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.

Shooting M-1's

On Thursday our family friend and neighbour, Mr. Lewis took me to the Logan shooting range to participate in a shoot they were doing. We all used the M-1 garand, a very common rifle used by American GI's in World War Two, probably better know as the main weapon used in the television series Band Of Brothers, produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.

There were a bunch of firing positions, but since it was my first time, I didn't have to do them all though I did do the last one.

In total I shot around 50 rounds-and the scars on my shoulder prove it!

Canoeing in the back yard?

Recently, we have gotten a pond. How, you may ask? Some freak-flooding. Our creek flooded over, we had a large run off from the mountains and, well, who knows. Any way, we decided to get the most out of our 'pond.' Me and my dad pulled our canoe into the water and he let me paddle it. Soon the rest of the kids came and we had a great time. However, I walked in the water some, and since I didn't have the right shoes the water got in and almost froze my feet off, but hey. If your going to be stupid, you'd better be tough.

Rope Swings

Lately, one of my brothers tied a bunch of hay bail twine to a tree branch, braided it together and Viola! A rope swing. So I convinced him to do the same over the creek, resulting in lots of out side fun. (Unless of course one lets go of the swing pre-maturely and then KERPLUNK! One gets all wet).

A Bike Ride

This morning I went on a bike ride to our neighbors house about a mile away.On my way back a small dog started to follow me. I was expecting it to turn back but it didn't, instead it ran all the way to my house. After consulting my Mom I rode back the mile to to the neighbors house. The dog ran up to it and disappeared."finally" I thought. When I was about 20 feat from my house the dog shot by in full force. I rode to my house, slumped in side exhausted and told my family the story and that I give up. My Mom agreed and I started to eat. One of my younger siblings jumped up and shouted that the dog was running back to its house and sure enough it was running back and barely showing signs of tiring!