~10 days in Indiana~

   Heyyy!
   OK. So, I'm sorry for really late blog posts. I've been so busy and half of the time I'm thinking, what am I going to blog about??? Yes, I admit, I'm struggling. BUT I will prevail. It's so hard to believe I have blogged everyday since I got the blog. Yep. I'm pretty sure I have. I doubt this will keep on forever, but I strive to continue. :D It's an accomplishment!
   Anywhoo.. I decided that right now I am going to blog about what I'm doing! lol
   This post is called ten days in Indiana because that's exactly what's happening. Today is Wednesday, and so that means that it's day 2. It's so weird to think I'm not going back. xD I'm going to try to blog about other things, but in the ten days I'm in Indiana, I might blog about what I'm doing! Hopefully it won't all be about what I'm doing. Hopefully I'll be able to sit down and blog sometime :)
    Well well well, So, what am I doing? Nothing. At this minute, I'm about to go to bed xD BUT TOMORROW, I'm going to band!!!!!!!!!!! At seven thirty in the morning......yay? Okay, I'll admit, I'm dreading morning band. I LOVE night time things. Night is my hour, morning is not. So yeah, I'll be getting up at 6:45 every thursday. Bleh. BUT, I'm excited, because tomorrow is the first meeting. As I've mentioned, I don't know anything about it. Just that I am appearing in the morning with my parents. Yep. Well tomorrow, I'll tell you how it goes, but I'm so NERVOUS right now!!!!! It's going to be so weird, but I'll make it through. It will be very strange if for some reason I didn't like the band....lol. Then I would have nothing to report. Yep, hope that doesn't happen xD

    So, here are some pictures from my old band. I miss it so much. I can't believe that I had to leave it so soon. It would have been fun to do a few more semesters. I doubt that my band is going to be as big or awesome, but I'm content. I'm just happy to be playing Saxophone :) But I will always remember my first band :)

{senior band 2010-2011} 

{the saxophone section I got to play with for two semesters [plus one who didn't make it into the picture]}

{Me and my beloved Saxophone-Louie Jack}

I hope your day was awesome!
~Hannah 

  

~We made it!~

{This is my traveling buddy. Isaac, my dad, and I rode in the big black van, and the rest of them rode in the  other car :) }

{I love him}

  YES. WE MADE IT! wow. We're here. For a long long time :) So. We left at like 1:30 and arrived around eight. Yeah, it took a long time. I'm not sure why. I slept for an hour in the car, which I don't usually do. So it didn't feel long :) Well it doesn't feel any different here. It's still sinking in that I'm staying here for a long time.
  Well I am settling in at my grandparents house. I'll be here for awhile :) I already miss Illinois and can't wait till I can visit. But IN/MI is starting to feel nice xD

{the backseat of the other car xD}

  

{I MISS YOU ALL :D}

 

~The Goodbye~

 Well it's official. I'm leaving tomorrow. WOW, doesn't that sound weird? TOMORROW! DAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'm so scared. We are half prepared :D I think we'll make it though. Well I'm just doing a short little post. It's late anyways. :) I just wanted to say, I'm so happy to have known all of you! I'm going to miss you all so much and hopefully we'll be able to get together. It's such a strange feeling leaving. I've been here so long. I know Illinois so well. And I know the people here very well. :) Whenever I walk into the Wheaton Public Library, I seriously see someone I know! It's so weird. I have never been in there, and not seen someone I've met. Yeah. I've been around WAYYYYY long. :D But knowing a place is good. And I'm going to miss that. It's going to be strange learning new streets and towns. But it's a challenge that I am willing to take on happily. But Illinois will always be my home! And you all will always be my friends :D
  So goodbye everyone. My journey starts tomorrow :) Please pray for our family to have safe travels and a wonderful new beginning. :) I'll miss you all so much and I look forward to the day I see you all again! :)

   <3 GOODBYE <3
   Hope your day is awesome!
~Hannah

~My Sam Friend~

              This is me and my Sam friend. 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. OH YES

             Now today is my Sam friends' Birthday. SAM is awesome. So I'm doing an awesome post for SAM! :D 

MY SAM FRIEND IS A NINJA! :D 

Speaking of NINJA'S, that reminds me of this night. We remember this well. This night we were very happy. VERY VERY VERY HAPPY! for no reason. Maybe because we were being goofy friends xD

 The picture says it all! :D 

{photo credit createdbydonnablog.com}

We do photo shoots together!! :D

We smile. I don't think I have ever frowned at her. Go figure! 

She is our extra sister!!!!

So if you are ever looking for a friend, find Samantha! Because Samantha is the best friend you could have :D She is so nice, sweet, funny and awesome!!! :D I am so blessed to know her and have her as a friend! She is so awesomeeee!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM! :D

LOVE YA!

~Hannah

~One Great Memory~

    Well I am still trying to blog everyday! Its so hard, but you know what? I'm going to keep going. I am trying to find time to do long posts, but for now, I have try nice short ones. :) I love blogging though. Sharing memories is so much fun!

  This memory was one that happened two years ago. When Donna, my Dad and I went to the Philippines. I could talk about the Philippines forever and the pictures I have to show you couldn't even explain the trip. I would even post more and more, but the problem is is that they are scattered everywhere on our computers. SO the ones I have are the ones I found. Sometime in May I'll probably post more about the trip, because it was so amazing!! And I really would have liked to have more pictures. But for now, here are some that just make me smile every time I look at them!

{A good part of my family. Not even half, but a good chunk :) }

{Tagatay is a place we stayed with my dad and his best friend-tito vic. It was so amazing and we got to be right on a beach! That was where I first learned to jet ski! I only drove it for ten minutes, but I got to ride on it a whole lot longer. This was such a fun time. We got to relax and just sit back and enjoy the scenery. We got to go on a zip line over a jungle!!! :) IT WAS AWESOME!}

{We were exploring Tagatay and wen't to a scenery area where we were really high and just looked at the view. This place was awesome! There was like a small shopping area where I got bracelets and Donna got a purse. This place was one cool place, and the ride up was just as good!!}

{The picture on the left was taken when we were going to Kapaya's Island. And the picture on the right is when we were at Kapayas Island. Kapayas Island was a small Island and was still in the process of being built upon. But we got to walk around on it and collect shells. It's actually quite small but it was SO fun. We swam all around it with our cousins on this floaty thing. We were so afraid that there were sharks in the water so Donna and I barely left the raft. I loved loved loved this time. Swimming in the water was SO FUN! ANDDDDDDD I actually picked up a starfish. Yes, in the picture, I was holding a starfish. Donna never picked one up cuz they looked disgusting, which is true, but I just picked it up, took a picture and put it down. So yes, I have held a starfish. YAY!}

{Hahahhaahahahaha, this picture is so weird. I love it though. That my friends, is a shrimp that my dad is holding. Not a lobster, a shrimp. AND it is huge. YES. Very huge. This picture was taking right after I played football with my cousins. It was so much fun playing football, even though I stunk at it. I was the runner and every time I ran into someone or ran out of bounds. It was actually funny and now looking back at it it was such a weird game. I was only TWELVE. Yeah, I look at this picture laughing. It's so funny. At least they saved us dinner xD}

{And this is me and a plane. The planes seriously were one of the best parts of the trip. I flew on 8 planes the whole trip.  I have flown on planes before, but the 747 is amazing!!!! Each seat had its own TV with shows and games. It was so much fun!!! :D I had brought a ton food and they had an unlimited supply of POP :D My favorite game was caveman. I have never been able to find it anywhere but hopefully one day I will :D My favorite memory on the plane was when Donna sat on my chocolate bunny. We were next to each other and at some point she went to go to the rest room. I wasn't paying attention and my chocolate bunny slid down onto her seat. SO she sat on my bunny for the next five hours. When she got up she had a chocolate bunny all over her. I don't need to explain the rest LOL :D}


HOPE YOUR DAY IS AWESOME!

~Hannah~

 

~Then and Now~

       Heyy! So this 'then and now' post is about Samuel Lyndon Michael Azcuna. Although he is just {in sep} two, I thought that I should do one about him. Well, it will be a nice in and small post lol :)
      SO Sam is now walking and talking! He loves popsicles! :) When he was a baby he liked when I sang 'my faith still clings to thee'. I don't know why, but the boys in our family just loved being sang to! :) Hahaha, so I love him so much! And I can't wait for his birthday which is 9/9/09! :D

      As for me. MY ROOMS PACKED! Yes. It is. :) The whole upstairs is now packed. It's so much fun. Anywhoo, I figured out something terrible. We aren't taking my piano. THE piano that I have played on my whole life. I love it. Even though it really is falling apart. Still, I'm going to miss it. Call me weird, but it's the one thing that I am not very happy about. I still love it though, and I will very much look forward to coming back and playing on it. xD


     Well I hope your days awesome~
~Hannah

~moving updates~

     Okay! So. Today I thought I would give some moving updates. Well, we have our trailer {that should be a big yellow truck} and it's already getting packed! We've been moving box's from the garage into the trailer, and box's from the house into the garage. :) It's a lot of box lifting and this year, the Azcuna's are flying Solo-AKA we're not getting help xD Yep, so that means Hannah get's to move lot's of box's. Today and Tomorrow are PACKING DAYS! Saturday and Sunday are cleaning days so is Monday. And Tuesday is the day. THE ACTUAL DAY! ugh. Yep. Tuesday is officially the sad day. Yes, I am leaving Illinois {permanently} for the first time in...eight years? Yep, pretty long time. It's very very sad. BUT I am still a happy mover. :) Many doors open up when others are closed. I'm starting to scout out my options. :D
     SO. The next days are busy. We have to work work work. :) It's not so much of a bad thing, but seeing this house empty is gonna be plain WEIRD. Andddd, we actually can't move into our house till Sep. 10 WHICH MEANS we shall be living with our grandparents for ten days. How fun :) It's actually exciting. Now why are we moving early? Because of me. Yep. Simple truth, people :) I have a band starting on Sep 2. <im so nervous>  I don't know anything about this band. Its exciting and scary lol.
   Well, anywhoo, I just wanted to give you moving updates. LOL :)
       Here are some pics!

{All of Donna's box's say this. YEP.}

{There is Papa, thinking that he will win the bet. [we have a bet that we can fit everything in one trip. Like all the box's and small furniture. I don't think so. Be we'll see]}

{SEE. I'm so going to win xD No just kidding, just watch, he'll win right after I say I will. I'd say it's 50/50 xD}

{Yes. That is 'our big yellow truck'}

{Yes. That is a full back seat of a 12 passenger van. How come I'm not surprised? Seen this many times before :}

Alrighty! Well you have a good view on our progress!!! Keep ya posted!

I hope your day is awesome!
~Hannah

~Volleyball~

  Yay for volleyball :) I love volleyball! Hopefully some time I'll be able to play on a real team :) But I'm going to play volleyball for the last time for my going away party~ I.CAN'T.WAIT :) So, because I have such a busy day today and I have to blog in the morning, I blogged about volleyball. I have so many fond memories of Volleyball!!! :) I'm prayin' for good weather today :) Hope your day is awesome!!!

{This was a fun rainy memory. The vball court had huge puddles everywhere! :) For the first time I actually laid down in a puddle. :) This was so much fun!}

{One of the many memories :) Did this many times :)}

{And this the last one, was many years ago, when we started playing volleyball. It was really cold that day. I was just kind of there on the court, but that was the beginning :)}

~Hannah

~The little hummingbird~

   Well I have nothing to post about today. So I just chose something random. With the little time I have, I shall keep blogging! :) I will only allow myself to fall behind for school reasons. NOTHING ELSE :) 
  So I like to go through my pictures and see what I might blog about. Today I found this :)

{photo credit createdbydonnablog.com}

                                         And here's a nice half poem to go with it :)
"The insect birds that suck nectareous juice
From straightest tubes of curly-petaled flowers,
Or catch the honey-dew that falls profuse
Through the soft air, distill'd in viewless showers,
Whose colours seem the very souls of gems,
Or parting rays of fading diadems..." Hartley Coleridge

                           There's more to the poem, but I didn't want to post the whole thing :) But I want to say that Humming birds are very beautiful colorful little things. :) That is one of them, sitting on my hand! We were in Colorado, in a secluded mountain house and there were DOZENS of them. Seriously, they were like mosquitoes. They just flocked around the feeders!! The funny thing is that they weren't scared of us! Humming birds are so very shy. Whenever I'm at my grandma's I see maybe one, and whenever we come outside to just watch them, they fly away! BUT, here they didn't. We ate dinner on the porch of some friends house and they just came and went as if we weren't even there. The people said that the hummingbirds would come sit on our fingers if we sat there and stood still. It took a long while for them to actually come, but when they started coming it was so much fun. It tickled so MUCH! :) I was soooooooooooo happy! I mean what bird that is not trained would come and sit on your finger?? And what's more, they did it while Donna big black camera was pointing straight at them! I was so happy. We got a picture to prove that that little critter came and sat right on my finger. It was awesome! I hope next year I can see them again!

Hope your day is awesome!

~Hannah

~Summer walks~

 So yesterday I was taking a walk in Sycamore. It's actually funny, because I usually don't take walks; especially when it's hot out. But I thought, 'I'm not going to be here much longer, so why don't I take a nice walk?' It was a good idea. And I met Donna on her walk, so I wasn't alone the whole time :)
  Well I really like walks. Summer walks are so much fun, when you have a camera and when it's not blazing out. I took some nice pictures of some flowers. I don't know what kind they are, but they were beautiful!
  Being on walks let's you realize how beautiful God's creation is. :) We should all appreciate the beauty of his creation. Its amazing how one little flower can testify his love for us through his creation.

 I am looking forward to going to Colorado this year. There I will take pictures of many many things, but one of them will be flowers. :) We have pictures of beautiful flowers from last year. They really have awesome flowers up there.
 Anywhoo, I just wanted to share my flower pictures today. :) I'm so happy, because I took them with a cheaper camera and I edited them myself. I think they came out pretty good lol
  Well, hopefully, I'll be able to post a longer post tomorrow. The day's are getting SOOOO busy. The last EIGHT DAYS! Man, it's scary. :) We are like last minute planning and everything. Box's are starting to show up in our hallways and our garage is getting filled up to! We're getting a trailer today. It is a little disappointing that we don't get a truck this year, but I'll have to live with it :)                                                                        By the time we get to our new house it will almost be time for fall. Fall's the best time of the year. The weather is the BEST! Just getting cold, not to hot. Yes...I am looking forward to it. :) well yes. Here is the random post about nothing in particular. Just an update sort of LOL :D I hope your day is awesome!!!! ~Hannah

~Sophie~

     This blog post is in honor of Sophie Caroline Azcuna ;) Yesterday she turned Seven, but today we are celebrating. Can you believe it?? She's actually SEVEN! Wow...time flies. I remember when she was born. I believe that we slept over at my aunt and uncles house. My mom and Dad left early in the morning to go to the hospital and we spent the day with my aunt and uncle. I remember going to see her in the hospital. She was a tiny bundle of joy. :) ANOTHER baby GIRL! :)

{today we have been to the park and as you can see in the pictures  below, we went to panda express  and it happens to be where I got most of my pictures, lol}

{my lunch: Chow Mein, Rice, Orange chicken. There ain't nothin' better  :) }

 {These pictures are of Sophie! I lOvE this GiRl}

{this photo and the ones below belong to createdbydonnablog.com . Copyright 2011}

{I LOVE this picture! She looks so pretty yet so serious. She was in MI here. I LOVE her eyes  <3}

{Happy in Colorado}

{she does these funny faces that just makes all of us smile!}

     She is such a blessing. She loves to laugh and giggle. She's like a little me :) hahahaha. I love her so much. :) Well I just might post again tonight with more birthday pictures. I don't know yet, but now having a camera and being able to edit right away without having to make the pictures jpg, is so much easier. I might if I have time :) Rest of the day? Eat dinner, open presents, eat cake and ice cream, and Mulan 2! Sounds good to me!
     Hope your day is awesome! :)
~Hannah

~Summer is for memories~

{At the ravina waiting to listen to yo you ma :)}

SOOOOOOOOOOO....summer is for memories AND blogging. Yes yes it is :D I love blogging. And I can't believe that this summer I actually started!!! Man...I could have been blogging a long time ago. Too bad, :) Now, I have to regretfully inform you that during the school year, when I start school, I'll probably be a little lax on the blogging. I hate to admit it, but it's true. :) This fall I'm starting high school ;) That's the serious kind of school xD So I shall have a hard time blogging. AND my posts will probably come later in the day. BUT while summer is still here we don't really need to think about that. Summer has been quite fun this year!! I hate the heat, sadly, and I look forward to the colder days, but honestly this summer has been awesome. I have written a full book, that's not edited yet, but hopefully one day it can be published. I went to my first Broadway play with my cousins. I ate on top of the John Hancock building. And I rode on the Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier. I also saw Yo Yo Ma play at Ravinia :) That was inspiring! So it is a summer full of memories. :) I am very thankful that my summer has been a great one. :) The beauty of it all is that it doesn't stop there! I'm doing high school which is exciting and scary at the same time, my cousins getting married in October, I am moving, AND my cousin from the Philippines and his wife should be coming too! AND CHRISTMAS! :D I would love hear about all of your summers! Even if you sat and wrote books, or you played sports! Summer is a time to build memories :) And it would be fun to hear about them!
  So yes. Summer is for memories. :) I hope your summer has been awesome!!! As well as your day!!! :D

{Ferris Wheel! You know actually it was scary. I have been on some of the scariest roller coasters, but this was just scary. I felt like any time it could break .It's like doing a roller coaster in slow motion. I'd do it again, but still........its freaky}

{We also did the swings}

{I love the colors!!}

{My beloved Evernote, YAY for book writing :D}

{Beauty and the Beast}

{Leaving for Broadway}

{BROADWAY}
{photo credits:Donna Azcuna. Visit website at createdbydonnablog.com}

~Hannah