Summer Softball

          I am so excited because softball is coming up this summer. There is now going to be two softball middle league girls teams this year because there are so many girls wanting to play. Roger Copple and Clint Heussner are  the coaches for one team and Lesslie Norris and some other person i cant remember are the other coaches.
          I remember my first year playing softball, Jason Heussner hit a pop fly to me and I was still gettin' used to catching it above my head. When he hit the ball, it came straight to me. It hit my glove, rolled down my arm and conked me right in the head. Everyone laughed at me, but I could especially hear Jaylyn above everyone else laughing. There was this one time we were running bases and we were told to round the bases. Well, I guess i went out too far and I tripped on a piece of the fence that had been sticking out for a long time. I stood up and I had a huge  scratch going all the way down my leg. Jason looked at me and said, "God dang (well, everyone knows he didn't say dang), "if i were you i would be crying. You are definitely your mother's daughter." Whatever that meant.
          Even though I get injured playing pretty much any sport, I still play them because I have lots of fun. Who cares about getting a few cuts, scrapes, and bruises?  

Patriot's Pen

         I was so nervous yesterday, because I was going to have to re-read my VFW speech in front of some strange people and some veterans. I only knew two of the veterans. They were Jim Barnes and Bob Mattox. i thought Bailey and I were going to have read our speeches again, but all that was happened was that we got our rewards and got some pictures taken. I was nervous for no reason at all.
     I am going to show you a video of Bailey and me reading our speeches for the first time...  Okay...  maybe not, I can't find a video, so I will just keep talking (typing).
     I am going back to the time I first read my speech. I was so nervous that when I went down the bleachers i almost fell. When I was in the middle of reading, the nice old lady knocked the freakin' microphone down and i just kept reading while she was messing with it! Finally, she just said, "Just hold it!" Isn't that nice to interrupt me! NOT! That is when my face got really red. I could hear my whole class, EMMY, JAYLYN, ABBEY, CAYSIE, and the rest of you laugh at me. So there I was trying to hold my hand steady so I could actually read my paper. I kept studdering, so no one could understand and I got made fun of for a couple days after the incident.
       And guess what, after I got done reading and started to walk back up the bleachers, I said, "I SUCKED!" I meant to whisper it, but it was a lot louder than that. The whole gym laughed at me! EVERYONE. You know what, GUYZZZ, just wait until you have to read a sucky speech infront of the whole school. Better just start out holdng the microphone, so your face does not get as red as a cherry, In my case, redder than a cherry. Just wait!!! Then Bailey and I can laugh at you for it. So HA HA HA! HA! HA! HA!

Science Olympiad

          Last weekend, Mrs. Foster took the Science Olympiad kids to UCM inWarrensburg so we could use our brains to win medals and, wait, there's more, ribbons. There were so many people there that i almost got lost. Most of the kids from Hale placed and won something. I was so  proud of Jaylyn and myself because we got second place in meteorology. When we went up on stage, every time they said another school's name our mouths kept getting bigger and bigger. When they finally said, "Second place, Hale," Jentry said I actually looked disappointed because we did not win first. I mean, I was a little disappointed, because we worked so hard, (except for when I almost fell asleep during the test and Jaylyn poked me in the nose with a pencil) and I had gotten my hopes up that we would get first.
          I was proud of our whole school because we placed in almost all of the events that we even entered. There were only a few people who did not place, but I am not going to mention their names, but at least they tried their hardest.And next time I will make sure I get enough sleep so Jaylyn does not do more of the test than I did like this I promise, MAYBE...
          Anyways, this is a picture of the medals Jaylyn and I won for our hard work. Dang it, now I feel like a nerd...

Randy Naddler

           Wednesday, a man named Randy Naddler came to our school and told us about his yearly trip around the world. He takes a trip to a foreign place once every year to learn about their culture. This year he went to New Zealand. He learned about their "War Dance" and showed us a video on how to do it. He said that he thinks that our high school basketball team to do it before our next home game to intimidate the other team. I think that it would be funny to see some of the guys on the team do the "War Dance," especially Haden. I still can't believe that he actually bungee jumped from 134 meters up in the air. I would have had 3 heart attacks in a row.  
          I learned a lot about New Zealand and its peoples' culture. I cannot wait 'til next year when he comes back to tell our school about his next trip. I hope it is as interesting and fun as it was last year, the year before that, and the year before that! Here is a picture of what Randy Naddler looks like.                                          
 

Courtwarming

                  This Friday is courtwaming and I am sooo excited. Ryland, my cousin, is the kindergarten prince, and his mom is going to buy him a tux, but he is not thrilled about this idea. I think he will look cute. Amanda has to walk with Chris, so we bought her a new dress. My class is doing "the Little Rascals" for our float, so we still have a lot of work to do. We are going to have so much fun. The class has a meeting after school today, so we are hoping to get a lot done, because if we don't get it done, we have to work on it Friday after school, and I do not want to do that. So we have a busy week at schiool this week. We don't really have that much done on the float at all! All we have done is nothing. We have started two banners, and that is it! So cross your fingers everyone, and lets hope we get this done. I hope that courtwarming is fun, and I hope we win best float!

          I had fun doing this article and talking about courtwarming. Here is a picture of a girl who efll at her prom. I had to do prom because i could not find anything on courtwarming. Here is a picture of a prom mishap!

Pink Out

         Pink out is this Friday and I am so excited!!!! We play against Meadville. The Dance Squad is performing and the basketball teams have to wear PINK! We have PINK OUT because this commemorates all of the people whose lives were taken because of breast cancer  or for the people who are dealing with breast cancer. I know a woman who is now a seven year survivor and she stayed tough throughout the whole thing (even though her son, Ethan, told her that she looked like his Uncle Robbie when she was going through chemo treatment)! I am still proud of her and I am glad that she is still here with us today. Her name is Sara Ralls! There will also be a SURVIVOR WALK, where people who have survived breast cancer can walk to show that they are a survivor. Their family can also walk with them. The whole Hale school is making a video that is going to be shown at the game. There is a song that is going to be playing too! The song is I WANNA SEE YOU BE BRAVE! Here is a video that has been used in the past! I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE VIDEOS!!!!!!! :)

Hale Sports

         Today, Hale high school girls are playing against Northwest in a tournament. I am not sure if they are going to win or not, but I wish them good luck. This year, our high school teams have joined with Bosworth, so we have  few new players. I do not know all of their names. They have been working really hard this year, and I am proud of them.  The boys have been working really hard too! They have a few new players also. So, if you want to show school spirit, go to Northwestern and cheer on our basketball teams. Make sure you wear red if you do, because that shows how much you care for your school. The players from Hale that are on both teams are: Skylar Paris, Morgan Daniels, Shaylee Summers, Alivia Acklin, Courtney Eddins, Quinton Johnson, Keaton Eddins, Chris Harbert, Haden Heussner, Blake Johnson, Trent Hastings, Peyton Dodson, Keith Nelson, and Tyler Acklin. I hope that our teams win tonight because they have been practicing a lot, and I know this, because Alivia had to leave Team Kid last night because she had practice. I hope all their hard work pays off, because they all deserve to win.