Summer 08

Just a few things have happened since I last blogged. First of all my Junior year finished without a hitch and my summer had begun. First order of business, to get my sister Ashley married. Her wedding was on June 20th and I was one of her groomsmen. It was a great day with family and friends and she married a great guy. The next day our family (our whole extended family on both sides) went to Sedona, Arizona. It is a beautiful place full of vibrant red rocks and dull brown desert. It really seemed like a national park that Hotels made it to before the government. Anyway, we went on a lot of awesome hikes (my favorite being Cathedral Rock; from which we could see the whole valley, oh and by the way, we saw it at sunset) and had good family times. The next few weeks were cool down weeks after the hustle and bustle of the previous weeks. We went to my other sister's house in San Clemente for July 4th, but no big trips. I also went to my last high school camp the last week in July. Then August came, and it got pleasantly crazy again. First we went on a seven day road trip up to Seattle to help my aunt and uncle move. That trip consisted of sleeping the whole night in a car, twice. We also visited beautiful Victoria, Canada, and Olympic National Park. The next week my mum, dad, sister, brother-in-law, and I went up to Santa Cruz for a week of camping. The most notable things about this trip is my domination in Settlers of Catan (I won 50% of the time) and learning to make jiffy-lubes (basically biscuits made over an open fire filled with jam). It was fun. After that we spent the last few blissful weeks of summer relaxing and gearing up for a new school year.