Sunday, June 28, 2009

A Welcome-back Gift

Whenn I got back from my grandma's and Joanie's, (where I stayed for three days) I unpacked and got ready for the next day's Rapids River Food Fest, Ducky races, and even a camping trip in my backyard!
The next day I woke up, and went to go eat a breakfast of a Food Club toaster pastry. After breakfast, my brother and sister went downstairs to play games until Lexie had to go to her Art As You Like it birthday party for her friend Julia. Then I went up, and ate lunch with my pajamas on. My mom told me to go get dressed after lunch, so I went in my room, and listened to my I-pod loud, and watched my least favorite TV show, The Suite Life: On Deck. When I was done with making my bed, and getting dressed, it was allready 5:00. Suddenly, my mom called for dinner. We had hot dogs and chips fpr dinner. After dinner we went to the Food Fest and Ducky Races. There, we waded in the water, and waited for the duckies to start. When they started, it looked like a giant, yellow, bumble bee was floating the water. There were over 1,100 duckies bought! My number was 158, and I was hoping for some luck to get 1-8th place, or last place, which also wins. When the duck names were called, all I remember is, first was number 1028, and last was number 4. Our family didn't win, but we still like to go there every year. After, we went to Dairy Queen for something to eat, instead of the really greasy, fattening food, there. I got a ice cream cup, and Laxie and Evan got chocolate sundaes. We went home after that, and went to go set-up in our tent that we put up after dinner. I got comfortable, and eventually fell asleep after watching Kung Fu Panda, (the movie I hate, and my sister loves) on our portable DVD player. We had a very peaceful night of sleep. (:

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Joanie's House

Today I am at my aunt, Joanie's house because my dad is at a meeting in St. Paul, and I wanted to see her again. We did a lot of fun stuff! We went strawberry picking, and I got a wood tick. :X Then we went back home and made strawberry jam. We ate spaghetti for dinner, and later we're going to visit Rachel and Tanya to give them jam. Tommorow I'm having a spa day at Joan's work and I'm going to go see Up with grandma. I will have SO much fun! C U L8r!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

My Ruttgers Vacation (Part 3)

We put our cart away after golfing all nine holes. I had mosquito bites everywhere after! We drove back to our villa after, and put on warm clothes for the bonfire, and singer that night. He was a very nice singer, and I really enjoyed him. We fell asleep very peacefully that night.
The next morning we woke up early, ate breakfast in our villa quickly, and packed up to go home. We all hoped in the car, and I watched a movie until we got to Sam and Danni's pet spa to pick up Cira. When we walked in, I told the front desk lady that I was Cira's owner. She immidiately started peeing all over the floor in excitment. (X We put her in the car, and she was just licking everyone in excitment. We drove home with Cira sitting on my lap, and with me thinking about our Ruttgers trip 2010.

My Ruttgers Vacation (Part 2)

We played around for quite some time, and then my mom and brother headed back to the villa to rest. My dad used a yellow fun bug to pull us to the water trampoline to bounce. When we got there, we bounced and I jumped off a few times before we headed back. My dad was very tired by the time he pulled us back to shore. We went swimming in the outdoor pool after, and I practiced my strokes while my sister practiced 'swimming' with her life jacket on. We headed back to our villa and showered off for lunch after swimming. We went to go shopping after that, and I bought a TY stuffed animal for my collection that looked just like my dog Cira, since I missed her so much. We had to drop her off at Sam and Danni's pet spa to stay while we were on vacation. After shopping we went to the sandcastle building contest where we were given a list of things to find to put on our sand castle. We built a shark. After time was up, a judge came around and looked at each creation. I was so mad because one family saw our shark and made their own shark! I was fine though because everyone's sand sculpture beside ours was obviously terrible!He then announced the winners. "3rd place goes to the hammerhead shark, and Ruttger's mascot!" "2nd place goes to the happy camper family for Ruttgers castle!" I was sure we would be first now! "And finally 1st goes to the Ruttgers Lodge creation!" I was so pissed off... Those castles all had to do with Ruttgers, so they automatically won! Aggghhh! All the people that walked by during the contest kept raving that ours was the best and it got their best vote. My whole family was so mad that we got totally robbed in that competition! We went back to our villa after, and got ready for dinner at Zigs again. I got pizza and french fries for dinner that day for a change. After dinner we went to play some tennis with our rackets before going to golf. I drove the cart the whole way without killing anyone! (:

My Ruttgers Vacation

Ruttgers was so much fun this year! After we left we were all anxious to get there after about 10 minutes of driving. I got a little bit carsick too, and mom had to pull down the window for me... When we finally got there, we were prancing and dancing around because we finally arrived at Ruttgers Bay Lake! When we first stepped inside our villa we would be staying in for the next three days we were all awed in how beautiful it was! We knew we would really enjoybour stay. We then unpacked our things and headed off to Zigs for dinner. We got hamburgers and my dad got a mexicana chicken wrap. It was soooooo good! Especially the french fries we got with it! Since it was Father's Day weekend, we got all our food free! After dinner, we went to the lodge gift shop to look around. I decided to get two postcards to write out and send to my grandparents. I thought they would really appreciate that. We then went back to our villa and just relaxed for the next hour or so. Since family bingo was tonight, we headed there. We played many games of regular, BO, Texas T, and four corners bingo games. Then we played blackout bingo. So far my family hadn't won any games, and I thought I would when I had only one space to cover. Instead of calling O-70 like I needed, he called B-10 and a college student won the $321.50 jackpot. ): I was very dissapointed I didn't win, but it was okay. We went back to our villa and all of us drifted to sleep.
The next morning we went straight to the lodge buffet for breakfast. They had every kind of fruit, pastries, cereals, bacon, eggs, omlets, pancakes, and waffles to choose from there. We filled our plates with whatever we wanted and headed to our table to eat. We chattered away while we ate. From the buffet, we went straight back to our villa. We tanned outside waiting for the sun to warm up so we could go swimming. We then got our swimsuits on, and went down to the beach to swim. When we got there we jumped and splashed in the now warm water.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Excited for Ruttgers



Today I am so excited because on Friday we are going to go to Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge! It will be great there! We get to swim, go golfing, build sandcastles, play beach volleyball, play tennis, go out to eat, tan, go fishing, go boating, have a campfire, have a singer sing to us by the campfire, and even join in on a family bingo night! Ruttgers will be the best vacation of the summer! I am packing right now, the things that I won't use before Friday, because it's only Wednesday today! I can't wait! The only thing that is dissapointing is that Cira, my dog, isn't allowed there. So, she's going to Sam and Danni's pet spa in Sauk Rapids. I thing that place would fit Cira nicely, tee-hee! :D

Monday, June 15, 2009

Monday's Tennis Lessons

Today I had tennis lessons! They are always really fun! We are working on skills still, although I am in the Intermediate classes. We have seven kids in the class, and only two other than me can hit the ball over the net! I mean, I bet these kids didn't even take the beginner, and just skipped to Intermediate! It makes me very angry at times because I always get stuck with the same girl on my team, so I always lose because of her! Well, I will just have to deal with it and hope that the one on one games come soon. I am very good at the one on one games that I play with my mom and brother when I practice. I am hoping that next year we will get some more advanced players to join. I am still having a ton of fun though because tennis is my most favorite sport in the entire world so, it's all good! Peace out! :D

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Start of the Fun Fest

Today, straight away in the morning, my dad dropped me off at the parade sighting, where my dad set up a blanket and chairs just two hours before. He told me to stay there until they came an hour later! After they arrived and the parade started, my brother and sister started calling at the people on the floats asking for candy! It was SO embarrasing! They were like, "Hey! Candy! Here, here! Most kids just sat there and waited, but of course my sibling were jumping up and down in the streets! Well, I have to go to the fireworks and street dance that end the second day of the Sartell Summer Fest! :D

Friday, June 12, 2009

After the Mayor's 1k

Wow! The 1k race was really fun! I got 5th place out of everyone there! It really helped that I've been practicing! I'm really very proud of myself. After I finished I got a medal that said 'Sartell Summer Fest, Kids 1k Run' on it. It's really cool! One thing that I'm really dissapointed about the Apple Kid Duathalon is that I got a really cool medal for the Summer Fest 1k race, and got a stupid 'Participation' ribbon for the real, large, known, name-branded Apple Kid Duathalon! After the race, my dad said that he was really excited to see me in the front of all the kids! He even gave me a trophy he got engraved! It was so sweet! It ingraved;
KAYLA OLSON
2009 OLSON FAMILY
RUNNING CHAMP
Some people may think that's a little bit cheesy, but I think it's still very sweet of him! :D My dad and I are looking for other races for me to participate in.
Tommorow is the Sartell Summer Fest Parade where they throw all sorts of candy, bands play, and there are all sorts of floats and cool, decorated trucks and cars! Cira is even coming, too! I can't wait for the parade and the rest of the Sartell Summer Fest! :D

Before The Mayor's 1k

I am excited and a little bit scared of how I'll do today after the Maror's 1k. It's 1:30 and the race starts at 7:00, so I don't really have to really worry for quite some time now. I am deffinetly hoping that I succeed my goal of 10th place of higher, but I'm just not sure. I think there's 8-14 year old kids, so then I will deffinetly succeed that, if I'm going up against 8-year olds! Lol! :D

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Mayor's 1k Excitment



Tommorow is the Mayor's 1k and I am SO excited for it! I have been practicing for quite a while now and am hoping to do well! Every day for the past week and a half I have been actually doing a little bit more thatn the actual race, and can do it in about three minutes. Hopefully, I will be close to first, but I will not be dissapointed in myself if it goes the otherway because it's only my second race, with the Apple Kid Duathalon I got 5th for 11-year old girls. I am really excited for tommorow!!!! :D

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

SFX Helping

Today I helped my grandma at St. Francis Xavier school. It was actually pretty fun! I shredded her check and important papers, then we opened up loads of boxes and sepperated them into classroom boxes, and then delivered them to the correct classrooms. That took a whole three hours out of four. After that, we went to shred some more and sort mail. My mom cme after that and took me home to eat after that. Later this week, or sometime next week, I'll go back to help, again. Next time though, we're going to go out for lunch. Yummy-yummy! :D

Monday, June 8, 2009

The First Monday of Summer

Well, it's Monday...
This morning I woke up, still tired, to my dad yelling that my brother is going to the doctor to get his physical and my mom is going to get her tennis shot. My dad said that I have to wait until my sister wakes up to eat. lX
So, I just decided to read more of Twilight. I've already read the whole series thouroughly, but their the best books in the world, so I'm going to read them over again! (: On Wednesday I have tennis classes! I'm in the Intermediate, and it will be SO MUCH FUN because Halie's doing it too, and it's my favorite sport!
So, I guess right now I'm going to go watch the Pink Panther on Boomerang!
I <3 the Pink Panther!!! :D



Saturday, June 6, 2009

Hannah's Birthday Party

The party was SO fun! When we got there we had a tour of her house, then had a scavenger hunt, ate pizza and drank pop, then we opened presents, and then ate cake and ice-cream. After that we played outside and went into their culvert. It was, like, 1/4 a mile long! We also threw water balloons for distance. Hannah's mom then said we should go downstairs and set up for bedtime. After we set up we ate candy and popcorn, drank Gatorade, and watched 'Nick At Night'. We played Charades until Hannah and Chelsea got tired and went to bed. I wanted to go outside and film a terrifying Kayla and Halie show webisode by the neighbor's gargoins they have in the front yard, and culvert, but it was too dark and Hannah's mom would stop us! All night long, Kira, Halie, Kaylee, Hannah W, and I stayed up! We just talked, texted, (although I don't have a phone) played pranks, and just danced and messed-around. One of the pranks we pulled in the morning was wrapping the people that were sleeping in toilet paper, and trying to make them pee by dipping their hands in a glass of warm water. We tried to sneak outside at 3:00 and 5:00, but her mom told us to go back to bed. (we didn't) At six we fell asleep, and at 8:00 Hannah's mom came down and woke us up to go eat breakfast. We had french toast-sticks with strawberries w/ sugar on top. We decided to go outside and play in the culvert for a while. We went inside after that and played sardines. Then, we went into their camper and just talked. My dad came to pick me up for an eye appointment after that. I got contacts and they were very fun getting! I practiced putting them in and taking them out. We went home after that, and I was so tired I took a 5-hour nap!
As you can see, Hannah's b-day party was very fun! I hope I get invited to another one this summer!
(: Kayla

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Last Day of School!!!


Today was the last day of school! We took a math final quiz, went outside for kickball in Language Arts, took another Science/Social final quiz, ate lunch, did field day, went inside to look at our time capsules and videos, went back outside for free time, and then went home. During field day, we an our relays and we got second place! Next we did the mile challenge, then we played tug-of-war. After, when we did out time capsules, I saw that my favorites, friends, and what was cool and un-cool has changed A LOT! It was also very fun reading the letter we wrpte ourselves at the beginning of the year, and watching the videos of what our favorite vacation spots are, and so on. I looked so different considering how tall I've gotten and now that I cut my hair shoulder-length. The entire day was deffinetly bittersweet because I love my teachers and will want to see them every day like I usually do in school. Yet, I will be doing so many fun things this summer! I will be going to Ruttger's, Moose Lake, Summerland, The Minnesota Zoo, Monsinger Gardens, sleepovers, movies, ect. I wish we could go to school whenever we want, yet a certain amount of days in a year. Then, I would go sometimes in the summer, so I wouldn't miss my teachers as much. Well, I've been training for the Mayor's 1k. It's about 3/4 of a mile, which will be very easy! It's totally in the bag!!!
Tommorow is Hannah's birthday party and it will be SO fun! I can'y wait for all the fin things we're going to do there! Hopefully I'll win the cake eating contest! (:

***P.S. Here's a picture of me and Halie on the last day of school today!
Here blog is: wwww.halie21.blogspot.com

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Hannah's B-day Spectacular!

Today I am SO excited becuase on Friday it's Hannah's Birthday party! It will be so much fun! We are going to have a water-balloon fight, eat pizza, have a triple chocolate cake-eating contest, have a popcorn fisht, have a water bottle squirter fight, eat popcorn, and then open presents! It will be so fun, I can't wait any longer!!!
Tommorow is the last day of school... I'm deffinetly going to be sad tommorow. Although we still have to take stupid finals on the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!! It's SO UNFAIR!!! Well, I better go take my shower now! See yall' l8r!
~Kayla (Shamu)

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Field Day Practice

This morning Mrs. Olson's class challenged us tona rematch, although we are the 5th grade champions! Of course, we won! It was 9-2! It was SO simple!
Today in gym, we practiced for field day. First we did the 50-meter dash, then the running long jump, the 100-meter dash, the high jump, then the 100-meter relays. We also have to do the frisbee toss, the football kick, hurdles, and the baseball pitching. It will be a very long field day, tommorow.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Monday, Funday

Today in gym we practiced for field day. We did really well in the running relay. Pretty much everyone did terrible on the football kick. (kicking the football into the goal post) We also have to do the pole vault! (where you run with the pole then hit the pole on the ground hard to fling yourself threw the air, onto the gymnastics mat. I hope to do well on field day. (X

My Pretty Average Sunday

Today was pretty average.
In the morning I biked over to Maiah's house to work on our math game final project. After, we ate McDonald's french fries and sandwiches for lunch. It was avpretty average day today.