Happy (a little early) New Year!!!!!!!!!

So we leave behind 2007 and welcome 2008 with open arms.

Today my dad came up to see me and my sisters and take us out to lunch. We were talking about this year being over soon, and he asked if we had gotten our time capsules put together. We all laughed and we knew he was joking, but I can't help but think about it. I mean, if I had put together a time capsule what would have been in it? Well there are many things I might want to consider.

And yet I can't think of anything material. There are thoughts I might want, ideas that never became more than that, things I wanted to do that never turned into a real object. Stories I wrote, or even just thought of would also be there. People I've met, conversations I've had. There are so many things that I would want to remember that I can't even remember in detail now.

Maybe if it were possible I would just want to put in the general emotion from this year. Overall I believe I just spent a lot of time thinking. I didn't put a lot into action, and I definitely didn't read as much as I thought I would.

So here's my question. What would you have put into a time capsule for 2007? What are the things from this year that you want to remember for the rest of yours lives? Or maybe even things that you don't want to think about now that you want to remember later on in life? (There you go, I could think of a lot of those) Were there books you read, people you met, conversations you had, gifts you received, stories you wrote, or anything that you might want to remember? There are so many things, and I believe that over the next week I'm going to think about those things, I'll write them down, and a week into 2008 I will post my official time capsule for 2007. I challenge anyone who reads my blog to do the same.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!!
2008 is here!!!!
Lets hope it's as great as 2007 was!!!!

Goodbye Bonanza City

The show Kid Nation aired it's season finale tonight. I've never been as sad to see a show end. Who knows when the next season will start. The controversy behind it is making it so they cannot do another season within the United States.

Every Wednesday night for the last several weeks me and my family have sat down and watched Kid Nation together. By this weeks episode I felt almost as if I knew some of the kids that were shown regularly on the show. Sophia, Laurel, Anjay, Greg, Michael, Guylan, Taylor, Mallory Olivia... All those kids were people that I would love to meet, and even though I know I never will, I feel as if I have.

I can't begin to imagine how much it must suck to leave Bonanza City knowing that there is a chance that you will never see those people you came to know so well again. These kids were so amazing. They were able to build and maintain a community without a whole lot of help at all. They were able to create themselves a organized town. They are my heroes. Sophia, Greg, Laurel, and every other kid who was in Bonanza city.

I hope that CBS will find somewhere to have another Kid Nation, because just watching the show was awesome. Just imagine how it must have felt to be part of it.

Christmas Parties

It's that time of year again. The Holidays. It's December and all around signs that Christmas is coming are beginning to appear. I'm definitely feeling the christmas spirit, and I'm so excited for the holiday to arrive. But not all years have seemed as "Christmassy" as this year has. Last year I don't think I really ever got in the spirit of Christmas. I had fun with what I was doing and all, but I never really felt Christmas. Does that make sense?

Yesterday I went to my grandma's house for our anual Christmas party. I was so excited all day because it was the first time I had seen my dad in a couple weeks, and I hadn't seen my grandma and grandpa, my aunts and uncles, or my cousins since the summer. So when everyone began to arrive at my grandma's house I said hi to them, and I talked to them. I had a lot of fun.

I love my family. My aunts, my uncles, my cousins, my grandparents, my parents and sisters. They're all awesome. I don't know what I would do without them.

Every year my family on my dad's side gets together for our Christmas party. Each of us cousins has to get a gift for one of the others, which is always decided around Thanksgiving. At this party every year we celebrate mine and Izzy's birthday. The reason for this is that it's so hard to get our whole family together at the same time more than once a month.

This year's party was so amazing. I had so much fun, and yet it was probably one of the shortest there has ever been. Me, Izzy, and my cousin (who I am going to call the Narrator, a story that I will write about later) always try to find a place where we can hide from the little kids. This year we finally realized where the perfect place was. The library. In my grandparents basement there is this room that has gone through many changes over the years. A long, long time ago it was my half sister's (Wendy Bird) room, and before ( or after) that I believe there was someone else staying there, but a few (or maybe more than that) years ago my grandpa decided to turn it into a library.

So the Narrator, Izzy, and I all went in there to talk about what had gone on with our family since Izzy and I had last seen them. It was fun. I found out a lot more about what had been going on with them than I had ever really known before. It was definitely a lot of fun.

Then when we went upstairs to open presents and stuff I realized why we always try to get away from the little kids. Even though every year we all get a little bit older it doesn't change how loud my cousins are when we are all together. It was so chaotic that a lot of us didn't even really know what was going on, but I loved it anyway.

Later on my grandma got out the punch bowl, and all of us knew what that meant. Fraupe. It's this great drink which is basically Sprite and sherbet ice cream. It's something that we always have at the christmas party, and I don't think any of us know what one of the parties would be without it.

After everyone had settled down a little bit (a very little bit) we decided to try a new game. It's called Werewolves, and I don't really have time to explain it right now, but I will later. Anyway we played that and then it was time to go. We were all sad. Another year was past, next year we will all be older and it will all be different. I can't wait.

Her name is Breezy Bear

Aren't these two just the cutest puppies you've ever seen? The first one's name is Koda. He's a lot bigger now than he was when that picture was taken, but he's still just as cute. Koda is a two year old Shiba Inu that we (my family) got two years ago.

My mom has never liked the idea of having a dog simply because of the hair and the shedding. When I was little I had always wanted a dog but I never thought that I would actually ever get one. For christmas two years ago my little sisters each got a Nintendo DS. The game they got for it was called Nintendogs. Nintendogs is an adorable game where you can buy, train, and play with dogs. Each of my sisters got a different version of it. Eventually we all decided we wanted a dog because the ones on the game were so cute.

We weren't exactly sure what breed we wanted though. We came across the Shiba Inu's on the Nintendogs game. That's when we got Koda.

Since we got him my step dad has said we need to get a little girl Shiba for him to play with. I had thought my mom would never agree. Then (just half an hour ago) my parents said they had a christmas present for us to open early. We all went into the living room and picked up the box. My two littlest sisters opened it. Inside was the second picture above. Our new puppy. She's still too young, so we won't have her for another two weeks, but we're all so excited to bring her home. Her name right now is Holly. It's cute, but we've decided on something that fits our family, and her (hopefully) a lot better.

At first we decided Bri, and for about twenty minutes that was her name, but then my mom suggested Breezy. So there she is, our Breezy Bear. I'm so excited for the day we are going to get her (the 15th) I can't wait!

So that's our Breezy. We'll get her three days before my birthday, and it will be an awesome day for everyone. We're all curious as to how she will act. Koda is a crazy dog, he loves being under the couch, he hates water, but he loves snow. He isn't a very cuddly dog, but he loves to play. Hopefully Breezy will be a sweet puppy. Actually I know she will be.

So there's my new puppy, and her name is Breezy Bear.