Introduction

Welcome to my blog! First off, I'd like to say hi, Mr. Ingles (because he will probably be one out of the very few reading this)! Next, for my first act as an inexperienced blogger, I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself. Here are ten important facts you should know about me:


1. I am a Minnesotan! I'm as pure as it gets, being born in the twin cities and all, and this is my absolute favorite state! I guess that means i think pretty high of it, considering that I've been to about 25 of the 50 states in the U.S.. On that note, another thing you should know is...

2. I love to travel! I travel everywhere with my family and I hope to participate in the school trip to Fance in the summer of 2014 (I am takng French in school). My family and I have been to places like Utah, California, and Montana. We also travel to Florida every year to visit my grandparents. We usually take our trips by car and camp along the the way. For instance, when my family and I went on our "California trip," we flew into Seattle, Washington on a plane and camped at different campgrounds down the west coast in our tent ( using a rental car) until we got to San Francisco, where we got on a plane back to Minnesota.

3. I love my family and I have a pretty unusual one, well for my standards anyway. As of today, I have a mom (Jan), a dad (Wes), a sister (Grace), two half-sisters (Hannah and Kezzie), a nephew (Rain), and another niece/nephew on the way (yet to be determined). Both my nephew and the baby on the way belong to Kezzie, who lives in Hawaii with my brother-in-law, Haj. My sister, Hannah lives in Montana where she finished college and is in the middle of finding the right life-long career for her. As for Grace, she still attends Prior Lake High School with me.

4. Speaking of school, I am planning on going to college, preferably somewhere in California,
 because it's my second favorite state. I don't know for sure yet, but I'm thinking about majoring in something that has to do with English or Liberal Arts. Just recently, my dad introduced me to the idea of majoring in architecture. This way, I would be incorporating my artistic talents as well as my math skills into my work. To tell you the truth, I have no idea what I'm going to do with my life yet, but I'm sure I will figure it out sooner or later.

Now I'm going to get into the more detailed topics about me...

5. Like every teen, I love music! My favorite music groups include Of Monsters and Men, Vampire Weekend, Pheonix, and Mumford and Sons. Here are some of my favorite songs:

Pheonix - Lisztomania

Blick Keys - Tighten up

Vampire Weekend - A-Punk

6. This year will be my third year playing lacrosse. I quit basketball to join and i love it! I play both defense and goalie. I participate in a fall league in Hopkins and hope to make the high school team in the spring.

7. I am 1/2 Dutch, 1/4 German, 1/16 Irish, 1/64 Canadian Indian, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

8. Favorites:

BOOK: THE HELP (read two times)

MOVIE: INCEPTION

ANIMAL: ELEPHANT

PET: DOG or BUNNY

COLOR: ANY BLUE

THING TO DO: ART AND STUFF

9. I love art! I'm not interested in a particular style/type (yet) but i for sure LOVE using colored pencils! here are some of my works:

 

 Year: 2009

Media: Black Pen

 

Year: 2011
Media: Chalk Pastels
(Based on the work of Edgar Degas)

 

Year: 2012

Media: Colored Pencils

 

Year: 2008

Media: Black Pen

Year: 2010

Media: Chalk Pastels 

10. The last thing I feel is appropriate to add to this list is that English is my favorite subject. I don't necessarily like studying grammar or punctuation or sentence structure, but I love to read and write and have always dreamed about writing a novel and having it published.