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Sunday, February 19, 2017

Springfield Trip -Emma

Hello everyone! I'm back with a new post!

Yeah, a REAL POST!

This weekend, my mom and I took a little trip to Springfield IL. It was the perfect way to celebrate president's day (yes, I know that's tomorrow and I'm a bit early), but yeah.

I had a great time while we were there and obviously took a TON of pictures. But I'll be sharing a small amount of those with you all and talking about them.

The first thing we did when we got to Springfield was visit Lincoln's home. I thought
this was super cool and it was really special to be somewhere Lincoln once lived. 
Here is Lincoln's famous writing desk. 
Me outside the house.
After that, we went to lunch and then to Lincoln's
tomb. It was WAY bigger than I thought it would be, and the
architecture inside was amazing.
Here is a photo of where he is buried. Across from him (behind me when
I took this photo) his wife and children are buried. 
Me needing as much luck as I can get...
Here's a selfie of my mom and I inside the
capitol building waiting for the tour to start. 
The picture couldn't really capture how amazing the architecture 
here was, but this is the House of Representatives. Fun fact: 
Legally Blonde 2 was filmed here! I thought that was pretty cool, 
because I'm a big fan of those movies.
Here is the Senate. Another fun fact: Barack Obama started his
political career in this very room!
Last but not least, here's me outside trying to be a 
model! LOL.
That's it! I hope you all enjoyed all the photos and thanks for reading!

Have a great 3 day weekend :)

-Emma


Saturday, February 11, 2017

I'm Home! -Emma

Wow.. it's been awhile since I've written a new post. I'm really sorry about that.

But, I am back home from Florida!

In case you didn't know, I went on a trip to Florida for my 16th birthday (which is Feb. 2nd). I had such an amazing time there! I miss the warm weather, palm trees, and just island life in general already.

If you'd like to see more things about my trip, I wrote a blog post over on my personal blog, Life According to Emma.

In the past few weeks, I also joined as a writer on International BFFs! I know what you're all thinking, it's about time!! I'm super excited to start writing there too, since I have quite a few friends that collaborate on that blog!

In other news, (sad news), my cat Abby passed away two days before I was leaving to go to Florida. It all happened really suddenly and was definitely the hardest thing I've ever gone through. And that's saying a lot, because I've gone through some rough times.

She was my best friend that I spent all day, everyday, with. So obviously it has been really hard on me. Hence, another reason why I haven't posted.

I know, I know. Excuses, excuses. But I feel like that's a pretty good excuse nobody can fight me on.

And now, in even bigger news.....

I adopted another cat!!

My mom and I went to the St. Louis Humane Society on Thursday of this past week, and adopted an adorable 4 year old female calico cat.


I named her Khloe. She's absolutely adorable and so playful! I'm so in love with her already. And I love that I got to save a kitty and give her a loving forever home.

I will definitely be posting more photos and videos of her later!

I'm going to have some new normal posts coming up very soon, sorry for all of the update posts lately.

Talk to you all soon!

-Emma


Tuesday, February 7, 2017

MODG Unofficial Dance - Kathleen

Hey guys!

So I should be back for a good long time now. I was gone for awhile at a funeral, and then again for a trip to DC. But y'all know that. So I'm gonna talk about school.

Pretty much the only reason why I have a little bit of time for this blog is because of the way my school works. Most of you already know, but I'm homeschooled. I actually love answering questions about my schooling, its super fun. So maybe I can help you wonderers out and give you a bit of info.

Lots of people do homeschooling different ways. Some people take online classes, some people do classes with a homeschooling group, some parents set up their own curriculum. My parents decided to sign us up for an online school called Mother of Divine Grace. It is a catholic school based out of Santa Paula, California. They have lots of different classes. I am taking Ancient History, Latin, Natural History, (I'll explain later if you really want me too) Sacraments and Apologetics, Biology, and Algebra 2. (I did Geometry last year) Our classes meet once a week for an hour. (Latin is 45 minutes twice a week) All of these classes are with teachers from around the U.S. and sometimes around the world. Basically, my mom doesn't teach any of my classes. Yeah.

So we meet once a week and then we have a list of things to get done before the next class. I only have classes Monday - Wednesday though. So Thursday and Friday's are pretty short, chill days. Besides school, I'm in a choir, I play a little golf, swim on a team during the summer, and am involved in our youth group and homeschooling group. So yeah, I'm very social. Honestly, when people think about homeschoolers and how they "aren't social" they couldn't be farther from wrong. Just because we don't make dirty jokes 24/7 doesn't mean we can't have a good conversation. It really depends on who you are and how your parents raised you. I have never been shy or afraid to talk. (Besides like, the little bits of social anxiety, but I feel like everyone has that) In our homeschooling group, we have the jocks, the nerds, the popular kids, and the quiet kids. We had an Indian family for about 3 years but then they moved. (Shoutout to Jolie! Sorry I didn't include everything about you guys, the list is too long) So yeah, we have a huge variety. We get to know people.

So a part of this MODG (Mother of Divine Grace) thing is that every year, the night before the March for Life (which if you don't agree with, I don't care we can still be friends) they put on a dance. It is for high-schoolers enrolled in MODG but this was my first year going. (I'm a sophomore) IT WAS SO FUN!



We mad ourselves pretty (not that we aren't already) and drove the hour long line into the dance. I think we all got our dresses at David's Bridal. Besides Jolie. I don't know where you got yours.


We had a super cool view from the windows in our "ballroom." I had Parmesan Crusted Chicken with rice and some vegetables. And for dessert, we had the THICKEST, RICHEST chocolate cake you ever tasted. I think it was like fudge cake. I could only eat like half of it...
So the dancing started. We had several huddles of boys going on, and a giant circle of screaming girls at one point. It was so much fun.
Jolie and Caroline also found my phone and took a selfie... So kind of them...

So we had a really long night, I think we actually went to bed at like 2 am... We had so much fun, and burned so many calories. It was great. But I have to go to bed now, because it is late... (It's only 9:20 pm...) So yeah.

Thank you so much for reading!!! Comment down below with posts you want me to do in February, I have a few Valentines Décor DIYs I might show you. I don't know which blog I will do it on yet though so I will keep you posted.

Also, say Happy Birthday to Emma! Her birthday was on the 2nd and she is in Florida so tell her on Instagram!! I don't really know how all that works (I really need to get one) but I'm sure you can comment somehow... yeah.

Kathleen
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