Wow. I haven't posted forever... I guess I'll try to write every day since there's nothing else to do/ Anyway, what happened between May and July? Let's see.

First of all, my older cousin and aunt came up from Kentucky for a week to visit. We did almost everything with them (that part was annoying), including playing cards til 3 in the morning; driving for aout an hour to a national park so my aunt could get pine cones; buying a cheese cow so they could take it back for my other cousin and my uncle; walking downtown and buying everything we could afford (ah... heaven); walking around the Paine Art Center for two hours (they're both creative art nuts); walking down to Fratello's, the local bar and resturant, that scared the crap out of me because we had to walk over the bridge to get there. Anyway, they got a whole platter of free samples and were trying them out. It was very fun because they let us sniff them (I think that's what made us high when we came back. We had watched the Care Bear movie and were shouting odd things at the T.V. ["I'm the care bear from hell!!!!"] and laughing so hard we couldn't breathe). Oh, the table cloth was paper and there were crayons in a cup setting right in front of us, so naturally we drew all over the table, completely covering it in our scribbles. Oh, and Dear Lord, the last day they were here we had a HUGE water baloon fight. It was fricken awesome! There were over four hundred baloons and there were eight people (our friends were there too). After the water baloons ran out we brought out the hoses. Good God that was fun... Jesse (my cousin) was taking pictures the whole time.

That pretty much sums up my week with them but the day they left my other aunt, uncle and four cousins(all eight and under) came over. That day (before the water baloon fight) we had a big cook out. It was kind of a welcoming and a going away cook out. It was fun though. Caleb (he's the oldest of the four, about eight) brought me a lizard from Florida (where they live) and told me I could keep it and that it's name was Garfield. Garfi (as I affectionitly call him) is about the cutest little lizard on the entire planet. Anyway, after the cook out Aunt Beth, Uncle Donn, Caleb, Lydia (7), Aleah (4), and Levi (18 months) went up to my grandpa's and grandma's house and when we (me, my brother, my mom and my dad) went up there the next day, I became Levi's unofficial nanny. And I loved every bit of it. I helped him eat and get himself a drink of water, I played with and held him almost all the time, I watched him run around (he is the most active toddler I have ever seen in my entire life and he throws anything he doesn't want, and he throws hard for a baby), and he was seriously more content with me than with my mom, grandma and granpa. Of course he preferred his mom and dad, but they were very busy helping grandma and grandpa so Levi was left with me most of the time.

I could go on for three more good sized paragraphs but I'm sure that would kill anyone that happensto stray across this. SO... In short, we had an awesome time with them, it was one of the best two weeks of my life, and I miss them like hell now that they're back in Florida. However, Uncle Donn and Aunt Beth are trying to persuade my parents to let me come and visit for a week or two, maybe even three or four (seriously). -jumps up and down in excitment)! I love those particular cousins and aunt and uncle so much I can't stand it when they're gone. I do have alittle piece of Florida to remind me of them though (Garfi) and plenty of pictures.

-yawns- Yeah, well, that's pretty much it; not counting that I've started summer school and HBP is coming out in 8 DAYS! and I'm going insane.

OH! The fair was last week! We call it Sawdust Days (the proper name) but people that aren't from Wisconsin -cough- I mean, people that aren't in our general area tend to get confused when we Oshkoshers talk about how much fun we had at Sawdust Days. Anyway, Becca came over for a day and we met up with Al and Beth there. God, we had so much fun. Me and Becca broke out in song a couple of times when good songs came on. -sighs- That was one of the best days of my life.

Anyway, I won't bore you anymore with my ramblings. -waves- I'm going to try and occupy my mind before it kills itself.

Becca