Well, I figured this would happen. I'd neglect Xanga, like I have in the past, but with limited computer use at Dads, and Xanga being blocked I don't have much time to blog..only when I'm not busy and I'm at moms.
Lets see, since I've last blogged school has started. Which is ok I guess. It still doesn't seem like I'm a Senior yet...except for all of the college mail that I've received lately. Hmmm, that stuff I'd like to put off. I'm still not sure what I want to do...or where to go. I guess I'll have to figure that out relatively soon, seeing as you have to apply to colleges by October to be able to compete for scholarships...which I'm going to need.

Volleyball has started too...its better than last year, so far. I'm enjoying it more, maybe its because miraculously I've become better over the summer. At least its seems like I've improved. We've only had one tri so far at home this last Tuesday with Tipton and Logan. We took Tipton to three, but ended up loosing to both Tipton and Logan. If we had played Tipton like we had Logan we would have won, and we kept up with Logan a lot better than I figured we would. So with that being said, I think we'll have a better season than last year.

Thursdays when we didn't have volleyball practice, Ashley and I helped the football team. We basically took up space since we didn't have pads, and we weren't suppose to hurt the guys, or them us. But it was a lot of fun, and towards the end we were getting more involved as we figured out the plays. The first football game was Friday night, the last time we will play Ktown in regular season...and we lost I really enjoyed the fact that the school we're consolidating with ran up the score and kept their starters in , but whatever.

Tomorrow is church. I'm singing "How Deep the Father's Love" for a special..and I think membership class starts tomorrow morning, and then Bible quizzing too, but I'm not sure.

I've finally made it through Psalms...I've been reading a chapter a day since the last part of the school year, I'll have to post some of my favorite passages later, when its not 3 am, and I'm not about ready to fall asleep.

Have a great week!

Last night was the second night of "Kansas Biggest Rodeo" Dad and I went with my aunt & uncle who just celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary Thursday night.  Thats about it.

 This week is fair week (and camp) resulting in a very slow week at the pool. This year I entered a few items in the open class divison: four photos and a teddy bear that I made. My bear recieved a blue, and one of my photos recieved a red. Which isn't bad, not everyone in open class gets a ribbon I guess..(I've never really paid much attention to the ribbons and such since I'm not in 4-H.)

My second place photograph was a unique angle of the Iwo Jima memorial. When I took my first trip to Washington D.C. this past March, I bought the book "Flags of Our Fathers". I figured I'd read the book before watching the movie...besides I wanted to read something that interested me for our manditory nonfiction reading in American History. 

The book is so much better than the movie...its not even funny. I usually like Clint Eastwoods directing, but the book (like usual) was better than the movie. The one point I wanted to capture the most with this photograpth was the hands. If you look, you can see one hand is on top of another hand, supporting it. The hand on top is Michale Strank's, the commander, a real Marines' Marine. He ended up dieing in the fight for Iwo Jima. The hand under his is Rene ; a momma's boy in my opinion, and almost unworthy of the praise that the flag raising feat recieved. At any rate, this book is great and since I've finished reading it I have found that I'm reading more nonfiction.

One such book is "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town." Written by John Grisham, one of my favorite authors, this is his first work of nonfiction, that seems like it should be fiction. The injustice incurred is unfathomable. One man, who basically looses all since of reality when he doesn't make it to the major leagues, is accused of murder and sent to prision. Meanwhile, with all signs pointing at him, the murderer runs free. All of this occurs in a small town in Oklahoma, and not too long ago.  It kind of worried me that our judicial system could be so flawed as I was reading it. Again, it was another good book.

The last book that I've made a decent dent in so far is "Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides" I have an uncle who served in the war... or 'conflict'...who I consider one of the strongest Christians I know. Last summer during harvest, he lost his cool, nothing serious mind you, but I've never seen him like that before. So before I went to bed I talked to Dad about it, since it was sooo out of the ordinary. He said that was nothing. When he came back from Vietnam, he was ready to fight with anyone, the slightest thing could trigger him into aggression. Then he found the Lord, and a 180 occured, praise the Lord.

So, during one of my trips to D.C. I bought this book. I thought maybe during history the topic of this 'conflict' would arise, but we just skimmed the chapter and started our presidential papers instead. Although there wasn't much in our textbooks anyway. Before starting this book, I new that the war was not supported by the American people, but not to the degree that it was. I don't really want to talk to my uncle, or ask questions....first off, I doubt if he'd talk, and secondly theres nothing I really need to know. I just wanted to understand what he went through better, since my history book did such a poor job covering this war/conflict. This book shows all sides: Americans at home and abroad, and both North and Southern Vietnamese.

Tomorrow, is my last day of babysitting this week, a possible afternoon of visiting Camp Joy (fingers crossed) and my first chance to vote. The election is over the possible consolidation with Kensington, I'm just glad I get to graduate in the school I've been in since Kindergarten, and the effects of the possible consolidation won't affect me anyway.

I guess thats it for now...other than school starts in fifteen days, I'm kinda sad, my summer has flown by, at least I'll be a Senior!!