NOVEMBER ARRIVAL!

Howdy! What's new everyone? Enjoying school? I like it! I'm having fun working ahead. I started guitar lesson yesterday which was cool. Now I can play even more! WHOO HOO! So, tomorrow, we go to Salmon Arm to decorate the float and then on Saturday, at 9, we have to be there again to get all set and then we go around the city and perform! IT'S GONNA BE SO COOL! I start swimming lessons next Saturday. Brendan Reutlinger (from church) invited me to play in the youth group band (which is all boys and my cousins failed to mention it to me). Anyways, I've been enjoying life out here. I miss people but I'll SEE YOU ALL IN NOVEMBER! Yes, I am coming from the 7th to the 21st. Andrea, I'll be there for your birthday. And I'll be there for Gram's brithday. And, we're having Christmas and New Year's a month early. :D So that will be interesting. So, the long weekend: we went up to Nesconlith Lake (which is about an hour away). We had to drive up the side of a mountain where the cattle run free! It was cool because there was this little baby brown and white cow and it's mother walking down the road. They walked right beside the van! It was so cute! Bri, Uncle Des and Travis and Preston all went out before us at like, 6:30 to try to catch some fish. Although no one caught anything. Well, we ate lunch when we arrived and then went swimming in the somewhat disgusting water. Travis, Darby and I went out in the canoe for a little bit so that was cool. But, no one caught any fish. So, the girls left earlier so that Kyle could have a nap and we left the guys behind because they wanted to keep fishing. When they arrived home about four hours later, Preston had two little tiny raindow trout. One had a smashed in eye....this is pretty gross...because Preston had to knock it out and the club was behind Uncle Des so he didn't know it was there, so instead, he hit it with a rock and apparently, its eye smashed into its head and ended up in its mouth...EW. So yeah, we had pizza for dinner. And two minnow-ee-things for dessert. mmm.
So, last week, we realized we hadn't seen Mario all day and he hadn't slept on anyone's bed for two nights. We came to the conclusion that he wasn't around anymore. He'd gone somewhere. so, we looked all over the house and all over the yard and called for him and stuff. My mom was scared that he'd gone off to die somewhere or had run away or something so we were all kind of freaking out. He's nine and pretty old. So, anyways, later that day, Bri and I went to Sportsmans' (a cool little store) and on our way, we spotted Mario lounging in a chair on the deck next door. He must have just got there because we hadn't seen him all day. I can't even explain to you how happy I was to see my Mario/Mivvy/Stripo/Pookie-Pants. YAY! So yeah, I have my Mivvens back and everyone's happy. YAY!

So yeah, that's about it. I'm doin' pretty well out here. I'll keep you posted! Post something friends and family!
All for now!
-Kristen