Thansgiving!

It's time for Thanksgiving! Preparing dishes, eating dishes, cleaning dishes, and spending time with family that's what Thanksgiving is all about. I love helping to make the dishes, smell the foods, watch the bread being kneaded in the bread machine, Dad cooking and cutting the turkey, and, of coarse, eating the food. My favorite is cranberry crunch. It's basically cranberry jellied and, well, crunch. After Thanksgiving we sometimes put out all the Christmas decorations that we can before it gets too dark and late. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving!   

Great Grades!

Grace got 100% A+ in all her tests this week. 

                                                 I better study more to keep up! 

Family Reunion!

Our cousins, Lester and Karen, and Uncle Luis and Aunt Meena are visiting us finally after four years of planning from Abu Dabi! We are having loads of fun with them. They are staying for ten days. We took them to our local fairgrounds and were lucky enough to see some deer. We took them to our swimming practice and our choir rehearsal. We also took them to the Giant City Park and went apple picking at Eckert's. Four years ago we went on vacation to India, and it is the first time I remember seeing my relatives so it is amazing to see them again after four years right in our own home! I hope we can see them again some other time.

Du Quoin vs. Centralia 7/06/10

  Centralia is a big town with lots of cool stuff, but despite that, they have one of the worst swimteams in our league. I swam the 50 free, 50 back, and 100 free and won all of them. Our relay team also won all of our races. This was because Centralia doesn't have any boys in our age group. We wo this meet 457-130. I can't wait till the last meet on 7/15/10 which is against the great Marion Marlins.

Du Quoin vs. Anna 7/01/10

  The DUQU vs. ANNA swimmeet was hosted at Anna but we still won it by 216 points. Anna's full name is Anna Blue Dolphins. I swam the 100 I.M., 50 back, and 50 breast and won all of them. I was also in two relays, which we also won. It was a good swimmeet altogether.

Du Quoin vs. Harrisburg 6/29/10

    The DUQU vs. HBURG swimmeet was hosted at Du Quoin and was a win for us by 241 points! IM swam a 50 free, 50 fly, and 100 free. I was in both relays also. I won one relay but got second in the other one. I also won my 100 free and 50 fly. But I got second in my 50 free. It was a good swimmeet altogether.

Poll Results For: "What ice cream flavor is best?"

  The Poll for the month of June was "What ice cream flavor is best?". Here are the results

Vanilla-----------50%
Chocolate---------33%
Strawberry---------0%
Orange Sherbet----16%
Other-------------33%

And so the winner of this poll is: VANILLA!