Wowie, Howie!

What a busy week! And yet, I feel like I've done nothing at all, now. :P

On Monday I... um... have trouble remembering. I'm pretty sure that I did something, and then I went to babysit for my cousins. I was really lucky to have convinced my brother to come with me, because I don't think I would have ever been able to handle them on my own! Alex is 6, but pretty hard to deal with (that's why I was so grateful), and Jon is 4, and alright because he can listen to some common sense. ; ) What I remember the most about babysitting that night was how Jon became obsessed with how full the sink he was playing in should be... "You see those little holes right there? Those are drains. So if you get the water up to there, it'll go out anyway." And he insisted on it being right up to the drains for the rest of the night. : )

On Tuesday we had a rifle line sectional. Kaylien had kidnapped Kenna and stopped by my house. We went completely insane with hyperness, and we got more insane and decided that our state of insanity was perfect for a sleepover. We scared Mama Tripp somewhat, I think. It wasn't cured when Olivia joined us, either. : )
... "Look! It's shaped for your bum!"
... "'OMJC'... 'Oh My Jasper Cullen'!"
... "Is my tongue white?"
"No, it's blue."
"Oh, thank goodness!"
... "When I get a boyfriend, I want him to be able to spell 'you're'."
... "'Hey, Mom, make my pancake in the shape of an 'O'! Oh, wait! It's already shaped like that!'"

Wednesday we had flag sectional, and we mostly played Never Have I Ever. : )
"Never have I ever hit my teeth out with a flag..." Can anyone guess who put a finger down? ; )
Later that day, I went back to the high school to leave for Corps Encore. IT. WAS. AMAZING.
First we saw Spokane Thunder, and they were good, but my least favorite. Then came Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets, and it was SO AWESOME I was close to tears half-way through. Then came the Cascades... who I honestly can't remember the performance from. And then the Troopers, which were another one of my favorites! Then the Blue Devils, which were pretty awesome too, but I didn't vote for them in the "Troopers/Blue Devils" bus war. : ) Then Santa Clara Vanguard, which were just as awesome as the Vanguard Cadets! Then the Blue Knights, who had some killer ripples! Every band there was fantastic!! It was interesting that none of the bands had woodwinds... I wonder why...? Anyway... I think it would be so awesome to get into one of those for color guard! AHH! It was magnificent!

Thursday was Lagoon day for my uncle's work, so we got some free tickets. My aunt Teresa and cousin Miranda were down from Montana, and they went with us. It was fun! (A lot more fun than 9th grade lagoon day, at least.) It was sort of funny, because Jon clung to me the whole time. : ) Also, Alex went on his first roller coasters!
Alex, after Wicked: "That was scary! Let's do it again."
Dave points at Colossus: "Wanna go on that?"
Alex: "Uuuhhhhhh... okay, sure."



Jon was pretty adorable, although my hips hurt a bit after carrying him so long. : P
"Jon, she doesn't want a kiss on the lips. Kiss her on the cheek." Ba ha ha

Then yesterday was the band car wash. Lucky us, it rained! But at least while it was raining, it was cool... ha ha. Sadness that that was one of the worst band car washes (as in, least fun) I've ever been to. : P

And then today was the Farmington City parade in -- you guessed it! -- Farmington! It was an alright parade, I suppose. I stepped in horse poo though... you know how they always tell you to pretend you're squishing a tube of toothpaste?...

So that's my week! I'm surprised I remembered Monday at all. : D

Today I finished the book Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix. It's the second in the Missing series. I finished the first book quite a while ago, but I didn't really have to remember too much to understand what was going on. It's about Jonah and his sister Katherine, who go back in time and have to try to save brothers Chip and Alex from their "fate" in time in the fifteenth century! It's an insanely good book! Margaret Peterson Haddix is right up there with Neal Shusterman... those two are the best authors I've ever read!
Best books:
Double Identity, Margaret Peterson Haddix
Unwind, Neal Shusterman <-- LOVE
Full Tilt, Neal Shusterman
Found (Missing Series), Margaret Peterson Haddix
I so wish I'll meet them someday. (Sigh.)

"I cannot live without books." -Thomas Jefferson
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." -Mahatma Gandhi

{Peace, Love, and Rest}