Jun
03
2009
My swimming season is over now but I’m going to write a poem about it!

The cold rush of the water on your skin when you dive in
The suspense of waiting for the beeper to go off
The tightness of a swim cap squeezing your head
The imprints around your eyes from goggles
Swimming as fast as you can to win
Your legs kicking as fast as they can possibly go
Being out of breath when you climb out of the water
Not being able to feel your arms and legs when you get out
Hearing your team mates yelling “GO!” everytime you head comes up to breathe
Standing at the end of the lanes cheering my team mates on
May
28
2009

This is a picture of Ice Grape, Moon Muffin, and Lamb Pie. Becca, Maranda, and I were very bored in technology class because we were in the library doing nothing so we decided to draw. We have very crazy and creative minds so we drew a water buffalo because I love water buffalos from Veggie Tales which is an amazing show! I also love hippos so we drew a hippo too so that explains the crazy awesome picture!!!
May
27
2009
I think that we are very very lucky to be able to say what we want and wear what we want. Other countries can’t always do that and I don’t think that it’s very fair but I’m not in charge of being able to change that. I wouldn’t want to live in a place where women don’t have barely any rights.
We read an article about how Iran is getting their rights back to have a facebook. I think it’s not fair how they can just tell people that they aren’t allowed to use facebook anymore. If people want to have a facebook then I think they should be allowed to have a facebook. I don’t have one but if I wanetd to and I really liked it and then someone told me that I wasn’t allowed to have one anymore I would be pretty mad. I’m glad I live in the United States where we are so very lucky to have so many rights!
May
26
2009
I hope that this summer will be as fun as last summer! I hope that camp with Taylor is even more fun than last year and that we go camping even more this year! My family always goes camping a lot but I want to go camping almost the whole summer this year. I get to bring up a lot of my friends this year so I’m really excited for that and I just love to go camping at the same place every year because I know so many people up there and it’s incredibly fun!!
This Saturday I’m going to Cedar Point!!!! I’m very very excited to go it will be my third time going and this year I want to ride Top Thrill Dragster! I’m extremly nervous but at the same time very excited!
Also I hope that my friend won’t move this summer.
Those are some of the things that I’m hoping for!

May
21
2009
I think that this challenge has helped me branch out and communicate with other people around the world and in my class. I like how this lets you talk to other people and learn about all different cultures and what that person is like. I’ve really liked being able to talk to different people from a lot of different places.
I think blogging could become an integral part of our school because teachers could put assignments on their blog and then students could easily get in touch with their teachers and ask them questions.
I would like to take part in another assignment because I think that it is really fun writing about all the different things that are in the challenges. I would want to write about my summer and other stuff just for the fun of it! The thing I like about the challenges are that I get a chance to research the topic and find out stuff I didn’t know about before. I’ve really liked making a blog and doing all the challenges!
May
19
2009
Recycling is very important. My family recycles bottles and cans. We also use bottles over and over again. By doing that we are recycling and saving money by not throwing them away and buying more. When I’m older I am going to recycle almost everything that I can. I am also going to start saving paper by typing up my papers and then sending it to the person. I think everyone should recycle. 
May
18
2009
National Volunteer Week is from May 11-17. This week is to celebrate people who take time out of their life to volunteer. More than 5 million Australians volunteer. They contribute more than 700 million hours of community service. I haven’t volunteered yet but when I’m older I am definatly going to volunteer. I think volunteering is awesome and people who do volunteer, I think that’s very cool. It helps out with a lot of different things and I think it’s really cool. If you haven’t volunteered for anything or don’t plan on volunteering I think that you should because it’s for a really good cause.
May
15
2009
Yes I know here’s another post about camping, but this is the last one I promise!
This is a story about Matt, Chad, Cameron, Kaiti, Krista, Matt and Chad’s younger sister Stephanie, and I. We were out on Lake Michigan in their boat. It was very very wavy that day so the boat kept getting air born. Chad and I were sitting in the back two seats. the boat hit a really big wave and water came pouring in the back of the boat! Chad and I got soaked!! Our teeth were chattering! We were freezing!!! All my sister did was laugh! My mom was watching the boat from the beach and she said that she thought that we were all going to fly out of the boat! Luckily we didn’t!
What’s your funnest camping experience??