exhausted...

All I know right now is that I'm very hungry, sort of thirsty, hot and sticky, and not feeling too well, but I'm so busy... how much can you get done in a day, or rather half a day?

swimming

I've been taking swimming lessons this week and last week. Last week I passed level 3 and this week I'm hoping to pass level 4.

Incredible

baby sparrows

Yesterday I was out in our yard throwing a ball for my dog when I saw a bird fly by, quite close, with a bug in its mouth. It landed on a bush and started cheaping at me. I kind of figured that there was a nest around, so I started looking, and this is what I found:


There were three babies.



I think he was trying to tell me to go away, lol!

Cabellas

Cabellas is a really cool sports store. I've visited it several times. It has a lot of different kinds of animals that have been taxidermified (stuffed). There are deer, bighorn sheep, bears, lions, antelope, and even an elephant, plus a whole lot of other animals and an aquarium with live fish. I took as many pictures as I could, but we were kind of in a hurry, so I'll be going back another time to take more pictures and look around some more. but anyway, here are some slides of pictures I took there...

flower pictures

I took these pictures... flowers are so pretty, aren't they?

Guy

It's my border collie, Guy. Isn't he so sweet?

geese

We saw these geese while we were camping at a park in Newport News, VA. there were a few other families of geese too and some deer that ran away before we could get a picture.

Busch Gardens.

Well I just woke up and it's around 12:45 p.m. that's because last night our family arrived home at 4:06 a.m. I guess it was a pretty good trip, except that the floor of our van was covered with pringles crumbs as the result of a potato chip fight that lala and brent had yesterday morning, and there were damp towels all over the place, and my dad was being a potty-mouth and there were too many sharp turns in the road. But I got a fountain Sierra Mist and a chocolate bar and I survived. When we got home my sister's poor fish Taylor was deceased and I missed my rabbit and my dog and my bettas, but we're getting 2 new goldfish and I'll be seeing all my other pets again within 2 or 3 days.

As for the time at Busch Gardens, I didn't take many pictures because I didn't want to break my camera and I wasn't allowed to take loose articles on most of the rides and i wouldn't want to lose my loose articles anyway, so I didn't bring it. Plus it would have just gotten wet anyway. My sister brought her camera one day, though, the last day we went. She took some sweet pictures and a video of a cute lorikeet bird in the aviary, named Chomp, who seemed to have taken a fancy to her sunglasses, and later on my watch and her camera!!!

My favorite ride at Busch Gardens was their newest roller coaster, called the Griffon. It went over 70 mph, The best part of it was when the car went straight down 205 feet!!! It was the coolest sensation, that made you feel like you were falling. I guess you really were, it just caught you at the bottom. It was the feeling you get in your gut when you're in a car and it goes over a hill and makes you feel like you're flying, except it lasted longer. and some parts you went upside down and it was just totally awesome. The ride was named after this mythical creature, the griffon, that's supposed to be part lion, part eagle. There were some on Narnia and they were one of my favorite charactars. My sister bought a big griffon stuffy and she clawed me a smaller one from one of those arcade machines. I liked all the other rides too.

Well that's all for now. I'll write more on what we did later.

pictures I've taken recently

My brother digging a gopher hole in a volleyball court.

Some friends of mine sharing what seems to be some very juicy gossip!

A pair orange roses which I thought were just beautiful...

My friend standing next to Neil Nedley's sweet airplane!

Here today... gone Tomorrow

yep that's right. I'm leaving tomorrow. It was supposed to be today but now it's early tomorrow morning. So my family and I are going to Busch Gardens and Virginia Beach, and as to save money, we'll be camping next to a lake instead of renting a hotel room. I think we'll be fine as long as Lanaya and Brentley don't fall into the water and maybe drown (like my mom thinks they will!). Even if they I still think I'd have a great time. no jk but who wouldn't have fun at Busch Gardens!? WOOHOO!!!!!