hey all and welcome back to school!
One week after Hawaii I headed out for a road trip to Utah. My aunt and uncle (and my cousins) are Christian missionaries there. Their church website is here - check it out!! I love their church so much!
I started school about a week ago. I meant to blog...yet time always slips away from me. About halfway through the summer I promised my mom that if I could redo my room, I would keep it clean.  So far it's worked pretty well! I might post some pics when I'm fully done painting. My cousin and his family went to New York this summer. While there, my cousin (who is 16) entered a Lego contest. He was named one of the 40-some odd winners!!! YAY! He gets to have his Lego creation next to another Lego artist (if that's what you want to call it) in Time Square! This is his SECOND Lego win! Pretty cool!

I'm starting a science class tomorrow. It's going to be hard...but I'm up for the challenge! Since I'm home schooled, my mom was going to buy a curriculum for science. (The science class I took last year is not being offered this year.) I asked if there was any other science class I could take that would be a little more challenging. That is how I got enrolled in the Biola Star classes!

Today consisted of going to Soup Plantation (one of my families favorite restaurants), and then going shopping for some fall/school clothes! (that's always fun!)


bye for now....

A.C.


P.S.

My Dad's birthday was yesterday!! hehe!

4th of July 2013

Hey all!
I know it's kinda weird to be writing about the 4th of July when it's July 5th!
(I was extremely busy at my Grandma's house ALL day....and had no WiFi)

For all my international readers who are wondering what the 4th of July is....this is for you. (it's to the point, but not worthy of the history books....)

The 4th of July is not just a day in the month of July in the United States of America.....it's the day we declared our independence from England! (sorry England....we still love you!) Some of us even call it Independence Day! Today, most of my fellow Americans (and I most of the time) just think of it as a time to eat watermelon, wear shorts, watch fireworks, swim or take part in some sort of water games, and enjoy the (usually) warm weather!

Now on to the real reason I'm writing this post....
I have a picture that my friend sent me that I just had to share with you guys!
I'm not exactly sure how she did it, but it's quite creative!

 Here ya go!






****And the EXTREME countdown continues with only 12 more days before we head for HAWAII!!!!!****


A.C.

Papa in ICU...

Hi!

Here's the scoop:
My Grandpa (we all call him Papa) has been in ICU since last Tuesday.
(like I mentioned in another post)
He had a kidney and bladder infection that spread throughout his body and into his blood stream. 
He had to be put on a breathing machine thing. He had it for about a week. He got it out yesterday, though
he's still in the ICU. He will be moved to another room in a few days!
He's been enjoying foods that are on his "list".

More updates to come!
A.C.

(sorry this post wasn't that long)