Ree's Rejoicings!

Easter

2011-04-29T10:02:00.002-05:00

STOA Boerne Tourney

2011-02-20T19:45:00.003-06:00

We just finished a debate tourney this week end :) I got 9th in TP speaker (Debate) and 10th for our team in debate. I placed like 21st (out of 49 kids) in impromptu, and 2nd in persuasive! I was really excited about my persuasive!!!!! Here is a picture of one of the tee shirts I got for awards.

Apologetics Box

2010-09-09T17:24:00.002-05:00

Well I finally got my apologetics box set up!! YAY!! (One day before ACTION officially starts :P HAH) Anyways, I choose a different kind of set up, but it works really well for me!! I am super excited. I am a very organized person and I cannot stand loose cards in a box! So I had to put some vocab cards in the back to fill it up :P (Just until I get all my apol. cards done)

For those of y'all who don't know apologetics is a speech category in the NCFCA. It is basically 100 questions that you have to answer and defend your faith. So here are the pictures... =)

Speech and Debate

2010-08-24T20:36:00.002-05:00

I don't know if I really talked about this last year, but I am in a Speech and Debate club called ACTION. (Advancing christian truth in our nation.) This is going to be my second year participating. Tomorrow I have a speech workshop taught by a national champ, its going to be awesome!

Today after school I went shopping with Mom to buy some clothes to wear to the tournaments. I was really happy with what we got!! I got a really cute skirt, and some very nice dressy pants. (I am WAY to small to fit into suits :P) I also got several cute shirts that looks very good with them. I will have to take some pictures of me actually wearing them.

1st day of School

2010-08-16T12:58:00.002-05:00

School has officially started!! I am excited but also dreading it... :P Very mixed feelings. This morning I got up at about 6:30 and wrote a 2NC for debate, and then I did chores. After that we ate breakfast.

Then came the treasure hunt!! I got a TobyMac and Newsboys CD, some school supplies, a new towel, and some books. After the treasure hunt we started school.

I am almost done as of now, I still need to take a shower, do spanish, and do my reading assignment (Read a book on Egypt for 45 minutes) Yesterday we went to the library and got a TON of books on Egypt. The first 30 days we are studying Egypt. We are also studying Rome, Greece, and a bunch of other stuff that I can't remember. =)

We are doing AWOA (a world of adventure) and SOS (switched on schoolhouse). I really like both programs but my favorite is probably SOS. Oh yeah, I am in 8th grade this year. I can't believe I will be in high school next year!! :O That is soooo scary..... AHH!!

Well I gotta go finish school. I will blog again sometime soon....

Count down!

2010-07-13T13:24:00.001-05:00

Well I am getting really excited/nervous. =) My first meet (its at our gym, with like 2 or 3 other gyms invited) is June 31st. I am excited but I want to have like one or two months to clean up my routines...lol... I have 18 days left. I am going to get a training video up soon. I just have to get all the video's togather lol :P

Vault is one of my stronger events in level 8, I am actually competing a level 9 vault. I am alternating between a pike and a layout chanko. Right now I am flipping them into the pit with a hard mat in the pit to land on. Our gym decided that we are actually going to flip into the pit for the meet b/c the other gyms don't have the vaults ready yet either. I believe next week are flipping onto hard ground. I am excited!

Bars is steadily improving but it is my second worst event. I am having a really hard time with my straddle cast handstand on high bar. I have a really good one on low bar but I can't do it good on high bar. My giants are getting a lot better but I still am bending one leg slightly when I am coming up.

Beam is my WORST event.... I still don't like doing my bhs bhs. Ever since I fractured my wrist doing one, I haven't liked doing them. So what I am doing right now, I warm up bhs stretch jump, and I just go for it in my routine. Thatway I don't have to do very many of them. Other than that I am okay though. My switch leap neads to be landed more consitently and jumps could be higher etc... But I have a while to work on that.

Floor is my best even. My passes are fairly simple and I am a pretty good dancer so I feel very confident. I am doing a full, punch front to round off bhs lay, and front handspring pike or layout if it is feeling good that day.

I think that is everything for now........ I really have to go. Bye!

Pic of Serenity

2010-07-02T14:30:00.001-05:00

Big new's

2010-06-20T19:44:00.002-05:00

I am really excited... we have a 3 week old foster baby coming to stay with us for the month of July! It is going to be fun but a lot of work. The baby's name is Serenity, and she is coming to our house on June 29th or 30th. I posted more on my other blog, Flip N Out. You can get to it from my profile.

De Beach

2010-05-26T08:01:00.002-05:00

Vell.... ve are at de beach. It is ahhhhhhhmazing!!! We are staying at a beautiful condo!! It is on the beach and has ton's of different pools and hot tubs you can choose from :P I don't see why you need so many but it is really cool.

This morning we are having muffins, fruit, and cheese for breakfast. Today we are going to the beach for a little while, and then we are going to go chill at the pool. I didn't bring my camera (oops) but I have a video camera that I can take pictures from the video's. I don't know if that makes sense :P Oh well.

I have to go.

Braces

2010-05-20T21:40:00.002-05:00

Well I got braces today :P They are really painful and annoying. I wasn't allowed to get color my first visit. Kind of stinks, but oh well. I am going to post pictures soon. I think I have a few pics on my mom's computer.

I finished school today!! WOOT WOOT! =D I am so happy. Now I am in complete summer and gym mind set. Next week we are going to the beach! I am so excited.

Gym is going really well. I hurt my wrist on Monday, but it is slowly getting better. The doctor said I either got a severe sprain or a hairline fracture. I have been wearing a brace but hopefully I will get it off on Tuesday, and be able to to minimal tumbling etc....

Well I have to go to bed. I will write again sometime in the foreseeable future.

Many Busy Days

2010-04-22T21:35:00.002-05:00

Things have been so busy at my house! We are frantically trying to finish chores, clean the house, and get ready for all of our various activities. This weekend I have my state gymnastics meet and in two weeks we have regional's for speech and debate.

I finished math about a week ago, and spelling this week! I am so excited! =D School is finally rapping up for the year. We have about 5 weeks of school left.

Caleb and Chloe are just the cutest little things! I will have to post some pictures soon. They make me laugh so much :) Caleb can sit up, crawl, make very random noises, feed himself cheerios, and drink juice from a bottle. I cannot believe that he is almost 9 months old!

We got baby chicks, they are cute and very noisy, LOL. Oh, wait, I have to go. I will *try* to post soon.......... in the next 6 months? JK.

Tag again.....

2010-02-14T20:21:00.002-06:00

1- Have you been asked if your married? No

2 - Have ever had your picture taken with a famous person?

3 - What's your middle name? Nicole

4- Your current favorite book (besides the BIBLE)? The Benidict Society...

5 - What's the first thing you do when you wake up from a nap? Uh??? IDK im still asleep :P (i dont take many naps just after gym meets :P)

6- What is your current mood? hyper.

7 - What color shirt are you wearing? purple

8 - Missing something? Yes, Sarah Norris.

9 - Current Favorite Quote? "I dont make jokes, i observe the government and report the facts"

10- If you could go back in time and change something what would be? Have George Washington be president!!!

11 - If you must be an animal for one day, what would you be? defiantly a dog

12- Ever had a near death experience? yes

13 - Something you do a lot? Debate!

14 - The song stuck in your head? No song right now

15 - Least favorite household chore? cleaning toilets

16- Name someone with the same birthday as you. A person?!?!?

17 - When was the last time you cried? a few weeks

18. What are you most scared of? having to debate harding/pinero

19 - If you could have one super power what would it be? That I could FLY!!

20 - What's the first thing you notice about the opposite gender? that they are funny dorks :P

21 - What do you usually order from Starbucks? chocolate milk!!!

22- What's your biggest secret? not telling! lol

23- What's your favorite color? lime green and bright light blue

24- Do you still watch kiddie shows or tv shows? no.

25 - What's on your walls? mint green paint

26- What are you? a gymnast, a debater, a christian, a sister...

27 - Do you speak any other language? Well, I know a small amount of Spanish, however I do NOT think I could converse with a Spanish-speaking person!

28 - What's your favorite smell? vanilla.

29 - Describe your life in one word! Now how am I supposed to do that?

30 - Have you ever smiled when your best friend was crying? no

31 - What are you thinking about right now? gymnastics

32- What should you be doing? uhhh???

33 - Who was the last person that made you upset/angry? Probably a sibling

34 - How often do you talk to God? A lot

36 - If you could have any last name in the world, what would you want? I would NEVER want to change my last name.

37 - What is your natural hair color? dark brown

38 - Do you have many friends? Yes

39 - Who is your role-model? my parents

40 - Do you like your life? love it!

40. I am going to tag...

Sarah!!! May!!! And Kayleigh!!!

Tag! From Olivia...... :D

2010-02-14T20:18:00.001-06:00

1. Candy or Chocolate? Chocolate
2. long and slow run, or short and fast? short and fast1
3. pet bird or pet fish? :P bird
4. hot weather or freezing weather? hot weather SWIMMING
5. crispy or soft cookies? soft
6. colored pencils or crayons? colored pencils
7. knitting or crocheting? knitting
8. taking a picture of someone, or getting your picture taken? taking a picture of someone
9. necklace or bracelet? necklace
10. country or city? COUNTRY

I tag Julie and Sarah

Happy Valentines Day!

2010-02-14T19:51:00.002-06:00

Happy Valentines day Everyone!

Wow! I have not posted in a while. Sorry about that! I will try to post more..... not that anyone reads this :P I have been so busy! Between school, gymnastics, speech & debate, and 4-h I have had no spare time. Things are going great! School is pretty good. Math has been giving me some trouble but I finally got into geometry! Which I love. Its so much fun. Gymnastics is good, i am a level 8 now. I have one more meet left, its state and I get to go to WOGA!! That is where Nastia Luiken came from. Speech & Debate is awesome, June and I qualified for regionals in debate. WOOT WOOT! LOL. I am sad, one of my good friends has an older sister who is married and her baby just died :( Please pray for this family! They could really use your prayers.

And Julie...... if you read this..... I wrote you a letter I just need to mail it... Hopefully you will get it soon. I have been really busy!

New Years Thingie

2010-01-12T18:27:00.002-06:00

Okay, I got this idea from Sarah :) Im gonna go ahead and give it a try

3 things I accomplished last year:

1. Got my back flip on beam
2. Won six events (out of the six I entered) on Track and Field day.
3. Passed conditioning test at gym :D

3 things I plan to accomplish this year:

1. Go to state championships-gymnastics
2. Break in humorous, and debate
3. Get chores done faster

3 embarrassing things that happened last year:

1. I was mistaken for a 7 year old (im 12)
2. Starting skyping (typing) with one of my *BFF's* only to discover 30 minutes later that it was her older brother.......
3. Fell asleep while in Spanish class

3 life-changing things that happened last year:

1. Joined speech and debate
2. Met the Dana's!
3. Met the Parkes

3 things that happened last year that made me smile:

1. Sam Dana's ridiculous skype pictures
2. my dog
3. the quote " I don't make jokes, I listen to the government and report the facts"

3 random things that I didn't do last year:

1. laugh so hard I cried
2. have milk come out my nose
3. get a horse

Wow.... Long Time No Post

2009-12-21T07:53:00.005-06:00

:-) I have not posted in a long time!!! I don't think I can even remember to tell y'all everything!!! I am going to make several posts today all about different stuff, read them all!!! Okay, so this one is going to be about... well I am not going to tell you :D

Hunting Trip Blooper

So my Dad and one of my little sisters came home from a long hunting trip. They were supper tired so they just piled everything in my dad's office and went to sleep. The next morning we woke up and made breakfast. At 8:00, for work, my dad went into his office. Then all the sudden he comes out yelling "Marie!!! Hurry come into the office I need your help". So I ran into the office, and when I got there my dad was underneath his computer desk. I could not figure out what he was trying to do..... Then all of the sudden my dad made a really loud noise and a wild bird flew up!! And then we spent the next 30 minutes trying to catch the bird. It was so funny, but I felt really bad for the bird 'cause it kept flying really hard into the wall. We finally figured out what happened. One of our hunting dogs caught a live quail and it like passed out, and my dad thought it was dead. So he put in his jacket pocket that is HUGE!!! He could probably fit a full grown cat with her kittens in it! Then when he was cleaning everything he had caught, he reached into his pocket a little but it woke up and ran away so my dad thought it had gotten out. Then he tossed his jacket in the back of the truck and drove 4 hours home. Then...... the bird finally got out of his jacket..... LOL!!!

Update- Fair

2009-10-22T14:42:00.003-05:00

Okay! This happened about a month ago but I still haven't posted about it, so I will now.

Wednesday morning we piled into the car and headed out for the fair grounds. First we set up our booth. It looked really good! We had lots of flowed bouquets, and cute little jars filled with candy on the tables. Once we had unloaded everything we went to all the different buildings and entered our baking, cooking, crafts etc..... I did really well. I got a 3rd on my dolls, 2nd on my picture and pie, and 1st on my clay scene!!! I was really excited. Then we came back the next day and opened our booth, it was pretty slow the first day but it picked up pretty quickly. I believe that we gave our gospel survey to over 350 people!!!! Thursday night our whole family left the booth and went out and rode some rides. It was a blast! Two of my really good friends came with us. My mom took us big kids- Me, Bryce, and Ben (June and Bethany stayed at the booth) and my dad took the little ones and we rode several. Bryce didn't want to ride all of the really fast ones but me and Ben rode ALL of the SUPER SCARY ones. It was sooooooooooooo much fun. Then we went back and stayed for awhile, and my mom took the little kids home. The next day and Friday, we did pretty good on giving people surveys. They were about the same. Then on Sunday after church, Mom took us all to the livestock show. That was really cool. I got to watch cows, lambs, and goats. I also some chickens. But they didn't have a show for them :D Then Sunday night Mr.Brad, Mr.Curt, and Bobby went home. Emily and Jen stayed until Tuesday. I was really glad that they got to stay longer.

I have to go for now.

4-H Caprine

2009-09-19T08:13:00.003-05:00

Wow! I haven't posted in a while. Sorry! Two weeks ago I started 4-H. I am doing goats. My goats name is Bandit and Ellie's goats name is Rascal. It is a lot of fun!!! I have my first show in November. On Wednesday the fair is starting. Oh my goodness! I am so excited!!!! Emily and her friend are coming on Monday, and then on Wednesday the rest of the duluthian gang are coming. They are going to help with the fair. I have also started a speech class. Its tons of fun!!! I am going to do a humorous speech, and a duo. I am still looking for a partner though. Caleb is growing so fast! He is almost 2 months old. I will have to post some pictures soon. Ellie had her first meet last week, and Caro has her first meet tomorrow. I will post Ellie's scores at the bottom and Caro's scores tomorrow. I started a website, check it out! www.marchingforchrist.proboards.com I am still working on some more sections and stuff but its finished. For the fair I am making a cake, a pie, a clay scene, and a doll. I will post pictures of them soon. I really have to get going on my knitted doll, I finished the Momma, but not the baby and little boy. Eeeeeeekk! Hurry Reecee! I got a new shelf in my room, its really cool. And then at Target Ellie and I bought a half bulletin board half marker board. We are going to put it up today.

Update

2009-08-16T20:28:00.003-05:00

Sorry I have not posted in a while. I made a website! Here is the link www.marchingforchrist.proboards.com Please check it out and if you like it join it. Caleb is adorable! He is growing really fast. He will be 3 weeks old on Tuesday! Last Sunday we had a baptism at church and then everybody got to go swimming. It was a lot of fun. Today Eric and Amanda came over to see Caleb. They stayed for about an hour and then they left. We are starting some school on the 24 and the rest on the 31. I am really excited this year about math, reading, and science. This week we are going to my buckskin outfits! I am going to try to post some pictures soon. I am thinking about a new background. I really like this one though so I am not sure. We went swimming this evening and we would stand on the ladder and Daddy would threw the ball and then we would jump and try to catch it. I had a lot of fun today! I will post again soon. Oh! Tomorrow Bethany is going to babysit us!

Picture Time!

2009-07-29T13:16:00.002-05:00

Baby!!!

2009-07-29T07:32:00.001-05:00

I am sooooo excited! Mom had her baby!!! His name is Caleb Michael. We are going to go see him later this afternoon. I will post pictures as soon as I get some.

1 Year

2009-07-18T13:20:00.001-05:00

I have had my blog for a whole year!!! I cannot believe it!!! This morning I made a chocolate chip cookie cake. There is a boy who goes to our church and its his birthday so I made it for him. We will serve it at church tomorrow.

Old and New

2009-07-16T20:56:00.002-05:00

I have some sad news. Snickers, my baby goat, died. I am really sad. But on a glad note I have a new pet. I got a hamster, his name is Pancake. I will post some pictures of him soon. He has a white stomach and a tan back with a black stripe down his back. Ellie also got one, he looks like mine except he is bigger and has a longer and darker stripe. Carolyn got a mouse that is brown with white spots and Bubba got a gray one. Tonight June is at a teen fellowship sleepover with out church. I am not old enough to go. She will be back tomorrow morning. Yesterday I went to the funnest party ever! I had my morning gym practice and then I met with my choreographer, to read more about that go to http://www.gymcrazykid.blogspot.com/ . After the meeting I rode over to Maddie's house and we when we got there I saw one of my best friends Sami there!!! I was so surprised. We went swimming and are pizza and talked and jumped on the trampoline. That was a super fun party!!!!!!! Thank you Maddie! Then after that we went home and took a rest. Then I left for my evening practice. You can read about that too on my other blog. This morning I went to an orthodontist appointment and then to the grocery store. When we came home I helped cook lunch. It was so good. I had chicken soup and watermelon. I love watermelon! It is so good. Then we had a rest and went out for dinner and to but the hamsters. That's all for now. WTYL. (write to ya later)

HTML

2009-07-13T15:14:00.004-05:00

I am learning about HTML. It is so much fun! I am going to design a background for my other blog soon. The book I am using is called Web Design For Teens. It is so good. I recommend it to everybody who wants to learn about web stuff. We are starting school in about 6 weeks. I am excited because I am starting a computer class but I am not ready for summer to end yet. I am reading a book called Children Of The Storm. So far it is really good. The baby will be here in less than a month. I am super duper excited. This afternoon June and I rode our horses and when we came back the Wicktor's were here with the kids they were baby sitting so we played with them for a while. Now we are having rest time. I am doing the computer and then I will read my book and tonight I have gymnastics. WTYL. (write to you later. ha ha lol.)

Daddy Night

2009-07-03T07:47:00.004-05:00

Last night Dad took us out to do stuff while Mom planned the school year. He came and picked us up from gymnastics camp and took us to Landa Park. That was so much fun, we stayed in the little pool for a while and then we went to the lake part of it. That is the funnest part because they have a rope ladder that you can climb, a zip line, and a metal triangle bar that you can swing out onto the lake and drop into. They also have a giant slide, its HUGE! When I went to the triangle bar I tried a back flip off of it, I actual made it! That was really fun and then June and I went over to the other side and just hung out swimming and stuff. And I saw my best friends Dad. Then we left and went to Taco Cabana for dinner. After that we went to the pet store and looked around and then Dad took us to see a movie! It was Night at the Museum # 2. It was pretty good but I liked the first one better. Dad also got a bag of popcorn! It was really good, but really buttery. Then we came home and got in bed. This morning we are going to go play tennis.

Videos

2009-06-30T09:13:00.000-05:00

I just put a bunch of videos up and flipNout of my gymnastics. Keep scrolling down to see all of them. I think that there are 3 new ones. Tomorrow is July 1st!

Old Friends

2009-06-27T17:30:00.002-05:00

I was so excited! Yesterday my old teammate came over! Her name is Sarah. She used to go to my gym but she switched and goes to OHG, She is a level 10. I have not seen her in 3 years! We went swimming and looked at some different gymnastics music. We also looked at some photo albums from the gym. It was so much fun! And when she left Daddy took us out to dinner and to a park where a christian band was playing. I saw two of my friends from gym so while we listened to the music we did gymnastics stunts. It was a lot of fun. I am knitting a little purse right now. It is brown and I am going to crochet some multi colored yarn for an edging. Mom is going to teach me how to crochet with beads! I can't wait!

The Singing Dog

2009-06-26T14:09:00.003-05:00

LOL this is so funny. This is our dog, Kisses, singing while one of my sisters plays piano.

Tennis and swimming

2009-06-20T16:11:00.003-05:00

This morning dad took us to a tennis court to play for a while. It was very hot but a lot of fun. After we played tennis for an hour we went down to the river and dad said we could wade. He also said that we could go swimming but I didn't bring my swim suit so I wasn't going to. When I got in I slipped on the algae and fell so I ended up going swimming after all. After a while all my brothers and sisters got in and we swam for a while. We did not have towels so when we got out we took a walk to dry off. I had soooooo much fun!!!! When I got home I helped make sandwiches for lunch. After I finished my chores I read 6 books to the little ones!!! My voice got really tired. Then I made a fathers day card and now I am blogging. Tonight we are going to clean the house for church and have a family night. Dad is going to grill hamburgers!

Birthday!

2009-06-09T11:45:00.002-05:00

Today is June's birthday she is 14. We had her birthday party on Saturday. It was so much fun! She invited some friends over and we went swimming. Then we ate hot dogs. They were sooooooooooooo good. Right now June has a horse trainer over and they are talking about all of our horses. Happy Birthday June!

O_O! Already June?

2009-06-02T13:02:00.002-05:00

I cannot believe that it is already June!!! I have been so busy the time is just flying by. I am adding more hours to gymnastics this summer. :) I am excited about that. Caleb (that is what we are going to name the new baby) will be born in about 2 months!! I am so excited. On Friday my BFF, Sarah, is coming over. Her younger brother Micheal is coming too. Her oldest sister Bethany, works for my dad, and the next oldest sister Rebekah is going to baby sit us because mommy had a doctors appointment. We are going to play with Snickers and Chase and probably go swimming. Mommy is already planing the next school year. We are going to study American history, like Indians, and the settlers etc. (we already studied that but Ellie and Caro were really little). I had a piano recital on Saturday! It was a lot of fun. Well we are going to go swimming in our pool! Thats another thing. Daddy set our 4.5 ft. pool up!!! So its deep enough to swim in.

The Beach!!!

2009-05-23T16:01:00.005-05:00

The beach trips was so much fun. The pools were clear and clean and HUGE!!! The beach was beautiful! I caught some crabs. :) We went to the Corpus Christi Aqueriam on Thursday. That was so cool. They had lots of different animals. My favorite animal was by far the dolphins! Here are some pictures from our trip.

Guess what???

2009-05-15T15:14:00.002-05:00

I am done with school!!! Yipee. Tonight bubba has mini olympics. :)

To every mother...........

2009-05-10T15:27:00.001-05:00

I wish a Happy Mother's Day!!!!!!

me

2009-04-30T17:22:00.001-05:00

Snickers!

2009-04-30T16:29:00.004-05:00

My little baby! Isn't he cute? The white puppy is my doggie Chase, he got huge! The read on is Kisses.

Surprise!!!

2009-04-29T17:41:00.003-05:00

I got a surprise this morning. Guess what it was? It was a kid. (a baby goat) He is adorable. I named him Snickers. Snickers is a boar goat, he is only 1 day old!!!! I really want to up load some pictures but none of our computers will load them. Bummer. Gym is closed until May 11. I am sad. But I will be playing with Snickers a lot. We have canceled all of our classes and bible study's because of the swine flu. It spreads very quickly. I only have 2 subjects left and then I will be done for the school year!! I finish one of those subjects this week.

Field Day!

2009-04-24T09:48:00.002-05:00

We had Field day on Tuesday!!!! It was soooooooooo much fun. We packed our lunches and left the house at 8:00 we got there by 9:00 and then we waited for the 1st event. It took a really long time to get to me but finally I got to go. I got 1st place for the hurdles. 1st place in cross country, 1st place on jump roping, 1st place on the dash, 1st place on the obstacle course, and 1st place on the long jump. My age group got mixed in with the 10 and 12 year olds because there was not enough 11 year olds. I am very excited because tonight is my qualifying gymnastics meet! YEAH. I am also VERY nervous. Chloe is sick. :( I feel so bad for her. Mommy is also very tired since she has been staying up late to take care of Chloe. Last night I went over to the gym with Daddy and we switched the bar sets for tonight's meet. The cheer leaders were there practicing so I stayed and watched them for a little bit. They are pretty good!

Science Ko-op!!!

2009-04-02T17:35:00.002-05:00

We just found out that Mommy is having a boy!!!! Yeah, I am so excited. After her doctors appointment we ate lunch and then Sarah got here for science Ko-op (also with the rest of her family) so we started. We did a bunch of experiments. Then we got to play for a while. Sarah and I worked on our horse book. We went into our club place and combined all of our information together. We are hoping to have it finished in a couple months. We also read some from our horse books and drew names from our name basket. Tonight we are having company over. I cannot wait!!!

Moving back out

2009-03-20T15:27:00.003-05:00

Well I have great news. We are moving out to our ranch again for a week with NO INTERNET!!! So that means no blog until I get back. I might be here on Wednesday. (35% chance). If I am I will try to blog. I am so excited, next week is spring break!!! I am already done with this weeks school so that is great!!! I finished my math book today. And I got a 100% on my test! I am really happy. I found out on Wednesday that Hillary, one of my BFF's at gym is quiting. I am really really sad. I made her a card. I am going to post some pictures of her very soon. (I do not have the pictures on this computer). My older sister found a college she wants to go to. it is called Liberty University. She is going to take on line classes. (When she gets in college) she still has three more years of high school. I think that I might want to go to that college but I still have a long time to go so I am not worrying about it. Well I have to go to gym. Bye for now.

Race!!!!!!

2009-03-14T12:58:00.004-05:00

I just got back from my race a little while ago. We got up at 6:30 and started to get ready. We left at 7:30 and got to the race at 8:00, it did not start until 8:30 but we had to pick up our race bags and numbers. We started stretching and warming up and then we headed over to the starting line to listen to a instruction lecture and the national anthem. They guy who sung it was really really good! So anyways we started running and every mile (it was 3.2 miles) the was a little sign that said "mile mark" and also a guy who had a stop watch and would tell us what are time was. A little after the first mile I stopped and got a drink, oh it was so good. Then we just ran the rest of the way until we got under the finish line. It had a timer and it would tell us what time it was when we finished. Then we had 30 minutes until the next race so we went to this big building where you could buy snacks, stretch, talk, and get warm. Then we went outside for the 6 and under race. Jonathan got 2nd place!!! He is four and then boy who bet him was 6, I was impressed. Then Ellie and Carolyn did there race. That race was supposed to be for 7 to 10 but these to 13 year old girls ran it. There was also another girl who was nine and did good. So Ellie really got 2nd, because that one nine year old girl bet her but we did not count the two 12 year olds. Carolyn got 3rd! Then we went inside and we had a draw for things and they would pick a runners number from a bucket and they would win a prize. We did not get picked because we were the lower numbers like (4,5,6,7, and 8) so they we were at the bottom of the bucket. Then we had this guy come and play guitar. And finally they got to the rewards. They gave out 1st, 2nd, and 3rd to each age group. Everyone (who placed) got a little train with the NBU sticker on it with the place they got. I was so excited!!!! I got 3rd place, I thought was really good for my first running race and only two weeks to train for it. June got 2nd place, her time was 29:21 My time was 30:39. I was in the 11-14 age group so they were some big girls competing. After the awards we left and Daddy took us out to lunch. After that we came home and Mommy took a nap while we went to see our great grandmother. It was a really fun day!!!

Read other blog

2009-03-07T14:52:00.003-06:00

Okay I wrote a really long post on FlipNout (link on the side of this blog) and I do not want to have to rewrite it so if you want to read it go to my other blog. Something I did not put on there is that Patches one of our dogs died. I am so sad.

No Internet

2009-02-22T20:21:00.002-06:00

Tomorrow we are moving to our ranch!!! Only for two weeks though. Joe the painter is going to spray some stuff that we are not supposed to breathe. We already took some of our animals to the ranch. Right now we are watching a movie called "Father Knows Best" it is an old fashion TV show that they put onto a DVD. Oh, so while we are at the ranch we will not have Internet. We will come to the house a couple times so I will try to blog. But I cannot blog very much.

Kisses

2009-02-19T15:29:00.001-06:00

I am in shock. We got a baby dachshund. He is soooooooooooooooooo cute! I am completely amazed for two reasons. 1. we already have a puppy 2. dad does not like dachshunds (but Mom does). So anyway we called a friend of ours and asked if they had any puppies left and they had one left. So mom went in and asked Dad if we could get a dachshund, Dad said yes, if it could come in the house. (he did not think mom would let it so he figured we would not be getting it) LOL. But she said that it could live in the house. So this afternoon we went and looked at the puppy and brought him home. His name is Kisses. If it were a girl I would have named him Amber. I think that is such a cute dog name. He is a sleep in Junes bed. Tonight we are going to go to the library!

Chase

2009-02-17T16:26:00.000-06:00

I got my puppy! He is adorable. I will post some pictures soon. I was gone yesterday so I did not go to gym. There is nothing to post. We went hunting but did not shoot anything. We drove 878 miles in three days. (man, I am so tired of the car). Chase bites, and he bites very hard! I am going to have to work on that. Naughty, Naughty! I just got back about an hour and a half ago. Well, I have to go finish school. I will post longer later.

Valentines!

2009-02-14T14:30:00.001-06:00

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!!!

Hobby Lobby

2009-02-12T09:41:00.002-06:00

I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday. It was a bunch of fun. I saw my old gym coach Sky there. I miss Sky so much. But I had really gone there to get some yarn. They were having a big sale, so I got four balls of yarn for eight dollars! And two of them are the really fluffy kind of yarn. I am going to make Sky two wash clothes. And then I am going to make a blanket. I think. Before we went to Hobby Lobby we had afternoon gymnastics, and Spanish class. In Spanish class we read some, I showed her some gymnastics, and we wrote in Spanish and then at the end we played a game. I finally found out when we are getting my puppy! We are leaving Sunday night after Bible Study and we are going to drive until about 10 and then we are going to stop at a hotel. Then the next day we will drive the rest of the way and pick up Chase and then turn around and drive back home. It is going to be a long drive! And I am going to have to take school with me. But that is okay because I will probably get bored on the 14 hour drive. I had writing class yesterday. It went good. We have an east assignment which is nice! Then after Hobby Lobby Mom took me to gym and I did evening practice. That went pretty well. I did Floor, Beam, and Vault. I have to skip practice on Monday since I will be gone. So the coaches are really working on all of the events because we have a meet next month. (Hopefully), our gym owner is not really working on it. Gruuuuuuuu. Oh well, I will just have my routines even better.

Puppy

2009-02-10T17:18:00.002-06:00

I am not going to be able to get the puppy on Friday. I am so sad. But hopefully we will got get him on Monday. Today when we got back from piano lessons I was going to play with our turtles, but there was only one in the tank. (we have two). We looked and looked and finally we found him. He had some how climbed out of the tank and into a corner of the house by some boxes! LOL. I am so glad that we found him. I started a new knitting project. I am knitting squares of different colored yarn and then I am going to sew them together to make it into a blanket! I think it is going to be a mothers day present. (If I get it done in time) I am also making a brown purse for Carolyn. Then I am hoping to make a baby doll blanket for Chloe's birthday. Tonight Mom and Dad are going out to dinner for Valentines. For Valentines we are having a bunch of people over and the adults are going to watch a movie and the kids are going to play games. Then we will serve dinner. I am a waitress and a baby sitter. Fun!

Ellies Birthday # 2

2009-02-07T16:55:00.002-06:00

Today we had Ellie's party. When we woke up we did chores, and more chores, and even more chores. Wait, we ate breakfast before chores. Then we went outside and cleaned the front and back yard. Then I came in and helped Mom get the food ready and make sure the house was still clean. At 10:30 the guests arrived. We went outside and played sharks and minnows. And then three legged races. And then link tag. We played each game for about twenty minutes. After that we went inside and ate some snacks. Talked a lot with June and Lucie. They are so nice. Then we had cake. It was so cute, it was a blue horse shoe with white edgings. Opa made it and decorated it too. After we ate cake we went to the trampoline and jumped for a while and then sat down to rest and talk. After a while Lincoln and I got tired of just sitting and talking so we got up and started jumping over June, and Lucie. I do front flips over them. No, I did not hit them! We did that and then we went into the front yard and started playing basketball. When Jack and Lincoln came over we started a game of knock out. I got second three times! It was a lot of fun. Then we went inside and opened presents. After that everybody left. I am so excited. On Friday, Dad is taking me to Abilene and he is getting me a puppy! I am so happy! I already have a name for him. I want to name him Chase. He is seven weeks old, I wish He was a little younger but that is okay. He is a German short hair. I will post pictures of him as soon as I have him!

Ellies Birthday # 1

2009-02-06T16:45:00.000-06:00

Today was Ellie's actual birthday. We got up and waited for mom to get the pancakes down. They were German pancakes so she had to cook each on individually and then put sugar and apples in them. Finally after waiting forever we opened the presents. She got a ton of stuff! Then we did chores and played for a little bit. Then we ate lunch and Oma came over. Opa was not feeling well. After that we cooked all afternoon and then at 4:00 Mom took Ellie, Carolyn, and I to gym. We had an easy practice. And it was fun. We cleaned up mats that the coaches and taken to a school for PE and then we ran for five minutes. Then we conditioned and stretched. Erica took us to floor and we had conditioning races. Allie and I won all of the except one, because it was handstand walks and I never came down but the other girls would come down and take three steps forward and do another two handstand steps. But it was still a lot of fun. Then we worked on easy stuff like front walkovers, and back handsprings. Then Kelly took us to beam. We warmed up and then had contests to see who could hold there handstand the longest. I won! Then Kelly said that we could make up a fun routine, not to change our old ones, just for fun. So we did that and then Kelly took us to bars. We have a set of four bars and they are all connected in the middle and then go out. What we had to do was pull overs on all of the bars and come tag the next person in line on our team. Then we would have to do kips and cast handstands and other stuff like that. Claire (who quite six months ago) came to practice. She has changed a lot! Kelly let us talk with her for about 15 minutes and then we got free time for about 10 minutes. Since it was Ellie's birthday we brought cup cakes. Maddie (Ellie's best friend) also had a birthday that week so she brought ice cream dots. For the last 15 minutes we had snacks and got to talk. It was so fun. Then Mom came and took us to a movie store and to Pizza Hut. When we got home we are pizza and watched a movie for Ellie's birthday. We watched the basket ball air bud, It was really good. But we did not get to finish it. For a treat Mom got us some Sprite! It was a great day!

Ellies Birthday

2009-02-05T16:40:00.002-06:00

Tomorrow is Ellie's birthday party. I got her a cute note book with a lily pad on the front and I made her a miniature scrap book. It is really neat. I have been really busy with school and my family. On Monday we went out to eat at a pizza place. It was really good. Mom was teaching a bible study to a lady so we took her son with us. His name is Dale. We ate dinner and then Dad took me to the gym. I did giants at the gym that night. I am going to try to get a video of it soon. On Saturday Ellie is having her party. She invited Bryanna, Brishen, Lincoln, Jack, Lucie, and Maddie. We are going to play some games, have snacks, and just hang out.

Ko-op

2009-01-30T11:50:00.003-06:00

We had KO-op and it yesterday and it was so much fun!!! When the two families go there we went into our living room and just started on the basics of science. Like inventors, inventions, and the history of science. Then we divided up into teams and we had to blindfold one person on our team and give them an object. That had to guess what it was and what it was made from. After that we went to the kitchen table and did an M&M experiment. We had to guess how many M&M's were in the bag and how many of each color. Then we opened the bag and sorted all the colors and counted them then we added all the numbers up to the total. After that since we had three teams we averaged all of our totals. It was a lot of fun. I had a bunch of tests this week. I had a math test, a pop quiz in writing, a spelling test, and an elections test. After the M&M test we went outside and we had to measure how far our marble went when it was rolled down a piece of wood. We also had to measure how high our board was. Then we had to higher our board, and then we had to use a bigger marble. After that we got on scooters and skateboards and our partner had to push us. It was so much fun!!!!! I will post again soon!

Friends Forever

2009-01-26T16:07:00.002-06:00

It was so much fun, Kaleigh came over!!! Nathan, Mary Ellen, Kevin, and Caleb also came over. They stayed for about two hours. When they first got here Caleb, Nathan, Kaleigh and I went to jump on the trampoline. It has been misty so the trampoline was wet and slippery. We slid all over it! Then Kaleigh, June, Kevin, Caleb and I walked on the stilts. After that Kaleigh and I went inside and played with are turtles, Army, and Shelly. Then we went up to the club house and talked for a while and then we started jumping over the bean bags and sleeping bags, we would judge each other to see who was the best. We tied. Then it was time for them to go. I can not wait until they come over again. Tomorrow we are going over to the Norris's house. One of there sheep just had a baby, Sarah and I are going to play with it. They already had three others, There names are Josie, Kaden, Daisy, and Levi. They might have two more lambs by the time we get there! I am so excited! I had an orthodontist appointment today. I am supposed to come back in four months to see how many teeth I have lost. I can not get braces until all my baby teeth are gone and my adult teeth in. Laura is here babysitting us, I really like Laura she is very nice. Laura is Kaleigh's older sister. Tonight at gym we have Steven. That means we will have a lot of conditioning but we will get to do a bunch of fun stuff!

Hunting

2009-01-25T14:02:00.003-06:00

I got back from my hunting trip yesterday. It was so much fun!!! I left at 2:00 in the afternoon and we got there at about 3:50. We unpacked all of our stuff and put it in our cabin. Then we went out to the place where we were going to hunt and waited until 5:00 to go hunting because it was SO hot. We walked for a while looking for birds but we did not see any, Trigger (our dog) loved it out there he was running around like crazy. We hunted there until 7:00, but we did not find any birds, and then headed up to "Las Tres Hermanas" (the three sisters), I hope I spelled that right. It is a really good Mexican restaurant. After we ate we headed back to out cabin. I did some school and read a book until about 9:30 then Dad and I went to sleep. Except we did not sleep, we did not know that we had to turn on the air conditioning. And then when we figured it out, we could not find then remote! LOL. So we opened the door and window and just laid there. Then I remembered a remote control thing that I thought was for the radio, I gave it to Dad and it turned out that it was for the air conditioning! By then it was about 10:00 and we finally got to sleep. Dad woke me up at 5:30 in the morning because he thought it was 6:30 (the people who owned the cabin had never switched the clock). So I dozed for about one hour and then we got up and packed all our stuff in the car. We got breakfast at a gas station we had egg tacos and I had hot chocolate. Dad got coffee. Then we went to the hunting lease, we got there at 7:30 and we hunted until 10:00, we got four birds then. After we took about a 20 minute break for some water and stuff we headed back out. We hunted from 10:30 to 12:00, in that time we got 6 birds! So we got 10 in total. Since we were already packed up we got in the car and drove home. We stopped at a restaurant for lunch and then we got home. We unpacked and just hung out. Mom made pizza and we ate it and watched a movie. It was a fun weekend!

Surgery

2009-01-22T13:21:00.002-06:00

Sydney is having surgery tomorrow. She pulled part of the bone off her knee and partly ripped one of her tendons. Thankfully it was not her ACL. We are going to go visit her next week after her surgery. I have not been doing that much. I have finished all my school for the day. I should probably start packing for tomorrow (I am going on a hunting trip) but I do not feel like it. For writing class I have to look up 42 verses in the bible, summarize them, think of a book or movie that relates to the verse, and then write how they are related. It is due on Wednesday! Thankfully there are two other girls in the writing class so we got to split it up. So I only have to look up 14 verses. Plus I have to look up three sentences and try to figure out what they men. They are supposed to have like two meanings. Mom is going to Sam's for some groceries.

Hurt Knee

2009-01-20T16:56:00.002-06:00

No, I did not hurt my knee. Sydney did when she was skiing. She thinks she has torn something in her knee, she is going to the Doctor this afternoon. I feel so bad for her. She will probably be out of gymnastics for 6-8 weeks. I am going to call her this evening and see how her Doctor appointment went. She might be coming to gym tomorrow to talk to the coaches so she could say hi to me. But I will not be seeing her for a while. She lives in Seguin and I do not. She has to come to gym where I got because the gym in Seguin does not have team levels above level 3. I had piano lessons today. They went really well. I am playing a duet with my teacher. We watched the inauguration at her house we do not have cable. I am going to go call Sydney!

Award

2009-01-18T13:54:00.004-06:00

I finally figured out how to get my award up on my blog! (thanks Julie and Mom) I am supposed to tag 10 people who have attitude (the good kind). I do not know any body on blogger except people that have already been tagged. Sorry!

I am sick

2009-01-17T13:10:00.000-06:00

I have been sick the last couple of days. I have been reading a lot of books! We went to the library the day before I got sick, so we had a bunch of books to read. Which is good because I read really fast. Now June, Jonathan, and Dad are sick. We are cancelling bible study. Emily left on Thursday, she is coming back on her spring break. Emily might move here. I am so excited! I really like Em, she is funny. I am going to post some pictures of her soon. We have several computers and this one does not have the pictures. Sydney is in New Mexico skiing. I love skiing. It is so much fun!!! I live in Texas and it does not snow often enough here to go skiing, but I have been to New Mexico and Colorado to go skiing. I am more then half way done with school! I can not wait until school is out! Nothing else really interesting.

Texting

2009-01-10T14:19:00.004-06:00

One of my friends showed me how to text. It is really fun. I do not have a phone so I am using my moms phone. But I do not text very much. Last night after practice (we got out at 7:30) Mrs. Parker (Allie and Tori's Mom) took us to Rudy's for dinner! It was so much fun. We car pool with the Parker's. Allie is the one who I text because my other friend Sydney does not text back, and because Jordan does not have a phone either. Then the Parker's stayed for about 30 minutes and Allie and I figured out how to text on my Moms phone, we also talked about school. She goes to a private Catholic school. I got awarded an award but I can not figure out how to put it on my blog. This afternoon Emily is coming to spend a week with us, she is from Duluth Minnesota. She is one of the people who came down for the fair in the fall. She is really nice. I found out that Ana did not quit, she moved to Olympic Hills and is going 25 hours a week. I think that is crazy. I am a higher level and I only go nine hours a week! We are going to have pizza for dinner. Mom is going to make it. June, Ellie, and Dad are at the airport picking up Emily. I am so excited that she is coming. I am really going to miss Ana and Jordan. I called both of them earlier. Ana is doing good and likes her gym, but still does not have any new skills. Jordan is doing great, loves her coaches and gym, and has gotten five new skills. Her fly-away, back tuck, back layout, cast handstand, and clear hip. Go Jordan!

School is back

2009-01-08T16:10:00.004-06:00

We started school again on Monday! I am having so much fun (NOT). But we are having a really neat science class. I have been really busy with school and gymnastics. For those of you'll who have not read my other blog flipNout I will post a couple of things about that blog. Three girls quit gym on Monday, I am so bummed! One of my best friends Jordan did not actually quit. She is going to a different gym now. It is called Ariel Athletics. I do not like that gym, well i guess I am not Jordan. She came to practice last night after her practice at the other gym and said good bye. Amber and Ana also quit. I am working on my back flip on the beam. It is really hard. I am going to start working on level 8 after my competition season!!! I am so excited. Tonight we are going out to dinner and we are going to get ice cream! I love ice cream!!! Nothing else to really post about I guess. Here is a fun thing to do, read the rules and KEEP THE GAME MOVING!!!

Rules
#1 find the letter that your tagger gave you
#2 write a word that starts with that letter
#3 all the words above your letter, write on your post
#4 tag one person to carry on the game and tell them which letter they are
#5 make sure you follow the rules so it works smoothly

Example
I am c, I wrote down cartwheel, the people before me wrote apple and baseball, so I write that down too. Okay, lets give it a try!

1.Apple
2.Baseball
3.Cartwheel

1.Animals

Julie you are B!

About me

2009-01-05T13:52:00.003-06:00

Here are some facts about me, Julie and Olivia write 15 things about yourself!

I am a level 6/7 gymnast
I love animals
I am homeschooled
I am in 6th grade
I am 11
My favorite color is green
My favorite subject is math
I like to write and read
I do not like spinach
I love steak
I like to run
I am a christian
I like to use computers
I do not have a phone
I do not have my ears pierced

2009?

2009-01-03T16:04:00.002-06:00

I can not believe that it is 2009! It seems like just yesterday I was going, march 1 gym practice today! LOL. I can not believe how fast the time is flying. I am 11 now. I am so happy, Mom is going to have another baby! Ellie got her hair cut, it is so cute. I am so excited two months until my first meet! It is march 7. I only have a couple meets though, because I just need to get a
certain score so I can pass. Tomorrow I am going to have to clean the house for bible study. I do not like cleaning the house very much. Well, who does?

Christmas!

2008-12-30T07:42:00.002-06:00

I had a great Christmas!!!! I got some books, clothes, movies, and a ring. We had apple cake for breakfast. Our grandparents came over and then we opened presents. After presents we cleaned up all of our stuff and played outside, it was like 70% so I was in shorts and a tee shirt on Christmas day! LOL. Then we had lunch, it was so good! WE had ham, cheese potatoes, green beans, stuffing, chips, dips, bread, and desserts. I made an apple pie. Dad and June are gone on a hunting trip. Yesterday was so much fun! When I go up, I got ready for gym, Oma took me to McDonald's. Then I had gym practice. There were only 4 girls at practice. Jordan, Hillary, Diana, and I. Jordan and I are the level 6's and Hillary and Diana are level 7's. But I can not wait until march so that I can move up to level 7.

First practice and a surprise!!!

2008-12-22T17:44:00.002-06:00

Okay, my first practice went great, I did all my skill good, and I am feeling comfortable with competing in March. My grips a sooooo cool. I will post a picture of them soon. I learned how to use them . But I am nervous about tomorrow because I was kinda doing some simpler skills today and my other coach Steven is going to make me do lots of hard stuff tomorrow. I had practice today from 9-12 am. I also have the same practice tomorrow. Next week we have them on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, still from 9-12. We got a new horse!!!!!!!!! She is sooooooo cute! Her name is Checkers. Allie did her whole bar routine and did a super duper fantastic front flip! I had my birthday party today. My actual birthday is tomorrow. I had Jordan, Sydney, and Allie come over. They followed us home from gym. WE had pizza pockets for lunch, and then we just played around. Then we opened presents. I got a real pearl necklace, one pearl in this cage thing. Jell pens, a crafting kit, and a cute outfit that says gymnast! It was sooo much fun and I can not wait until tomorrow. Its my birthday and I have another practice.

Level 6!

2008-12-19T17:35:00.002-06:00

Gotta run, so real fast. I moved up!!!!!!!!!!! Kelsie, Allie, Jasmine, Jordan, Sydney, and I moved up. Our first practice is on Monday. I will tell you how it goes. Our meets start in March. So we do not get to practice very much. But I have all my skills so I am ready. If we get really high scores in level 6 then we will move up to level 7!!!!! I am so happy. Our practices are, Monday 9-12 am on mon, tues, then next week mon, tues, fri, also at 9-12 am. And then we are going back to our normal schedule. I got grips and they work great. I will post again soon.

Gymnastics meeting!

2008-12-17T15:50:00.002-06:00

Okay, here is a real fast update. Tonight at 8:50 my mom is having a meeting with my coach about moving up! I am so excited!!!!!!! They have a sign up sheet so everyone is talking to the coaches at a separate time whether they are moving up or not. I will tell you'll tomorrow if I am or if I am not moving up. I will try to get a picture of my back handspring on the beam. But I will probably not be able to. Tonight is also our Christmas party! We got to draw peoples names from a big bucket and whoever we drew, we have to get them a gift. I drew Maddie and I am getting her a webkinz! I know who got me because they dropped there name and I accidentaly saw. Allie one of my friends got me. We are having pizza and cookies for dinner at the gym. WE got to have dinner and play around from 8:30 to 9:30. On Monday Sydney, Emmie (Sydney's sister), Allie, Tori (Allie's sister, Jordan, and Jessica, (Jordan's sister) are coming over for my birthday party! I am so excited!!!! I have something else to tell but I am going to wait until tomorrow so I have something else to tell you ll other then just if I am moving up!!!!!!!!!!

Caroling and a party!!

2008-12-13T08:38:00.003-06:00

On Thursday we went to our great grandmothers nursing home to go caroling!!! It was so fun. We stayed there for about an hour and a half, at the end we got some little goodie bags. I got a pencil, a eraser, and a tootsie roll! Then we are lunch and drove over to the Molendas house. This party was for Sarah, Kaleigh and I because we all have our birthdays in December. Kaleighs present for Sarah and I was Tye dye shirts! We got to do them our selves. After that we went to Sarah house. When we got there we went to their sheep pen and played with the tiny lambs! They were so cute!!! After that we went to the hay bale pile and played tag. We went back to the house to open our other presents. I got a sonic gift card, socks, a journal, two pencils, and a picture. Then we had Pizza! Oh my goodness! That pizza was sooooooooo good!!!! IT was homemade, and it was almost as good as our pizza. After dinner we played on the hay bales and with the sheep and then I had to leave. The other girls stayed and spent the night. It was soooooooooo much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tonight!

2008-12-10T12:33:00.002-06:00

I hope we are going to find out who is moving up tonight. We did not find out on Monday. The owner wants to write a really nice "moving up letter". So we can't move up until she writes the letters. Our coach already knows who is moving up though. We painted our new room yesterday. It is green and it has flowers, butterflies, and verses painted on the wall. Tomorrow we are going to go Christmas caroling! And I am going over to two of my friends houses. Because Sarah, Kaliegh and i all have our birthdays in December we are going to do a joined birthday party. So tomorrow after we go caroling we are going to eat lunch, then go to kalieghs house, and stay there for a while, and then I am going to go to Sarah's house and stay until 9:30 p.m. The reason I am staying so late is because it is actually a sleep over and I am not allowed to spend the night.

Happy Dance!

2008-12-07T08:17:00.003-06:00

I am sooooo excited!!!! I finally got my back handspring on the beam! Do the happy dance, the happy dance! I will try to post a video of it soon, but my Mom has not been coming to practice so I can not get a video. I also learned how to do a "knee cartwheel" on the beam. Its really neat! Julie, my Friend ran 13.1 miles, she was in a half Marathon, and amazingly she finished in under 2 hours! Sorry its so short! I will write again soon.

Fishing

2008-11-29T07:48:00.002-06:00

We went fishing last night it was so fun!!!! Well, actually it was just me and my Dad fishing, every one else was swimming. My dad got one huge fish! But I did not get any. We are going to go again today. When we got back from the river the little kids took a nap. And then we went to our grandparents house for left-over Thanksgiving food. We played boggle. Its a game that is shaped like a box and is plastic, there are blocks inside it that have words on them and you have to make as many word as you can before the timer runs out. We are also going out to our ranch to get some stuff. I am so excited about Christmas! I would like a puppy and grips. I know that they are getting grips for me (they are asking me which kind I want) but I do not know if they are getting me a puppy. My Dad is emailing a guy just to see if he has any puppies. Well, I gtg (got to go)

New Blog

2008-11-28T13:22:00.002-06:00

Hey,
I started a new blog, Its called http://gymcrazykid.blogspot.com/. Hope you'll like it!

I'm Stuffed!

2008-11-27T19:55:00.002-06:00

This morning when I woke up I made a thanksgiving craft. I wrote Thanksgiving down a piece of paper and then on the "t" I put turkey, on "h" I put horses and so on done the list, It was really fun! We had Cinnamon bread for breakfast. Then Mommy went over to Our grandparents house to talk about a house for sale that we might buy for our great grandmother, she lives in Dallas but is visiting for Thanksgiving. Then I went with Daddy and Bubba to get our other great grandmother. Then we all went to Oma and Opa's house for lunch. The food was sooooo good! I made apple pie, peanut butter cookies, and chex mix. I had a bunch of food. After that we went outside and played for a while, then June went across the street to our house to get our saucer. Our grandparents live on a big hill, so we slid down the hill on our saucer! It was so fun!! Then we went inside and played games and watched the football game. Then I went with Opa and Oma to go see a cow that was in the middle of the rode. (Oma saw it when she was coming back from taking one of our great grandmothers home). When we got there a police man was sitting there watching the cow trying to stop it from going onto the highway! We pulled over and talked to the police man and he said that the cow rear-ended his car!!!!! Then we went home and played more games, we played the really fun game called GAG. You have this little shrimp and you have to hid him. He is so cool, he is bendable, he has magnets in him, he has a clasp, and he has suckers so you can hid him just about anywhere. Then we ate dinner, I did not eat much 'cause I was stuffer from lunch. It was so fun and I can not wait until tomorrow when we go back!

Open Gym

2008-11-25T17:05:00.002-06:00

Last night at gym we had a fun night b/c it was the practice after our last meet (our state competition). We only had to run 10 laps! Then we did our warm-up and then we went to beam. At beam we had some contest's like handstand hold and beam walks. It was so fun!!!!!!!! After that we went to floor and did tiger holds and headstands. Then we got to eat pizza, And drink lemonade. Steven made the lemonade, it was gross! He did not put in nearly enough powder. After we had our Pizza party we went to Tumble Track, it is a really really really long trampoline that you can do flips done. After that we had open gym for the rest of the night. Sydney and I stayed on tumble track for a while and then we went to vault, beam, and bars. It went by to fast. We get Wednesday and Friday off because of Thanks Giving! But when we come back it is conditioning season, we will condition until July! So fun. (not). Have a great thanks giving. I will write about our thanks giving after its over.

State Competition

2008-11-24T06:57:00.002-06:00

My state meet was okay. The judging was horrible. I got a 8.95 on beam, and my coach said it should have been a 9.100, On vault i got 9.175 and I should have gotten a 9.450, floor it should have been a 9.600 but it was a 9.350, and on bars I got a 9.1 and it should have been a 9.600. I got a 36.650 over all. I placed 10th over all, which is pretty good for such bad judging. Our leotards were so cool!!! You get a new leotard when you go to state. They were a pinky purple and said TEXAS in jewels. But now that is over and I can start training level 6/7. Today we have my favorite coach, Steven and he lets us do really fun things. But he also makes us do lots of conditioning. We will probably be working on lots of fun stuff! I am very excited. I can not wait to see how the other girls did! I know Jordan got a 36.850, on floor she did AMAZING! She got a 9.750! The most you can get is a 10.00! Today my Dad and June are going on a hunting trip. I was going to go but I did not want to miss my first practice after State. Our baby sitter Laura is coming over today! She is really nice. Last night Mr. Jim our builder helped me with my math! So now I do not need to do math today or tomorrow! I have to go help Dad with breakfast!

Houston # 2

2008-11-22T16:17:00.003-06:00

Ellie did awesome!!! She got an 8.2 on bars, 8.8 on floor, 8.85 on beam, and an 8.9 on vault. She got a 34.725 (I think) 34.7 something. We are going to pack up soon. Tomorrow we are going to wake up at 6:00 a.m. and leave by 7:00 we will get to our meet at 7:45 and it starts at 8:00. It ends at 12:00 and then we are going to go home. (first we are going to eat lunch). In the car I am going to post how I did. It was so fun, last night Ellie and I watched "The Cosby Show". It was really good.

Houston #1

2008-11-22T06:25:00.003-06:00

We are in Oma's R.V. it is great! Last night it got pretty cold because we did not have any propane! We are leaving at 7:15 this morning so that Ellie can get to her competition. I am going to blog as soon as we get back!!! I got up at 6:00 a.m.! I was so excited, I got some coffee! But it had lots of milk in it. Ellie and I slept on the couch that folds out into a bed. Ellie is going to be done at 1:00p.m. (hopefully). We are going to have pizza for breakfast. Last night we ordered pepperoni pizza, actually that was for Ellie and I. Oma (my grandmother) and Mommy got some kind of vegetable pizza. Not for me! So we are going to eat left over pizza. Pepperoni of course!!! TTYL. (After the meet)

Houston, here I come!

2008-11-21T09:22:00.002-06:00

We are leaving at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon for Houston. I can not believe that my state meet is actually here!!!!!! I am sooooooooo nervous and excited. We are leaving this afternoon and are staying tomorrow, (Saturday), and Sunday morning, after my meet Sunday morning we will come home pack up and leave. We will probably get back at 4:30 Sunday afternoon. I am all packed up and ready to go (almost) I have to take a shower, find my flip flops, eat lunch, and then we are leaving!!!!!!!!! Yesterday I went to some Dr. appointments with my Mom for her back. Her back is still hurting. I am taking school in the car. My Mom is at another Dr. appointment right now. We watched Kung Fu Panda last night, I did not like it very much. Their was a bunch of magic in it. Got to go. I will post as soon as we get back.

P.S. we might take the laptop with us so I might post about our trip!!!

Target!!!

2008-11-18T17:32:00.003-06:00

I am soooooooo excited for three reasons.

1. My Mom is taking me to target because of my good grades in school

2. We are leaving for state on Friday

3. I am finally getting grips (for my b day, December 23)

Soon we are going to go to Target, My Mom is going to let me pick out a couple things to buy. I have not gone shopping in a loooooooong time!!!!!!! I do not really like shopping but for some reason I am really excited, probably because I have not gone in such a long time. My Mom bought a video camera, she is going to take it to state. I will post the videos as soon as possible when we get back. My grandmother works in Houston even though she lives right across the street from us, and she has a R.V. that she stays in while she works. So she is going to drive down with us and then we are going to go to her R.V. I am so happy and nervous about my meet. If I get first place on anything I get my picture put up on the wall!!!

Videos!!!

2008-11-16T07:49:00.004-06:00

Carpool!

2008-11-15T12:04:00.002-06:00

Last night when I carpooled with my friends we had soooooo much fun!!! Allie sat with Ellie in the back seat, Sydney sat with me in the middle seat, and Mommy drove the car. We ate at Burger King. When we got to the gym we went and found our coach she told us what to do and then we went and helped the level three's warm-up. Tory got 1st place in beam, and Emmie got 1st place on bars. All of the girls did very well. It was so fun, We had four blackouts!!! Their was some kind of explosion outside and the lights went out four tome for about ten minutes each, While there were blackouts we (the squad leaders) got to play on the beams in the dark! But we only did easy things. After the first blackout the meet started, I was leading the 5-6 year old's, they were so cute! I have some videos of me doing gymnastics but they are on our other computer which my Mom is using so I can not post them right now, I will post them later. At my gymnastics practice before the meet I found out that I am moving up!!! But I am not going to change levels until after State. I am going to do level 6 for a month and then go to level 7! At the meet it was kinda confusing in my group because there were two girls named Kaitlyn and two girls named Julie. The kept getting mixed up on who's turn it was! I brought some money and I bought some skittles, Allie and Sydney shared with me. It was soooooo much fun!!! I am sad that they do not have any more meets until next year. I will post the video's later.

Bobbie

2008-11-13T20:46:00.004-06:00

I am so sad, Bobbie one of our workers is not going to be working here any more. Today is his last day. We made him some cup cakes, he is really nice, I wish he were not leaving. Last night Mom curled my hair. Sydney, Allie, and I are going to match at the meet. We are going to wear red shorts, our blue team J&R shirts, and Our hair curled in a pony tail. I am soooooooooo glad that they are car pulling with me. At the meet we are going to be able to do a "show" Just some simple skills like, back flips, front handsprings and stuff like that. Tory (Allie's little sister) is really good on beam. I think she might get a blue ribbon! In level three you get ribbons instead of scores. Emmie (Sydney's sister ) is really good on bars. She will probably get a blue on that. There is a little girl named Cambre she is sooo good, she is the best girls on the team. (Except for vault) But she is still pretty good at it. I am hoping that I get to coach her. She is sooooo cute. She is seven, be she's so small it looks like she five!

Level Three Meet

2008-11-13T10:08:00.002-06:00

I am so excited. My best friend Sydney and my good friend Allie are going to car-pool with me to the level three meet. Sydney, Allie, and I are squad leaders. That means that we lead the girls around to each rotation so they can compete. Last night I got a really bad rip from bars, it started bleeding. It hurt! I am hoping to lead our team at the meet. Sydney's little sister and Allie's little sister are on the level three team. My sister would be on that level but she is to young. She is going to skip that level, because she can not move up at all until May, when she turns 7. So she will train really hard so that she go on to level 4 or 5! Some of my frineds and I are on a gymnastics diet. We have state coming up, next weekend!!! So we are trying to eat very healthy. My goal is to get a 37 over all. And to get first place on vault. My coaches think that I can get both of my goals if I work really hard, But Erica said that they housten girls have really good vaults. I am kinda sad that I got in Gold division because its going to be sooooooooo hard. Ellie is sick so Mom is going to take her to the docter. I am going with Mom soon to our ranch to put some boxes up and check on the cowsThe concrete guys are pouring our drive way. Ellie is helping Alex smooth it all out. I think I am going to go help to!!!

Story Time

2008-11-12T09:59:00.002-06:00

I am sorry I have not posted another chapter. I am not sure who is starting the next chapter. I need to talk to Julie. We had music lessons today, they went great! I play piano and guitar, I used to play violin. I know how to play harmonica and recorder. But I am best at piano. This is my sixth year of taking piano. After piano we went to Arbys It is so good!!! I got a chicken sandwich. I made this really neat craft, the electrician's are here for our house, and they have lots of pieces of copper that they do not need. So they gave it to us. I made an "A" out of the copper and put a piece of ribbon on it, then I gave it to my friend Allie. I also made a "s" for my friend Sydney.

Our painted room!

2008-11-09T07:48:00.003-06:00

On Friday the painters came and painted one of our rooms. It is the room that I usually sleep in with Ellie and Caro, so we all slept in different places. I sleepy with my older sister, Ellie slept in our guest room, and Caro slept in the living room. Shadow had another litter of babies! This time she had eleven. I got my "full" on our trampoline that is a back flip with a full twist in it. We have a video game that we play on the computer its called galaxian, its so fun!!! You have a ship and you have to shot all the aliens , me and my dad play it. A couple days ago we went to Bryanna's house, It was fun. They made soup and bread for lunch, I put honey on my bread! Bryanna has a little sister named Brishen. Ellie, Carolyn, Brishen and Jonathan sat at the "little kid table" and Mrs. Newton, Mom, June, Bryanna and I sat at the bigger table. The little ones played dress up while June, Bry (short for bryanna), and I talked and played with their rabbits. They have four rabbits and a HUGE dog. The dogs name is Parsley. I hope I spelled that right. The room is painted blue and white, it has a strip of farm wallpaper all the way around the room, its so cute.

Real Fast

2008-11-08T20:36:00.002-06:00

Okay, I have to go to bed in a minute so its real fast. We are going to find out who is moving up in December or January!!! For state we are going to stay in our grand mothers RV! I am so excited. The little kids are watching a veggie tale movie. A couple weeks ago I want and saw Fire Proof, My friend Julie also went and so it, It was a great movie! On Friday the concrete guys poured our sidewalk. Got to go, I will post again tomorrow.

Concrete Men!!!

2008-11-06T18:24:00.002-06:00

The concrete guys are back!!!!! I am so excited, Benny and Diego came today. Tomorrow Alex will be coming with them! Today I played on our home made beam, its really fun. I have been practicing my skills on it, we are going to have steak for dinner! June made bread today, it was soooooooooooooooo good. Tomorrow I have my private lesson with my friend Jordan. Kelly and Steven will be coaching us, Amber might join the lesson too. Chloe learned how to say please in sign language, its so cute. We had to take one of our dogs to the vet yesterday, My dad just went to pick him up. The dogs name is Patches, he is a yellow and white beagle, he is adorable! Tomorrow we are having our lunch with the workers, I love Fridays.

I got tagged!

2008-11-06T10:46:00.003-06:00

I got tagged by Julie, I am supposed to say six random things about myself and then tag six people. Here I go!

1. I absolutely love animals, we have 33 (I think, I might have missed some chickens or cows). My favorite animals are goats, horses, and dogs!

2. I like to read, I read a LOT.

3. I am on a competitive gymnastics team, training level 5/6 soon to be 7.

4. I good on computers, I like to figure out new things.

5. I want to get a video camera or a camera, I can't decide witch.

6. I love to hang out with my friends and family.

People I Tag.
I do not know I lot of people who blog other then my friend who tagged me, and my friends sister who got tagged by the same person so I can not do six, only two. Sorry.

1. Margaret
2. Morgan

Elections

2008-11-05T16:29:00.001-06:00

Obama is president. We went and watched the elections last night at our friends house. I got tagged by Julie, I am really busy so I am going to do the tag tomorrow. Sorry!

Yahoo!!!

2008-11-04T09:19:00.002-06:00

I am so excited! I qualified for state in Gold division! I got a 36.275 over all, I got a bad beam score so that messed up my total. Ellie qualified for state at her level in bronze! My beam score was a 8.425, I was being "jerky" on my routine that is way I got a low score, I did not place on beam. On vault I got a 9.25 and I got 2nd place. On bars I got a 9.35 and placed 10th, then on floor I got a 9.25 and placed 8th. i got 7th place all around. State is in three weeks! I am getting a private lesson on Wednesday with My coach Erica. And then on Friday me and my friend Jordan our having a private with Kelly and Steven! Gold division is the hardest group, I was hoping to place in silver because it would not be so hard. The girls from the Houston gym are really really really good. My other friend Sydney qualified on Gold also, Jordan got in Gold division to. At state it will just be Jordan and I because they are braking us up into age groups, Sydney is in the age group just older then Jordan and I.

Tommorow Is Qaulifiers!

2008-11-01T08:27:00.003-05:00

I am so so so so so excited and nervous about Sunday, Its my second biggest meet of the year. Ir I don't qualify I don't move up. Today Ellie has her meet, I am going with Mom and her to the meet. Our baby mice are getting so big! Last night we had a festival party instead of Halloween, it was so fun! Two of my friends go to come, their names are Diana and Sarah. I got a bag of candy for winning some of the games! I did not go trick or treating. Sorry I did not post in a long time, I have been really busy. Yesterday one of workers wife, and her son came over and stayed at our house and then went to our festival. The lady's name was Tanya, and she had a son named Jonathan, he is three. It was so much fun !

Press and Worm

2008-10-27T13:21:00.005-05:00

I got some really neat videos of me doing a press, and Sunshine doing the worm. I will try to post them soon. Last night at bible study, one of the my friends, Ben, decided to try to put a whole brownie in his mouth!!! He did but he could not eat it. June, Ben, Bryce, and I played volleyball for a while. Bryce is another one of my friends. We made some cup cakes today! I tried one after lunch, they were really good! This Friday we are having a harvest party at a ranch instead of Halloween. I am excited because at gymnastics we are having a Halloween party and we get to dress up, I am going to be "myself" in normal everyday clothes. After that we are going to have cookies! Its a lot of fun! Tonight we have Steven, I like him 'cause he lets us do fun stuff. I am hoping that he can come over for dinner soon. We are training really hard for our upcoming competition, Kelly wants us to get third place at least. I have been waiting for this competition for a long time, last year I didn't place, I am really hoping to place this year. Because of my age group it is only Ana, Jordan, and I in a session, before us Ellie goes (aka Sunshine), after Ellie Amber goes, and then after me all the other girls go. I am so excited!!!

Surprise Vacation!

2008-10-26T16:31:00.004-05:00

Sorry I have not posted in such a long time! My parents took us on a surprise vacation, we went to our ranch. It was so much fun! I had my Junior Olympics competition last Sunday, it went pretty well. I got first place on Vault!!! And I got 8th on bars, 5th on floor, and 7th on beam!!!! I got 5th place over all! Next Sunday I have qualifiers!!! If I get in the top 30 girls I am going to the state competition!!! It is in Houston, on Nov. 22. At our ranch we have a huge barn, it is so fun to play in! I am starting to learn Christmas songs in piano lesson. I am starting to knit a purse, it is going to be brown, with some trim. I have not decided what color trim I am going to use. I am going to post some pictures of our mice soon, I hope. Tomorrow Shadows babies will be 3 weeks old! I am very excited and nervous about my meet. I got my hair cut!!! Its is several inches below my shoulder. If I go to state Miss. Texas is handing out the awards!!! My friend Sydney got to see Miss. Texas who is now Miss. America!!! At bible study tonight we are going to have baked potatoes! I love baked potatoes! I am going to go play volleyball.

Pictures

2008-10-16T12:16:00.006-05:00

Me on bars. My best friend Sydney, She is the tallest, Then Ana she is the shortest, then is me, I have bangs.

My friend Hilary. Me and my caoch Kelly(I am on bars)

Elf

2008-10-16T10:40:00.003-05:00

Last night my Mom and I watched a movie called Elf, It was really funny! I am so excited because Aunt Cindy and Sam are coming today!!! They are coming sometime after lunch. Yesterday at gym, we went to vault,beam, and bars. Bars is my best event, but I do not like it very much, unless we are going with Steven, he makes it fun! My favorite event is Vault or beam.

Oldest Girl

2008-10-15T17:04:00.003-05:00

I am the oldest girl at home right now, Dad and June, my older sister, are in Duluth. They will be in Duluth until late Saturday night. After gym tonight my Mom is going to help me with my blog. I am hoping Mom can help me get some pictures up, I also want to change the background.My mouse died, I am so sad. Carolyn's mouse had babies! I am really excited about gym tonight because my coach Erica is back. Her dad died in a car accident two weeks ago. Mara (my coach who moved to Dallas) is going to come see us next Wednesday!!! I can not wait! Tomorrow Aunt Cindy and Sam are going to spend the night with us. I have a meet at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday night, isn't that weird? It goes until 9:30 and the next morning all of the kids (including me) have school. I can't believe that they are starting it so late on a school night. I had Spanish class earlier, I made a really neat craft. It is a glass bottle, with a tiny bit of blue paint in water dumped in, then you can put in plastic plants, and sand, I also put some shells in, it looks really good. Shadow (my little brothers mouse) is doing a great job of taking care of her babies. We held them a little earlier. I am making soup for dinner, so I better go. I will try to post pictures tonight.

Carolyn's Interview

2008-10-14T16:38:00.003-05:00

I am interviewing Carolyn, my six year old sister.

Color: purple and blue

do you like eggs? no

Why not? I just don't

Do you like snakes? yes

why? they are fun

would you eat mushrooms? no

why not? they can be piousness

why do you change attitudes so fast? I don't know

what is your favorite secret: I want to get a Shetland pony

who is your hero: nobody

why do scream? I i don't like scary things

why not? I just don't, 'cause there creepy

what do you want to be when you grow up? an Olympian skater & horse rider

Competition #3

2008-10-12T20:06:00.003-05:00

I am so happy with my gymnastics competition! I did super! I got third place out of forty girls!!! The two girls who beat me go 25 hours a week, I only go nine hours so I was pretty happy! I got a 36.800 over all! I got a 8.925 on floor and placed 4th. A 9.225 on beam and placed 9th. A 9.300 on vault and placed 2nd. Last but not least (its my highest score) a 9.350 on bars placing fifth!!! We got water bottles (the kind that are plastic and reusable, and you take them with you to sports practices) with a candy bar in them! Our team got 4th place!!! Here our the results of some of the other girls.

Marie Ambs: Third Place 36.800

Jordan Burns: Fifth Place 36:640

Sydney: Sixth place 35.250

Ana (my friend best friend) 16 place 33.750

Allie: 17 place 32.175

Kelsie: 21 place 32.000

From a different session.
Ellie (my sister) 10th place 33.975!

Our whole team did really good!

Silver Leaf!

2008-10-11T07:58:00.004-05:00

Tonight I am going with my family, my best friend Sarah, and my friends family, to Silver Leaf!!! It is a vacation place where you can play golf, tennis, volleyball, swim, and lots of other things. I remember going to Silver Leaf with Sarah, and Kaleigh, for our sixth birthday! That is almost five years ago! Sarah is two weeks older then I am .We played hide and go seek with a foot ball! It was really fun!!! I am really glad that I get to see Sarah because she lives about an hour away so I don't get to see her very often. Her oldest sister Bethany, works for my Dad. Her Middle older sister was my AWANA teacher, and her youngest older sister Rebbecca used to baby sit us. I have known Sarah since I was two! I have a meet tomorrow, I am really excited! Nov. 1 I have state qualifiers!!! I have a meet next weekend to. Our garage is almost done!!! It looks really good. They started on our house yesterday! We are adding a bedroom and bathroom onto the back of our house. My mouse had her babies!!! They are pink and slimy!!! But they are really cute! She had ten babies!!! We can not touch the babies yet, we have to wait about two weeks until we can touch them. I will post some pictures soon! (I hope) W have finished our seventh week of school!!! I can not believe how fast the time is going bye! I am going to be 19 before I know it! (not really) Yesterday I made some brownies, but they were really sticky. They still tasted good though!!! I posted the next chapter on story time. Dad and June are leaving on Wednesday, they will not be back until Sunday. Yesterday at volleyball we split up into teams and played a "game" You know like a real game. My team lost by three points. They gave us a test last week and they said if we brought it back then we could have a party! Everyone brought it back so we had sodas, cookies, candy, and lots of other stuff. I had a chocolate cookie, It was really good! At gym Lauren, who quit gymnastics came and worked out with us, she still has all of her skills! It was really fun. I will post about my meet and going to Silver Leaf on Monday.

Interview

2008-10-09T14:04:00.003-05:00

I got this idea from Julie. I am going to interview my little brother.

What is your name? Jonathan

How old are you? 4

What is your favorite color? Blue

What is your least favorite color? Pink

What is you favorite animal? Dog

What is your favorite food? Pizza

What do you want to be when you grow up? A fire fighter

Do you like racing cars? yes

Why do you like racing cars? they roll and do flips

Do you like building? yes

why? 'Cause then i can take it apart! Ha Ha!!!

what is your least favorite food? roast beef (I love roast beef)

Do you like green beans? no

do you like fish? with ketchup

why do you smile so much? I like smiling

who is your #1 hero? Mr. Jim (our builder)

what is your favorite secret? you can read me a book

thank you!!! I am going to Interview Carolyn soon.

Its October?

2008-10-08T16:07:00.003-05:00

I can not believe how fast this year is going by. January is coming up, my gym test. I am going to put a count down until my birthday and January. Sunday is going to be really busy! I am going to wake up, eat, do chores, then leave for Ellie's meet. We will stay until my meet that afternoon. My meet goes until 5:30. I will come home and our bible study company will be here. After the bible study people leave then I will go to bed. I am going to interview my brother soon.