Crammed highlights. Still much has been left out!

Ok! I know it's been way to long since I last posted! Apologies all around! So.... hmmm I need an excuse... I don't suppose any of y'all will believe that our dog ate our computer, would ya? Ok well if not here's one that is more believable. I have to find time on this thing and sharing 1 computer with 9 people is tough! I also am kinda more into facebook then blogging so my precious moments of computer time have been spent there lately.

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We are having trouble uploading photos lately and I hate posting without a pictures! No fun!

I don't have much time here so I'll cram! Sorry if it ain't interesting enough but no one's forcing you to read this blog! =) There's so much I'll just have to hit highlights.

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July 3rd: I went firework shopping with my Dad, two brothers (Luke and Abel) and two cousins (Josh and Paul) and my 6 year old sister came along too. She likes fireworks! My kinda girl. =) We stayed out till midnight and came home loaded with explosives. I spent two bucks on some Zipps and a guy gave my a few free fireworks! I didn't go to buy though. I went along so I could talk the pyromaniacs, who were with me, in to getting the one's I think are cool so I could be a tight-wad and yet still enjoy some sweet explosions! =) I also found them some cool Uncle Sam hats for a buck each and got everyone all pumped to look extra festive this 4th!

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July 4th!!! : Went tubing down the Hiwassee River with my fam. The highlight of that was when Pris, who was ahead, floated under a bridge where two guys were getting ready to jump off. The guys looked like they got a big kick out of scaring the heck out of her as they took turns, each jumping from 45 feet up and landing within a foot of her tube. We all watched and laughed till we nearly cried. Priscilla's freaked-out, horrified look, was to funny! She had the scare all over again when the second guy jumped. Trust me... It was just as funny the second time! We all had our share of excitement on the rapids though! I was flipped completely out of control at one point and had to frantically swim for my tube which was running away from me. AHHHH! =)

We later went home and got ready to go out to the firework show at the local city park. I had three sections of hair that I made stick up to look like fireworks and then sprayed with wash out BLUE hair dye. Everyone looked crazier then ever this year. I got to hang with some friends that I hadn't seen in months, played Ultimate Frisbee, watched a pie eating contest and lost my apatite forever!, and walked around with my cousin Joshua to help him sell the glow necklaces that we sold for twice as much as he bought them for. He made a good profit that night! =)

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A date in between then and now: We went to a swimming pool after church and I asked the lifeguard if it was ok to do flips off the diving bord. He said yes so I did a back flip off of it. My nearly 11 year old brother Abel decided he wanted to try it too! He ended up being taken to the emergency room on an ambulance and got three staples in head because in the process of completing the flip he whacked his head on the diving bord! I know I'm such a bad example! =( It was quite a dramatic seen but they took his picture to hang near the pool and they also wanted to put the story in the paper.

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Last Sunday: Right after church Pris and I went to a surprise birthday party. After that we spent the rest of the day with some friends. One, of which, has a boat so we spent hours on the lake swimming and taking turns, two at a time, riding the wild tube hooked by a rope to the boat. Wow! It was so much fun. We got some air at times we were going so fast and hitting waves! I thought for sure I'd fall off but somehow, each time I managed to stay on... I'm not sure how! We had so much fun with our friends they are so great to hang with! Even if they didn't have a boat. ;)

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Yesterday: I mowed the lawn, made lunch (while Mom took Abel to get his staples taken out), Helped get ready for the out of state trip that we are going on, made dinner, hung with three of my uncles, (had some catching up to do with the uncle that's only 6 years older then I), Spent some time watching some huge machinery work on digging the lake that we are getting put in!, watched the firework show that my brothers and cousins put on for us... using up the last of their fireworks, walked through the woods, over to my Grandparents house to see them, since they'd been gone for weeks, and stayed till 11:45 talking with them. A long but great day!

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Today: Got up at 6:00 am to sweep and mop the upstairs, before everyone was up, so that there wouldn't be foot prints put on the wet floor before it dried. Then I spent more time on trip preparation. We are leaving today at 4:00 pm to go on our out of state trip! Can't wait to see my terribly missed friends from the land of MO. Annddd... Wrote this post so all the nagging people will leave me in peace! =) Comments on this post are very looked forward to... It's only the nagging comments that I am complaining of! I guess the nagging had the desired effect on me though, because here I am writing!