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