Sorry it's been a while, but I have three major updates. I'll try to be brief.
First, we went to Maple Grove on a family camping trip with the two Billingsley families (aka, Aunt Janet and Uncle Charles, and Donovan and Becca) and Daniel and Stephanie, as well as the Gustafsons (yay! Cousin time!) A few of my favorite highlights from that was, the tree swing dad put up, the treasure hunt and crown craft Brinlee and I did with the kids, and the awesome creek. Unfortunately, we don't have pictures of any of those things. Hopefully, though, we may go camping again next summer when my brother Stephen and his family are visiting from Cincinatti. Speaking of which, we're leaving to go visit them tomorrow! YAY!!!!!!!!!
We hung out with Daniel and Stephanie for Independence Day, and played a really fun game...ugh...trying to think of the name...I know it starts with a B...nope, don't know what it's called. But afterwards, we watched the Stadium of Fire fireworks from a distance. A lot of it was down low, which was surprising, but what we could see...STUNK! This was the year I would have preferred to go because of the singing group at it this year, compared to Brooks and Dunn, and Miley Cyrus from the years before. I'm not crazy about the Jonas Brothers, and I don't listen to their music, unless with a friend or something, but they're my favorite singing group out of those. And I was kind of wanting them to sing their new song "Paranoid" (Hey! I heard it on the radio at Seven Peaks, ok?)
Anyway, probably the best event that's happened lately was that on Sunday, Heather got blessed! It was awesome, but my favorite part would have to be that Stephanie's family, the Coleman's came up!!!!! We knew them in Georgia, and Charles (basically 13, as he puts it, since he's turning thirteen the end of this month) and Jessica (11) were like, my best friends ever! They're still really great friends, and still up at the top, even though I don't see them as much anymore. The funnest part was, they were allowed to come over and spend the night!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS SOOOOOOOO FUN!!!!!!!!
Yep, that's what's happened. I had to hurry and tell about those before we left for Cincy so that I would have to update FOUR things in one post.
A couple of minor things going on: I'm loving the Cry of the Icemark, the book I'm reading. I read it in 6th grade, but it bored me to tears, and I skimmed it. Then, during 7th grade, I found out it was a trilogy, so now I'm rereading it, and I'm surprised how little I remembered! But it's soooo good, like a classic fantasy with battles and creatures!!!
Lord of the Rings, in my opinion, is better than classic fantasy though. I can't really remember those books either, but I wanted to read those again this summer as well, even though the writing is hardish, because the story is like, one of my favorites. However, we left the first one at my brother's old house, so we don't have it any more. But I read the first chapter of the second one yesterday night and loved it. Maybe I'll get the first one at the library...
Anyway...Alien was trying to show me something from the last book yesterday, and got her own copy, and started to look through Appendix B (there are appendixes up to F, by the way, in the back of the last book). We learned SOOOOOOOO much!!!!!
Sam was elected mayor of the Shire 7 times, he had like, over ten kids, when I thought he only had Elanor and Frodo!!!!! Oh, oh, and...Pippin's son (I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE GOT MARRIED!!!!!!!), who he named after Faramir, married one of Sam's daughters!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS SOOOOOOOOO COOL. And Merry lived to be 102 I think.
I want to be like that, so detailed with my stories like that. I mean, I seriously used to draw pedigrees for fun!
I would go on to talk about my new story, but I don't want to be a bore. I'll just tell you the names of my characters. Each one is a representative of each of the different kinds of people in this world I haven't named yet.
Sira Aquaris Quenzdaughter: Water Kingdom, Creek Tribe
Cassandra Stardust Falcondaughter: Sky/Air Kingdom, Cloud Tribe
Alio Treeroot Buckson: Earth Kingdom, Tree Tribe
Nymph Somethingorother Dunnowhosdaughter: Human
Frorin Firesparks Fransson: Last of the Light Kingdom, Sunlight Tribe
Jet Shadow Constanceson: Last of the Darkness Kingdom, Shadow Tribe
I don't know if I'm going to keep all the tribesey thingeys, I just sort of added them on there on the spot...
Anyway, that's about it. Oh, I forgot! ALIEN GOT A BLOG! Let's all give her a warm welcome to the blogging business.
So long for now, talk to you soon, love you all!
