After a week long vacation I am back to the bloging business. We went up to my Grandma and Granpas house which I haven't been to since last summer. My cousin, who is about a year older than me, and I had a great time. We did a lot of tubing and working out in my Grandparents basement, we even put the rest of the family through a circut training! We also tried water sking for the first time and that was awesome. My cousin, David, wasn't able to get up all the way but he got close. I got up on my first try and even tried to drop a ski at the end of my run..... It didn't work out to well. But it was still a really great time.

World Cup

For those of you who don't know, the final stages of the world cup were last month ending this month. USA did the same as they did the last world cup so not a huge success or dissapointment there.  Brazil, the favorties to win, got 4th after a stunning loss to Germany 7-1 and a loss to the Dutch 3-0. Germany would go on to win the world cup by beating Argentina in the finals.

Drivers Education

Today marks the day that I am officially done with Drivers Ed. I took my test yesterday and scored a 90% you need an 80% to pass. Today I got my certificate saying that I had done all of my 6 hours of drivning and that I had passed the test. Also, today a speaker fromt he DOT Drivers. (department of transportaion) She frankly wasn't very interesting. So, now when I turn 16, October 21, I can drive!!!! Better clear the streets so nobody gets hurt!

Swimming Lessons Experiance

Last week I finished the swimming lessons that I was takeing. I feel that I learned a ton and really enjoyed the experiance of trying something new. I mostly worked on freestyle with a bit of backstroke thrown in.  By the end, I could do a 25 yard freestyle swim in 20 seconds which isn't bad since I really had no idea how to even swim when I started. The highlights of the lessons were when I did a 5 minute swim, I thought that was really hard. And then I had to do a 10 minute swim, which was supprisonly easier or at least as easy. I think it didn't seem as hard cause I got more of a rhythm the second time. I also got to go off the diving board which was fun. I am really glad I got to experiance actual swiming was like.

Observation exercise

Warbler

Catbird

Yesterday I did the observation thing where I sit around and observe things. I was told to observe birds and find one that I didn't recognize. I only saw two birds and I recognized them both. They were a Catbird and a Warbler. I did see the shadow of a big bird flying over head, but I didn't see the bird.

What I think about the 4th of July

Today I am supposed to write what I think about the 4th of July.
             I think it is a nice holiday to remember the day we (not we personally of course!) signed the decleration of the independance, to watch fireworks and to hang out with your friends. Also, the glowsticks and sparklers are fun.

4th Of July Fireworks On the 3rd

Today for my blog post I am supposed to write about something that I did and something that I learned. Yesterday we had a family over to watch the fireworks with us. It was really fun, we ate and then we made s'mores and then we watched the fireworks. And I learned that if you throw a jart over

Jarts

hand it works just as well as if you throw it underhand

More Drivers Ed

 I started my second week of drivers ed this week. After today I have only 7 more days until I am done. That is, of course, if I pass my test. I am not to worried about it though. Tomorrow is the cities firework display and airshow we're going to have some friends over for that which should be pretty cool. On the 4th there is another fireworks display at the country club that I might go see. But besides that I don't really have anything going on currently. In a couple of weeks I am going up to Michigan with my family and then spending an extra week with my cousin and grandparents, I am really excited for that.