What I Did For Summer

For a school assighment I need to write what I did this summer. Some of this will be a recap from some of my blog posts. Well, here goes:


I went on Thursdays to Logan to go shooting with Mr. Lewis; I started to make a Star Wars movie with my siblings; flew in a light aircraft for FREE; I spent a week in Oklahoma at Camp Yeshua; hosted two girls from Columbia; and I acted in a Robin Hood play.


Well, that's just about my summer in a nut shell.

Hebrew Flash Cards

Andrei, Viktor and Abby have made Hebrew flash cards to help them learn there Hebrew for there up-coming Bar-and-Bat Mitzvah.

Mom bought them all blank flash cards when she did 'back to school shopping last week.

The kids spend hours last night filling the cards with the Hebrew Alef Bet, then spent last night and this morning testing each other, practicing there letters.

They all plan on bringing there cards on our road trip, to practice even more.

Andrei and Viktor's Bar Mitzvah is going to be in January, and Abby's is going to be in March.

Awhile ago I asked Viktor if he was feeling the pressure yet. "Oh, yea. Definitely."

Road Trip!

This September my family {minus dad, who has to work} is going on a several week road trip back east! We're going to a history festival in Omaha, a feast of tabernacles thing in Missouri, and lots of things in between like- The Little Big Horn battle field, Mount Rushmore, Wall SD, to visit Kylie, and visit lots of our extended family in Missouri and Tennessee. We're all really exited, getting the farm ready for the person that's going to 'farm-sit' for us, fixing the car, ect.
We're leaving {I think} on September 12th, the day before Molly's Birthday.

Heart Attack

Thursday, while I was out shooting, my dad had a heart attack. Mom drove him to the hospital, and Molly called just about every one we know and asked them to pray, including Mr. Lewis, our family friend who I was out shooting with. He got a phone call from another friend, but he didn't answer because he didn't think it was important. Meanwhile, Molly gets the news that on a scale of 1 to 10 my dads' heart attack was a .1. I still didn't know he had one.

It was around 8:30 when I finally got the news. He had the heart attack at about 6:15.
As I said, it was a mild one, but he had to stay at the hospital over night because it was the policy. We picked him up the next morning, all smiles that he's all right. Praise GOD!

MCT Robin Hood Play

This year me and my siblings were in a Robin Hood Play put on by the Missoula Children's Theater {MCT}. They held auditions on a Monday, Mom found out about Sunday night, we had to wake up early on Monday to do our chores and milk our cow, Tillie, then we all drove down to where the auditions where, and we still got there early! At first only the Four Little Kids{That's what we call the four youngest members of our family, Andrei, Viktor, Abby and Landon.} where auditioning, but Molly bribed me 5$ to do it to, so I did.{Don't worry, I payed her back.} Molly came in later to be an assistant director.
We all got parts in the play, Andrei and Landon were two guards, Abby and Viktor were Merry Men, and I was The Sheriff Of Nottingham. The play was on Saturday at the Sweat Pea Festival. We arrived their a little before eight, and it was starting to rain. We got in to our costumes and did our first dress rehearsal.{We spent the last week practicing our lines, but didn't get to see our costumes.} We then changed back into our regular clothes and had lunch. At One thirty we went back and got our make up and costumes on. At three we had our play, and it was over at about four thirty.
The play was lots of fun, and I hope we will be able to do more MCT shows in the future.

Kelly and Ana

This summer my family was an emergency host family for two little girls from Columbia. There names were Kelly and Ana. I was gone for the first week they were here, so I don't know what all went on, but I do know that Ana was afraid of me when I got back home. She never really lost that fear. Oh well. Maybe I'm just a scary guy.
The girls mostly stayed with Molly. They LOVED her. They only loved me when I made pop-corn or drove them on the ATV. The LOVED that ATV.
They were with us for about 2 1/2 weeks, then had to leave back for Columbia.

Dinosaur Day!

Recently, we went to 'Family Dinosaur Day' at our local museum.

While there, we met the curator of the museum and very famous paleontologist Jack Horner. Molly and the kids got his autograph [I didn't have the patience to wait in line]. We also met some creepy guy in a dinosaur suit called 'Monty', we saw people actually working on live bones, and, finally, got painted like dinosaurs. [Correction: Mom and the kids got painted like dinosaurs, I didn't.]

My Sister Kylie's Visit

A few days after my sister Kylie came for a visit from college, we went to the Museum of the Rockies to see it's new Jamestown maze. Each person was given a chart depicting one of the actual people who lived during that time, with markers for health, wealth, morale and food. Along the way were several challenges to lose or gain health, wealth, morale and food. If one of the markers reach the bottom of the chart, you die. I died. Twice. I know, pretty embarrassing.

Unfortunately, Kylie left Tuesday morning, real early to go back to college. We were all sad and can't wait for her to come back.

Bowling!

Tuesday we went bowling. This was mine and Molly's second time bowling, and mom and dad hadn't gone in a while. It was so much fun! At first I did really bad, than I did o.k, than really bad.

We played two games, and my dad came in first place, then mom, and I can't remember the rest. I got a total of 120 points.

Afterwards, we got pizza.

Kylie comes back!

Tuesday the 17th Kylie came back from collage from Omaha, Nebraska, after spending three months away. After we got back from the airport, we piled down stairs and watched the 'Muppet's'. It was good to see her again. She'll be here 12 days, then she has to leave.

Tommi comes to visit

A couple weeks ago our cousin Tommi came to visit us on her way to Arizona. Ironically she came right after Molly left for Tennessee for her birthday.

It was fun to see her again {I last saw her at the reunion}

We got to hike up with her to Palisade fall's and spend some time there.


A couple of days later she had to go, though.

Uncle Larry

On Monday we had a surprise. Our uncle Larry visited us! It was the first time he had done so in over four years! I got to read to him the portion I read in Hebrew on my Bar-Mitzva. We had a wonderful lunch followed by us just spending time together. He's a under water photographer who is currently making a movie, so we showed him our home movies which he liked. We then gave him a farm tour while he told us so much funny jokes my face hurt from laughing! He was only able to stay that day, but I hope he can come back soon.