Blogger, my old friend, how I've missed your simplicities. It's not just you I've been neglecting, since I have started high school, I have barely checked my email, and... (gasp) never updated you! So what's new, you ask? High school is crazy, but I am enjoying my new electives of Photo and Theater. I miss my friends from middle school dearly. :( I was a chorus member my school play, Great Expectations:

Yes, I am wearing a dress. It was horrible. The hem was toooooo long, and I had to hoist it up very high to even walk. Don't get me started on the make up. I suck at make up. Not that I care, but I am like a toddler when it comes to applying it. MY NEW YEARS RESOLUTION IS TO UPDATE YOU MORE OFTEN, I PROMISE!!!

Highlights From Illinois 2012

Hello, all! I was going to post some picture highlights from IL, but it isn't working! So I'll talk. Major highlights. Let's begin at the beginning. A) Knight's Action Park, only the best, and probably least known, water park EVER! B) The double slip-in-slide, made by attaching two slip-in-slides together. C) MY UNCLE'S ADOPTED BABY IAN!!!!!! He is so cute. Really attentive for a little guy. :) D) Three Oaks Lake. It was SO WARM, that the usually cold lake felt really warm. E) My Nana's 80th b-day! Congrats, Nana! Overall, I really enjoyed seeing my cousins and family. I miss them. :(

Ellie's BEAUTIFUL PICTURES Taken From the Top of Mt. Constitution

My Lovely Cousin :D

Orcas Island and the San Juans 2012

Overall vacation rating: 10 for quality cousin and family time. An ocean view and my favorite place I've been to so far secures the 10 rating. :) Average temperature: 64 degrees. Average WATER temperature: 48 degrees. Favorite memory: Swimming in the freezing cold water on the day before we left, and riding the ferry to Friday Harbor.

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Look at What Happens On Long Road Trips!

I start taking pictures of... Well... Everything. :)

Really, Ellie should be a model...

Eagle Crest

Wild swans!!

What appears to be the runes of district 12!!!

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING!!

Funny what happens when you don't realize you are taking a picture of your self...

The TARDIS Room

So, the other day, the Doctor picked my sister and I up for a spin in the TARDIS. We went for fish and chips. Or if you're vegetarian like me, a cheese pasty. :)

Dear blog- In the time I have been neglecting you I have grown a year older!! Fourteen still feels the same as thirteen, however... Sincerely, Emma

Blogging is NOT like talking to yourself!!

Dear blog- In the time I have been neglecting you I have grown a year older!! Fourteen still feels the same as thirteen, however... Sincerely, Emma

I love BOOKS

From bottom to the top: Catching Fire Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Kiki Strike Mockingjay The Son of Neptune A Little Princess Little Women

These are a few of my favorite books. <3

Hufflepuffs...

Wow, a new T.V. show about HUFFLEPUFFS? :D

Picturesque

This is a blog, put together with my dear friends Lauren and Rachel, and my lovely sister Ellie, dedicated to photography. http://reel-picturesque.blogspot.com/ Please check it out!

I edited all of these but the last one. :D That's a real chocolate fountain. Oh, and I took them all.

photos....:D

I edited this... Again.

I took these pictures and edited them...