Letter to Jay Leno
February 4, 2010
16200 Kill Creek Road
Gardner, KS 66030
Dear Jay Leno,
Hello Jay, My name is Corey and I’m a sixth grade student at Pioneer Ridge Middle School. I like to take trips and travel to different places; I also enjoy watching the Kansas City Royals. I wrote this letter because I was wondering if you could come to our school and talk about how you got your show “The Tonight Show” and when you had to go to the show “The Jay Leno Show”. Another thing we could do is you could do an interview.
And while you are here, I was wondering if we could do a drawing and get some tickets to your show and a random student gets them. I also have a few questions to ask you about your job, and how you get ready for your shows. If you would like a list of questions or you are interested, please contact me at ferrellj@usd231.com. You can also mail a letter to 16200 Kill Creek Road Gardner KS 66030. Thank you and have a great day.
Sincerely,
Corey
The Time we went to Pat & Don’s House
On the way to Alaska, we stopped at our grandpa’s friend’s house in Worthington, Washington. About the second or third day there in Washington, Grant came out to Camper and asked if we wanted to go to his friends, Pat & Don’s house. After we said that we would go, my grandma went to get some Strawberries for a Strawberry Shortcake.
Then, we got in Grant’s car and went to Pat & Don’s house. When we got there, Pat greeted us at the door and when my grandma got to the door, Pat took her Shortcake into the kitchen. When we got inside, we sat down in the living room and we grandpa was talking to Don and then suddenly, Pat told Grant to come into the kitchen. Even though my grandma had already made a Strawberry Shortcake, Pat and Grant had made another one. Then, it was time for dinner. Pat came back into the living room and asked Grant another question. She asked him if he wanted to go to Costco and get a pizza, and off they went. When they got back they got everything on the table including Pat’s Shortcake. But, when Pat opened the pizza box, there was the most disgusting pizza I have ever seen in my entire life. I thought how do these people eat this disgusting Supreme Pizza. Luckily, my mom didn’t want to eat it either so she didn’t make us eat.
After dinner, everyone went back into the living room and Pat put in the movie, “March of the Penguins”. That was one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life. During the movie, I was sitting next to my grandma so I asked her if we could leave because I was very bored. She said we couldn’t leave but she hated the movie too.
After the movie, Don took us outside and showed us their RV but it was so massive. When we sat down on the couch, all of a sudden Don pushed the button for the walls to go out and we were sitting on a couch that was moving. Then we went into the back and the shower door is so crystal clear without a curtain that you could see someone taking a shower.
After we got out of the RV, we went into Don’s workshop and that is a part that I don’t remember very well. After got out of his workshop, we got in Grant’s car and went back to his house. When we got back, we went out to our Motor Home and spent the rest of the night out there. About an hour after we got back, I was sitting on the couch and I asked grandpa where grandma was. He said she was behind you out the window. I turned around and there she was throwing the Strawberry Shortcake that grandma had made into the pasture.
My Trip to Arkansas
Last summer, we wanted to go to Arkansas and see my sister Taylor that lives in Bentonville. So, we went to our grandmas and started getting our stuff in the RV. The next day, we were on our way and it took about 3 ½ hours to get there.
The first thing we did when we got there was we went to see our sister at her apartment. Then, we hooked up our Wii on her TV and played Wii Sports. Then, my sister told us that she got us tickets to go to the movie, The Blind Side. That was probably the best movie I have seen in a long time!
After the movie, we went back to Taylor’s apartment and went to sleep. The next morning, we went with Taylor to work at the Wal-Mart Home Office. She had to go to the Saturday Morning Meeting. When we got there, we found out that Dylan & Cole Sprouse were there and people were getting to meet them. The only thing that I didn’t like was when we walked out they were handing out papers with their autographs. They were just copied on the computer.
The next day, we went to Eureka Springs. Eureka Springs is about 45 minutes to an hour away from Bentonville. But it seems so much longer because we had to drive through huge hills. The very first thing was go to a gift shop and outside was a HUGE chair that is so big that when you sit in it your legs cant even touch the ground. Your legs are sitting on the seat of the chair. Then, we went to a tower that was used for workers to go to the top and search for forest fires. When we went to the top it was so high that you could kind of feel it swaying back and fourth. Then, we went back to Taylor’s apartment and got all of our stuff in the car and we drove home.
Lesson 14 – Brian’s Winter
Think Critically
1. Why was Brian nervous about the coming of winter?
He would have to worry about getting a shelter and hunting for food in the middle of the cold winter.
2. If Betty hadn’t come to Brian’s rescue during the bear’s visit, what might have happened?
The bear would have attacked Brian and the bear probably would have killed him.
3. Based on what you know about the outdoors, do the events in this story seem believable? Explain.
Yes it does seem believable, because bears will go into your shelter if they are scavenging for food.
4. What theme does the relationship between Brian and Betty suggest?
That animals can be helpful, even when it dosn’t seem like it.
5. Write a paragraph that describes what Brian’s actions in the wilderness reveal about his character. Use details from the story to support your answer.
While Brian was in the wilderness, it showed that Brian was brave and not affraid. And that he liked to get the job done, no matter how hopeless it seemed.
Greek Mythology By: Corey & Conner
Cronus was the leader of the titans during the time before the gods. But when he got married, his wife wanted kids. When they had kids he realized that they were powerful so he decided to eat all 4 of them so they wouldn’t overthrow him. But his wife didn’t want him to be a supreme evil ruler forever. So instead of feeding him baby Zeus, she fed him a rock. Then, when baby Zeus grew up, he fed Cronus something to make him throw up the other siblings. Then, he and his siblings defeated Cronus and cut him up with his own scythe and scattered his remains into a big hole. So then, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades drew straws to see who got what part of the world. Poseidon got the ocean, Hades got the underworld, and Zeus got the sky. Then, Zeus married his sister: Hera and they had many, many, children. These were the Gods. The Greeks believed that they controlled the forces of nature.
And don’t blame them for thinking so weird, if you didn’t know about science, you would think the same way.
The Gods and Goddesses
Zeus: The god of the sky (and lighting).He was king of the gods and the ruler of Mount Olympus. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, and bull.
Poseidon: He was the god of the sea (and earthquakes). He created horses from sea foam. Nicknamed ‘Earth Shaker’ and ‘Storm Bringer’. His symbols are horses, sea foam, dolphins, and a trident.
Hades: God of the underworld (and wealth). His symbols are the Helm of Darkness, and the three-headed dog, Cerberus.
Hera: Goddess of marriage and childbirth. Zeus’s wife and sister. And she appears with peacock feathers often. Her symbols are the scepter and peacock.
Aphrodite: Goddess of love and beauty. Married to Hephaestus. Ares loves her. Known as the most beautiful of the Greek goddesses. Her symbols are the scepter and dove.
Apollo: God of light, truth, health, medicine, music, archery, poetry, and prophecies. He is also associated with the sun. Sometimes referred to as the most handsome of the gods. He is Artemis’s twin brother, and son of Zeus. His symbols are the bow and laurel.
Artemis: Goddess of the hunt and wild animals. Protector of the young. She is also associated with the moon. Artemis is a virgin goddess. She is Apollo’s twin sister and daughter of Zeus. Her symbols are the bow, dogs, and deer.
Ares: God of war, murder and bleeding. Brother of Athena, and is the son of Zeus. Loves Aphrodite. His symbols are vultures and a spear.
Athena: Goddess of wisdom, strategy, and reason. Sister of Ares, and is the daughter of Zeus. During a battle, Zeus’s thoughts were so strategic and complex, that she sprung from his head wearing full body armor. She is the wisest of the gods. Her symbols are the owl and olive tree.
Dionysus: God of wine, parties, festivals, craziness and happiness. He represents the intoxicating power of wine, and its social influences. His symbols are the grape vine and the ivy.
Hephaestus: God of fire and metal working with very weak legs. He was thrown off Mount Olympus as a baby by his mother because he was born ugly. He makes armor for the gods and other heroes like Achilles. Zeus and Hera are his parents. Married to Aphrodite, but she does not love him because he is ugly and, as a result, is cheating on him with Ares. (And he loves to embarrass when they are together.) His symbols are an axe, a hammer and a flame.
Hermes: God of travelers, flight, thieves, and mischief. Also makes a living as the messenger of the gods. He shows the way for the dead souls to Hades’s realm. He shows up in more myths than any other god or goddess. He has always loved to trick people and is very inventive. Hermes invented the lyre using a turtle shell and sinew. His symbols are the caduceus and winged boots.
Creatures
Echidna: Echidna was a very ugly snake lady who married a Titan named Typhon who was also ugly. They had triplets after Typhon was imprisoned. Echidna gave birth to Cerberus, The Hydra, and The Chimera. But she did this after Typhon was imprisoned, meaning she did not go back to have the other babies. Also meaning that she had to have had them all at once. I feel sorry for her.
Harpies: Harpies were colorful vultures with the heads of ladies. A Greek hero once found a man living in the mountains that could not eat because every time he laid out some food for dinner, the Harpies would swoop down, scratch at him, steal the food, and then fly away. So, they set a trap for them! They laid out a great feast, and then when the harpies came out to steal it, they shot arrows at them! (They missed a couple of times, but they just chased the harpies down and killed them all) And the man lived happily ever after!
Hydra: The Hydra was a nine headed serpent that spat poisonous acid out of its mouths. It was terrorizing the Argos Marshes so Hercules was sent to kill it as his second task for King Eurystheus. But every time he cut off one of its heads, two more would grow back. So he got a torch and burned each head stump after cutting it off, so no more heads could grow back. So then, he killed it!
Centaurs: Centaurs were half-human half-horse creatures who were actually really nice. They were gifted bowmen and runners. Once, Hercules met one during one of his tasks. The centaur was nice enough to invite him for tea! But the other centaurs were jealous and pelted them with rocks. So Hercules and the centaur had to kill them, adding another creature to the list of things that Hercules killed
Cerberus: Cerberus was Hades’s guard dog. He had 3 heads and he protected the underworld from people trying to bring back the dead. He also prevented the dead from leaving the underworld. I know he is pretty basic and I can’t write a lot about him, but he had a very important job.
Chimera: The Chimera was a goat with the head of a lion and the tail of a snake head. The snake head spat poison and the lion head spat fire. Hercules killed it. I can imagine that it must have been hard. If you were far away, it would spit poison. If you were close up, it would spit fire. Either way, it would probably kill you.
Medusa: Medusa was an ugly snake lady that could turn you to stone with one look. Her hair was made of snakes. (It added to the ugly effect) She was turned this way by Athena when she found Medusa and Poseidon flirting in one of her temples.
Minotaur: He was a half-bull half-man creature that inhabited the labyrinth. He was killed by a hero named Thesus. And that’s pretty much all you need to know, he is not that complicated.
Polyethimus: Polyethimus was a giant Cyclops who was a son of Poseidon. Odysseys and his men once ran into him, I’ll tell you what he did. When Odysseys and his ship landed on this island they went up to his cave and found his stock of food. But then Polyethimus came home and brought his sheep with him. He talked until he fell asleep, then the men came up with an idea. When he woke up, they jabbed a stick into his one eye and that made him partially blind. So when he opened the door (which was a giant rock, by the way) and the men hid below the sheep. So when Polyethimus felt the sheep he did not know that the men were escaping. Then the men left the island forever.
Heroes
Hercules: Hercules was born to a very large family. His dad was the god named Zeus. When he grew older him and his wife wanted to have children. But Hera was jealous of all of his successes so she made him go insane so he killed his kids and soon felt bad so he went to the temple of the gods to beg for forgiveness. So, they told him to go to this king and do whatever he asks.
The first thing the king told Hercules to was go kill the lion that is torturing the king’s people. When he got to the lion, he fought it for hours and finally strangled it. When he brought it back to the king, he got scared.
The king next told him to go kill the Hydra that lives in the Argos Marshes along with His nephew. When he got there, he immediately started fighting the snake heads, but every time he would cut a head off two more would grow back. So, he got a torch, and when he cut off a head, he would burn the stump so no more heads would grow. When it died, Heracles put the edge of his bow and arrow in the poison the snake had and was going to use it for other tasks.
When he went back to King Eurystheus, he told Hercules that he had to bring him the stag with golden antlers, but he was not allowed to hurt the deer in any way. So for one year he was chasing the deer and could never really catch up to it. Hercules finally saw it standing still on a river bank when he caught up with it. Hercules was standing in a bush very quietly. When it reached down for a drink of water, Hercules put a net over it and tied its legs together. Then suddenly, the goddess Artemis was standing right in front of Hercules and asked him what he was doing with her stag. He told her that he was doing it for one of his tasks so she said as long as you promise to bring him back you can take him. Hercules thanked her and headed back to the king. When he got back to the king, he showed it to him and then safely returned it into the woods.
When he went back to the king, he told Hercules to capture the Wild Boar that lives in Arcadia and bring it back here, ALIVE. The next day, when he was on the way to the Wild Boar, he saw a Centaur. A Centaur has a horse body and a human head. The centaur was happy and invited Hercules to have a meal with him. But the other centaurs were disgusted with the two when they smelled the food since they weren’t invited. So, they started throwing things at them and Hercules got his bow and arrow and started shooting at them. Eventually, they gave up and went away. The next morning, Hercules left and started looking for the boar again. Then, after five days of looking for the Wild Boar, he finally saw tracks from the boar in snow on a mountain. Hercules followed the tracks until he could see the beast. He stood very quietly behind a rock. Then, he jumped out and tied it up in chains and brought it to the king.
Then, King Eurystheus told Hercules to go clean King Augeas stables. After that, the King told him that it is Imperative to have it done in one day. When he got to King Augeas he told him that King Eurystheus told him to come clean them up. King Augeas told him they haven’t been cleaned in years. So Hercules got up the next morning and started walking to the stables. When he got to the stables, he found that there was cow manure all over in the stables. Then, he had an idea! He was going to build a trench for the water from the river to go through the barn so the water could clean out the barn and the water would go out on the other side. When it was done cleaning, all the water went out to sea and Hercules reburied the trench so no more water could get back in. Right before Hercules left, King Augeas thanked him for what he had done. But, when Hercules got back to King Eurystheus was furious when he found out that he finished in one day so he thought of something even more difficult for him to do.
King Eurystheus told Hercules that he had to get rid of the Stymphalian Birds that live in Arcadia. Then, he told him that he has to get rid of them. So he started walking to Arcadia and he finally found where the birds lived. But, he couldn’t think of how to get rid of the birds so he prayed to the goddess Athena. She appeared and gave him a rattle to shake. She said that when he shook it, it would scare the birds and they would fly away. He did what she said and they flew away.
When he went back to the king for another task, he told him to go to the island of Crete and bring back fire breathing bull ALIVE. So he got on a boat and sailed to the island of Crete. When he got to the island, the bull saw Hercules and it charged at him. When the bull hit Hercules, he fell on the bulls back and he landed on its back. The bull tried bucking it off but Hercules was too strong to fall off. Eventually, the bull gave up and Hercules brought it back to the King.
When Hercules got back to the king, the king told him to bring back the flesh eating horses. So he went off on a journey to where the horses lived and when he got there, he was invited in by the owner of the horses. But that night, he told his men that he had heard that the owner fed his guests to the horses. So none of them slept that night out of premonition. The next morning, they snuck out and took the horses. But the other guys men were hot on there tails. So he asked one of his men to stay and watch the horses. So Hercules and his men fought and won, but his friend got eaten.
When Hercules got back to the king, he said that he had to go get the Amazon’s Queen’s Belt. After a long journey to the Amazons they finally made it. When he told her why he had come, she said that she was happy to the Golden Belt. But, all the other Amazon people tried to talk her out of it and they ended up fighting for it. Hercules shot the queen with a bow and arrow and Hercules went over and took the belt off of the queen and brought it back to King Eurystheus.
The next task Hercules had to do was getting a Golden Apple and bring it back to the king. So, Hercules spent years looking for the tree that had the Golden Apples but couldn’t find them so he went to Atlas. Atlas was the person who held the sky up. They said that Hercules couldn’t pick them off the tree so Atlas had Hercules hold the sky up while Atlas was picking the apples and when Atlas got back Hercules took the Apples and Atlas held onto the sky again and Hercules brought them back to the king.
Perseus: One day, a fisherman found a box floating in the ocean. Inside the box, was a woman and a baby. They had been put there by the woman’s dad. He had heard from a prophecy that he would be killed by his own grandson. But he did not want to kill him, so he just put them in a box in the ocean and hoped they would drown or starve. Anyway, the fisherman took them to king Polydectes, who was very generous. Perceus grew up to be very strong and brave. But he knew that King Polydectes wanted to marry his mother.
One day the king decided to send Perceus on a dangerous quest so that maybe Perceus’s mom would marry him. So he told Perceus to go and kill Medusa. He knew that many brave people had tried to kill her, and none had succeeded. Perceus knew this as well, but he could not refuse a challenge. So he set off for Medusa. Soon, the goddess Athena appeared and gave him a shiny shield. Then, Hermes came and gave him a sickle, winged boots and a bag. So he flew over to the cave/island that Medusa lived in and went inside. He used the shiny shield that Athena gave him to look at her and not be turned to stone. When he got close, he swung the sickle and cut her head off. Then he put it in the bag and flew home.
But on the way, he found a girl chained to a rock. She said that her name was Andromeda, and that her father had put her there as a sacrifice to the gods. A sea monster was scheduled to eat her any minute. Then, suddenly, a gigantic sea serpent rose from the ocean! But Perceus turned it to stone with his Medusa head! Then, he took her home and married her.
Many years later, Perceus was competing in the Olympics. But when he threw his discus, a cross breeze blew it off course and it hit a person in the audience. It was his grandfather! The prophecy had come true! He was killed by his own grandson!
Odysseus: Odysseus was part of the group of people in the Trojan horse. But when they decided to go home, that is when things got weird. Later on, on the way home, they ran out of food. So he had to stop at an island to see if it had food. When they got there, he sent 10 men out to see if anybody lived here. But when they didn’t return, he took 10 more men to go looking for them. They found a house and went inside. But Odysseus suspected something, so when he looked in the window and saw his men being turned into pigs, he just about lost it. There was a woman in there and she had a magic wand. She was using it to turn everyone into pigs! So he went in there and tricked her out of the wand. Then said that he wouldn’t give it back until she fixed his men. So she was forced to fix them. Then, she gave them some food and water and sent them on their way.
Later, they got low on food again. So they stopped on the next island that they saw. You would think that they would learn after the first island… So they got there and decided to go exploring. They found a cave with lots of food. But soon, a Cyclops came home and rolled a big rock across the door to keep his herd of sheep inside. He asked him what his name was so Odysseus said “Nobody”. So they talked for about 5 minutes but then the Cyclops ate one of the men. Then one of the men said that they should just kill the Cyclops. But then a smarter person said that they would never be able to move the rock. So instead, in the morning, they jabbed a stick into his eye, temporarily blinding him. Then, they hid under the sheep, so when he felt the sheep to make sure that they were sheep, not free meals, he never knew that they were escaping. Then they got into their ship and left the island. When he got back, he prayed to the goddess Athena for a disguise. So he became disguised as a poor person. Then, he went up to the palace but found out that his wife was holding a competition to find Odysseus. They had to do challenges so she could find out who was the real Odysseus. So they had to use Odysseus’s bow and arrow and shoot a hole through 12 axes. No one could even bend the bow string. But when Odysseus tried, he did it easily. So then she asked him to go into their room and move the bed. But then he said: I can’t, I built that bed into a tree in the corner of the room. So then she said: You are Odysseus! And his disguise melted away, and they lived happily ever after!
Family tours the new Kauffman Stadium
Family tours the new Kauffman Stadium
By: Corey
Last Spring, our mom signed me and my brother up for the Blue Crew for the Royals. In the package that we received 2 weeks later was Gift Certificates to Dicks Sporting Goods, Denney’s, and there were four tickets to go on a tour of Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
My dad, sister, brother, and I went on the tour and when we got there we were miserable. Because we had to wait in the ticket room because the tour guide was so slow and forgot about the 10:00 tour. So, the security guard went and reminded the Tour Guide that there was a tour and she came out and took us into where the announcer sits during the games and we saw the microphone that he uses to talk all over the whole stadium. Then, she took us to the George Brett room. That’s where people sit during games and they can eat as much food as they possibly can and still have a good view of the field. Then, we went into the Hall of Fame. They have a display case that has George Brett, Dick Howser, and Frank White’s Jersey in it. The next room had a video that played about the history of the Royals. Then, they had a whole room of display cases of Score Cards of games. Next, we went to the Outfield Experience that has a little field for kids that want to play during games, a 9 hole Mini Golf Course, a kids gift shop, a Carousel, and a lot more fun stuff. Then, the tour guide took us down to the Royals dugout. The dugout was my favorite part when we got to go out onto the field. Then, the people spraying down the seats got us soaked. Next, we went into the Interview room where the team manager goes and gets interviewed after the games. After that, she took us through the Gift Shop and we got a Royals Yearbook with game stats, posters, and other stuff talking about the 2009 season. Then, we walked out the door and went to the car. On the way to the car, my dad found a 20 dollar bill in the parking lot next to our car. We got in the car and went home.
Christmas at My Grandma’s House
Narrator: When Corey gets to his grandmas house for Christmas, he plays with his cousins.
Corey: When is lunch going to be ready grandma?
Grandma: In a few minutes.
Corey: (Walking out of the room) Ok
Carson: Hey, do you want to go outside and play baseball?
Grandma: No guy’s, lunch is ready!
Narrator: (Corey and his family walked in the kitchen and got their plates full of food and went into the Dining Room). (After dinner was over all the kids went outside to play basketball).
Dustin: I bet you that if you make the goal go all the way up I will still be able to dunk the ball.
Narrator: Soon after Casey raised the goal Dustin ran up to the goal and dunked it. Then, they started playing Nock Out and right after we started Cody got Connor out.
Breanna: I quit! Let’s play Hide and go seek.
Narrator: When we started, Casey was it first and he counted to 150. Every body ran as fast as they could towards the bushy tree that they always climb.
Carson: (Screaming) He’s coming.
Narrator: So they all ran towards the base. (But then ditched Casey and went inside to open presents).
Corey: Grandma, can we open presents yet?
Grandma: I don’t care go ahead.
Narrator: Everybody went into the living room (but then realized that Casey was outside so they go outside looking for him. They finally find him and then they go back inside to take pictures together) and then they started opening presents and when they were done, they started playing with what they got.
Carson: Hey everybody lets play Rock Band!
Narrator: Carson, Cody, Dustin, and Corey started playing Rock Band and of course Cody won the song just because he was using the microphone and the microphone is like one of the easiest instruments to play on Rock Band. Then, grandma walked in the room.
Grandma: Dinner is ready!
Jessica: What is there to eat?
Grandma: Left Over’s from Lunch.
Jessica: Ok
Narrator: So everybody went to the kitchen and got dinner and then Casey, Cody, and Carson had to leave because they had baseball games the next day. They said good bye to everybody and left. Then, we started helping her with her 1,000 piece puzzle. An hour later Jessica, Dustin, and Breanna left to go back home.
Aunt Brenda: Bye guys, we have to go.
Mom: Corey, we have to get home.
Corey: Grandma, we have to get home.
Grandma: Ok.
Narrator: We left grandmas house at about 9:00 and headed home.
A week with my aunt
Every summer we get to go down and spend a week with our Aunt Kathy and our Uncle Mike. They always take us to a special place, and this year they took us to Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. But, we didn’t go all day; we just went at 5 o’clock when the tickets are half price.
So, when we got there it ended up being like 86 Degrees outside. The first thing that we did was ride the Barn Swing that swings you strait up in the air and then it drops you and then it swings you the other way strait up. It was so scary that like every single person on the ride was either Screaming or laughing so hard. Next, we did the ride that you have to pull on a rope to get to the top so you could win the awesome race. After that, we went to ride Wildfire! I was so scared, I really didn’t want to ride it but then my Aunt said it would be so fast that you wouldn’t have time to be scared. So we got to the front of the and there was a sign that said Turn here to ride in the front seat. So, we decided to ride in the front seat. We sat down in our seat and I said I have to Pee! We got to the top of the hill and when we went down the drop I peed my pants.
When we got off Wildfire we went to ride Boomerang. It was so fun when you go down the big drop it looks like your going to hit your head on one of the bars. Then we rode the Pater keg. That’s a ride that shoots you a cannon and it feels like you’re going 100 MPH. It was done so fast that I wanted to ride it again but the line was to long and we didn’t want to wait that long again! When we got out of that ride, we saw our Uncle talking to one of his friends that he used to work with when he worked for the railroad. He probably talked to him for about 45 minutes and by the time he got done talking to him they came on the intercom and said: Sorry folks Silver Dollar City closes in 20 minutes. So Connor wanted to ride the American Plunger. That ride is kind of Viking Voyager at Worlds of Fun that drops you into the water. When we got off that ride I was so frustrated at Connor, I was so Freezing Cold when we got in the Car. I had to get new shoes because they were soaked and they started stinking. I bet that water was about 45 degrees!
We finally got back so we had to pick up my Aunts American Bull Dog from my cousins house and I was asleep and the first thing that dog did when it got in the car was lick my face to death! That was a pleasant thing to wake up to! When we got back to my Aunts House she made us Orange Freezes exactly how Steak and Shake makes them. Then I went to bed because it was like one in the morning when we got to her house. At about 6 AM her dog Abby ran into my bedroom and licked my face to death again! I got so mad at her, but I couldn’t get back to sleep so I got up and I made Breakfast. I made Eggs, Bacon, and Toast. It smelled so good that Connor and everybody else came in and ate it all. Then we went outside my cousins horse Keeper. There were some people my cousin works with and they came out to my Aunts house to run the horse so he could lose a little weight. We ended up riding him 3 times before we left to go back home. Then, that night we went to eat at Cici’s pizza. Connor ate about 16 Cinnamon breadsticks! Now that’s just plain ridicules. The next night, we ate at Fazolis. Connor and I both probably ate 10 breadsticks.
The next night, we went to Springfield Cardinals baseball game. We sat in the “Red Bird Roost”. That is a section that all the food from the concession stand is completely FREE! I had 5 Hot Dogs, 2 Nachos, Popcorn, and a Cookie. But, sadly the Cardinals lost to the Tulsa Drillers 4-2. I was so stuffed that I couldn’t even eat breakfast in the morning. The next day we had to go home. So, we spent the whole day packing and then my Aunt and Uncle took us to Clinton, Missouri. Then, we ate at a Mexican Restaurant and went home. It was about 9:00 PM when we finally got back home. I had so much fun at my Aunt Kathy’s house last summer and I really look forward to going back to her house next summer.
