We had banches of flooding here where I live cause of rain, snow melting and stuff.  My mom and my brothers and I drove around to see some of the flooding.  Here are some pictures of what we saw:

Can you see the baseball field in the top right hand side of the picture?  Now that's a lot of water!!!

Now check out this picture.  It is really cool.  It was really amazing how deep the water was.  We drive on this street all the time!!!  Now, it's under water.

Cool, huh?   Here's another one! 

I'll post a few later.  We have more.  Bye for now.

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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

From Me and My Brothers

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Now by best friend has the flu in his house, too.  I am praying we can both swim at championships.  I am doing everything to try to stay healthy.  I'm praying a lot about it, too.  I really want to be able to swim at champs.  My mom has me taking garlic every day.  Here are somw shots of garlic taking in my house......JennaB taught us all how to do it.  Thanks JennaB

First, you get your garlic and nummy, cold, raw cows milk

Next you give it a dirty look (sorry picture didn't work)

Then, you open your mouth wide

Then you take the spoonful of garlic in quickly

Chug you nice cold milk

Now, make a sour face cause it wasn't that great

But, in the end, it gets two thumbs up cause it keeps you healthy

Now, don't forget to pray because ultimately, God is the one who keeps you healthy.  I pray I don't get sick before champs. 

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Well, I got to swim in my meet this weekend because God is good and God is mighty.  My mom and 2 brothers had influenza and were really sick all week last week.  I stayed away from them as much as I could, even spent a couple days in my room with the door shut.  And, with lots of people praying,  God kept me healthy and I got swim.   I am excited because I qualitfied for our championships in:

500 FReestyle  with a 6:37.37   

100 BReaststroke with a 1:33.44

I also had my best times in 200IM with a 2:54.44, 50FL  with a 37.01, and 50BR with a 43.27.  I have almost all my B times now, well I have B's in everything except BK.  I have one BB time, too. 

I can't wait for championships cause I really think I can get a BB time in my 500 FRee.  It's only a 6:35.09 and I have a 6:37.37  It's now too hard to cut 2 seconds in a 500.  I hope I can do it. 

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My best friend came over this week and we made a whole Lincoln Log western town.  I took some pictures of it. 

This is a picture of the whole town.

Here is a picture of what I built.   The stable is on the left and the main house is on the right. 

Here is a picture of the main house.

Lastly, here is picture of the stable. Do you see the horses in the stalls? 

I LOVE LINCOLN LOGS (especially in the winter).

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Well, guess what?   I had another meet.  Here were my times.  I am pretty happy but I still didn't qualify for champs yet.  I hope I make it at my next meet. I put the champ time to the right.  I am pretty close in at least 4 things

Event	Time	Stand.	CHAMP TIMES
50 BackStroke Y	40.66		Not trying in this
50 Breaststroke Y	43.97	B	42.79!!!!!!!!!!
50 Freestyle Y	32.32	B	30.49 (Done this before!)!!!
50 Butterfly	-------		35.99
100 BackStroke Y	1:30.83		Not trying in this
100 Breaststroke	1:36.33		1:33.89
100 Freestyle Y	1:07.38	BB	1:06.09!!!!!!!!!!
100 Medley Y	1:23.28	B	1:18.29 BB
200 Freestyle	2:29.26	B	2:27.19!!!!!!!!!!
200 Medley	3:02.59	B	Not tryng in this
500 Freestyle	6:52.00	B	6:47.00!!!!!!!

 I really want to make championships.  I think I can do it in at least a couple things.  I swam a bunch of 500 Freestyles in practice the other night and my coach got my time on my last one.  It was a 6:52.  That's a B time and only 5 seconds away from 6:47 which is champs time.  I REALLY think I can make it.  I could easily go a little faster especially since my 6:52 was on my last 500 of the set.  I am excited.  My coach things I can make it too.

Oh, and guess what?  I am going to get to try swimming with the next level up starting in a week.  I get to go on Friday nights and swim with them.  Then, after championships, if I am doing well on Fridays, I get to move up completely.  I am excited.  I want to move up so bad.  A lot of the kids in that group have all their A and AA times.  I know its cause they work on faster intervals and I am ready! 

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I never got to finish my meet cause we got snow.  We got about 9 inches and my coach, who is from FLorida and doesn't like to drive in the snow, pulled out my team from finishing the rest of the meet.  I was really mad but the good part was that I got to stay home and play in the snow.  It was so much fun.  We burried my brothers skateboard ramp in the snow and made a sled ramp.  It was a blast.  Here are a couple pictures of me going off the ramp:

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I had day one of my meet.   Means I had my best time, made goal or came close to it.   means my time went up and didn't make my goal or best time. 

Event	Time	Stand.	Meet Goals
50 BackStroke Y	41.96		39.79 B
50 Breaststroke Y	44.58	B	41.09 BB
50 Freestyle Y	(30.24)	(BB)	29.59 Q1
100 BackStroke Y	1:31.15		1:25.79 B
100 Breaststroke Y	1:36.33		DIdn't swim
100 Freestyle Y	1:07.69	BB	1:06.09 Q1
100 Medley Y	1:24.65		1:18.29 BB
200 Freestyle Y	2:41.07		2:27.99 BB
200 Medley Y	3:02.59	B	3:03.49 B

So far, my meet has been a good one.  I dropped time in 3 of my events but added a little in 50 Breaststroke.  My coach clocked me at 29 for my 50 Freestyle but I guess I was a little excited cause the official said I moved on the block so I got DQ'ed but at least I broke 30, unofficially.  I got my BB time in 100 FR and B time in 200 IM.  I wasn't supposed to swim 200 IM but got put in that by mistake instead of 100 BR, oh well.  I has a good swim and cut 14 seconds off my time. 

I can't wait til tomorrow to do my 200 FR and my 100 IM.  Those should be good events for me.  I'll update all my other times tomorrow! 

Gotta go play in the snow    I have a new snow board I want to try out.  See ya!

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I have another meet this weekend.  These are my times I have now and my goals.  I went over my goals with my coach and she said I could make all of them.  I have worked really hard and I hope I make them. 

I hope we have the meet.  We might get snow and then they might cancel it.   I really want to swim.  I want to swim more than I want to play in the snow, but that would be fun too. 

My little brother can't swim this weekend cause he's been really sick.  I had a fever of 103.7 this week and is pretty sick.  He wishes he could swim or play in the snow but can't do either. 

OK, I'll let you know how I do in my meet.  I hope I get my BB times and break 30 seconds in 50 freestyle cause then we get a pizza party.  I'll write later and let you know if I make it. 

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  Well, a few weeks ago, I had a swim meet.  It was very fun.  Here's what I did:

                            

Event	Time	Stand.	Next Stand.
100 BackStroke Y	1:41.06		1:25.79
100 Breaststroke Y	1:43.97		1:35.69
100 Butterfly Y	1:46.67		1:26.39
100 Freestyle Y	1:12.01	B	1:08.09
200 BackStroke Y	3:28.42		2:59.39
200 Breaststroke Y	3:42.35		3:21.79
200 Butterfly Y	4:21.59		3:04.69
200 Freestyle Y	2:41.07		2:39.39
200 Medley Y	3:16.39		3:03.49
400 Medley Y	6:57.14		6:27.29

          The next meet that I have is out of town.  I'm swimming 50 Free, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, and 100 IM ( thank goodness I'm not Swimming 100 Fly). I'm going with my friend KDQ   and my brothers, TheBean, and HisCross. Well, I have to go get ready for swim practice so TTFN( TaTa For Now, in case you didn't know what TTFN meant.  Now you do ).

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    Well I'm finally back. This week has been crazy, between school and evening activities.

I have a new friend and he swims, too. His blog is KDQSwims And he's looking for ideas for a comic that he's making about these two kids who live in a world where Dinosauis still exist.

I am going to swim in a meet this weekend ( like I said in my last entry ) and I hope that I won't get DQ'd. The rules are strict. You can't move when you're on the starting blocks.  You have to step up on the starting blocks at the same time, and you have to go down to start at the same time.  If you don't, you get DQed. 

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    Well, I have my first swim meet this weekend and I know that I'm swiming 100 Freestyle, and some relays. I'm realy excited for it. I finaly get offical times for my events. My goals are

• 50 Free   33.39
• 100 Free   1:13.29
• 200 Free   2:39.39 
• 50 Breast  44.59
• 100 Breast  1:35.69
• 200 Breast  3:21.79
• 50 Fly  38.59
• 100 Fly  1:26.39
• 200 Fly  3:04.69
• 50 Back  39.79
• 100 Back  1:25.79
• 200 Back  2:59.39
• 100 IM  1:24.39
• 200 IM  3:03.49
• 400 IM  6:27.29   

      I'm probobly going to be exhausted after the meet in a couple of weeks, because I'm swimming 100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly, 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breastroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle, 200 IM, and a 400 IM. At the travle meet that we are going to in a couple of weeks, I'm swimming 50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 50 Back, 100 Back, 50 Fly, and a 100 IM. Well I Have to go so TTFN. 

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I've been camping two times in the past couple weeks.  One weekend I went with my Boys Scout troop.  We stayed in a cabin and did a Ropes Challenge.  It was awesome.  We player Capture the Flag, too.  It was so much fun. 

The other weekend,  I went with my family and friends.  We had a blast.  We made a kingdom in the woods. I got to use the hatchet and chop wood.  We went on a flashlight walk.   We went to the beach, too.  We got really sandy so my  friends mom let us ride home in the trunk.  My mom got a picture of us.  I'm on the left, my brother is on the right and my friend is in the middle.  

We got to go fishing too.  We went two times on Saturday and I caught three fish.  Then, on the last day, we went fishing one last time. Here's a piture of my fishing spot.  

I caught two blue gills.  Here is a picture of one. 

I REALLY like fishing.  I hope I can go again soon.  I was supposed to go today but we ended up not going.  I hope we can go soon. 

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OK, so all the moms are doing this thing where you use the letters of the alphabet to describe you or things you like.  The word has to begin with that letter and you can only use one word for each thing.  So, here is my attempt.

ATHLETE

BASEBALL

CAMPING

DIVING

ENERGETIC

FISHING

GAMES

HORSES

ICEES

JUMPING

KITTENS

LAUGHING

MATH

NECTARINES

ORIGINAL

PIONEERS

QUAILS

RABBITS

SWIMMING

TENNIS

UMPIRES

VIOLINS

WATERMELON

XTREME

YELLOW

ZOOS

So, go ahead and give it a try.  Message me so I know you tried and I'll come see your post.  Have fun!!!

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I am so excited.  I get to go camping two weekends in a row.  First, I am going with my family and our friends.  We have campsites right next to each other.  We are going to do some fishing.  I can't wait.  This is our family tent.  We have lots of room in it.  We even keep the dogs in there with us. 

Then, the very next weekend.  I get to go camping again.  This time it's with my BoyScout troop.  It should be a blast.  I am really excited to go.  It will be only my second campout with scouts..

I love camping.  It is one of my favorite things to do, especially in the fall, when it's not as hot.  But, the nights can get pretty cold.  Last year, we went once when the nights got really cold.  My sleeping bag is really warm , though, so I was ok. 

See ya!

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I hope this isn't pride but I thought this picture my mom took of me doing a double front flip off the diving board was kind of cool.  What do you think?  I love to do flips!!!

My mom got a video of it too.  I'll try to figure out how to put it up.  Thanks for coming to my page.

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I'm still here but I had the chicken pox so I was scratching instead of typing.  I'm all better now, though, and will get new entries and pictures up soon.

See ya, off to bed!

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     Today me and my brother are going to the cardinals game in St. Louis with some friends.  They are playing the Pittsburgh Pirates.   I hope that the Cardinals win.  They still have a chance to go to the Playoffs. I Hope that they win the world series again.

    When I was at the store the other day I say a tv comercial that said the Olympics Starts August 8th, 2008. My favorite sports are Tennis, Diving, and Swimming. The Olympic swimmers are really, really good.  My favorite is Michael Phelps. When I grow up I want to go to the Olympics in either swimming Diving or Tennis. 

My new swim team starts this week.  I can't wait.  I am swimming 5 days a week.  I could swim 6 but I want to still go to Boy Scouts.  I still have to go get my own kick board, fins and tennis balls for team.  My other team I didn't have to have my own but this one I do. 

Boy Scouts starts this week too.  I finally earned my Tenderfoot.  I had to do a 30 day fitness with 1-mile run, standing long jump, situps, and pushups.  I finally finished.  I ran the mile in 7:51.57, did 20 pushups and 68 situps, and jumped 5'8".   Now I have to go on a couple campouts and I have my Second Class.  Can't wait!

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     From know on i'm going to do a game on the last friday of every month. The people that think that they know the answer have to message me. the winner will get anounced with a speacall entry on my blog. I will also go to your blog and give you a speacall comment.

   Well this month is going to a Baseball trivia. The Question is, What team did the St. Louis Cardinals play in the 2006 World Series . The answer will be anounced on September 12th.   

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      Well I'm back. Two of my friends just got blogs you should go check them out, there Monkeyman And Taterman And Fakelink ( It realy is a fake link ). 

Well My mom got an e-mail that said I got on the swim team and my first practice is on September 6 and I can't wait to start. My little brothers have already been on the team for a year I didn't try out when they did, because I played baseball and it would interfere with my swimming scedule. The group that I made swims Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri, And Saturday, but I'm taking Thursdays off for scouts. I'm missing my first scout meeting though because my first swim practice is on the same day. but from then on I will be taking Thursdays off. I only do have to swim 4 days a week but I'm swimming Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, And Saturday.

My fall baseball program ends soon. I haven't made my mind if I'm going to play spring ball or not because of swimming.  My team won our last game, the score was 10 To 4. We've only lost one game this year so far I  hope that we have a good season

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