7.06.2009

Heck yes we did!

Fourth of July weekend was a busy one. My roommate Kaylie and I went to Preston, Idaho with our friend Tim Allen. We had a campfire, played softball, floated a river, drove around in a party bus and had the regular Preston fun!

Friday July 3, 2009

Started the day off by going to work, and it was not fun. I had 8 kids from the age of 4 to 14 and the older kids were the worst. I was by myself, so we couldn’t go outside. Somehow I managed to survive, and I was even willing to show up to work on Monday. 5:00 finally rolled around and Kaylie and Tim picked me up at work. We drove to Preston (about 2 hour drive) and met Jesse at his house. We started the night off with a few games of badminton and eventually made a campfire and had hotdogs. Oh, I forgot to mention that we had this fire surrounded by cows. That was interesting. Haha. It was way fun. We went home, did a few slam-dunkies, shot off some fireworks, and watched some TV. It was a long day to say the least.

Kaylie and I by the campfire

Tim doing a slam-dunkie

Kaylie, Tim and I setting off fireworks

Tim and Jesse with their mastpiece of a firework. Sparklers and bottle rockets. 

Saturday July 4, 2009

The best day started with a ward 4th of July celebration. We went to this big picnic thing and had some really good food, and way too much of it. We ended up playing softball with some guys in Jesse’s ward. When I say guys, this includes ages 14 to 80. It was really fun! I didn’t make a total fool of myself and I got myself a pretty nice tan. After that we went to float the river…words couldn’t even describe the events that took place here. Only Kaylie and I know the true humor behind it. There were a few waterfall type areas, a few times where Kaylie couldn’t stay on the tube, and a lot of sun. After that we went to Logan for the night. We stopped at a few Napoleon Dynamite sights on the way.  I was dead tired by this point from the sun, but that didn’t stop us from getting on a party bus. When I say party bus, I mean a school bus with couches and music driving around town. Party bus. It was a pretty good day.

Me at the picnic

Me, Jesse, and Kaylie getting ready to float the river. Jesse is a bit taller then I am. 

Sunday July 5, 2009

We went to church, half a sleep, but there. After starting a few rumors in Jesse’s ward, we went back to Jesse’s house and had a really amazing lunch. Shortly after that we left for the burg. Later that night Leanna finally decided to grace us with her presence, and not for very long. Better that then nothing.

Kaylie and I after church.

It was an eventful weekend, and I am so glad I went!

2 comments:

bradget said...

Okay here is the requested YA literature list. I put them in rough order and yes I'm aware that you have read some of them... I just copied my list. Let me know if you have any questions.

HAVE READ (favorite to least favorite)
*To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
*Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
*Paper Towns by John Green
*The Giver by Lois Lowry
*What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
*The Lottery by Beth Goobie
*Stealing Henry by Carolyn MacCullough
*Chocolate Wars by Robert Cormier
*Feed by MT Anderson
*Looking for Alaska by John Green
*Uglies, *Pretties, *Specials by Scott Westerfeld
*Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
*Luxe, *Rumors, *Envy by Anna Godbersen
*Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
*Betwixt by Tara Bray Smith

TO READ (most excited to read to less excited to read)
*Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (this is the only one not technically out yet)
*The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
*Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
*Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
*Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr
*The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
*Underneath by Kathi Appelt
*When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
*The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
*The Skin Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic, Book One by Kathleen Duey
*Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
*Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
*Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin
*The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
*A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
*The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
*The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp

bradget said...

http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/999129