Saturday, July 25

Oops I Forgot

i forgot to mention a few things we did on our trip
first of all
on the way to junction and the family reunion
we missed our turn off
we went on and on
until finally mom got service and we stopped and checked a map on her phone
we found out that we were on our way to denver
yay denver
we wasted about two hours with this expidition
but it was fun
we like getting lost

on the way though
we saw big rock candy mountain
and it was disappointing
it looks nothing like candy
it looks like chocolate and vanilla powder
however it does look cool
just not like it should

if you read one of the comments from my aunt
it said that we went panning for gold
i forgot that too
we did find little
tiny pieces of "gold"
it could have been anything really
but it was an adventure

thats all i remember

i updated my reading list
with books that i read a long time ago and just forgot to put on
and some are more childish than others
but they were my favorites when i was little
so they earn a spot on the list just as much as any other

the baseball game was long
very long
four and a half hours too long
ha ha
i dont much like baseball
but it was fun
grandma narrated the whole game
sang the national anthem with the three girls on the field
and complained whenever they switched from outfield to infield
because she wanted them to play ball
she didnt understand why they were just throwing the ball around to each other
"what are we doing
playing catch"
we ended up loosing by three points
ten to seven
we got to watch the fireworks show however
for some reason the theme for the game was christmas
they gave out presents
and people were wearing christmas hats and colors

its ronaldo now

Friday, July 24

Recently

wednesday
my mom
taylor
and i
went to see harry potter
it was weird because when we went into the theater
nobody was there
nobody
but then two people came
and they sat somewhere behind us
and then two more people
and they sat two rows in front of us
and then the movie started
seven people in the whole theater
i thought there would be more
considering how popular the movie is
and we were worried it would be sold out
ha ha
my mom absolutely loved the movie
she said its one of her top ten
you have no idea how many times ive heard how much she likes it
she said she would watch it again
and quite frankly
i would too
i think it was great
and probably the best of the harry potter movies so far
i am not going to tell you what happened though
so those of you who have not seen it
do not worry
but do see it soon
although it was a serious movie
there were quite a few parts that make you laugh
at least they made me laugh

last week i ordered wands from noblecollection.com
i got two
one for taylor
because i still hadnt gotten her her present
and one for me
because they are awesome
they came last wednesday
but we were in utah
so when we got back i wrapped it
and taylor opened it thursday
i got sirius blacks wand
and it is really cool looking
taylor got cho changs
and it is really cool too
but she already
on the day that she opened it
broke it
it isnt siriously broken
just two tiny chips out of the tip
but she only found one of the chips
she is going to glue it back
and it will fit seamlessly for sure
so you wont even be able to tell
but there is another tiny piece missing
that she is so worked up over
sorry taylor
but it will look okay
trust me
you wont even notice
now these wands may seem pointless
because they cost so much
and what can you do with them really
but of course
you can do magic
everyone should have one
i wont get another though
well
maybe when i am rich one day
herm herm
but if i did
i like fred and georges
tonks
ginny
luna
cedric
and fleurs
others are cool too
but not my favorites

just about thirty minutes ago
taylor
mom
dad
and dads teenage basketball friends
tyler
and benji
and i
went down to our warehouse
and moved radiators out of a huge truck
and into the warehouse
then
we moved some of the boxes out of one truck
and into another
it was hot
and dry
and super dusty
i took off my sock
and my foot was clean
from where my sock kept the dirt off
but my legs were covered with dirt
and there was a dark ring of dirt around my leg where my sock ended
it looked funny
but it took us an hour and forty-five minutes
and i get paid fifty dollars
so that is more than twenty five dollars an hour
so i am not complaining

well that is what ive been doing
i think im going to a baseball game later today
so maybe ill tell you about that

Tuesday, July 21

I'm Baaack!!

yes yes
i'm home
within internet access
and phone service
so let me recount my trip
however
for a more detailed post
read taylors blog
because she even tells you how many seats there were per row
and what we ate almost every day
but this is my version

we left on tuesday
really early in the morning
and flew to salt lake city utah
when we arrived
my aunt paula picked us up
we hung out for a while at her house and talked
until grandma took us home
when we got to grandmas
we met aunt sue
and matt
and anna
matt looks a lot older
and anna
my cousin toni's daughter
was really cute
absolutely adorable
we ate and talked for a while until they left
and then we slept

the next day we drove out to junction
where we had the reunion in an old courthouse
it was old and really cool
and big
i wish i had a house like that
for the first two nights
taylor and i stayed in the library
which was by far the coolest room in the house
full of books
with a cool loft
that you werent allowed to go in

the first day we got there we ate and made smores
the next day
we woke up and went to the park to play tennis
then i think we hung out
and played the coolest outdoor game ever
it is called koob
everyone needs to play it
it is supposedly an old viking game
but basically
there are four stakes in the ground that act as the playing ground
the four corners of the rectangle
on the two shorter sides there are five blocks standing up
and the goal is to knock them over with long wooden batons
you have six throws per turn to knock them over
and if you do
then the other team throws them over onto your side
and they have to try to knock them over
if they dont
you keep them on your side
you are supposed to try to get all the blocks on your side
and when you do
then you have a chance to knock over the block in the middle of the field
called the king pin
if you do
then you win
if this explaination was confusing
then go to getkoob.com
or something like that

anyway
then we went skeet shooting
they had the launcher
and everyone had a turn to shoot them out of the sky
harrison got all five of his first ones
my mom even hit a lot of hers
i didnt try
i just didnt want to
there was no appeal
but i was fun watching

the next day
we went to the lake
i didnt have a bathing suit
so i didnt swim or tube
and it was just too hot to go on the boat or the canoe
so i stayed under the shade
and hung out with the aunts
and the great grandkids
it was fun to get to know them
and play basketball with them
we played more koob this day
and i was undefeatable overall
except once on sunday but ill talk about that later
liz and i were on a team with toni
but toni left at the beginning to take care of anna
so we recruited taylor
we were against nick kimber and sunny
the game started and we were losing
or maybe we were winning
i dont know
and then we made a comeback
but then the other team made a comeback
because i missed the king pin
bounced right off the top without knocking it over
but then we made a comeback and won

or maybe it went us then them then us win
i dont know

but the game lasted forever
and we had a huge audience
and it felt great to win

the last day of the reunion
we probably played koob in the morning
then left to the bryce canyon
it was pretty but hot
and once youve seen one part
youve seen it all
but the aunts and uncles insisted on seeing it at different perspectives
then we went out to eat at a drive in in penguitch
i had a grilled cheese and a chocolate shake
yum
then mom grandma taylor and i went to cedar city
where mom grew up
and saw all of her childhood
like her elementary school
and her house
and her friends houses
and her college
and her picture on the wall in the college
or more the picture with her in it on the wall in the college
ha ha
but then we went to aunt sues house
and played bang with sue mom thad harrison taylor and i
the outlaws won
go outlaws
that was sue taylor and i

the next day we had a family party at aunt sues
we played koob
and ate
there were really good rolls cooked in a sun cooker
and extremely good brownies
i think made by todd and loris family

then we played bang
and the outlaws won again
it was a longer game
with eleven people to start
eventually harrison was out
who was an outlaw
then ally
another outlaw
then liz
a renegade
then matt
a deputy
then me
and outlaw
eventually bret killed taylor who was the sheriff
so the outlaws won
go outlaws again

the parents played puerto rico
then there was a koob match
liz kirsten and bus
against me sue and matt
matt was bad
no offense
but it was his first time
sue was amazing
and i stunk
so we lost
my first loss
but my first time not on lizzys team
that is why i lost
ha ha

the last day full day in utah
we went to logan
and spent the day with harrison
we saw his house
and went out to eat at einstein bagels
which was delicious
and bought him some athletic shoes
and some pants
and then went home to watch singing in the rain
and hale center theater
which was a tiny theater with seats on three sides
the play was really good

the last day
we woke up
went to get taylors glasses and mp3 player that she left in lizzys car
and then made our way to the airport
grandma took us
the ride home was short
and now i am here

in other news
i finished farewell to arms
and although i complained about it earlier
i liked it enough
it wasnt bad
now i am reading the water is wide
and it took some getting into
and it is decent also
not something i would read by choice
but okay

well thats about it
goodnight

oh contraire snaperdoodle...

Sunday, July 12

skirts and owls

i finally went shopping
and i got clothes
the first time ive had new clothes in ages
i got quite a few tops
and three pairs of shorts
and i got skirts
skirts!!
i dont think ive had skirts since i was eight
i have two now
however they left the ink tag on it
so we are going to take it to get it taken off tomorrow
we also went shoe shopping
because i was supposed to get some new flip-flops
but i couldnt find any i liked
so guess what i got
converse
yay
i love converse
i finally got some plain black and white ones
who doesnt have plain black and white converse
everyone should have a pair
and i also got some blue and brown ones
with a bee on them
i drove in the black ones already
ha ha
i like driving
i drove home from rite aid
mom wont let me drive on 123
too dangerous she thinks
i dont much want to drive on it anyway
but i have only gotten to drive twice so far
hopefully i will get to drive some tomorrow
ha ha

melissa
clints girlfriend for all of you who dont know
and my friend
i think she is at least
haha
is really good at sculpting clay
really good
i mean amazingly good
she made taylor a pegasus for her birthday that was gorgeous
and she asked me what she should make next
and i told her to make a barn owl
because barn owls are amazingly beautiful
probably my favorite type of owl
but i dont know enough types of owls to decide that
but anyway
she made it
and it is really amazing
at the same time i made a hippogryph
in spirit of buckbeak of harry potter
and it is okay
but i like him anyway
haha

pim is extra cute lately
and she lets me hold her finally
and pet her without running away
i love her

i am leaving to utah
on tuesday
for the family reunion
i cant wait!!!!!


we made wands
clint melly taylor nick and i
in spirit of potter
out of clay
and we baked them
but they still turned out floppy
and they are ridiculous
haha
mine broke
so i made another
but it just turned out really fat
so it looks like a giant finger
its pretty ugly
then clint took his wand when we
went to michaels pizzaria
with melly clint taylor and nick
had a blast
bread knots are delicious
and then we went to the coffee shop
saw the person clint crashed into
i mean
didnt crash into
hem hem
and we bought one smoothie
for the five of us
what an experience
then we made a video
watch it on clints blog

im finished with death of a salesman
it was lame
and now i am reading farewell to arms
it is also lame
nothing gets accomplished
i hate books like that
and books about war
grrr
i wish i could read what i want

well
thats about it

ps
easy street gets really annoying after hearing it twelve million times
ha ha
im just kidding mom
well maybe not
but i love you!

baked alaska

Thursday, July 9

Marathon!!

today was fabulous
i had a full day of harry potter fun
with two amazing people
austin
and taylor
we watched all five movies
no breaks except for dinner
and austin brought his wand
and we looked at wands and merchandise online
i want a wand
i think that would be amazing
but all the merchandise
like figurines
bookends
prop replicas
like rings
necklaces
and crystal balls
cost soooooo much
and it isnt even the correct size for some stuff
like the crytal balls and stands are five inches
that is like three inches of crystal ball
thats tiny
but it was fun seeing all the stuff
and thinking about owning it
ha ha
it was a great day
and i do not consider it a waste at all
go harry potter!!!!
cant wait for the new movie

noblecollection.com

Wednesday, July 8

Learners Permit

i finally got my drivers permit today
missed three out of thirty on the test
i drove around the parking lot of the park
then drove home
i drove home
how exciting

Tuesday, July 7

The End II

i know my last post said the end
and was going to be my last harry potter post
but i lied
i have one more
it will be short
and wont be a spoiler

i just want to say
that i have read jk rowlings other works
and i liked them

although the tales of beedle the bard was short
they were cute stories
that make convincing fairy tales

the fantastic beasts book was cute
and funny
the creatures were interesting
and it was fun reading the notes that harry ron and hermione wrote in it
(hem hem)
getting to learn more about some of rowlings own creatures

and last
quidditch through the ages
it was informative
on a subject that you cannot be informed on because it isnt real
but yet again
it was fun reading about the different teams
and players
and brooms
and fouls
and plays
and the progression of the game through time
as you will see to your right
(look at the reading list)
they made it on
also an old childrens classic
harold and the purple crayon

thanks for reading and commenting on my rambles of harry potter
this may be the last harry exclusive
but i do not promise that i wont bring him up again at least once

goodnight all
and sleep well
happy birthday taylor
and goodbye harry potter
goodbye hairy potty
goodbye hatty porrer
goodbye hairrer pootty

and hello death of a salesmen

ps
i wrote this blog on taylors new computer
that she got for her birthday
it is tiny

and blue

Monday, July 6

The End

SPOILER ALERT
clint keeps saying
that im ruining the books for those who havent read them
well then
dont read the rest of this blog
if you want to keep it a secret

more deaths
it said that around fifty people died
just for harry
but it only names four
fred
like i mentioned
which made me really sad

i wonder what happened to george

anyway
the only people in the order
that i specifically told myself i didnt want to die
were tonks and lupin
and they were the only ones that did die
i sort of knew that already
but i wasnt sure
because i remember someone telling me about harry having to care for ted
their child
when he was seventeen
because hes his godfather
but it was still sad
i liked them
but at least rowling killed both
it would have been worse if only one died

colin creevey also died
the kid with the camera
who was obsessed with harry
that wasnt so sad

i hated the ending
she went to far
telling that harry marries ginny
and has three children
james
albus severus
and lilly
i already knew it
but reading it made it worse
and ron and hermione
which i also knew
had rose
and hugo
what kind of names are those
and if she is going to go to the trouble
of telling us that much
she could have at least told us what harry does for a living
she told us what neville did

overall
a dumb ending

but i actually liked the seventh book
people told me it was bad
and constant arguing
but notice i didnt make a post complaining about the arguing
because there wasnt a lot
some
but enough to make sense
i mean
really
they were constantly in trouble of dying
you would have built up tension too

those of you who havent read the series
read it
now
im command you
cause it is actually worth it
maybe not you clint
you are an exception
because you would spend your whole life trying to read them
and you would never finish

oh yeah
and voldemorts death was a little lame
harry used expelliarmus to kill him
i mean really
whats up with that

and why couldnt rowling tell us what happened to luna
she was one of my favorites
she told us about harry
and ginny
and hermione
and ron
and neville
and even draco
and dracos son scorpio
strange name
i wanted luna to marry neville
but only because she told us about the others marriages
if she had just kept her mouth shut
it would have been better
let us decide whether harry marries
or whether neville becomes a teacher

anyway
thats it
happy reading

Sunday, July 5

deaths

crabbe jr
and fred now

Obsession

sorry if you are getting tired of my constant posts
all to do with harry potter
but i have to keep you updated

i am serious
rowling must have an obsession with death
so many people die in her books

it was dobby just now
ill miss the old elf

Saturday, July 4

SAD

read my comment on sixth book

i didnt know hedwig died
im glad nobody told me
so it wasnt spoiled
but thats sad

boohoo
sniff
snuffle
glurg
sob
sniffle

**78 pages in and already another person dead
mad-eye moody
and george lost his ear already

Friday, July 3

Sixth Book

sixth book is over
dumbledor dead
sad sad


and rowling is a good author
really she is

Tennis

grrr
federer vs nadal
suspended due to rain

wimbledom

Thursday, July 2

Harry Potter cont.

i finished the fifth book
and once you get past the constant arguing in the first half
and the very annoying teacher
it was actually good
i liked it
but less so than the others
my favorite is the first
of course
now i am reading the sixth
obviously
and it is weird
because it is the first book of the series that ive read
and not know what was going to happen
dont tell me please
the others
i have seen the movies
so i knew pretty much what they were about
but i havent
of course
seen this movie yet
now
the movies did leave out some things
or change some things
but they were pretty accurate
i was surprised
however
how inaccurate the third through fifth were
the first two were almost perfect

well
thats all