High School (and game night at church)

Wow, I recently started high school. It has been great so far, I like all of my teachers and I have made some new friends as well as talked to a few older ones. One of my new friends, Bridgett, has all of the same classes as me. As I told her, "By the end of this semester, we will be best friends." We even sit by each other in all of our classes!

Well, last night, we had game night at my church. It was a lot of fun, but a little odd and annoying with all of the sixth graders there. We played lots of games like the sled game, a name game, sit down pool noodle hockey and amoeba. I invited Bridgett, and we picked her up to go to game night. Kellyn and "Big Sarah" were there. (PS. It's "Big Sarah", as opposed to "Little Sara(me))We also played water balloon towel volley ball. It was a lot of fun, and we hope to have that much fun at the upcoming lock in. Well, so far, that is one of the most interesting things that has happened with me in the past week. Bye! :)

White Water Rafting

We are splashing from side to side, but it is only the start of our epic trip down the Ocoee River. It would not be easy and you would have to tolerate the cold water splashing upon your lap. Soon, you drop off of a five foot water fall, as you are enveloped in water, your friend crashes into you from the other side of the raft, sending you out into the river.

This is what happened almost immediately as we set out on our journey down the Ocoee. I was the one to fall, soon enough though, I was pulled back into the raft by our guide, Stan The Man. First, we were splashed thoroughly as my friend slipped, knocking me into the water. Then, I was out of the boat, then under it, then behind it. I reached up as I heard Stan yelling, "Grab the paddle!!!" I grabbed on and was pulled to safety. Luckily that was the only time that this happened, and I was unharmed.

We had a great time, doing many things like "Riding the Bull." Which is where you sit on the front of the raft and hold on to a rope. If you lean too far backwards, you hit the people paddling, too far forwards and you swim back to your seat. No one fell out except for me, but plenty of people fell in.

Well, I have had a great day and I hope you have too.

11 Alive

At camp this summer a news crew walked all around camp, interviewing friends and talking to staff. Why?
Well, that is because at Camp Juliette Low, we write letters.
Here is the link to the story.
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=199408

Summer

I just got back from camp and I have had a wonderful time this Summer.
First, I went to Student Life Camp at Covenant College. There we did all sorts of things and I got to know a lot of my friends at Church a lot better.

Next, I packed up my stuff and went to Anaheim California for a week. That was where the FCCLA National Leadership Conference was. I competed in STAR events with my school's Parliamentary Procedure Team. We won bronze but at least we got to nationals, and on our first try too!!! While we were there we also had a great time at Disneyland. We rode almost every ride in the park and my friend, Abbey, was determined to break my fear of roller coasters. And for the most part, she succeeded.

After I got back in Georgia, I had one day to unpack, and pack, before I headed to Camp Juliette Low. I had an amazing time there as usual, and I made a lot of new friends as well as catch up with a few old ones. I took a lot of fun classes like Extreme OlS, Archery, Sailing and Horseback.

Extreme OlS Stands for Extreme Outdoor Living Skills. In that class, we hiked out of camp one day for an overnight in little rock town. It was a lot of fun. In archery we shot at a lot of things like things we hate, prize cards, paint balloons and candy balloons, we also threw water balloons at our counselors. In sailing we sailed and played a lot of games like the duck game and man over board. In horseback I got to canter. I rode the oldest horse at camp and he surprised every one by passing them all on the path. In all camp day, I placed in every knot in knot tying and we won fourteen person fire.

I have done so much this summer and I have had a wonderful time too, but it isn't over yet. Tomorrow I am going white water rafting!!! Have a great summer!!!

The Beach

Hey, this is Sara, blogging from my phone and from Tybee. It is just wonderful here and the weather is perfect for flying a kite. We overslept today and are going to do a bit of sight seeing tomorrow. My parents are also going to join us then. It is just beautiful here and the place we are staying is just adorable! I invited one of my friends, Lindsay. I would add some pics but i would have to do that from a computer, and, well, this is my phone. Well, I will talk to you later. :)

Happy Mother's Day

I just wanted to let my mom and any other mom out there, Happy Mother's Day!!! Our church had a pancake breakfast for all of the mom and everyone looked like they enjoyed it. Once again, have a happy mother's day.

Disneyland!!!

Well, this summer I am going to Disneyland, because our hotel is literally right across the street. I'm SO excited!

Parli-Pro

Wow, so, last week, I left school and headed to the Georgia Leadership Conference in Athens at the Classic center. We had practiced and practiced and practiced until then and I was SO nervous that we wouldn't make it to Nationals. So we finally had our competition on Friday, but we didn't get the results until Saturday. So when they finally called us up onto the stage we just waited and waited for what seemed like forever but was really only a few seconds. Then they called out that Babb ( the school that we were competing against)had gotten bronze and it took all of our self control to keep from screaming. When they said that we were going to go to nationals in Anaheim California, we just grinned and walked across the stage to get our silver medals. So this su8mmer, I'm going to California this summer!!!

3:30 Not 4

Today, I stayed after school for OOTM, as I do most days. Well, it was all great until it came time to leave. Apparently I told Pa pa the Wrong time to pick me up, it was three thirty, not four o'clock. Well This was all fine, all I had to do was call and he could come early, then it hit me, since I had gotten a new phone, I had no one's phone number. So long and boring story short, my friends and I panicked a little and then I realized that earlier in the year I had written everyone's phone number in my agenda. We finally got a hold of some one and I didn't have to spent thirty minutes wasting time.

On the other hand, I had a great time at OOTM, and I found out that my friend Maddy also joined our team along with Lindsay. We practiced spontaneous and laughed a little at some of the answers given. We got some work done on our sign and the props to go with it. I am very excited to see sweet, nice, Maddy playing a bully in our skit. Well, that is all I have to say for today. TTYL.

The i-phone

Yesterday, I was on here, checking out my blog and thinking about adding a new post, when my mom came into the room carrying a large bag. She smiles and says, "I have a surprise for you, a really big surprise." I walk across the room to get a closer look and she pulls out an i-phone. I was so excited that I spent the next half hour jumping around and calling various friends. I spent the rest of the night finding various free apps, I have yet to buy any songs but I have gotten several apps including the Pandora Radio and I have been using the You-Tube app very often. Well, that is all that I have to say for now, talk to you later.

Parlimentary Procedure And OOTM

Wow, it is almost time for the first competitions and they are all one week apart. First is Parliamentary Procedure, it will last about an hour and is on the 12th at my school. I need to finish memorizing the opening ceremony and all of the different things that you can do in a business meeting.

Next is OOTM, we have worked really hard on it up to this point and we recently got a new member on our team, one of my bff's: Lindsay Howard!!!!! We didn't really have a big part in this for her but she gets to be all of the random bystanders and the lunch lady. We have also been working on practicing for the spontaneous competition. This is where we are given something to do and we have to be . . . spontaneous! This competition is on the 19th

I hope that I do well in all of these competitions. I think that I will, we have all be practicing really hard and trying the best that we can. Wish us all luck. :)

My Favorite Dentist Is . . .

Doctor Josh

He cleans my teeth

and does mouth

I get X-rays

and fluoride too

He tells me not to eat sugary goo