Bat

A few months ago I came into my room to find a bat clinging to my window screen. I only got a few pictures before he decided to find a safer place to rest.

Wordless Wednesday

Dutch Wonderland

Last Friday we went to Dutch Wonderland using the tickets that we earned through the Lancaster Summer Reading Club.

In this ride you sit in a bench while a "house" spins around you.
It really tricks your eyes!

Horseback Ride

This past Monday I got to go on a trail ride with one of Mom's friends. We rode double on a horse named Ginger for about 2 hours. I had a great time!

We're back!

This post would be about the trip, but I can't remember how to load the pictures. I will have to wait until Jacob can help me.

I will not be blogging for a few days because I am on an overnight trip with Dad in South Hill, Virginia.

Hope to get back to it soon!

Apache and Targa

C2C Youth Olympics

The Youth Olympics got of to a slow start due to the unsure weather.

The teams that would be playing were Ketchuptonia (red), North Dijon Province (yellow), Democratic Relish Republic (green), and the Scallion Islands (white).

But finally it began with the first game: The Flap Jack Flip. The idea is to throw the pancake as far as you can. Holly took the gold with 40ft, I got silver with 33ft and Noah had 32ft.
(Nathan did not compete, he just wanted to see how far he could throw it)

In the next game each team lined up and at the signal, would have to race over to where a pile of paper bags sat. Each player had to grab a bag, open it, and eat whatever was in it. If they did not eat it, their team would get a 30 sec. penalty.
(Here I am eating SPAM)

Noah drinking V8.

Kara, trying to gulp down 5 crackers.

Our team was down a player so we chose dad to help us (just for this game).
Dad is eating sausages.

I also had to eat a pickle (one of my worst nightmares).

This next game helped to wash down the pickle.
All you had to do was try to be the first team to drink an entire bottle of soda.

This was a crowd pleaser...
be the first team to smash all of your teammates in the face with pudding.

Everyone was a sticky (and yummy) mess.

A "special" person was chosen from each team (not knowing why they were special) to lie down in front of a chair with a sundae dish on their forehead. Their teammates would stand on a chair, hold their arm straight out, and try to drop one ingredient at a time into the sundae dish. The team with the best-looking sundae won. (The Scallion Islands took the gold because they were the only ones who even got the ice cream in the dish).

Next was a very competitive game.

Each player had a number from 1-5 and when your number was called, you had to race to the middle of the square and grab the hot dog that was in the center of the square.

In the final game each member had to do a different job. For example, Katie had to toss pieces of cereal in the air while Noah tried to catch them in his mouth. My part was to roll an onion across the ground for about 10 ft, and Dad had to eat a pie as fast as he could without using his hands.
(Here's dad eating the pie with Pastor Joe taking as many close-up pictures as he could.)

(click to get a closer view of Pastor Joe's face)

In first place was the Democratic Relish Republic. Second place went to the Scallion Islands. Third was Ketchuptonia while the Dijon Province came in last.

Will Work for Food

Ideas On How To Live Your Life

Become a fashion star

Act cool.

Pose for funny pictures to put on cards.

Act like a homeless waif and hope to be adopted.

(Photo by Jake)

Here is a picture of a bird taking advantage of our falling-apart rug.

Horse Lesson

About three weeks ago, I took my last riding lesson for the summer.
The name of the horse that I am riding is Pic (but his full name is Picasso's Encore)(weird).

Bath Time!

Washington DC

The Capital.

A bird taking a dust bath.The Lincoln Memorial.

One of the many birds that was watching us eat our lunchThe Washington Monument.

Some ducklings swimming in the Reflecting Pool.