Lizzie

Saturday, October 3, 2009

MAJOR UPDATES: Our New Pet

Yo.

I know!

It happened!

We got a pet!

And he (we're just calling it a "he"- we're not quite sure) is the wimpiest thing ever!

I'll let you guess.

Hint No. 1: All of the movie make him look scary, but he's more scared than scary.

Hint No. 2: He bites, but it hurts a little worse than a bee sting. It's not poisonous.

Hint No. 3: He eats crickets.

Hint No. 4: You only have to clean the tank, like, every six months.

Hint No. 5: We named him Fang. DEAD GIVEAWAY!!!

Yes, I know. We got a pet tarantula. We did not spend money on him, we actually found him trying to climb up our house and we kept him.
He hasn't bit anyone, and he's afraid of everybody except for me.

And (almost) everybody except me is afraid of him.

If you are considering a pet tarantula, here are some things you should know about them.

They have three warnings before they eat you. 1) They back off. They normally look like they just woke up because they won't move. 2) They start to shed their hairs. This happened when Logan came over the other day. Good thing, because Logan was terrified and didn't want to hold him anyway. 3) They rear back on their hind legs and show their fangs. 4) They bite.
Their bite hurts a little worse than bee stings, and, unless you are allergic to bee stings (Esther's allergic to cockroaches and spiders- we'll see how this works out), it doesn't affect you. The venom is only meant to kill things smaller than the spider itself.
They are cannibals. Four tarantulas have been spotted on our street since we found ours last week, but we can't keep any of them because they will just eat each other.
They eat once or twice a week, but sometimes they'll go a whole month without eating and that's perfectly normal.
They don't need water, they just suck the liquid from their prey when they eat.

So... yeah. Fang is very sensitive to sound. You can't be loud around him.

Wanna see pictures?
Say yes!

Yes?

Okay.

This is what I looked like when we first took him out of the bucket. Now, I'm strangely okay with tarantula legs going across my hand.

Eventually, I got Jack to do it, too.

Esther even got brave enough to do it! Wow!

Dad.

Mom.

That night cousins came over to see him, too. Here's Cole!

Jessi with her totally forced smile. It feels really weird the first time!

Bryce and Taylor came over to see it. They thought it was pretty cool (and NOT scary, right Bryce?) and held it without any hesitation.

We're still working on Janessa and Logan. Fraidy Cats!

Quote of Today: Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies.

Friday, October 2, 2009

MAJOR UPDATES: Girl's Camp

Yo.

Welcome back to MAJOR UPDATES. In this episode, we will explore the results of a whole ward of girls put in an environment without makeup, chocolate, credit cards, or boys. For most girls, this is torture, and then there are those weirdos who think it's a refuge- ahem! Well, except for the "no chocolate" part...

We went to Heber Valley Camp this year. You know, the one with cabins and hot showers and a kitchen and bunk beds and electric outlets and everything? That's the one!

This year, my Mom was camp cook. We had yummy food!

This isn't her, this is just my version of her during our skit. I'm wearing her clothes, makeup, shoes, and we later curled my hair. I looked a lot like her! Weird, huh?

Yeah, we kind of made fun of the leaders by being them.

Our team leader was Cheyenne. She was Sister Hickey (a.k.a. Iron Woman). Sister Hickey had to get stitches because we played Tug-o-War until the rope broke.

We were the Ohana clan. As in Barack Ohana (that was me!)

Inside joke.

Ha, ha.

This is Jasmine. I was her secret sister.

This is me preparing for the Ropes Course.

These are both groups doing a spiritual activity. We almost won; it was a tie. Bailey volunteered to save us all by standing on a log all day, but Channing won.

This was totally the best part of camp!!! Brother Jonas had come up as a priesthood leader, and after he splashed Sister Freeman with water when we were canoeing, she had us all gang up on him with full water bottles when he wasn't looking. It was awesome!

Fear factor!!!

And yes,I'm perfectly aware that I'm not going in order.

Then we made tents (it's not like we slept in them- nope, we got cabins with mattresses instead).

This is Sara and Kelsey being weird (Kelsey was Sister Bradford, by the way).

More random pictures; These are all pretty self-explanatory.

Hasta luego! Stay tuned for the next episode of MAJOR UPDATES!

Quote of Today: Today, I will be happier than a bird with a french fry.

MAJOR UPDATES: School

Yo.

Again.

This portion of MAJOR UPDATES is school, which has obviously happened since August.

I'm in ninth grade this year (don't get on our bad side- just ask Shea what it feels like. Top of the food chain, baby!) I have amazing classes!!!

A1- AP Human Geography

A2- Foods

A3- Seminary

A4- Spanish 2

B1- Geometry

B2- PE

B3- Honor's English

B4- Biology

AP Human Geography is hard!!! This is my least favorite class (which is kind of a bummer because my A-Days are amazing). We have so much homework and projects and tests almost every day!!! :( Oh, well.

Foods is so much fun! It's so easy; all you do is make cookies, eat them, and tell the teacher they were yummy to get an A.

Seminary is definately my favorite class! Brother Brown is the best!

Spanish 2- I love Mr. Smith! He makes the class so fun!

Geometry- okay. The teacher is cool.

PE- ha, ha. Ha. Jessi and Janessa and I have this class together. Must I say more?

Honor's English- I actually really like this class. The material isn't too hard, and Kelson is pretty cool.

Biology- I had Mr. Wolley last year. I like him a lot. I have a picture because we've already been on a feild trip in this class. Ha, ha!

Esther is in third grade this year. Is it just me or is that SCARY?!? Ahhh! I'm in High School next year, and that feels normal, but Esther being in third grade is very different. Scary!

Jack is in first grade. Wow. I remember the first day I ever held him and now he's in first grade!

Hasta luego! See you next post!

Quote of Today: The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So... why learn?

MAJOR UPDATES: Announcements/ Dad's Graduation

Yo.
Seeing as we have a lot to cover (having not blogged since mid- August), I'll get straight to the point.

Announcements:

First of all, you are now reading the blog of a FOURTEEN YEAR OLD!!! Woo! I got a 16 MG iTouch, which is what I am using to blog. Cool, huh?

Right now, I am being a rebel and listening to Christmas music. I know, I bug you. I'm strangely alright with that, though. I have also changed the background to my traditional Autumn background. ;)

Bryce got a blog! If you would like to see it, click on this little bit of words that has absolutely no value.

Next, Dad finally graduated!!! He's a big boy now.
Ten years ago...

Now.

Here is me trying on his hat (he hated it when I called it that) and wondering what it'll feel like when I'm actually graduating.

It didn't quite fit Esther...

Or Jack.

It almost fit Dad. It was a little too small. :)

He was so happy. It was a wonderful day for all of us.

This is a tradition, apparently. We have no idea where it originated from, but there was a long line, and apparently it was one of those "must-do" things. Dad can't pass that up!

Here he is doing the walk.

We went to Tucano's afterwords- we are so proud of Dad and everything he works towards. That was a huge accomplishment, especially with a family at home (ahem) and a full-time job.