And I'm WANTED! Dead Or Alive!

I didn't wake up until 8 this morning, and even then I'd only gotten 5 or 6 hours of sleep! So we packed up the car and left to the ranch. We weren't very upset that we were a little late, unlike most times, it was all friends and the host was family so it was all good! Well mostly.. We were driving and checked the clock - it was time to be there! "The O'Neills are probably there.." Said my mom. "Oh yeah they are!" Lex and I agreed. Shortly after we got a call from my grandma saying that some people were there, "Brenten's here!" she said. We had only just gotten a call from Mrs. Shirley saying that they were right behind us and that Mrs. Fillmore was right behind them! "Are you sure?" mom asked. "Yes! I know who Brenten is!" When we got there Brenten was was not there. My grandma apparently thought Andrew V was Brenten!! At least I'm assuming so because Andrew V was the only light headed guy there. I was itching to get there then, I was leaned way forward in my chair and way anxious. The O'Neills, Andrew V, Derek and his friend Ethan were there!! We went out to the barn, while I was told the amusing story of how my grandma had greeted everyone while brushing her teeth. It was nice of her to greet everyone anyways I think, it probably would've been much creepier if they were just sitting out there! The Laws arrived soon after, and we started picking teams. When the Fillmores arrived we were already walking! When Zach and I got into the barn Brenten had already joined the other group and died, he was laughing and shaking his head as usual as though we'd done something wrong, which was ignored as we continued. "Whats new?" "Oh nothing! Long time no see huh?" We played lots of different games and did lots of running! Zach and Em remembered Imaginiff! So we took turns rolling and asking questions, not really playing properly. There were too many people anyways. It was quite possibly the best turnout we've ever had: Andrew V, Andrew L, Taylor, Robynn, Zach, Emily, Derek, Brenten, Ethan, Lex and I. But then again, I missed Zach's game! We got to play Ninja but lately I've had some trouble with not being able to finnish Ninja games and this was no exception! Ethan, Zach and I were the only ones left in one and never got to finnish that one! We ate haystacks for lunch, the guys were told to leave SOME food for everyone else :)). Em dumped some water on some people and I dug out the clothespin from Camp Meeting!! When Brenten saw it he was shocked I still had it - "Is that.." Me: "THE CLOTHESPIN!!" The clothespin was stuck on me during class one evening at camp meeting by some unknown person. On one side it says "SHH Pass it on!" and the other "Gumdrops Yumm!" I always forgot it when I went to class though so I stuck it on Brenten since he was around our camp every day and maybe he would remember it I thought. He stuck it on one of my siblings and it circled back to me somehow!! So I found it when I got home from Camp Meeting! I just dug it out for this event so we could pass it off on other people in our groups again!! Taylor was the one who ended up taking it home! He wanted to know - "Is that good or bad??" I'll have to message him that you're supposed to try to pass it off on someone else without them knowing. Anyways we ate cupcakes (Ha ha yes I get the irony) and ice cream. I went to check on Bruno, my uncle's lab mix dog. He's actually really mild mannered compared to how he used to be! He's such a sweetie! Tyler just leaves him at the ranch for his parents to take care of. I wish I could take that dog home sometimes! We were told we were to go make the best of our leftover time since we'd all be leaving soon so we did. I accidentally left my jacket and glasses at the house so I walked all the way back, found my jacket and searched out a pair of glasses which I ended up finding in my pocket... I ran back and as I'd expected they'd already began the game without me. So i sat on the path and waited for everyone to make it back. Brenten came back first dead. Then eventually everyone else - panting and wide eyed. Apparently it was quite an intense round I missed! We played some more, I didn't play an American for the whole day! I was always a terrorist! Gosh! Andrew and I want to get AEGs at the same time! lol. That's not likely to happen for me until January though sadly :(. I even got to sing The Saga Begins! That's nothing new though, I obsessively sing that song every day... Taylor said "Wow I've never actually heard you sing before! It was weird!" "I'm always singing! How can you not have heard me sing??!" I replied. But admittedly last year I got on some weird shy kick. I've mainly overcome that... I got a few silly bands, I think Savannah told me about them like MONTHS ago about them but I've only just begun to see the things! I have purple and yellow ones on my wrist right now! During the next to last game I was on the side of one of the barns with Derek shooting at me on one side and I knew Zach was coming up on the other. Derek had just gotten Emily so I began to slide down the wall towards where Zach was coming up. Unfortunately he noticed that and came rushing aouound the corner shooting. That hurt.. Mainly my finger where there's an odd bubbling of skin which my mom and Grandma have now clarified as a blood blister. Oh yay. So I sat out the next game in the barn with Derek, Andrew and Lex. Just when we were getting ready to leave and join everyone flooded back in the barn saying we had to pack up and go. But Derek and I are super excited about the Miladi's karate place! I really hope Derek gets in too! That would be soo cool! It would be amazing if Derek, Brenten, Taylor and I all got into the same class! I would just about die. Plus I wouldn't have to log my stupid PE anymore (hopefully). So the O'Neills went home with the Fillmores and Derek, Andrew V, and Ethan went with the Laws. I was very envious. There were two things I was particularly envious of today! Not getting to ride home with friends, and lucky Derek's water backpack... It was a little hot! Speaking of which, everyone partook in the Hot Tamale eating! Yaya! It was so funny and cool! Andrew V and I have established that neither of us have a video camera for such things so SOMEONE is going to have to step up and remember one because my friends are just too funny! So I was talking to my grandma, thanking her for letting us play there and she said "You guys can come over and do it again!" Not in those exact words, but I can't remember her exact words so :P. I told her we've been going crazy wanting to have an all nighter and she was perfectly happy with that! She said we could use the boat and play from there too! I am soo excited! Oh and my friend Morgan wants to try out airsoft. I explained to her what it was and she said she thought it sounded awesome! Of course my description may have been a little biased by my fun I've had, but still! She wants the date to our next game and to see if she can join in maybe?? As soon as we got home mom wanted us to pick up the house... So we tidied up and then I laid down on the couch until my mom told me to go change my clothes. Apparently they were dirty. So I changed into shorts, got back on the couch and fell asleep!! I totally crashed and I needed it! I should sleep more at night! So this evening I was on the couch building the simplest robot possible... The one that the instructions come in the box for. I discovered a few things... Although I packed up my robot and brought it home from Legos I forgot to bring ANY motors!! Good luck with that one Hay! Also I'm missing some pieces from the set so the building so far is more difficult without motors or certain pieces... I want to look into it more online and get into the programming thing. Looks like I'll be learning without the motors until Tuesday... Which means anything I try to program, my very first programs, I won't be able to test!! Bad. Very bad. It's gonna be a looong two days! Anyways so I was sitting there building these pieces when my mom suddenly laughed. "What?" "You haven't changed at all since you were five, Halie!" "I know... But why?" "When you were littler you whenever you got really into anything you'd just sit there totally oblivious to anyone else, totally focused on what you were doing and hum! Your songs have just changed - that's it!" It was then I realized I had been humming "Dead or Alive" subconscioussly and could not remember a thing that had happened within the last hour except what I was working on... Wow. Annnnd Emily just left me alone after winning the chess game we were playing! Without saying bye. :(. So on THAT NOTE! I bid you good night! Laterz!!