Day:32 (Tuesday)
Right now as I am writing this blog it is Wednesday and I am in Oregon, I realized i had forgotten to write my very last blog and that i should do it now:(.
Here it goes.
Tuesday I woke up both happy and sad at the same time. I woke up happy to see my mom and sad to leave my aunt, the person I bonded with for 3 weeks! It was a disappointing day but I wanted to spend it the best I could because for all I knew it could be the last time I saw these very special people in a long time! After I woke up, I went into the living room with my aunt for a little while. After that I went to go with my grandparents to pick up my uncle that just flew in from Mexico and was with my brother for 6 weeks! We had waited for a while and even guessed a few people to be him!! Once the actual him came out from the doors he got into the car and went back to my grandparents house. Once we all got back to my grandparents house we just got to sit, talk, and relax. Later at about 4:00 or so we were doing a goodbye dinner for me and a hello dinner for my uncle. Before we went to go eat we went we picked up my cousin at his uncles house that he was staying at. Now, I hadn't been to his uncles house before but I had heard many good things about it. His uncle owns a business called "rockscape" and makes some pretty good money doing it, but I'm not gonna go into too much detail about that. When we entered his house you first see the living room and a sliding glass door with a pool and hot tub that was overflowing with water behind it!! Of course, we were there to pick up my cousin and not get a full house tour, so I didn't get to see the whole house, but what I did see was pretty amazing!! After we had gotten done picking up my cousin, we headed to the pizza parlor, where we were going to eat at! Once we got there we sat down and my uncle Jason was there and so was my cousin, Skyler, my grandparents and my AMAZING aunt, Jody and her husband, my uncle. Everyone else got salads but me and my cousin got pizza, but before anyone got any food they gave us bread that got me pretty full before I even had my pizza!!! I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to eat my pizza. About 10-20 minutes later everyone else got there food but me and Skyler were still waiting for our pizza. Once we did get our pizza, I could barely eat anything, so I only had like 2 pieces and I took the rest in a box. While we were there me and my cousin, Skyler were talking and suddenly we realized that we were bumping our elbows together and we didn't know why but then we decided to make it our handshake!! A little bit later we had to leave to get me on time for my flight and I was feeling really nervous to first of all, flying alone and second of all, leaving my aunt!! But before we went we headed to my grandparents because when I was there my aunt came over and ave me a magazine and 2 cookies and I am so thankful for her and for what she gave me! After that we headed off tot he airport with my aunt, her husband, and my cousin, Skyler. Once we got there my aunt wanted to show me what to do if I'm there alone, so we first checked the diparture/landing board and we saw that my flight was delayed to 8:50 so then we went to check-in and everything and then we sat down at my gate. A little bit later we found out it was delayed again!! So after we fund that out me and Skyler went to charge our phones and talk a little bit but I also wanted to spend more time with my aunt so we spent 15 minutes or so at the charging station and the rest of the time with my aunt!!! Later we found out...yes, it was delayed AGAIN!!! So then we waited and waited and talked and talked and then we heard over the inercom that it was pre-boarding and then, as I forgot to tell you, as we were checking in, since I was an unaccompanied minor, I got a ticket holder thing that I had to wear the whole time. So with the ticket holder I had to give the tickets to the man and he did some writing or something but then I gave my cousin a hug and my aunt and uncle and tried to hold in all my tears and so I couldn't hug her too tight or else I would just start balling!! Then a a man led me and this other kid onto the plane and I was still really scared and nervous but once I got on the plane I calmed down only a small amount. Then the other little boy, he sat behind me and we were only aloud in the first 3 rows of seats and i got a window seat with only one person other than me sitting in one out of the 3 seats and he was on the aisle seat. During the beginning of the flight they brought us drinks and peanuts, pretzels if you wanted. After that I thought it would pass the time if I slept and I tried to go to sleep but no matter how hard I tried, it just didn't work!! So then I decided to play some games on my tablet, so then I did that for a while and then just tried to relax and I did that a little bit. Finally when my plane landed, the man was going to walk us off the plane to meet our parents! So after we had gotten off he said that the parents can't get through security this late so we were going to have to go with a sweeper and then we had to go back to security to see my mom and brother and for the little boy, who ever was picking him up. So then suddenly I saw my brother...and then my mom, but for some reason, I didn't feel like I was ever away from them! Anyways after that my brothers friend came over and slept over and now it is nighttime and i have spent almost all day on my blog!!
Doing this blog and going on this trip made me feel very grateful for everything I have and I have definitely been able to bond with my aunt! I may start another blog just about my everyday life and just type the highlights of it and hopefully you will read it!! Thank you for reading when I post and I know most of you reading, are family, so I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
goodbye everyone!!!
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Monday, August 4, 2014
Utah Summer Trip 2014 Day:31
This morning I woke up and me and my aunt had to start setting up board games for the achievement/activity days for the girls from the church. The girls were supposed to come at around 4:00 so we had enough time to get a lot of stuff ready!! Me and my aunt, as we were getting the games ready, we got to play some games ourselves. We had a lot of games, so I can't remember all of them but some that I can remember are Athello, Blokus, and BIG checkers!! Once everyone got there we first said an opening prayer and then my aunt showed them 2 magic tricks that I already new but it was fun to see the other girls faces when they found out how it was all done. Later, my grandparents showed up and they helped out and my grandpa showed us some tricks with string that I will not give away the answers to on my blog!! Later on we ate, and had pigs in a blanket and watermelon, and for dessert, we had chocolate cake that my aunt had made for our picnic yesterday!! Everything was delicious and really good!! Oh and I forgot to mention that before everyone came, when my aunt was cleaning, I went down and played with the twins and I also watched "The Emperors New Groove" The movie was really good and I had seen bits and pieces of it in the past but never the whole thing all in one!! Later when all of the girls went home we cleaned up a bit and then my grandparents were on there way home so I decided I would go to there house, do my blog and watch Monster in the closet with my cousin and them, so I left. After I had left, we went to there house and then since I never got to play checkers with my grandpa yesterday I would do it then! After our first game, he won but I wanted a rematch! In the middle of our 2nd game, or towards the end I had only two pieces but my grandpa had 1 piece!! After a half hour or so, I WON!!! My grandpa barely ever gets beat but his 11 year old granddaughter beat him!!! After that game my cousin said he couldn't come but my un-patient grandpa put the movie in and now we are watching it and then I will go home and tomorrow will be my last blog:(
BYE!!!
BYE!!!
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Utah Summer Trip 2014 Day:30
Today we woke up and we had planned for us, a picnic with our family, so we woke up and started baking for it!! After a few hours we headed out and by that time it was about 4:30pm. After we got there we set up and just waited for people to arrive and then we said a prayer and started eating!! After I got done eating I went to go hang out with Keaton and the twins living in my aunts basement!! It was really fun and my other 2nd cousin by marriage, Tyler was getting called out by the 4 year old twins, with them saying he was a monster dragon, but as they are 4 year old little girls, we didn't know how they came up with such a thing so we happily just played along!
Later on me and Keaton hung out just the two of us an talked and then we played some more with the twins and it was all just really fun!!! Soon enough everybody left besides me and my aunt and grandparents and the family downstairs and my cousin, Nicole and her husband, Kip then we played checkers and had a really fun time!!! After my grandpa played a few times I asked if I could play him and he said you can play with Fernando, the twin's dad! But the it was his first time playing so my grandpa helped him and it was not at all fir for me!! And of course since my grandpa is pretty much the best, Fernando won!!!:( Anyways after that I went home with my grandparents to do my blog and my cousin Skyler came in yesterday on his dads plane with his family but they left this morning but Skyler stayed so I got to see him and then we skyped my brother and now I'm doing my blog and just finishing it up!! And now I'm going to go back to my aunts house and got to bed!!!
BYE!!!
Later on me and Keaton hung out just the two of us an talked and then we played some more with the twins and it was all just really fun!!! Soon enough everybody left besides me and my aunt and grandparents and the family downstairs and my cousin, Nicole and her husband, Kip then we played checkers and had a really fun time!!! After my grandpa played a few times I asked if I could play him and he said you can play with Fernando, the twin's dad! But the it was his first time playing so my grandpa helped him and it was not at all fir for me!! And of course since my grandpa is pretty much the best, Fernando won!!!:( Anyways after that I went home with my grandparents to do my blog and my cousin Skyler came in yesterday on his dads plane with his family but they left this morning but Skyler stayed so I got to see him and then we skyped my brother and now I'm doing my blog and just finishing it up!! And now I'm going to go back to my aunts house and got to bed!!!
BYE!!!
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Utah Summer Trip 2014 Day:21-29
Day:21 (Friday)
Friday we woke up and we were pretty lazy the first few hours but then my aunt was cleaning and came upon a mannequin head, which sounds creepy but it wasn't that much. The mannequin head had a few black marks on it so my aunt gave it a little wash and after she did that I brushed the hair, put makeup on it, and made it look really good! The mannequin stuff took a couple hours so after that it was kind of late so we just read until we were tired.
Day:22 (Saturday)
Saturday we woke up and we decided to go on the mountain scooter ride up at Snowbird ski lodge! My uncle and aunt had done this thing before but for me, it was my first time. My uncle and my aunt had told me that they aren't just regular scooters they have huge wheels and that the scooter itself was big!! Once we started driving a little bit closer to Snowbird the roads were all so curvy and twisty and I was sitting in the middle and I was sliding all along the backseat laughing because it was like a twisty and curvy roller coaster!!! And during this fun drive we saw the Bingham Kennecott copper mine that was found by my great x3 grandfather!!! Once we got to Snowbird we found a parking spot and we were so excited to ride scooters, mountain scooters if you will. After we got out of the car we walked to the Snowbird center and plaza and there was music playing and we saw a few people with mountain bikes and other things. After arriving there we wen into where you get scooters and we found out that we would have to wait a couple hours and right as we were leaving they stopped us and said that we could come back in a half hour! So with that half hour we were too nervous to eat so we just looked around a bit and then when it was time to go get the scooters we went back in and had to sign a waver and do some other things but then when that was done we got some gloves and a helmet and we took our scooters outside and broke 'em in a bit and then we went to the tram which just rides you to the top of the mountain and that took about 10 minutes. We had gone about 11,000 ft. and that was pretty scary and kind off crowded on the tram that was built in Switzerland and can fit up to 110 skiers on it which was really surprising cause it was a small tram but once we hit the top it was on metal railing so it was really hot but then my aunt was telling me that the last time they went down the back where it was smooth but this time we had to walk down the really steep and rocky road that was very slippery although it was not moist. Once we had finally gotten down to the actual riding part we hopped on the scooter and we rode down and the hills were very steep and the guy had told us to try to dodge the big rocks which was not easy for me at least at all!! Later on we had gone down to where the horseback riding down which is also where the longest ski tunnel in the northern hemisphere where there is this small moving thing that the skiers ride on in the winter and normally you aren't supposed ride if there are other people in the tunnel but I did, just slowly and luckily there was someone in front of us so we didn't just fly by we had a moment to enjoy the situation and the tunnel was very cold but since it was so hot outside it felt so good!! Once we got out of the tunnel we started going down the rocky part which took like an hour just to go a little ways!!! Later on I accidently slid off and got a little cut on my ankle but it was only little. After we kept riding we saw beautiful flowers and snow was still there too!!! After a little bit I had lost my balance and put my foot down on an erosion prevention straw thing and as I put my foot down the straw fell into the grass as the grass caved in and I flipped off the cliff and slid on thistles and luckily I had gloves on to grasp on some rocks to not go ant further. My life flashed before my eyes. My aunt was riding right behind me so it was almost like she was with me but she didn't slide down but her perspective will be given
My aunts perspective: Today Dave and Amara had a wild adventure riding scooters down from the towering tops of Hidden Peak near the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The tram to the top of the mountain was full of people with bikes and scooters and a few pedestrians. No one with a bike or scooter was as young as Amara. A few of the people who were going to hike from the tram platform to the ski lift ride to the bottom of the mountain pointed at Amara and asked if she was really going to "ride that scooter thing down the mountain?" We were all excited, nervous, and nearly ready to turn back until we saw Dave's back disappear over the horizon. Then we knew there was no turning back as Dave had the car keys! We carefully tried to avoid any giant rocks, cliffs, gravel, people, animals and trees and slowly made our way down the slopes. We scootered to the entrance of a long dark tunnel and fortunately some people were walking through the tunnel which forced us to keep our need for speed in check. We soon found ourselves dodging rocks, washboard roads and small streamlets as we made our way down from the edge of bald mountain to the tree line. We saw a waterfall and a green area where moose often graze. We had to go across a small stream. Dave whizzed through it and up onto the opposite side. Amara went to cross and stopped in the middle. She had to wade through the icy water. Seeing her experience I slowly walked my scooter across while I balance on rocks to keep my shoes from getting wet. Amara started to get the knack of things and began to fishtail the back wheel of her scooter. She looked pretty cool doing tricks on her scooter. We were doing fine until Amara began to loose her balance and tried to step off of her scooter. She stepped onto the side of the mountain and lost her balance. All I saw was her feet over her head as she disappeared over the edge of what appeared to be a huge cliff! I freaked out and dropped my scooter and ran to the edge of the "cliff." I had just finished reading a book about wilderness rescue techniques and made sure that I didn't make the situation worse! I carefully lowered myself down to Amara and held her tight as I checked her for broken bones or wounds. She was fine. Very brave! I was worried she would never get on a scooter again but like a true survivor woman she leapt back on the scooter and rode it down the rest of the way. I can't remember anything more due to the trauma of seeing my little niece flying like a stone down the mountainside. I do remember eating something at the bottom and then driving home but only barely. What an adventure! From now on I will back my niece in bubble wrap and keep her in the house. I have learned a valuable lesson.
That was my aunts perspective and now since this day was pretty long I am going to stop it right here and go to the next day!
Day:23 (Sunday)
Sunday I mostly worked on my blog and relaxed!
Day:24 (Monday)
Monday we were going to go to Lagoon with my aunts granddaughter, Keaton, but then we got a call saying that my aunts other granddaughters dog was missing and so then we went to help find it and although we were there for about 3-4 hours, two girls found the dog and when we saw it, we knew it was worth the wait! After the search it was kind of late to go to Lagoon so we went home and relaxed and then was going to try to go on Wednesday!
Day:25 (Tuesday)
Tuesday we didn't do anything because my aunt had to go to the doctors so I stayed home and relaxed!
Day:26 (Wednesday)
Wednesday we got everything ready to go to Lagoon an then it just out of nowhere it started raining but we picked up Keaton anyway and tried to figure out something else to do and then we finally decided to go to Flowrider, which is a place with fake waves and you can kind of practice surfing and it was really cool, but unfortunately our thing was only for an hour but it felt longer, which was good! After that we went to eat at Astro Burger and then we dropped Keaton off and went home.
Day:27 (Thursday)
Thursday we woke up and got ready to go to Lagoon AGAIN!!! and I guess 3rd times the charm because nothing went wrong and we got our tickets and some more food and we headed to Lagoon!!! We got there at about noon and it opened at 11:00am so we were pretty early but right as we got there we set the cooler down and rode some rides and then my aunt took a break as me and Keaton went to ride more rides and eventually we rode all of the rides and then my aunt rode some with us but unfortunately the rides were closing because it was getting close to 10:00pm and that's when they closed the rides so the last thing we got to go on was the sky ride which was like a ski lift but just so you didn't have to go walk across the whole park! Later we left and went home and got home at midnight!!
Day:28 (Friday)
Friday We went to my aunts granddaughters house and went on the tramp and learned some tricks and also did some crafts!! Before that we went to her house we got Chinese food that was DELICIOUS!!! Later we went home.
Day:29 (Saturday)
Saturday we woke up and I went to my grandparents house to do my blog and now I am going to pick up my uncle Cory and his family because he flew his plane here and I am picking him up at the airport!
BYE!!!
Friday we woke up and we were pretty lazy the first few hours but then my aunt was cleaning and came upon a mannequin head, which sounds creepy but it wasn't that much. The mannequin head had a few black marks on it so my aunt gave it a little wash and after she did that I brushed the hair, put makeup on it, and made it look really good! The mannequin stuff took a couple hours so after that it was kind of late so we just read until we were tired.
Day:22 (Saturday)
Saturday we woke up and we decided to go on the mountain scooter ride up at Snowbird ski lodge! My uncle and aunt had done this thing before but for me, it was my first time. My uncle and my aunt had told me that they aren't just regular scooters they have huge wheels and that the scooter itself was big!! Once we started driving a little bit closer to Snowbird the roads were all so curvy and twisty and I was sitting in the middle and I was sliding all along the backseat laughing because it was like a twisty and curvy roller coaster!!! And during this fun drive we saw the Bingham Kennecott copper mine that was found by my great x3 grandfather!!! Once we got to Snowbird we found a parking spot and we were so excited to ride scooters, mountain scooters if you will. After we got out of the car we walked to the Snowbird center and plaza and there was music playing and we saw a few people with mountain bikes and other things. After arriving there we wen into where you get scooters and we found out that we would have to wait a couple hours and right as we were leaving they stopped us and said that we could come back in a half hour! So with that half hour we were too nervous to eat so we just looked around a bit and then when it was time to go get the scooters we went back in and had to sign a waver and do some other things but then when that was done we got some gloves and a helmet and we took our scooters outside and broke 'em in a bit and then we went to the tram which just rides you to the top of the mountain and that took about 10 minutes. We had gone about 11,000 ft. and that was pretty scary and kind off crowded on the tram that was built in Switzerland and can fit up to 110 skiers on it which was really surprising cause it was a small tram but once we hit the top it was on metal railing so it was really hot but then my aunt was telling me that the last time they went down the back where it was smooth but this time we had to walk down the really steep and rocky road that was very slippery although it was not moist. Once we had finally gotten down to the actual riding part we hopped on the scooter and we rode down and the hills were very steep and the guy had told us to try to dodge the big rocks which was not easy for me at least at all!! Later on we had gone down to where the horseback riding down which is also where the longest ski tunnel in the northern hemisphere where there is this small moving thing that the skiers ride on in the winter and normally you aren't supposed ride if there are other people in the tunnel but I did, just slowly and luckily there was someone in front of us so we didn't just fly by we had a moment to enjoy the situation and the tunnel was very cold but since it was so hot outside it felt so good!! Once we got out of the tunnel we started going down the rocky part which took like an hour just to go a little ways!!! Later on I accidently slid off and got a little cut on my ankle but it was only little. After we kept riding we saw beautiful flowers and snow was still there too!!! After a little bit I had lost my balance and put my foot down on an erosion prevention straw thing and as I put my foot down the straw fell into the grass as the grass caved in and I flipped off the cliff and slid on thistles and luckily I had gloves on to grasp on some rocks to not go ant further. My life flashed before my eyes. My aunt was riding right behind me so it was almost like she was with me but she didn't slide down but her perspective will be given
My aunts perspective: Today Dave and Amara had a wild adventure riding scooters down from the towering tops of Hidden Peak near the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The tram to the top of the mountain was full of people with bikes and scooters and a few pedestrians. No one with a bike or scooter was as young as Amara. A few of the people who were going to hike from the tram platform to the ski lift ride to the bottom of the mountain pointed at Amara and asked if she was really going to "ride that scooter thing down the mountain?" We were all excited, nervous, and nearly ready to turn back until we saw Dave's back disappear over the horizon. Then we knew there was no turning back as Dave had the car keys! We carefully tried to avoid any giant rocks, cliffs, gravel, people, animals and trees and slowly made our way down the slopes. We scootered to the entrance of a long dark tunnel and fortunately some people were walking through the tunnel which forced us to keep our need for speed in check. We soon found ourselves dodging rocks, washboard roads and small streamlets as we made our way down from the edge of bald mountain to the tree line. We saw a waterfall and a green area where moose often graze. We had to go across a small stream. Dave whizzed through it and up onto the opposite side. Amara went to cross and stopped in the middle. She had to wade through the icy water. Seeing her experience I slowly walked my scooter across while I balance on rocks to keep my shoes from getting wet. Amara started to get the knack of things and began to fishtail the back wheel of her scooter. She looked pretty cool doing tricks on her scooter. We were doing fine until Amara began to loose her balance and tried to step off of her scooter. She stepped onto the side of the mountain and lost her balance. All I saw was her feet over her head as she disappeared over the edge of what appeared to be a huge cliff! I freaked out and dropped my scooter and ran to the edge of the "cliff." I had just finished reading a book about wilderness rescue techniques and made sure that I didn't make the situation worse! I carefully lowered myself down to Amara and held her tight as I checked her for broken bones or wounds. She was fine. Very brave! I was worried she would never get on a scooter again but like a true survivor woman she leapt back on the scooter and rode it down the rest of the way. I can't remember anything more due to the trauma of seeing my little niece flying like a stone down the mountainside. I do remember eating something at the bottom and then driving home but only barely. What an adventure! From now on I will back my niece in bubble wrap and keep her in the house. I have learned a valuable lesson.
That was my aunts perspective and now since this day was pretty long I am going to stop it right here and go to the next day!
Day:23 (Sunday)
Sunday I mostly worked on my blog and relaxed!
Day:24 (Monday)
Monday we were going to go to Lagoon with my aunts granddaughter, Keaton, but then we got a call saying that my aunts other granddaughters dog was missing and so then we went to help find it and although we were there for about 3-4 hours, two girls found the dog and when we saw it, we knew it was worth the wait! After the search it was kind of late to go to Lagoon so we went home and relaxed and then was going to try to go on Wednesday!
Day:25 (Tuesday)
Tuesday we didn't do anything because my aunt had to go to the doctors so I stayed home and relaxed!
Day:26 (Wednesday)
Wednesday we got everything ready to go to Lagoon an then it just out of nowhere it started raining but we picked up Keaton anyway and tried to figure out something else to do and then we finally decided to go to Flowrider, which is a place with fake waves and you can kind of practice surfing and it was really cool, but unfortunately our thing was only for an hour but it felt longer, which was good! After that we went to eat at Astro Burger and then we dropped Keaton off and went home.
Day:27 (Thursday)
Thursday we woke up and got ready to go to Lagoon AGAIN!!! and I guess 3rd times the charm because nothing went wrong and we got our tickets and some more food and we headed to Lagoon!!! We got there at about noon and it opened at 11:00am so we were pretty early but right as we got there we set the cooler down and rode some rides and then my aunt took a break as me and Keaton went to ride more rides and eventually we rode all of the rides and then my aunt rode some with us but unfortunately the rides were closing because it was getting close to 10:00pm and that's when they closed the rides so the last thing we got to go on was the sky ride which was like a ski lift but just so you didn't have to go walk across the whole park! Later we left and went home and got home at midnight!!
Day:28 (Friday)
Friday We went to my aunts granddaughters house and went on the tramp and learned some tricks and also did some crafts!! Before that we went to her house we got Chinese food that was DELICIOUS!!! Later we went home.
Day:29 (Saturday)
Saturday we woke up and I went to my grandparents house to do my blog and now I am going to pick up my uncle Cory and his family because he flew his plane here and I am picking him up at the airport!
BYE!!!
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Utah Summer Trip 2014 Day:17-20
Day:17 (Monday)
Monday me and my aunt woke up and we went to the neighbors pool for activity days and we were practicing life saving and we had a bunch of things to save lives with and once the other girls showed up we said an opening prayer and then Brayden one of the girls pretended to drown and we tried to save her with all of the things. After all of us getting a chance to pretend to drown Braydens dad came out and showed us a few things and then we learned a few things about swimming and more and then we just got to play and the learning/teaching was over. After we were there for about 4 hours we decided to leave! Once we started heading home I realized my face was really hurting and it wasn't just because I was really HOT ;)!!! After I had looked in my aunts rearview mirror and I was very shocked because I had a sunburn and I had only like one other sunburn in my life!! After we had done doing a few things we headed home because it was like 8:30 and we were tired from swimming so we went to bed!
Day:18 (Tuesday)
Tuesday we woke up and we started baking for Wednesday because in Utah the 24 is when the pioneers came and it's a really big deal out here!!! So my aunt got cookie ingredients out and I started to bake and I even made this perfectly round, soft, and creamy, and big cookie all for myself and words cannot explain how delicious it was!!! Once we were done baking we just had to get a lot done for Wednesday because that was the day where the fireworks were out for the 24th! The whole day was pretty much just spent shopping and kind of getting ready for Wednesday and cleaning the house for guests and it was not too fun but it kept us busy! After cleaning we went to bed!
Day:19 (Wednesday)
Wednesday we woke up and we started to fill up water balloons and trying to create fun activities for people before the fireworks set off!! I also saw a piano and I have never known how to play but something got into me and I looked at the song book and I started playing!! Once it was about 6:30 people started showing up for the paaaaaaaartaaaayyy!!!! Later we had a water balloon fight and that was fun and then later the fireworks started and they were BEAUTIFUL!!! After everyone left we went to bed!
Day:20 (Thursday)
Thursday we woke up and I started to progress in piano playing and both me and my aunt were both very shocked!!! After practicing and other things we headed over to my grandparents and now were going to grab lunch and my blog will be updated in a couple hours!!
BYE!!!
Monday me and my aunt woke up and we went to the neighbors pool for activity days and we were practicing life saving and we had a bunch of things to save lives with and once the other girls showed up we said an opening prayer and then Brayden one of the girls pretended to drown and we tried to save her with all of the things. After all of us getting a chance to pretend to drown Braydens dad came out and showed us a few things and then we learned a few things about swimming and more and then we just got to play and the learning/teaching was over. After we were there for about 4 hours we decided to leave! Once we started heading home I realized my face was really hurting and it wasn't just because I was really HOT ;)!!! After I had looked in my aunts rearview mirror and I was very shocked because I had a sunburn and I had only like one other sunburn in my life!! After we had done doing a few things we headed home because it was like 8:30 and we were tired from swimming so we went to bed!
Day:18 (Tuesday)
Tuesday we woke up and we started baking for Wednesday because in Utah the 24 is when the pioneers came and it's a really big deal out here!!! So my aunt got cookie ingredients out and I started to bake and I even made this perfectly round, soft, and creamy, and big cookie all for myself and words cannot explain how delicious it was!!! Once we were done baking we just had to get a lot done for Wednesday because that was the day where the fireworks were out for the 24th! The whole day was pretty much just spent shopping and kind of getting ready for Wednesday and cleaning the house for guests and it was not too fun but it kept us busy! After cleaning we went to bed!
Day:19 (Wednesday)
Wednesday we woke up and we started to fill up water balloons and trying to create fun activities for people before the fireworks set off!! I also saw a piano and I have never known how to play but something got into me and I looked at the song book and I started playing!! Once it was about 6:30 people started showing up for the paaaaaaaartaaaayyy!!!! Later we had a water balloon fight and that was fun and then later the fireworks started and they were BEAUTIFUL!!! After everyone left we went to bed!
Day:20 (Thursday)
Thursday we woke up and I started to progress in piano playing and both me and my aunt were both very shocked!!! After practicing and other things we headed over to my grandparents and now were going to grab lunch and my blog will be updated in a couple hours!!
BYE!!!
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Utah Summer Trip 2014 Day:15-16
Day:15 (Saturday)
Saturday I woke up and we waited a little while but we were planning on getting shaved ice but we waited a little bit but when it was time to get up and out, we did. Once we got there we were surprised to see very young people working there so we guessed that it was a family owned business. There were many flavors to choose from, but I got tigers blood which was very red and my aunt Jody got cherry and my uncle Dave got pink lemonade. after it melted a little bit I decided to drink out of the straw and when I did it tasted like POOL WATER!!!! It was disgusting!! After we were done with our shaved ice we went home. A little while later we decided to go swimming at the rec center AGAIN!!! I had also dove again and showed the family living downstairs and my aunt and uncle! After swimming, on the way home we got pizza from a place that I can't name because I'm afraid of copywriting or whatever;0! After getting pizza we headed home, ate, and then I went into my aunts room and we watched a movie and went to bed.
Day:16 (Sunday)
Today I woke up and we had planned to go on a picnic with our family, or at least some of our family but before we went I found out that we were going to go to Lagoon with my aunt!! When we got to the park, where we were having our picnic, we set up the table cloths and food and we ate!! At the very end of the picnic we, or I(!!!), saw lighting and as I was screaming everyone else was ignoring me and as I have heard, if you count from one lightning strike to the next that's how many miles its away from you and I counted...4!!!!! 4 miles is not far away at all! So then we left a couple minutes later. When we got home we watched T.V. and then my uncle drove me to my grandparents and I did my blog, or at least the first part of it and then after a small while, my grandpa showed me how to make his famous cucumbers and that was pretty fun but then I had to get back to my blog and now I'm going to eat more cucumbers and go home!
BYE!!!
Saturday I woke up and we waited a little while but we were planning on getting shaved ice but we waited a little bit but when it was time to get up and out, we did. Once we got there we were surprised to see very young people working there so we guessed that it was a family owned business. There were many flavors to choose from, but I got tigers blood which was very red and my aunt Jody got cherry and my uncle Dave got pink lemonade. after it melted a little bit I decided to drink out of the straw and when I did it tasted like POOL WATER!!!! It was disgusting!! After we were done with our shaved ice we went home. A little while later we decided to go swimming at the rec center AGAIN!!! I had also dove again and showed the family living downstairs and my aunt and uncle! After swimming, on the way home we got pizza from a place that I can't name because I'm afraid of copywriting or whatever;0! After getting pizza we headed home, ate, and then I went into my aunts room and we watched a movie and went to bed.
Day:16 (Sunday)
Today I woke up and we had planned to go on a picnic with our family, or at least some of our family but before we went I found out that we were going to go to Lagoon with my aunt!! When we got to the park, where we were having our picnic, we set up the table cloths and food and we ate!! At the very end of the picnic we, or I(!!!), saw lighting and as I was screaming everyone else was ignoring me and as I have heard, if you count from one lightning strike to the next that's how many miles its away from you and I counted...4!!!!! 4 miles is not far away at all! So then we left a couple minutes later. When we got home we watched T.V. and then my uncle drove me to my grandparents and I did my blog, or at least the first part of it and then after a small while, my grandpa showed me how to make his famous cucumbers and that was pretty fun but then I had to get back to my blog and now I'm going to eat more cucumbers and go home!
BYE!!!
Friday, July 18, 2014
Utah Summer Trip 2014 updated Day:14
This post is an update of today.
After I had got done blogging for the first half of the day I went out to see my grandpa and he was working on the lawn mower and I go "what are you doing" and he says "I'm working on the lawn mower!" so as he worked, I watched and as I watched, he fixed and when he got done he said "if this doesn't work when I pull the lever I am going to be real disappointed!" so we waited for the right moment...and as he pulled the lever it....BLEW UP, no actually...as we pulled the lever it....WORKED!!! And as we had noticed the loud grunging sound of the lawn mower he pulled his hand near his hip and said...YEAH!!! For him it put a smile on his face because the lawn mower worked, but for me it put a smile on my face because he was happy.
After fixing the lawn mower we went and grabbed some food at a place called Spankys and it was a lace that my great grandma loved to go to clear up 'till she was 90!! I got a BBQ Turkey sandwich that was a kids meal and my grandparents got kids meals, too just with different sandwiches and then after getting our kids meals to go we went to a parking lot and then somehow the conversation got turned into us going to a cemetery where I got to see where I got to see my great x3 grandpas grave and my grandpas sisters soon to be grave and her husbands grave and where my grandparents will be buried. After that I saw where my momma went to college! After that we went home and then my grandpa said "I wonder if you can still swim?" so then we decided to go swimming which we did at the rec center which was VERY fun and I got to spend quality time with my grandpa and I learned a lot! I learned how to elementary back stroke PERFECTLY as my grandpa says! I also did my very first actual dive off of a diving board!!! Which I did hesitate about the first few times I did it but then I manned up and dove!! It was pretty fun and didn't hurt at all as long as you do it right:)!! After we did some other things we were ready to go home and watch "what about Bob?" because I had never seen it and I guess you have to laugh and mean it for my grandpa to know your a true Platt!! Once we got home I got a sprite and started writing on my blog and now were about to watch "what about Bob?"
BYE!!!
After I had got done blogging for the first half of the day I went out to see my grandpa and he was working on the lawn mower and I go "what are you doing" and he says "I'm working on the lawn mower!" so as he worked, I watched and as I watched, he fixed and when he got done he said "if this doesn't work when I pull the lever I am going to be real disappointed!" so we waited for the right moment...and as he pulled the lever it....BLEW UP, no actually...as we pulled the lever it....WORKED!!! And as we had noticed the loud grunging sound of the lawn mower he pulled his hand near his hip and said...YEAH!!! For him it put a smile on his face because the lawn mower worked, but for me it put a smile on my face because he was happy.
After fixing the lawn mower we went and grabbed some food at a place called Spankys and it was a lace that my great grandma loved to go to clear up 'till she was 90!! I got a BBQ Turkey sandwich that was a kids meal and my grandparents got kids meals, too just with different sandwiches and then after getting our kids meals to go we went to a parking lot and then somehow the conversation got turned into us going to a cemetery where I got to see where I got to see my great x3 grandpas grave and my grandpas sisters soon to be grave and her husbands grave and where my grandparents will be buried. After that I saw where my momma went to college! After that we went home and then my grandpa said "I wonder if you can still swim?" so then we decided to go swimming which we did at the rec center which was VERY fun and I got to spend quality time with my grandpa and I learned a lot! I learned how to elementary back stroke PERFECTLY as my grandpa says! I also did my very first actual dive off of a diving board!!! Which I did hesitate about the first few times I did it but then I manned up and dove!! It was pretty fun and didn't hurt at all as long as you do it right:)!! After we did some other things we were ready to go home and watch "what about Bob?" because I had never seen it and I guess you have to laugh and mean it for my grandpa to know your a true Platt!! Once we got home I got a sprite and started writing on my blog and now were about to watch "what about Bob?"
BYE!!!
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