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

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