Keeping it real (like Dan)

11. I had the best hiding spot for hide and seek growing up. No one could find me, and I would sometimes just end up falling asleep. We have a storage room under our stairs, and in the back of the room, there were about 100 stuffed animals in the very back. I would crawl under them, and surround my self with stuffed animals and no one would think to search under the animals, or to even go back that far.

12. Illicit love has a sort of attractiveness about it that seem to be something people go after. Like people who are currently in a relationship, or the girls always like to go after bad guys because they think they will be the girl to change them. I have only had one incident where it was an illicit love kinda thing. He was in a relationship and I started to develop a crush on him because we spent so much time together. We ended up snap chatting and talking for a couple of weeks until his girlfriend found out, and then it started to get a little complicated. It ended shortly after that.

13. I personally do think that people who are well traveled can be more interesting. At least to talk to. They have experienced so many different cultures, witnessed so many different things and see so many different places. The stories that they could tell could probably go on for hours, never getting boring. I would love to just sit down and talk to someone who has traveled all of the world.   

17. My perfect day would start with a hike up to the Hollywood sign. After that I would go grab a recovery juice at the Nekter juice bar. After that I would then go grab my bathing suit and my friends and go hit the beach. A couple of hours later I would go home and go get ready for that night where my friends and I would be going out. We would go get some food and then go find some place to hangout and just have fun. Then I would go home and get lots of sleep.

 
24. A nickname that I was called growing up was Fat Albert. I was always a little bit chubbier than the other kids in my class. One day this guy who used to bully everyone else started calling me Fat Albert and he got all his other friends to call me it too. I have always been self conscious about my body ever since then, but I try to accept and love myself.

25. I definitely don't think love is an ability, because if that was true then you'd be able to get over someone very quickly. If you can be able to love someone then you can be able to stop loving someone too, and I truly don't think that that is possible sometimes. Love is something that makes you vulnerable, afraid, and happy all at the same time. It takes you over and you can't control it. It is a feeling. 

28. I used to live next door to a guy who became my best friend. A year later he moved to South Carolina, and eventually California. We still stayed in touch, and everyone thought he would be the one that I ended up marrying. I never believed them because I was so young I was a junior in high school, I have my whole life ahead of me. Well we started to go past the friendship zone, and start admitting that we had feelings for each other. Over Easter weekend he came to visit me and when I went to pick him up from his hotel he sexually assaulted me. I have never run so fast in my life, but I sprinted out of that hotel, like my life depended on it, because I thought it did. He is married now and seeing him on social media still shakes me to my core. It was really hard to get over, especially because I trusted him. 

29. I would like to have a vacation home in Italy. I would want it to be on a wine vineyard with lots of land, kinda isolated. There would be a beautiful pool in the background with a patio/entertaining area with a fire pit, so we could sit outside and night for hours. 

"Reely" Good Quotes

"Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot" -Breakfast at Tiffany's

"Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it." -The Lion King

"Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?" -What a Girl Wants

"Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want." -10 Things I Hate About You

"Reel" Life

1) My favorite movie is Breakfast at Tiffany's. I watch this movie any time I am sad, or have hit a hard spot in my life.. I used to watch it because I love the poise and grace that Audrey Hepburn has even though she doesn't always mean to have it, it just comes naturally to her. She lives her life the way she wants to live it. Now I watch it because it gives me a sort of comfort. It's reassuring when I watch it because it has helped me through so many problems and situations in my life. It's my version of a baby blanket.

2) Usually the movies that I don't care for are the old country western movies. Those movies really seem to put me to sleep. They never catch my attention. My mom loved watching Elvis country movies and would force me to watch them with her as a little kid, but I never really liked them.

3 & 4) I don't get to watch movies very often. I never usually have time, so when I do get to watch one it's usually on Netflix on my bed. I gather a bunch of snacks and drinks so that I don't have to get up in the middle of the movie. I usually surround myself in a big pile of pillows and blankets and just get comfy for the next hour. When I get a chance to watch a movie I typically watch a bunch at one time.

5)The survey says that I am 100% extroverted, Extremely agreeable and open to new experiences, and about 50% emotionally stable, and conscientious. This is definitely me through and through.

6)If I were to have a movie made after me I would Zoey Deutch would play me. She and I share some of the same personality traits. We are very sarcastic and spunky but also super caring. We both work hard to get where we need to get and enjoy the journey it takes for us to get there. In my movie it would showcase me growing up and what it was like to live with an alcoholic. It would also showcase me graduating high school, and starting college. And then it would showcase me finding my true passion in life and pursuing it.

This is...

This is my family

Listening to each other

Loving one another

Ready for adventure 

This is my mom and dad

Telling me everythjng is going to be okay

Assuring me that I am safe

That they will be waiting for me at the bottom 

This is me 

Terrified to move

Afraid of what's below 

Trying to believe what my parents are saying

This is us before we jumped over a 50 ft. Cliff 

Flea Market Photos

Charles Ellis is a husband and father of two children. Born August 14th, 1880 in Galena Illinois. Growing up in a poor farm family. Charles had many dreams for himself and his family one day. After studying hard in school, and working his way through college, Charles makes it into the steel production industry. Still stuck to his roots, Charles runs a small farm next to his house, his son and daughter are helping hands with the animals while he is at work. Charles has dreams of one day being able to own his own steel factory. Margaret Ackerman was born on October 11th, 1884 in Douglas, Michigan. In 1904 after graduating College she moved down to Galena to pursue her career in teaching. There she met her soon to be husband Charles. They were wed in 1908 and since then have had 2 children. Margaret knits in her free time, and only dreams that her children will grow up healthy and live a long prosperous life.

Photohunt + Captions + Hashtags

OH NO! Please do not plug it in! I beg of you. Spare my life. It's all that I ask of you. #FrightenedFace  

Throwback to my 6th the grade locker number 666, what a terrible number. Covered it up with tape and made a new number! #Notaboutthatlife

Mrs. Nance is such an amazing person. I wish to one day be as kind as her. She has a lot of compassion. #Whatalady

This was the first thing I noticed as a freshman at Kickapoo. To this day I still don't know what it means #Randomdinohead

I was scared as a freshman that I would get beat up if I stepped on this head. Still won't step on it 4 years later #Chiefkingdom

I remember the day that we finally got to see the year long project...our new cafeteria. It's such a beautiful addition to our school #Allgrownup

Mr. Broaddus will forever have a place in my heart. He has taught me so much about life and how to live it. I am so thankful to him for all the lessons he has taught me #FavoriteTeacher

Ignoring the water bottle in the window, this is an angle not everyone gets to see at Kickapoo. It's the windows at the very top of our cafeteria. #NewHorizons

Always keeping a smile on my face. Whether she means to or not, Madi Pearl is hilarious 24/7 #lotsoflaughs

Not a nature picture from kickapoo but such a beautiful picture I took in St. Croix. You'd never know that the waves were furiously crashing behind me #Scarywaters

Photos of the Millennium (so far)

This Photo is of a tiny child assisting an elderly woman after the effects of Katrina. This photo really affects me, not because I was personally affected by Katrina, but because as soon as this happened I began my life of community service. When I was little I wanted to help the children in New Orleans by sewing them clothes. My mom got me a sewing machine and I quickly got started sewing. I wasn't too good starting out, and I quickly realized that I wasn't going to be able to do much to help the ones in need in New Orleans. So my mom did some research and found a local charity in town that I started to volunteer for. The organization is called Newborns in Need. It is a local not for profit that creates care packages and emergency packages to be delivered to hospitals in Springfield and surrounding areas. I was 6 years old when I started and since then have received many awards for my volunteer work. I am very proud of my family and I for the amount of people we have touched by just donating our time to help those in need. I want to further my volunteer work out into the world in the years to come.