Long day

It's been a LONG day today. And it's only about 5:15 ish too.
We had our school pictures today. Because I'm a junior whose name is between A and M, my picture was during the first half of first block. I hate having school pictures taken, cuz I always think I look dumb in the pictures. Last year was a semi good picture of me, tho I have a feeling this year's won't be.
I found out during second block that I got a 98 on my AP Calc test....And I got the highest grade...And 7 of those points were because of extra credit.....The average for the class was a 69....Mr. Lower is PISSED. =/
After I got home from school and called my mom, she told me that I had to get in the car with Shannon and drive down to her office. For those of you that don't know, my mom works for a doctor's office. Usually she doesn't tell me to go down there unless it's a good reason. Before I got off the phone, she told me that I was gonna have to get a shot. Uh oh. Shots + Samkay = BAD. But, I did as she said, and got in the car with Shannon. I wouldn't tell shannon why we were going down there until she was in the car tho. Cuz Shannon + shots = REALLY BAD. She passes out usually. So, wasn't gonna tell her until she was in the car.
We got down to the office and signed in. I knew what shot we were gonna get, but what I didn't know was that technically the office isn't giving the shots until October 1. Yes, the flu vaccine. *shudders* So, we got the flu vaccine today. The main reason we got them today and not until after the first is cuz my grandmom is going into the hospital on the 13th as some of you know. For those of you that don't know, she is having her right knee replaced on the 13th of October. And we wanted to get the flu vaccine well in advance because for about 2 weeks, the immune system isn't running at its best after that vaccine. And we don't want to risk her getting sick while she is in the hospital or right before she goes in. We want her to be as healthy as possible going into this surgery.

As I posted 2 days ago, please continue to pray for Fred and the entire family. His surgery was successful, but apparently things didn't go exactly as planned. He is also in pain, which is not too common because he has a high pain tolerance. Things are a little difficult without him being home right now, so please keep Collin's family in your thoughts right now.

Baby pictures

My mom is going through pictures for my grandparents' 60 wedding anniversary.....And there were a bunch of pictures from when I was a baby. So, here they are! There are only a few, and I thought they were cute lol


Me in Ocean City :)


My baptism
Left to right: Will (God father), Mom, me, Dad, Kim (God mother)


Me and Mom when we did professional shots with my grandparents


Me and my parents.....I love this picture of us :)


Me, Mom, and Dad

Sorry about the quality. I couldn't make it much better when I was scanning them, so that was the best I could do. There were more, I just didn't feel like putting them on here. LOL :)

Saturday Night Life (Not really, but oh well)

Ahah! I have figured out how to outsmart my post thingy. lol Which pretty much means, I have learned how to get the first line or so NOT as a link lol
So, today at robotics, things were pretty boring. I had to wire up the air compressor, and do a few other things. Eww. lol After that, Collin and I drove to his house to hang out. At first we thought that nobody was home cuz the van wasn't there. So, we drove around for alil bit. We went back to his house, and saw a car in front of the house. Tho, he didn't know who the car belonged to, we went ahead and parked. that's when we realized that Tonya and Allyson and Michael were there the entire time cuz Fred took the van to work lol
We went to Tonya's grandparents' house. The ones with the farm. lol We ate dinner with her grandparents, mom, brother, sister-in-law, and their two boys. Michael went with Tonya's dad back to his house.
After dinner, Randy (Tonya's brother), Collin, Tonya, and I took Ally and Colt (one of Randy's boys) "sledding".


Colt and Ally getting ready to go sledding. Colt looked so cute!


Collin was helping Colt get situated. His gloves were falling off, his boots were on backwards (meaning, right boot was on left foot lol) and Ally decided she didn't want to sit on the sled anymore cuz she kept almost falling off lol So, she got in the truck with Randy and Tonya.


She was trying to get Collin to get off the ice and sit down with her on the bench....We think. Haha


Collin was walking with Ally on the edge of the pond. The ice was thicker there, so we figured it was safe to let her walk there. We didn't let her go much further. And she was holding onto her big brother the entire time.


And of course, I had to take some pics of me and Collin during the sledding experience lol We were sitting in the truck bed watching the two little 2 year-olds on the sled.

Today was a very fun day. I actually can't wait until the pond is totally frozen, and the ice is solid so we can go ice skating on the pond =] And I hate ice skating sometimes cuz I fall all the time and I hate the cold too!! lol

Lunacy I tell you! Lunacy!!

Alright. So, this year we are playing a game called Lunacy for the FIRST robotics. This game is extremely confusing actually, and the animation video will explain more than me attempting to would.
Here are what the "Moon Rocks" look like that we are playing with this year:

Isn't that gonna be interesting??? Haha We aren't that excited about it yet.....We're still trying to build the robot!


See? There are some people trying to figure out strategies for this year's game.


And this is a picture of me and Collin that our friend David took on Saturday. Bright and early in the morning. Haha.
So, we spent from 8 until 4:30 in the workshop yesterday. Then from 10 until a little after 4 today. I was able to get my uncle to come today, so chances are he's going to become a mentor. Which is good. He already is becoming cohorts - I mean friends - with our welder, Mr. Weick. Good thing....Right? Haha. Collin's mom, half brothers and stepdad picked us up and dropped us off at his dad's house. Poor Allyson was sick and throwing up when we got there. =[ It wasn't pretty. Fred made lasagna which was REALLY good. And then we left there at like 7:30 so I could be home by 8.
This weekend was fun ish I guess during robotics. But the next 6 weeks are gonna be hell on earth. It really is. But, it'll be worth it. We just gotta raise the money to go to Nationals this year. Cuz according to Mrs. Danner, this is our year to shine since the game is called Lunacy, and our team is called the LuNaTeCs. Oh! And on the note of raising money....I reached my goal of $800!! My grandmother from California sent us a check of $500, and since I only had a few 100 to go, Mrs. Danner and my mom decided to put as much of the money as I needed to get my $800, and then any other money me or my sister raises will be put towards her goal. Once she reaches her $800, we're gonna go back to splitting each amount half and half for us. =]