Some of Elder H's children at the Anti-TSA Outrage rally at the Capitol.
A perfect picture of Texas.
It has been quite a long time since I have posted, several months in fact. But what is done is done and here I am to start up blogging again. During this summer there were many things going on here in Texas. Here are some of them:
- Our animal count got up to 18 goats, 9 ducks, 2 geese, 2 cats, 5 chickens and 1 cow.
- I flew to Mississippi by myself to visit my Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins for 2 weeks in April.
- We are surviving the longest recorded drought in Texas.
- We attended an Anti-TSA Outrage rally at the Capitol.
- We butchered 1 goat, sold 10 goats, and predators ate 2 ducks and 4 chickens, bringing our animal count down to 7 goats, 7 ducks, 2 geese, 2 cats, 1 chicken and 1 cow.
- Our family and two other families from church started a co-op with my Dad teaching Physics, and Mr. O teaching Singing and French.
- Thomas, Pierce and I were in the Filmmakers Academy for six weeks this summer, making one video each week.
- We are still surviving the drought and temperatures up to 100 degrees every day.
- All of us have grown.
There are many other everyday things which have taken up a lot of time and effort this summer, but these are the ones which I remember the most.
For the next three weeks I am going to be going on a trip to California to visit my good friends Mr. and Mrs. S (or Auntie M). Even though Texas is my home now, I lived in California longer than in any other place (4 years, one quarter of my life) and it will feel like I am going back to visit home. While I am visiting Mr. and Mrs. S we will take a road trip from California to Montana to visit Auntie M's family. I am especially looking forward to meeting E, Auntie M's niece, who I hear is very similar to me (or am I similar to her? In any case we are extremely similar to each other). I will be posting updates here for my family and friends while I am traveling.
Lauren
P.S. Well... I intended to start posting again during this trip, but alas, it did not happen. There were too many great conversations happening in the free time for me to even think of writing a blog post. What's done is done.
