Hello everyone!!! We are finally back in the USA!!! After 11 months of living in Okinawa we are finally back. I'm not complaining or anything, but it is GREAT to be back. We have been back for almost one month exactly. I'm really sorry that I haven't had time to update my blog because I had been busy with school and finals and family, and for the last almost three months we haven't had our computer because they packed it, but we finally got it just last Monday.
Ok, I have the most earth-shattering, wildest, amazing, scariest, drop-dead craziest thing has happened to me...(drum roll please) I GOT MY FIRST HAIRCUT IN A YEAR!!!!!!!!! (GASP!!) I don't have any pics downloaded yet, but when I do you will all get to see the amazing haircut! I actually looks really good. Props to my aunt's hairdresser, Lacy, who did a marvelous job!
Ok, I have the most earth-shattering, wildest, amazing, scariest, drop-dead craziest thing has happened to me...(drum roll please) I GOT MY FIRST HAIRCUT IN A YEAR!!!!!!!!! (GASP!!) I don't have any pics downloaded yet, but when I do you will all get to see the amazing haircut! I actually looks really good. Props to my aunt's hairdresser, Lacy, who did a marvelous job!
Last week my grandpa took me, my dad, and my brother also went this really cool ranch called the Bar 10 Ranch. It's a two hour drive from Saint George to this little old fashioned one room schoolhouse in the middle of the desert, and then another hour and a half four-wheel drive to the Bar 10. From the Bar 10 though, it's about a half an hour drive to the edge of the Grand Canyon. While we did this my mom, sisters, and pretty much all the girls in my family went to Vegas. They shopped till they dropped (literally). We stayed at the Bar 10 for about a day and a half and then...I GOT TO DRIVE HOME!!!!! It was a two hour drive and I had a lot of fun. When you're on dirt road in the middle of the desert and there aren't a lot of cars passing you, you tend to be little bit more relaxed, but when you get to paved road, it's a whole different story. I almost gave my grandpa a heart attack because when I finally had to drive on my side of the road. We pretty much spent the rest of our time either swimming or at our grandparents store.
After Utah we came back for about a month. In that month, Jess went to Girls Camp for the first time, I went to scout camp (more details to come), my cousins came up, and Tanner had his baptism.
On to Scout Camp. For Scout Camp this year, we went on the longest, bumpiest, hardest bike ride ever! We rode 75 miles in four days! Stopping only to catch our breath or eat lunch on the trail and then we got a relaxing respite at the end of the day when we stopped for the night. On the first two days all we could feel was the pain in our butts, but eventually that went away. All I know is that I'm going to have buns and legs of steel by the time school starts. I know that may give you a very odd mental image so please disregard it, I was just kidding.
My cousins also came up from California and have been here for the last two weeks. They just left last Thursday. While they were up here my uncle bought a new jet ski, a new boat, and a bunch of new stuff for the boat; wake boards, water skis, tubes, etc. We have had so much fun on their boat. The only thing is is that the lake that the lake that their house is next to only lets people use jet skis on even days :(. So on the odd days we just spend them on the boat.
More stuff coming up with school starting (I'M STARTING HIGH SCHOOL!!), so be sure to check often. I'll try and include pictures in my next post of my haircut and cousins. If you have any questions or comments don't hesitate to post them. Until then, later.
After Utah we came back for about a month. In that month, Jess went to Girls Camp for the first time, I went to scout camp (more details to come), my cousins came up, and Tanner had his baptism.
On to Scout Camp. For Scout Camp this year, we went on the longest, bumpiest, hardest bike ride ever! We rode 75 miles in four days! Stopping only to catch our breath or eat lunch on the trail and then we got a relaxing respite at the end of the day when we stopped for the night. On the first two days all we could feel was the pain in our butts, but eventually that went away. All I know is that I'm going to have buns and legs of steel by the time school starts. I know that may give you a very odd mental image so please disregard it, I was just kidding.
My cousins also came up from California and have been here for the last two weeks. They just left last Thursday. While they were up here my uncle bought a new jet ski, a new boat, and a bunch of new stuff for the boat; wake boards, water skis, tubes, etc. We have had so much fun on their boat. The only thing is is that the lake that the lake that their house is next to only lets people use jet skis on even days :(. So on the odd days we just spend them on the boat.
More stuff coming up with school starting (I'M STARTING HIGH SCHOOL!!), so be sure to check often. I'll try and include pictures in my next post of my haircut and cousins. If you have any questions or comments don't hesitate to post them. Until then, later.
