Monkey!

I forgot to post the monkey pictures I took when we went to the zoo.

The best one that we saw was the loudest monkey in the zoo. We could hear him from the other end!

Zoo Trip

As we have realized, summer is winding down! Jordann and Whitney plan on starting school on the 16th and mom and I are starting the 23rd. Megan is on the quarterly system so she doesn't start until September. This will be my first year at college and mom will finish her degree in education and Megan will finish community college and then will move on to the BIG college!

Last week we visited the zoo and the museum where they had John James Audubon's artwork on display. The zoo was fun and every one enjoyed it...well Whitney was not thrilled with our trip due to not wanting to go to bed the night before, being woken up, and not having enough sugar in her body! We think the Zebra at the zoo looked just like her tan...I don't think she really liked that similarity :).

Yesterday we went to a local arcade/fun zone where Megan, Jordann, and Whitney sprayed each other with water. I stayed clear of that fun and instead took pictures!

I have a few more volunteering days left at the hospital before I finish up being a Junior Volunteer and head to college. I have been volunteering mostly as the ER greeter, which has had it's boring times and very interesting times :). I will also get to volunteer at the local rodeo and I feel really lucky because I won't be going in at 5 AM that day to help out (phew!)...I get the 6:00 PM shift!

Project and Summer Fun

At the hospital that I volunteer for we have been doing a "Giving Back Week" for each month. For the month of June we cleaned up a local park and a museum. For July we participated in the Meth Project. It took us a full week to do. I have also decided through this that I do not like the heat...and probably never will! We were lucky that we didn't have 100 degree weather, however most of the weather was either low 90's or high 90's.

** I was the lucky sole who got to be up on the ladder doing the top letters. I learned very quickly to not look down!**

Whitney decided one day that she wanted to pull out the slip-in-slide. Her and Jordann spent a nice hot afternoon slipping-and-sliding. I think the next day they were pretty sore! They had many races and many "you cheated" moments!

Jordann trying to give me a BIG hug (of course when she's wet and me being dry)....it didn't work. I won that battle!

Relaxing in the Sun

Jordann and Whitney decided to have some relaxation time with the dogs outside. One dog, and you can guess who, is in serious trouble with us because for two days straight now he has chewed the air conditioner's wires so that we can't use it. Let's just say that the four days that dad was gone on a fishing trip were pretty hot! Yesterday was the worst one, though. Luckily dad is back....the bad news is that he hasn't had a moments rest since landing on Sunday. I think that dad agrees with mom now....NO MORE DOGS!

What A Weird Dog!

Demon decided one day while we were trying to get things on the table for dinner to take a slinky from the kitchen floor and take off running with it. Why the dog was in the house, I'm still not quite sure! He was running around the yard like a crazy dog (which he is) until Jordann was able to finally trick him into giving it to her....and just in time too because dad was just pulling into the driveway and he wouldn't be happy to know that his dog was playing with something pink! He is very clear that his dog can only play with "boy" toys. This probably became into play when he found that I put a bow on him on my phone when I was playing with the stamps!

**Picture is a little fuzzy because it had to be taken through the window.**

A New Project...

I have started another site to blog about one of my passions: cooking. The site is still new and I am still trying to get it looking "pretty." Here's the site:

http://www.perfectingfoods.wordpress.com/

Graduation

I have officially graduated from high school as of Saturday, May 29, 2010! I had a great day by spending it with my family and going out to lunch with my aunt, uncle, and two of my cousins. My grandpa also made it which was great :)!