The rest of the pond is frozen over, so they just swim around in circles.
On Sunday night, Opa had to go to an Eagle Scout Award, so we all went with him. The eagle was way cool! She was really pretty, and we learned a lot about her in the 2 hours we spent waiting for the thing to start. Opa thought it started at 6, and it didn't really start until about 7:30.
Holly was her name. She has a wingspan of over 7 feet!
My first volleyball tournament was on Friday and Saturday. I was not prepared for such a long day. Friday's tournament was in Kaysville, 45 minutes away. We had to be there at 3:00, and school didn't even get out until 2:45, so I got checked out of Pre-Algebra! I actually like that class a lot, though, so I was a little bit sad.
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Our team got 3rd place in our pool of 4 teams on Friday, which isn't bad for our first tournament, and knowing that half of the girls on our team have never played volleyball in their life! I am number ten, and also the setter. My coach said that I was ON FIRE! That is really really good! I got 4 hits on Friday alone, and a really good block that got us a point, even though I wasn't supposed to block!
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Since Kaysville is so far away, we didn't get home until 10:00. Then, since we were in 3rd place, we had to go Park City, and we had to be there at 8:00! So we woke up at 6:00, picked up my friend in Highland, and drove an hour and a half away to Park City. There, we played a pool of 4 and got 4th place, I think. The first game we lost, but only by a few points. The second game, we got burned really badly. We lost 6-25 the first match, and 9-25 the second. After that, we had a break, so we all bought cookies (that is the only junk food our coach would let us eat) and got hyper, and won one match in the third game, which kept us in last place.
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Then, in the actual eliminating tournament, we reffereed the first game, then played, won, and played again. All the other teams had been eliminated already, so we were in the championship game, and we lost, so we got second place for our division! I was ON FIRE then, too! I had three hits that whole day, two tips, and another block. My serves were awesome, also, except we didn't get to keep them for very long.
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Anyway, I am really really tired and sore. I have never played so much volleyball in my life! We got to Park City before the sun was up, and left after it was down. 11 HOURS STRAIGHT! Oh, and then, when we got home at 8:30 and I was exhausted and felt like I was going to die, my mom had invited all my friends over for a BIRTHDAY PARTY! Yay. I think they had a great time, but I wasn't really paying attention. I was busy being jealous of Zoee, who was sprawled out on the living room floor, sleeping.
We got ten minutes to practice before each game started, so we were doing a drill here. I think I was supposed to be setting the ball to number 4, which I didn't exactly do! (I'm number 10)
Sweet shorts, huh? They gave me the worst rash I have had in my life, and they made me look way fat. Oh well. At least they aren't really hot.
My killer serve ...
Here are the random pictures. I was cute in this picture, but my dad on the other hand ... Nate said he looked like he had to poo really bad.
Zoee found my gloves ...
I finally found my dad's birthday present. The one that I thought I would be way smart and hide in a place where nobody would ever find it, and then I forgot where that place was.
Caleb and Nathan are so freakin cute when they are listening to their new MP3 players! Someday I'll post Caleb singing Colbie Caillat - that's the best, besides Life is a Highway.
Poor Emily was sick the whole day! She and her sister both woke up throwing up, and it didn't stop the whole day. She tried to visit people at the reception, but barely lasted five minutes before she went back downstairs and fell asleep! They woke her up, gave her another blessing (I think it was her fourth), and she came upstairs and laid down on the couch for the rest of the reception.
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