Happy New Year!

I hope you had a merry Christmas! I got tons of clothes, Guitar Hero for Nintendo DS, a 2009 calendar, and a pen from the Las Vegas Bowl. On Christmas Eve I got purple pajamas with puppies on them. Tomorrow's New Year's Eve; I'm excited! I can't wait until the countdown! I can't wait to say, "5...4...3...2...1...Happy New Year!" It'll be so fun! On Christmas Day we went skiing at Bogus Basin. Then, on the 27th, we went skiing at Sun Valley. My favorite run is called Olympic Lane. It's a cat track that leads to a black diamond run called Olympic. You don't have to go on it, though. You can keep going straight. On the run we passed by a memorial for someone named James. His ski jacket was hung up on a tree and his name was carved on a bench. It was buried in snow. My least favorite run was a run called Upper Warm Springs. Lower Warm Springs was much easier. I like Sun Valley better than Bogus Basin. That's just my opinion, though. I had a good time in Sun Valley. Again, I hope you had a merry Christmas, and I wish you a Happy New Year!

Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?

I have a quiz for everyone who reads this post.

Question: Who likes Christmas Eve more than Christmas Day? Who likes Christmas Day more than Christmas Eve?

Leave a comment saying CD if you like Christmas Day more than Christmas Eve.
Leave a comment saying CE if you like Christmas Eve more than Christmas Day.

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!

We're Already Celebrating!

Today my family started celebrating Christmas early! We got a new HDTV! It's awesome! We've already set it up. Right now we're watching the Poinsettia Bowl. I'm typing on Meredith's laptop. I had a basketball camp and it was both tiring and fun. My brother's basketball coach named Coach Roberts was the teacher of the camp. Some of the Varsity Girls' Basketball Team players helped out with the camp. We had a shooting contest and my team won almost every single time both days! We only lost twice and we had like a million contests. We had some relays, too. I got a T-shirt for coming to the camp. Anyway, back to football. I hope BSU wins! My sister graduated from that college. She got to graduate with Ian Johnson who is a famous football player. It showed a photo of when BSU won the Fiesta Bowl and Ian was proposing to his girlfriend who was a BSU cheerleader. Tomorrow our friends the Peays are coming. We have gifts for them, and they have gifts for us. I love what they bring me. My parents bought presents for me and my siblings to open on Christmas Eve. I love being able to celebrate Christmas early. Well, it's time to go. BSU has made a touchdown and I want to see them make more! Happy Holidays!

Graduation Celebration

Today was a wonderful day. My sister graduated! I got to miss school this morning to go to the gradutation. My grandparents came for the celebration. They took us to Red Robin for lunch. I had a chocolate Monster Milkshake and spaghetti. Later we had a graduation party for my sister, Meredith. Many people came including Mrs. Tate, my 4th grade teacher. Meredith's good friend, Derek Erstad, came over and gave Meredith a nice purse. She absolutely loved it. Christmas Break has officially started! I'm so excited! Christmas is in less than a week. No school for two weeks, either! December has been a festive month for me and my family. I've loved this year. Being 9-10 years old has been fun. It's time for me to begin my life as a tween. I will soon be a teen. The age limit for a tween is 10-12 years old. It's time to rock!!!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

It's only ten days before Christmas Day! I'm so excited! Tonight me and my family went to a Timberline High School Christmas Concert. They had quite a few sing-a-longs. They had songs like Rudolph, Silent Night, Frosty the Snowman, O Come All Ye Faithful, and more. Tomorrow is my big Christmas program, Cool Yule. My friends and family are so excited for my solo part tomorrow. I never knew I would get so much attention! I hope ALL the kids at White Pine think I sing well. Practically my whole family (except for Tanner) is coming! I'll be performing in front of more than 300 people! I can't wait! My tree is decorated; I didn't help much because I was busy setting up the nativity (my mom made major changes to it)! Christmas is so close! I have a chart that we put up every December 1st. We put little ornaments for each day and it counts up to Christmas Day! There are only ten more ornaments to put up! At the tip of the tree we put up the star ornament representing Christmas Day. Well, I ought to go now. It's getting late!

P.S. Cooper's excited for Christmas, too. My family is thinking about buying Cooper a chew toy or a big huge edible bone.

Christmas Celebration!

I'm so excited for Christmas! Yesterday my class had to watch the dress rehearsal of the Christmas program for K-3 grades. The name of their program is Sights and Sounds of the Season. My choir's Christmas program is coming soon! It's called Cool Yule. My solo part is fantastic, except I need to think of some dance moves before Tuesday. Anyway, I think I've fallen too much in love with Blake. Almost every girl in my class knows I like Blake, and happily none have told. If they did, the person they told would come up to me and say, "You like Blake?" I've become more social than before with "crushes." I really hope he likes my part. He better love it! Ha ha ha! Just joking. But seriously, I hope Blake likes it. Christmas is on its way! We've put up our Christmas lights already, and we got our tree. Our house smells like pine whenever we come in the house (despise the fact it also smells like my stinky feet). All we need to do now is hang up our ornaments and we're set! Christmas Break starts the week after next week. I can't wait! The only sad thing is I'll be away from Blake for three weeks! OK, I really need to forget about that cutie for a while. I need to have a relaxing weekend, and then start all over with the cuteness in Blake next week! Then, for three weeks, forget (Blake's birthday will be on the last week of Christmas break). OK, stop it, parentheses, you make me want to cry having to be away from Blake for two days. My friend Olivia admitted Blake kind of is cute, but she doesn't want to crush on him. I didn't care, for I will love Blake for a while, probably. AAAAAAAHHHHHH! I really need to stop! The cuteness of Blake is taking over! OK, I will now calm down and talk about celebrating Christmas. Let me begin: Blake-oops, start again: Christmas is a time where you celebrate Jesus' birth and open presents! I'm really excited; it's in less than two weeks! And now that I'm a two-digit number, I have more power at Christmas! Get ready for power! Two-digit power! Anyway, I'll blog probably next week and talk...well, you know what. About the cute boy who I can't seem to relax about! He's too cute!

You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry

You better not pout I'm tellin' you why! Santa Claus is comin' to town! I have one big wish list. December holidays are my absolute favorite-especially my birthday! But Christmas is a bigtime favorite of mine. I don't just enjoy being able to get presents, I enjoy celebrating Jesus' birth. Today in church the Primary got to bear their testimonies for Christmas. Not in Sacrament Meeting, but in Primary. This is what I said to the Primary: "I'm grateful for Christmas and I'm glad we have a holiday to celebrate Jesus' birth." I didn't say much, but it's a truthful statement I made. I have my Wish List in ratings. Sigh, my #1 gift will not be given to me. My mom said so. Anyway, here's my list in rating order:

1. A friend for Cooper (as in Hailey. The owner of Hailey is looking for a home for her)
2. A Laptop
3. Webkinz
4. Build-A-Bear
5. Nintendo DS Games (as in Guitar Hero for Nintendo DS)
6. Wii
I can't remember the rest. I know that I had 10 presents wanted. It's a nice and pricey list (except my mom said I could pay for most of the laptop and she could pay a little). You better not cry or you'll get nothing for Christmas! Don't be bad! Be good, but also celebrate!

December

On Thursday was my birthday! I turned 10 years old! I know I'm writing this post late at night, I just felt bad for my blog (I got a new journal so I haven't been on my blog lately) so I wrote a post. December is my favorite time of year. My birthday, Christmas, and other fun activities and other holidays are in it! On Wednesday, December 3rd, I had a birthday party. We went to Build-A-Bear Workshop! I got a cute bear with a cute outfit. Well, I have to make this short because it's late. See you on other posts! Also, celebrate December!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving; a time where you get together, eat delicious meals, and verify what you're thankful for. I love Thanksgiving. It's a time where we get to travel to Utah. We went to Utah on Tuesday night (I got to miss school on Wednesday. Yes!!!). We do this every year so my dad's side of the family can get together for a huge dinner. I got to sit at the teenager and college student table. 3 lucky people got birthday presents, too. Those people are my cousin, Brooke, who was going to turn 7 years old, my brother, Parker, who was going to turn 24 years old, and me, Abby, who is going to turn 10 years old. We have the dinner the night before Thanksgiving. I don't know why, but I don't mind. Before the dinner, we went to a place called Body Worlds. It's a museum where they show models of real human bodies that died. We saw a glass case of all the nerves (they were real); they were so cool! We went on an escalator that had a screen that showed blood cells going down a body. It felt like you were going down with it! It was so cool. Thanksgiving Day was Parker and Brooke's birthday. Parker's birthday present was a drive home back to Boise for the weekend. His girlfriend, Meegan Small, came home with us. About an hour after getting home, we went to a movie. I saw Twilight!!! Oh my gosh, that movie was so good! The author of Twilight, Stephanie Meyer, was in the movie. Robert Pattinson who plays Edward Cullen the vampire is so cute!!! I can't get over his hotness! I saw it for a second time last night. Now I'm reading the book. I'm telling you, go see Twilight! Dang, I wish I could upload his picture on here. Robert Pattinson also plays Cedric Diggery in Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire. I love you, Robert!

The Winter Performance

I felt I should write another post. I have so much to tell! In an earlier post, I mentioned that I got this solo part. This is how the song goes:

"I'll have a blue Christmas without you. I'll be so blue thinkin' about you. Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree, (pause) oh if you're not here with me. I'll have a (two-beat pause) oh-del-oh-del, yoh-del-oh-del-alley! Oh-del-oh-del, yoh-del-oh-del-alley! (long pause) You'll be doin' alright with your Christmas of white, but I'll have a blue, blue Christmas."

There's a background choir behind me singing stuff. It's a slow song, so it's much longer than what it seems. I still need to think of some dance moves, but choreography will come later. See you at the show in a month, Meredith!

Happiness All Over

This week has been one of the happiest ever. I learned that Hailey the dog is staying, Twilight the movie came on Friday, BYU plays University of Utah, snow fell here in Boise, and on Thursday my birthday was going to be exactly two weeks away! It's less than two weeks now! It's less than a week for my brother. Today is my Webkinz' birthday! She turned two years old! It's crazy! Cooper is now officially married to Hailey. This is how Hailey got to stay: OK, so Hailey was going to belong to the owner's son until the son's son came in. The owner's son already had two dogs; a yellow lab and a dachsund. The dachsund was very wild, so the owner's son wanted to give it to his neighbor. The owner's son's son (the owner's name is Marsha) didn't want to give the dachsund away so he cried and cried and begged and begged for the dachsund to stay. When I learned this, I wanted the boy to keep crying. My wish came true! Marsha's son finally got tired of his son's whining, so he let Hailey stay!!! He didn't want to take three dogs, either. If I ever see that little boy, I'm going to thank him so dearly. I'm going to say this: "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" He might be confused, but oh well! At least Hailey stays! I hope Marsha wasn't mad about having Hailey stay, and if she ever wants to give her up, I'm going to beg and beg and beg to bring Hailey home with us. I don't want her taken to the Humane Society. I call that place "The Nasty Pound." I wish I could bring every dog home with me. My friend loves animals, too, so she said that if she became president, she would build a huge animal care place where killing animals and animals being put to sleep is forbidden. It would have lots of water, food, and play toys. The building would be so big that every animal in need could have lots of personal space. I hate hearing about animals being abused or neglected. I especially hate watching animal cops or animal hospitals (not like a vet clinic, but like serious injuries). Animals look so beat up. I'm so glad dog fighting became illegal. I heard a really good football player got arrested for doing that. If your dog loses the fight, it will be so beat up you have to put it to sleep. It gives me the shivers thinking about it. Happiness has come all over me. I love life the way it is.

Thanksgiving = Traveling and Performances

I love Thanksgiving, and that's why I post more in the fall than any other season. Fall is my favorite season. I don't even care that school starts in fall (actually, it's summer when you start school, but who cares?). When I think of Thanksgiving, I know it's time to travel! Every single Thanksgiving, my family and I drive down to Utah to celebrate. This year, Thanksgiving is on my brother Parker's birthday! He turns 24! It might sound awkward that I actually have a single brother who's turning 24, and I'm only 9 1/2 (my birthday is exactly a week after Thanksgiving. I'll be turning 10!). In Utah, we stay at my Grandma's house (my dad's mom). She has a huge house, so there's plenty of room! Her house is a 3-storey house! When my cousins from Las Vegas come to visit my Grandma, too, my family has to sleep in the basement while my cousins are being pampered two stories up. I sigh at that fact. The basement is warm, though, except it's loud in there. The attic is there, and the washing machine stays in the attic, which keeps me up for an hour until finally I get used to the sound and I fall asleep. I'm skipping a day of school to go to Utah (yippee!). I have lots of performances that have to do with Thanksgiving. I'm constantly practicing parts, trying to memorize them (my mom makes me). I love being able to see family on Thanksgiving, and I'm glad to have a holiday where you can be thankful for what you have. There's a place past Salt Lake City called Thanksgiving Point, and to be able to enter, you have to say something you're thankful for. I've never been in, but Parker has. He's a happy camper in Utah! We're going to stay in Utah for two days, and then we'll take the 4 1/2 hour trip back home. On Thursday, December 4th, my birthday comes! Lots of girls my age love this topic, but others don't. I'm going to Build-A-Bear Workshop! We've already booked the party, and I'm going to prepare invitations soon! I'm very excited! Anyway, have a happy Thanksgiving! I'll try to post soon!

The Sniffing Adventures of Cooper Almighty

This is a post dedicated to my dog, Cooper, in honor of how he sniffs his way through life:

Once, there was a clever black labrador mix named Cooper. He knew everything about impressing girls. He was known as "Tough Luck." Cooper was a secret agent for a spy network. He was given disguises, privileges, and a real personality. One day, as Cooper was driving in his black convertible, a lady dog stopped him. "What's up?" Cooper smiled. "Can I join you, handsome?" the lady dog asked trying to be as romantic as she could be. "If I can get to know your name, yes," Cooper replied impatiently. "My name's Connie Bonebreaker," she said. Cooper nodded and let her in. They drove off. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, a huge green slimy monster came! "I WANT DOGGIES!" the monster yelled. "I WANT SOME DOGGIES FOR DINNER!" "I'll stop him!" Cooper said. He got a monster-blasting shooting ray set up, but before he knew it, Connie was trapped by the monster! Cooper shot his ray at the monster but only a tiny hole appeared in the monster's stomach. "Aw, shucks!" Cooper said. He got a bigger ray set up and shot that ray at the monster. A bigger hole appeared. Then Cooper knew what to do. He had to find the biggest monster-shooting ray possible! Cooper found tools and built a huge ray. He shot it at the monster. The monster vanished! Connie fell but Cooper was quick enough to catch her in his arms. "My hero," Connie said. She kissed Cooper. They climbed in the car and drove away, ready for more dangers to come.

That's the end! I hope you enjoyed it. Keep living gracefully, Cooper!

Saddened, but Happy

Yesterday, my dad told me that my neighbor's dog who I walk was moving to the owner's son's house. I was saddened, but also happy. The dog's name is Hailey, and she moved to her owner's son's house where another dog is. They're going to be best friends, but I lost a customer in dog walking and Hailey was one of my good friends. It's going to be sad having to move on. I've never been so sad in my life about a dog. My sister tells me I'm more likely to see Hailey again and that it's cool how a dog can make you so happy. It's like a person's best friend! I felt better, but not completely. The neighbors are very nice, and Hailey made it nicer. I can't get over it, and I never will. I'll have to move on. It's my only choice. BUT, if only I could see Hailey for one last time, I would be ever so grateful. If I do see Hailey again, I'm going to kiss all over her face (let's hope my dog, Cooper, doesn't think I'm cheating on him because I won't). Hailey and Cooper were best friends. I felt like there was a connection between them, even though Hailey's much older than Cooper. I have a feeling Cooper's going to miss her, too. They went on walks together every so often. My friend and I would go walking through the park. My friend would hold Hailey's leash and I would hold Cooper's. Hailey is a Chocolate Lab, and she's a little overweight, but I don't care. I like her by the way she is. I'm going to miss Hailey so dearly; oh my goodness, I'm about to cry! Well, that brings an end to this post. I will try to write more happy posts; sorry if I'm trying to make you cry, but I'm not. Goodbye, readers. Goodbye, Hailey, I will miss you oh so dearly. You're the one (including Cooper) who makes me want to walk dogs more than anything else. You make my day (along with Cooper). OK, I'm crying. Goodbye everyone.

Election Day

It's only two days before Election Day! Election Day isn't so much a holiday, but you can call it a holiday if you'd like! It happens every four years, like Leap Day, so...I guess so! My family is voting for John McCain in the Republican party. The polls say that Barack Obama's winning (pooey). On this website called www.aol.com (go there), it once said that there was this commercial that might hurt Barack Obama's plans (thank you, whichever commercial you are!). My mom told me that the good thing about Democrats are that they take care of the environment. I love plants, but I'd rather have lower taxes. My mom said that if Barack Obama wins, my family will struggle in taxes (oh no)! So, because of that, I have some ideas that will make our bills lower than before.
Tip #1: Turn off the computer when you're done using it (that helps save electricity bills)
Tip #2: Turn off the light when you leave a room (that's been a problem with my brothers)
Tip #3: Turn off the TV when you're done watching it (another problem with my brothers)
Tip #4: Don't leave the faucet running when you finish washing your hands or washing the dishes (that helps save water bills)
Tip #5: Buy a house that's cheap (you won't have to pay so many housing bills!)
Those are my ideas! On the last idea, we bought a pretty expensive house so we're having to pay like $1,000 a month! Maybe more! And a Republican president is in the White House! My mom said that it would take a while for the taxes to go up if Barack wins (phew!). Anyway, vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin! It's the only way! You want low taxes, so vote for the Republican Party! Vote now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (but for John McCain)

Holidays Galore!

To me, I feel like there's a holiday every week! It actually is true. From birthdays to Labor Day, Halloween to Thanksgiving, Christmas to New Year's Day! In my family, there's not quite a celebration every week, but we have a lot! First, we have eight birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Labor days, and lots more!!! I haven't posted for a while, and I apologize for that. Yesterday was Halloween, and I had the best time! I was a witch! It was a last minute costume. I was going to be an M&M until we couldn't find the costume! When I was standing with my friends at a door waiting for the door to open, these people with creepy costumes came towards us. I looked at them, and the guy with the pink monster face lifted the face and...GUESS WHO IT WAS?! It was Blake Ulrickson!!! My friends started freaking out; they were astonished! I laughed and said, "Blake? Is that you?" He didn't want to be embarrassed by his brother, who was with him. He said, "I don't know those girls." I laughed again and said, "Yes you do!" He followed me for the next few houses until me and my friends lost them! "Where'd Blake go?" I asked my friend Courtney and her twin sister, Candace. They shrugged and said, "I don't know! It's strange they'd disappear, though!" I nodded and we went on. A couple days before Halloween was Cooper the dog's birthday! He turned two years old! In human years he's 14 years old. I'm sad to be the youngest again, but Cooper's a man now! He's a teenager! Anyway, back to Halloween. When we finished Trick-or-Treating, we walked back to my friend Sophia Connaughton's house and counted our candy! Sophia, Candace, and Courtney had been to a Trick-or-Treat thing at their church so they had way more than me (Sophia, Candace and Courtney go to the same church, and they're Presbytarian...if that's how you spell it). I had 91 candies, Sophia had 109, Candace had 117, Courtney had 170, and Sophia's little sister Grace had 105. The person with the most candy got more candy because the losers had to give her one candy (when I told you how much candy people had, I took out the candies we had to give to Courtney, who was the winner). Anyway, when we finished counting, the doorbell rang. We ran to go get it. WHO WAS THERE?! Jake Mendiola was there!!! He was dressed up as Elvis Presley. Grace, who had never met him before, said, "You have a funny wig!" My friends and I laughed and Jake laughed too. We gave him candy and he left still giggling (at least that's what I heard). I'm sorry that I keep going back and forth with Halloween, but I just remember things and I go back to that scene. This scene I'm going to talk about was when my friends and I were Trick-or-Treating. There was this house that was covered in Halloween decorations! There were skeleton people (they weren't real, though) and one witch person was pretending to spin a spoon in her cauldron. She could talk and when I turned, I saw a human (a real one) standing there talking into a mini microphone. She was saying the same words the fake witch was saying. When we reached the doorstep, there was this smoke that made me feel dizzy. We had to grab the candy from a casket that had a fake skeleton body in there. There was this bowl next to it, which had the candy in it. When you tried to reach for a candy, a hand sitting in the middle of the bowl would grab you. I was quick and picked up two candies before the hand could get me (it wasn't a real hand). Anyway, now that it's November, stop acting spooky and get Turkey ready! Thanksgiving is coming up (and it's on my brother Parker's birthday). I can't wait! See you soon!

P.S. That picture is a picture of Cooper, in honor of his birthday! Happy birthday, Cooper!

Autographs, Anyone?

Hello again, readers. On behalf of my last post; my sister made me feel a little embarassed after talking to me about boys in my class on my post. She laughed, I did a fake smile, and that was that. At this time of year, the leaves change from green to yellow, orange, and red. Today, after my brother's football game (which they won) we drove by some bright red trees. Anyone would be able to see them; even blind people! That's how bright a red those trees were. In autumn, you also start wearing warm clothes (but in the morning, I have to wear like a sweatshirt and ski coat to be able to walk to school without freezing to death). On a website, there was a poll. The question was: What's your favorite part of autumn? The three choices were: 1. School starts 2. Changing of leaves 3. Warm clothing. I chose 2. Changing of leaves. When I pressed the Submit button, it said: 4% School starts 49% Changing of leaves 36% Warm clothing. Changing of leaves won!!! Anyway, I bet you're wondering what the point of my title is. The thing is, autumn is also a part of the year where me and my siblings become famous!!! Madison and Tanner, my older brothers, are famous in Timberline High School football. I'm famous in volleyball! In fact, today were my last games. My team and I had a tournament and we had to play 4 games! We did well in the second period of the first game. We did OK in the second game. In the third game, (no offense, my team) we were terrible! In the last game, we did better than the third. MUCH better, actually. Anyway, lots of people got to know my sport and they started cheering for me. OH, (ha ha ha), on the last game, when I served the ball, it landed in the basketball hoop! "Wrong sport, Abby!" my dad laughed when he heard the news. Everyone had laughed when I made the hoop. My coach was all, "Three points! Hurray!" She said her words sarcastically (of course). It was fun. In the football game, my Timberline beat Boise High School by 11 points. The score ended up being: Boise High, 20, Timberline, 31. It was an intense game (like all football games are). My grandparents came here all the way from Utah just to see my brothers play (my mom said that my grandparents wouldn't be able to go to my tournament because they wouldn't be here in time to see it. Pooey). Anyway, if you'd like an autograph from me, leave a comment on here and I'll send you my autograph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. That picture is a picture of my brother, Madison. Tanner isn't in it because this is football from last year and 2008 is Tanner's first year of high school football so yeah... Anyway, do you see Madison? He's #4!!!

St. George On the List of Traveling!

Hello again, readers. Last weekend my family and I went to St. George, Utah. We stayed at my brother's girlfriend's house. The house is absolutely amazing. We went to St. George for one reason and one reason only. It was for the marathon my mom and my sister were going to run! Dramatically: In St. George, on this very day of October 4th, 7,000+ runners are running 26 miles!!! But look, oh, here come my beloved family members! Meredith Mangum and Karen Mangum! Normally: Ok, we're done with drama! Too much to take! Anyway, on mile 25, I ran right next to my big sister and my mom. Their spirits were high when I ran on the track even though I wasn't competing in the race! But (unfortunately) I was cast off-track by a stubborn police officer (curse him)! Anyway, I made a new friend! She's 13 years old. She's awesome! We have so much in common; it makes me feel like we're sisters! We had so much fun together. We played Uno with her mom (Carrie). We also played Apples to Apples. We also made ice cream treats! They were good! I poured Cookies n' Cream ice cream onto the counter and then sliced Twix bars and a 3 Musketeers bar and put them into the ice cream. I mixed everything up with a spoon and we poured it all in a bowl. Then we put the bowls in the freezer to freeze. After about 20 minutes, Sarah (my new friend) and I looked in the freezer and saw our delicious treats! Mmm, they were luscious! I love St. George. My mom and I want to go back to visit them because my mom has a lot in common with Sarah's mom. My brother's girlfriend's name is Lizzy Henderson. I want to go back so bad!

Sunday: Church, Scouting, etc.

Today was Sunday, September 28th. Everything is fabulous when it comes to Sunday. First, we went to church. Then, we relaxed and had a wonderful afternoon lunch with each member of the family. I had sit in a small chair in the corner of the table because my older brother, Parker, came to visit my family. He lives and goes to college in Provo, Utah. After lunch, we got back into our nice church clothes and drove to our church. My brothers got their Eagle Scout Award. It was from the Boy Scouts of America. My brothers, Tanner and Madison, got personal letters from the mayor of New York, the mayor of Idaho, American Canidate (I think), and from President George W. Bush. I freaked out when the speaker announced that George W. Bush sent my brothers a letter! After the Court of Honor, we all went into my church's gym for refreshments (the proper way to say "food and drink"). Now I just got home from the meeting and so now I'm blogging my head off! Before I started blogging my head off, Parker started driving back to Utah. :( Well, it was fun while it lasted. So see y'all next time (which is more likely to be tomorrow)!

P.S. I know I look weird in those white clothes, but they were to be worn for my baptism. You see, my brother Madison baptized me when I was eight years old. We had to walk in water and I had to be pushed underwater so all my sins (mistakes) could be washed away. It was joyous moment.

Siblings

Hi again, readers. Today I would just like to talk about my three brothers and my one sister. They're annoying sometimes, but they're mostly made of fun! The oldest brother is Parker, 23, Meredith, 21, Madison, 17, and Tanner, 15. Tonight I went to Tanner and Madison's football game. We were against a high school called Borah. They won, though. :( The score was Timberline High School (my brothers' team), 34, Borah High School, 38. It was a really close game. Borah made a last minute touchdown and we thought we were doomed. And we were. My mom is one of the big supporters. She almost cried when we had a bad play. I got kind of annoyed by that, but I lived. Anyway, brothers and sisters can be annoying, but they can be fun in some way.

The Crazy Schedule of Abby

Everything's been crazy lately! Planning, practicing, working...it's just too hard to manage! Here's my busy schedule:

Mondays: Wake up early, choir, school, homework, walking a dog and that's it for Monday!
Tuesdays: Wake up, school, homework, walk a dog, volleyball and that's it for Tuesday!
Wednsdays: Wake up early, choir, school, homework, walk two dogs, volleyball games (I think) and that's it for Wednsday!
Thursdays: Wake up, school, homework, dance class and that's it for Thursday!
Fridays: Wake up, school, homework, walk a dog, going to my brothers' football game and that's it for Friday!
If you live in Boise, Idaho you probably know my famous brothers. Their names are Tanner Mangum, 15 yrs. old and Madison Mangum, 17 yrs. old. Tanner is in ninth grade and he plays on a varsity high school football team as a Quarterback! Tanner's only in junior high!
My schedule may not be as busy as it seems, but it feels busy for me!

It's Almost Halloween!

Hi again! I just wanted to let everyone know Halloween is close! It may be September, but the smell of October is already here! Everyone knows what October means: Halloween! Everyone loves a good creepy fright once in a while. Today there was a huge storm here in Boise. My friend was scared that the lightning would come close to our houses and set them on fire. I told her not to worry and that the lightning is high up in the mountains. She was still scared. Bravery Abby can never be stopped! I turned on my extreme powers and gave it another try. "If you think the storm's gonna hit our houses, you're thinking wrong, my friend," I told my friend named Kami. She gets a little scared sometimes. She's not used to storms. There was also a fire right up the hill from her house about three weeks ago. Actually four or five. Kami gets frightened easily (no offense, Kami). But if there was a fire right above your house and luckily your house didn't get hit by the fire, I would be scared, too. It takes time to realize you're safe and that the fire happened on accident. It's difficult to explain that to Kami, but pretty soon she'll understand the concept of not having to be scared. I've been scared plenty times in my life, but soon I get used to the fact that fires rarely hit a beautiful neighborhood about five minutes away from the airport. The airport in Boise is nothing near the mountains. Anyway, being scared is normal, but soon you're going to have to get used to it. Scary movies will creep you out, and having your house set on fire is scary too, but where I live, I'm safe and I don't need to be as scared. Halloween is just trying to scare you so you can be scared at least once. It's just like any other holiday, but darker and it involves dead bodies. I learned Halloween is a holiday for the dead; dead people who suffered. Halloween may be a time where you fill your bag full of goodies. It also may be a time where you wear scary costumes and go around door to door saying, "Trick-or-treat!" (By the way, the whole joke is, "Trick-or-treat! Smell my feet! Give me something good to eat! If you don't, I don't care. I'll pull down your underwear." :D) But that's not the real reason. It's for dead people who suffered. (Like I said) And besides, people come first before treats and goodies. Work on thinking about this! Study this! (If you don't like studying, then don't follow what I just said) Get your scaries on! (Follow what I just said there)

School Frenzy

4th grade is pretty fun, but not fun enough. I like lunch, recess and Idaho History, but that's pretty much it. On Fridays, we get to do something called Friday Fun Day. OK, how you can earn it:

We do these things called tickets. You can earn them by staying on task, doing something that deserves a reward and good things like that. You can also lose them if you do bad things. There are some students in my class who get in trouble so much that they don't have any tickets left. If you get 10 tickets, you can go to Friday Fun Day. I have 28 tickets. At Friday Fun Day, you can do lots of fun stuff. Last week was a boring Friday Fun Day. You could either stay inside and draw or read a book without even being able to talk since the kids who didn't get 10 tickets had to stay in and do Study Hall. The other choice was go outside and run relay races. I chose relays and it was fun. The girls were all on one team; they were kind of slow though. I ran almost 15 miles per hour, I'm telling you! After the races, the people who wanted to keep racing got to run from our playground to the fence which is far away from the playground. I got ahead of everybody and won the race successfully. I wish someone had put it on video because I could put it on here if they did! Oh well, though. School is a frenzy for me. I hope it's not for you. Enjoy school!

School Starts Soon!

Hey everyone! How are y'all? For some of you, school has already started! And for others, school starts in a week or so but for me, school starts tomorrow! I'm going into fourth grade and I can't wait! My new teacher's name is Mrs. Tate. My three brothers and one sister had her for fourth grade! My Mom says Mrs. Tate will be the only teacher to have five kids that are in the same family in her class! I wondered if it was a world record. I'm not set for school yet because I don't have all my school supplies!!! I only have a pencil box, eraser, paper, pencils, (not enough pencils) and... I think that's it! I still need paint, folders, colored pencils and a large tissue box! (Kleenex brand suggested). Ha ha ha! My Mom or Dad will pick up the rest of my school supplies after one of them finishes delivering papers at 5:00 in the morning. They'll go to Albertson's and do so. I bet you don't care about what I just said... I don't blame you though! Anyway, I'll blog and blog all I can during the school year! I was lazy and didn't blog in the summer. I hope you enjoyed my sister's blog during the summer! Such the life she has! Ha ha ha! Cooper the dog has been an ecstatic puppy! It's sad I'll have to be away from him for six hours each weekday. I'll also upload some videos on YouTube! Watch out for them! My videos will be on these usernames: tmango10, tmangum10, Bunnybunny12. Also check out these websites I go on so you can add me: buildabearville.com, webkinz.com, clubpenguin.com. On buildabearville I'm AbbyButterfly7 or CarriGirl. On Webkinz, I'm sunset654. On Club Penguin I'm Ihopdid333 or Profro. Sadly, I lost my membership on Club Penguin. I got grounded from it. (You don't want to know how) I'll be able to get back on in September! Thanks readers!

Summer Vacation

Sorry I haven't been writing on my blog for a while! Life has been swell. How was everyone's 4th of July? I've been going to friends' houses, art classes, and play camps for the past month. Summer is already more than halfway done! Last weekend my cousin got married. His name is Casey, and he got married to a beautiful girl named Breanna. My mom calls Breanna's smile an, "A million dollar smile". Breanna told us her wedding dress had ripped while she was putting it on for pictures. But other parts of her dress covered the rip. The reception was in Pleasant Grove, Utah at a place called "The Bungalow". It was so cute! The place was a big cottage-looking building. There were plants EVERYWHERE! The owners of the Bungalow lived in a smaller house next to the building and it was blocked by plants. My mom really wanted to see what was in the garden, but as soon as we were halfway, she saw that we were in the owner's property. I ran back in my shoes that hurt my feet badly! The owners never caught us, but I would be terrified if they did. My sister and my brother are living in Utah. My sister lives with my Grandma and Grandpa since she has a summer job there in Utah. My brother goes to college at BYU in Provo, Utah. I miss them. Well, my brother and sister came to stay in Idaho for a little bit, and when they were driving back to Utah, my sister kept looking down for too long and she started to roll and spin and crash. My sister had been driving her brand new car and she was trying to control my brother's iPod Touch but then when she looked up, she saw that she was rolling over. It was scary but they lived. My mom was sobbing because she was so grateful her children had lived. Otherwise, Summer is perfect!

My Best Field Trip In The World!!!

Today was the best school day ever!!! I went on a field trip!!! Since I live in Boise, Idaho, I got to go to Boise's City Hall and the Basque Museum. I learned that the Basque people lived in this tiny little country between Spain and France. They started to live in Boise because of the jobs Boise offered. We went in a brick house that once belonged to a man named Cyrus Jacobs and his wife. The owners that lived in the house after the Jacob children had gotten married and moved out and the parents died of old age, the new owners had the house turned into a boarding house where whale hunters could spend their winter sleeping and eating meals. The teacher of the museum told us that they only had radios back then and so one of my classmates pushed this button and all of a sudden this radio station turned on and it was so CREEPY!!! The voice sounded all shaky and the sound effects were so...weird. We went to this place Fronton which had a huge gym room that they called the handball court. You used your hand and used metal balls and hit the ball against the wall. The teacher told us that after about an hour of playing handball your hands ached and burned. When her nephew played handball she said the father had to step on his hands because his hands were swelling like mad. My class used softer balls and tried it. My school teacher's son hit the ball against the wall really hard and kept calling the girls sissys because he and his friend thought we didn't hit the ball hard enough. Then my class ate lunch at the Julia Davis Park and played Soccer for about an hour or so. I don't want to give the details about the City Hall, but the main idea was that we went to the meeting room and sat in soft chairs and pretended we were in a meeting. OK, well, I guess I will tell the details. The girl who worked for the City Hall chose some students (Not me, though. Pooey) and told them to sit in even bigger and even squishier chairs. One of my classmates had to be the MAYOR!!! The students that didn't sit up there had to either vote that there should be more police cars or fire trucks. I voted for fire trucks. At the end of the voting, the council members and mayor made their decisions. 3 said fire trucks, 3 said police cars. If the council has a tie, the mayor gets to decide. Our fake mayor decided on police cars, so more police cars were to be made. (Not literally) It was the greatest field trip ever!!!

Daisy's Engagement, But Gets A Surprise

As my friend Courtney and I play on my trampoline with Cooper and Courtney's stuffed animal called a Webkinz named Daisy, this is Daisy and Cooper's date. Courtney and I make up a small play about these lovebirds. Cooper takes Daisy to his house in the forest (which is underneath the trampoline) for dinner. They eat Corn Dogs, Hot Dogs, Bamboo, and what dogs and pandas both like, Leaves & Dog Food, mixed together it is called "Leaf Kibble". "What's for dessert, my dear Cooper?" Daisy asks. "I call it, Daisy's Parfait! It is dedicated to you, my love." Cooper answers. One day as the lovebirds were walking in the forest, Cooper pulls out a black box. "Daisy, these couple days together have been wonderful. I have a question for you. Will you marry me, my dear oh dear Daisy? I love you so, and I hope we can be together forever. So, will you?" Cooper asks seriously. "Oh my sweetheart, how kind of you to ask. Of course I will marry you, my dear. I love you too." Daisy says and kisses Cooper smack on the lips. "I need to go to the grocery store now so we can live a healthy life." Cooper says. "Wait! Don't we need to look for a house?" Daisy asks. "We can live in my house." Cooper says. "You are not taking this seriously, dear! We have to pay for a wedding, pay for our bills and did you know that I might have children so we will have to pay for the baby's room!" Daisy yells. Cooper ignores Daisy and walks to the grocery store. Daisy follows close behind and kisses Cooper before he can get inside the grocery store. "Oh, I should take this seriously. I am sorry for ignoring you." Cooper smiled. The next day he and Daisy get married. The VERY next morning, Cooper uses his mouth and takes Daisy to the forbidden part of the forest. Cooper drops Daisy and walks home grumpily. "What are you doing? I can't even walk!!! Help me, Cooper! Please!" Daisy screams. "I always hated you." Cooper snorted. "You did? How could you?! You are a big fat meanie! I never want to see you again!" Daisy howls. Daisy gets up and finds a Tiger Webkinz. His name is Ryan and she marries him. They lived happily ever after. The End. I hope you enjoyed the story!

Build-A-Bear Ville

My newest obsession on the computer is called Build-A-Bear Ville. You can get rare items, talk with people, play games and earn these things called Bear Bils, which is the money you can use to buy things. You can add furry friends in real life onto the computer! Then you own a Cub Condo and so you can buy furniture for your condo. I love being on this website because it is really cool and the artwork is amazing! The places in the world are: Town Square, Neighborhood, Cub Condo Complex, Sportsplex, Bear University, Pawforming Arts Center, Furbulous Fashion District, Pawsitively Green Center, Paw Park, Friendship Forest, (THERE ARE MANY PARTS TO THE FRIENDSHIP FOREST) And Sunshine Shores beach. This world is full of excitement and surprises. I own a Cun Condo and owning 5 bears on there. I can type my own messages and have some rare things. The best part of the website are all the surprises that appear on it. There is a 12 year-old girl who thought of Build-A-Bear Workshop and has her own character on the website! Her name is Maxine Clark and visits often and gives you awesome presents! Once she gave me a Maxine Ski Hat and another time she gave me Bear Head Slippers. Slippers are BABV's (Build-A-Bear Ville) biggest obsession yet! The people who don't have slippers are begging for them from people who DO have the slippers. I'm one 0f the people who has bear slippers and everyone begs for them. There is a BABV blog on the website and people can write on it. One of the blogs is made by IzzyFluffed, a girl who laughs all the time and is really nice. She wrote: "Attention! Slippers are being begged for by people who did not see Maxine on Friday night on May 16th. These slippers are rare and fuzzy, you can get them only once in a while. Try to get more pairs of these slippers and give a few pairs to people who don't have slippers!" The end. She made a point. We all can have slippers by giving things to other people. Build-A-Bear Ville could be the website for you. See what you think. You type it: www.buildabearville.com and see what you think. Have fun on Build-A-Bear Ville!

April Showers Bring May Flowers!

As you might already know, rain is what helps plants grow. There's this phrase that people use that is very true! April Showers bring May Flowers! I asked some of my friends from my class if they knew the phrase, the weren't quite sure, but they knew that it was some kind of thing people would say in the end of April, getting into May. I sat with a bunch of little kids at school last month, teaching them about plants. We did little science experiments, and what a plant needs to grow. Since I have the challenging work at my school, I got to teach these young uns a cool plant lesson. This is exactly how I taught these little people: "What does a plant need to grow? Cookies? Candy? Even Oreos? NO! There are 4 things a plant needs to be a healthy plant. It needs soil, sun, water and air. That's it! While we need many fruits and vegetables, these plants don't necessarily EAT these things, the things come flowing by the plant, or falling on the plant in order to grow. It seems like they're small eaters aren't they? I would say so! Did you all know that plants hold oxygen that they give to us when we give them carbon dyoxide? That's cool huh? What does the rain do to help plants grow? It has special chemicals in it, producing items plants need. When it lands on the plant, an eensy weensy bit of green is covered on the plant! Hurray!" That is how I taught them about plants. This phrase is very true, flowers cover your garden in May after many rainstorms that happened in April. Hurrah!

P.S. The sunset pciture has a point. It's one of the things plants need to grow!

Dogs Rule, Cats Drool!

I love my dog, Cooper. We have so much fun together. Dogs rule! Cats, on the other hand, are not my type of pet. I feel like they arch their backs ALL the time! If you don't know what "Arching The Big One" is, it's this: When cats arch their backs, it means they're REALLY mad. I wouldn't even care if we bought a noisy bird. We'd just keep him outside all day and all night. Please, don't adopt a cat! If you already have one, you're missing out on all the fun of a dog! Ha ha ha! Buy a dog today! You never know if you'll find the best dog on earth! The best dog on the Earth is Cooper the cutie pie.

The Other Side of the Rainbow

People wonder what's on the other side of a rainbow. Some believe there's gold, others believe it leads to a cave full of treasure. Well, to tell you the truth, it's just a phrase people use to make the other person crack up. When I was younger I always thought there was toys, candy, and all the things a kid could wish for at the end of a rainbow. There are 7 colors in the rainbow. Some people think there's only 6 colors because the forget one important color: Indigo. Here's the rainbow in order. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and last but not least, Purple. I made up this little folk tale that you might want to hear. Here it is: "Ahem! Let this wonderful and fantastic folk tale, BEGIN!" (The Story) "Once, a little orphan boy named Barnie was playing his Great-great-great-great-great-great Grandfather's old banjo in the yard of the Orphanage. It started to rain. Rain clouds poured great huge drops of rain on Barnie's head. The raindrops were so huge they were the size of a FOOTBALL!!! So Barnie rushed inside to keep dry. He watched the thundering raindrops. A clap of thunder electrecuted one of the orphans. The kids screamed their eyes out! The Orphange Foster Mother rushed outside and picked up old Stevie, who had been at the Orphanage for 20 years and still no one to adopt him. He was dead alright, gone forever. When the huge rainstorm ended, Old Stevie was rushed to the Hospital and Barnie then saw a rainbow. Barnie wondered what was at the end of it. That night, Barnie couldn't sleep. His mind was full of thoughts about the rainbow. Barnie covered himself in his cozy blanket, found a candle, and went outside. The rainbow was still there. It was vanishing, but Barnie had enough time to get to the end if he hurried. Barnie ran and ran until he was halfway there. His blanket was very wet and droopy, the candle had died out, and Barnie was too tired to go on. Barnie found a tree stump to rest on. When Barnie looked at the rainbow, the rainbow started moving towards him! Barnie didn't notice that there was a secret cave right behind where he was sitting. Barnie started melting into his beloved blanket, he was too young for this kind of trip. Barnie didn't notice the rainbow was right behind him. Barnie slept in his balnket. He could not be seen in his blanket. In the morning, everything was dry, and the rainbow was having its last moments to shine. Barnie woke himself up, and saw the rainbow vanishing away. At last, Barnie turned to see the rainbow right behind him! The rainbow vanished the second he looked at the secret cave. The cave opened and when he went in, there was a note sitting on a rock. It said: "Fooled ya! It's just a phrase! What's at the end of a rainbow? A long trip for nothing! Ha ha ha ha!" Barnie frowned and ripped the note to pieces. Barnie walked back to the Orphanage, a frown on his face the whole way. When he got back, he slept until lunchtime. The end!" That's my story! I hope you enjoyed it!

Family

My cousins, aunts, uncles, Grandparents are the coolest ever! My favorite cousins are my Mom's sister's kids. They're the best on Earth! There are 4 children in that family. There is Nicholas, Ruthie, Caroline and Hazel. The youngest is a baby. The oldest is about 1o or 11 years old. My brother Parker likes to give them rides. He will walk around with Ruthie and Caroline holding on to his legs. It gives Parker a good exercise. Hazel is so cute! She cries and drools a lot but is cuter than ever! Nicholas and I don't really get along with each other. He'd rather be with his cousin; Sadie. She's my cousin, too. They were next door neighbors until Sadie's family moved to Maryland, Rhode Island. In 2nd grade I had to draw a picture of myself. I got traced by one of my classmate's parents. Then I drew a picture of what I was wearing that day. Then we sent it to Sadie's family. They traveled to places like Washington D.C. and other places. Then they sent it back to me and I got to present it to my class. So, I love my family. I call my Dad's Mom Grandma, (Which is what most people call their Grandmothers) But my Mom's Mom, Nani. My Mom's Dad, Papa, and my Step Grandpa, Grandpa. My Mom's Dad died of uhhh I forgot. My Dad's dad died of an airplane crash. I love my family so much, they are the best things ever!

P.S. I couldn't find a picture of my family so I just did Blue Hills.

Sports

I know that all Sports are fun. Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Soccer, etc. are all sports. My 3 favorite sports are: 1, Basketball, 2, Volleyball and 3, Kickball. I don't like Football. I know what Touchdowns and Interceptions are. It's just I don't understand the game that well and they're sort of boring to me. I love Basketball because I know the meaning of the game and I like to play it with my 3 brothers. (Well, mostly 2 because one's in college) I like Volleyball because it's fun to use your arms in the game and because my Mom used to play and is still really good. Baseball isn't my favorite sport. I love Kickball and they're similar with each other but for some reason I like Kickball way better than Baseball. Soccer is pretty fun because my sister plays for the college of BSU. Well, she DID play Soccer. But she retired because she tore her ACL (which is a place in your knee that keeps your leg stable. At least that's what I think) for the 2nd time. So she medically retired and is now in the Nursing Program. Anyway, I hope all of you play a sport! Remember, it's a way to keep you fit!

P.S. This is my brother's basketball team. My brother is #12 on that team!!!!!

Traveling

On special occasions, my family and I travel to many places. We go to Utah, Sun Valley, (A place in Idaho) California, Oregon, and once I went to Arizona. On Thanksgiving, Spring Break and Summer Vacation we go to Utah to visit my Grandma. I hate driving in the car traveling to our destination. We have to drive because airplane tickets cost too much. I don't feel good when we drive. But when we get there I run out of the car and go inside. We mostly go to Salt Lake City, Utah and Provo, Utah. My brother Parker goes to a college called BYU in Provo. He's on the BYU Football team. I love visiting Utah and all our other destinations. I hope you all can travel far and wide to explore the planet of Earth!

Skiing

Hi! I am having so much fun with this blog! Now since I love winter, I sometimes like to go Skiing. I go to this Ski Resort called Bogus Baisin. A lot of my sister's friends Snowboard. I like to ski on these runs called Alpine, Showcase, Morning Star, The Bowl and Sourdough. If you Ski or Snowboard, I hope you like it because if you do, I am very glad. I am so glad that I might even leave a comment on your Blogspot if you have one. Anyway, my family and I travel to Utah, and a town in Idaho called Sun Valley to ski. I think the chairlift is the scariest part because I'm afraid that my Skis will fall off and that I'll drop my poles. But I'm afraid that hasn't happened yet. Phew! I'm glad. Anyway, if you don't Ski or Snowboard you should at least try once. If you Snowboard and you want to ski, or if you ski but you want to snowboard, try it and see for yourself! You never know what'll happen! See you in the next blog!

Club Penguin Rules!

Hello again readers! I just finished playing frisbee with Cooper. Now I want to talk about this website called Club Penguin. If you ever meet me, I'm Ihopdid333 and Profro. Ihopdid333 is a member there but not Profro. If you have an account on Club Penguin, leave a comment saying your penguin's user name. I'll write your penguin's name down, and while I'm playing, I'll look for you. If you DON'T have an account on Club Penguin and you don't even know what it is, I'll explain it to you. It's a virtual world, and you get to make your own penguin. you can own 2 pets that are called puffles. You care for them and play with them. They look like little fuzzballs. You can explore the virtual world. There are so many places to choose from. There are even secret places. In the mountains on your map, they're in the back of your map, you'll see a teeny mountain that's so far away it looks purple. It leads to a building with nothing in it, and it's called the Dojo. The other secret place is called the Ice Berg. It's on the right of your map and you can see it pretty easily. You can even go Sled Racing! Just use your arrow keys to control where your penguin's going. But be careful! There are some obstacles that make you fall. There's a pirate named Rockhopper. He has a red puffle named Yarr. He has a boat called The Migrator. A couple of months ago, his ship sunk but we helped recover it and fix it. You own an igloo on Club Penguin. It's where your puffles are located. On your menu, there's a house icon. Click on it and it will take you to your igloo. Now let me explain to you what a membership is. If you pay a certain amount of money, you get a certain amount of months to have your membership. When you're a member, you can buy clothes, different color puffles, you can adopt up to 12 puffles, puffle furniture, igloo upgrades, igloo furniture and more. Play games to earn coins. Talk with friends and have fun! Now my dog needs feeding now. See you later!

This is My Dog

I have a dog whose name is Cooper. He's a Black Lab mix. You might recognize him from my sister's blogspot. If you go to my sister's blogspot you'll see a picture of me holding Cooper in my arms. I play with Cooper and walk him. We have a trampoline that we play on every day. On April 12th, 2008, I turned the garden hose on and got the trampoline and I all wet! Cooper is afraid of water so whenever I turned the hose on he'd run all the way back to the inside of our house. Then when I turned the water off Cooper would come running back. Cooper has this amazing talent. If Cooper and I are jumping on the tramp, and a dog comes walking by, Cooper will run the the corner of the sideyard whch is where the trampoline is and jump up so his head is above the fence! Then he'll start barking at the dog. At night, Cooper sleeps in my room at the foot of my bed. When he's dreaming, he'll bark in his sleep. When my friends come over, Cooper will give them a friendly attack. My friends and I would laugh and giggle, petting Cooper. You may think Cooper is a wild dog, which he is, but he's the friendliest, happiest and cutest dog I've ever seen. Well, here he comes with a frisbee! I better go fetch with him! See you later!