Ah, summertime!

This summer was jam packed till the end! Madison was working at the pool again and doing some construction work with the dad of the boys I babysit. It was going to be interesting for her!

I was still planning on watching the three little boys that I had last year. On top of that I was playing both summer basketball and volleyball. I had practices three times a week for basketball and one practice a week for volleyball. Volleyball games were on Monday, while basketball games were on Tuesday. Sports basically took up most of my summer! But if any of you know me, I love playing! One week, I had basketball practice from 6:00-7:30 a.m. ( IN THE MORNING!) then I had volleyball camp from 9:00-11:30! Then that night I had three volleyball games. And if none of you realized that is 4 hours of full body exercise without counting the games... no wonder I was tired. Then I had to get up and do it all again the next day but with a basketball game.

Vacation was a blast this year! We went to Red River, New Mexico. Once we got there, we went tubing! It was a blast! While we were there we stayed at a cottage outside of town. I loved it! We also celebrated Dad's birthday there, I hope he liked all of his presents! On one of the days we were there, we took a ski lift up to the top of the mountain and feed chipmunks! Two little boys decided they wanted to join us and loved it! I kept hear, " Look mommy! It's by me!" or " Daddy, did you see me pet it?"  Later that day, dad found a place to take Old Time Photos! I talked Dad and Madison to take some with me but mom refused. The picture turned out pretty good! To sum up vacation in one word - tonsoffun! ...if you say it fast it's one word. Trust me.

And being the person I am, I had plans to read tons and tons of books! Which if I may so myself was accomplished! I bought like 33 books but only read  27 of them, that isn't that bad! Out of those I had bought 26 of them with my money. And my ah-amazing parents bought 7. Most of those books cost $4 or less. Bargain!

We also took Madison's things (bed,dresser,etc.) up to her new apartment in Hays! Spent two days getting everything situated and do a little shopping. Hopeful she has a great year! But in a couple of days, I will be a freshman! Good golly that's scary! And Madison will be going back up to Hays to be a sophomore.

Wishing everyone a wonderful year!
-Hk

High School!

Gee, it's been so long! I'm in high school now... that's a very scary thought. Although it's not very different, it's still a major pain! All the teacher are great, I just miss my old ones and wish they would come up to high school.

Volleyball is still pretty challenging but I think i'm getting the hang of it. Balancing school work with sports is a different stories. I come home at around 7 every night, and by that time i'm so tired that I forget all about it. And in case you're wondering, I don't have homework tonight but I should be studying for two test tomorrow instead of doing this! But winning with my team makes it all worth it! We won are last two games and play three games tomorrow! So wish us good luck!

-Hannah

P.s. I'll try to talk Madison into writing a blog soon!