day two and three

Madison here

We are staying with Grandma and Grandpa Williams. Grandpa is my dad's dad and Grandma Williams is Grandpa's wife. Grandpa is nice. He shows us lots of fun things. Grandma is nice too. She gives us all the orange soda we want.

Grandma and Grandpa Williams are horse-sitting two horses. One is black and the other is black and brown. We got feed them carrots, apples and this purple grass. When we go in with them they follow us around.

Grandpa has quads. They are motor bikes with four big wheels. When we first got here he showed us them and taught us how to start them. Today, we got to ride them. I crashed and scrapped my arm on a rock. Crashing wasn't fun but riding was.

When my sister and I went to see a snake that was ran over, on the way we saw a LIVE one! When we first saw it my sister jumped, screamed , and ran back inside. We told our grandpa and he went and got it. The snake was yellow, black and four feet long. We got to hold it. We pretended we were fashion models with the snake. It was nice and smooth. Then we let it go so it would eat the mice.

Next we will be heading to Utah. I have had fun here in Nevada.

Lexie here

It has been fun here at grandma and grandpa Williams'. We get to play with horses, ride on quads and play on a poker machine.

There are two horses. One horse is the daughter and the other is the mother. When we were playing with the horses we got to feed them carrots and apple slices. The mother was picky and did not eat as much as her daughter. The daughter bit me a little when I was feeding it a piece of carrot.

Grandpa has two poker machines. Madison played the lower one and I played the taller one. We started out with just plain cards but then we stared to use real quarters. When we played we tried to get good groups of cards like a royal straight. The quarters made our fingers dirty.

We also got to ride on quads. We started out real slow but we eventually went very fast. Madison rode by herself and I rode with grandpa. I was a little scared because it was hard to hold on. Even though I was scared a little I liked it and wanted to ride more.

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Lexie Here

Today we started a big trip. We are going to Nevada. While in Nevada we are going to visit Grandma and Grandpa Williams. They live in Spring Creek which is near Elko.

While we were driving we did things to pass the time. We watched a movie. I even tried to take a nap but Madison kept bumping my head.

We saw things while driving too. We saw lots of cows and goats. We passed a lot of mountains that were al rocky. We even saw a big herd of prong-horn deer.

We stopped at a couple of places. One was a canyon. The sprinklers were on and we got wet. Madison and I played a small game of tag. We had to walk though because we each had a camera and we did not want to drop them. We used the cameras to take pictures. It was fun.

The camp were we stopped at is called Crystal crane Hot Springs. It has a pond with hot water. We swam in the pond even though it smelled bad - like fish. Good thing the camp also has showers because after the swimming we smelled really bad. The Showers were really small but it was good any way.

Tomorrow we will make it to Nevada.


Madison Here

Today we started our big road trip. We planned on going to Nevada today but we changed our plans. We were not going to make it until late so we split the trip into two days. This allowed us to do some fun things today.

We stopped to look at things a couple of times. Two stops were at two different small canyons. Lexie and I got to use our own cameras to take pictures. The canyons were huge but I think the Grand Canyon is a lot bigger than the ones we saw today.

While we were in the van we tried to pass the time. We watched Alvin and the Chipmunks on the laptop. We also read for quite a while. I finished my Jewel Fairy book and will have to start a new book tomorrow. I tried to take a nap but I could not fall asleep.

We finally stopped at about 2:30 in the afternoon. We stopped at a place called Crystal Crane Hot Springs. This place is a really cool place to camp. It has a pond that has really warm water. It even has a room were everyone can come and watch TV. I watched a Sponge Bob episode while daddy tried to load the video onto Youtube.

Tomorrow we will finish the drive to Elko. I hope that my Grandma and Grandpa Williams are nice and that I will have fun.



Michael here

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Devon's Birthday Party

Madison here

Devon's party was the BEST party ever. We had great food. She organized a lot of fun and games. And we all had a great time at Oaks Park.

Devon's parents took seven of us to Oaks Park for the day. When we went on the spider Kelly and I got stuck at the top. Later, Devon and I also got stuck on the top of the Spider. The Disco is a new ride that was real fun. The best part of the roller-coaster was the drop offs.

The food at Devon's party was good too. For breakfast we walked to a donut shop and had donuts and hot chocolate. For dinner, we had nachos. They were good even though the beans made me gaaaaaassy. After Oaks Park we made root beer floats.

At the party we played lots of fun games.I liked watching the talent show. Gabe and Devon's were the best parts. The dance contest was fun too. Devon earned first place and I earned third.

I loved Devon's birthday party. I hope we can get together often during the summer vacation.

The Farmer's Market

Lexie here

Yesterday I went to pick up one of my friend's. Her name is Emma. We were going to the Farmer's Market.

On the way there we so people dressed as pirates. The pirates had puffy shirts and a pirate flag.

At the Farmer's Market there were lots of things to see. We saw wreaths, flowers and vegetables. But we bought pizza, cookies and sausage sandwiches. We enjoyed all the food we had.

After we got our cookies, we headed back to my mom's van and we took Emma back to house.

Introduction

Hi my name is Madison and I'm going to tell you about the adventure my dad, sister and I will be going on. We will be taking a car and visiting Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California and Oregon. During the trip I will get to see my grandpa Williams and my grammy and grampy. I will also visit many national parks.

While I am on this trip, I will write about what I see and do. I hope to tell you about all the amazing sites I will get to see. I will also take pictures and share them with you here.

I hope that after you read on this blog about what am up to, that you will post a comment telling me about your adventures that you are having this summer. Since I will be away from you, this will be the only way I can talk to you.

Please check in often. I will try to post a new message every day once we leave. We will leave June 24th.