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A 67-foot tall Englemann spruce from Wyoming is to be this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas tree in Washington D.C. This is the first time a tree was chosen from Wyoming. This was decorated and lighted the 7 of December. It made a journey of 5,000 miles to get to the capital.

Almost every year in the beginning of October we head down to Albuquerque to the balloon fiesta. We have always drove down, but since this year my grandmother was recovering from a surgery, we flew down. Our first flight was at 11 ish and we got in about 2 so it was nice that the trip down there wasn’t very long.
Once we got there we headed to the motel to relax and then we went to the best restaurant in town, Sadies. The food must have had something in them not good because mother and I were sick but we still went. We didn’t fly Thursday or Friday because of the weather. Saturday was mass accession, when all the balloons took off from the field. Saturday was a good flight. I flew with my dad that day and it was beautiful. Imagine fling over a city right by the mountains and just barley grassing the clouds. Then landing softly back to the earth. The ride back to the field is boring but at the field is where the party beginns.
First we go shopping after dad has gotten back from refueling and also get something to eat. They usually get a breakfast burrito and I get a smoked turkey leg. Then we just relax on the field, until I get bored and want to do something. So I just fly a kite, play catch with the football or with the vorte-X. Then after a while we go back to the hotel and rest for the evening.
In the evening we watch the glow. There is either the glowdio, which is just the special shapes, or the regular balloons. That happens for an half an hour then are the best fireworks in the Nation. They have these awesome main fireworks then the have the “side show”. This video will show you what it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzjucdLCjD8. After that we go back to the hotel and the next day it happens all over. Sunday was the last day of fiesta and it was a special one. My mother does like to fly after the accident, but that’s another story. She finally wanted fly and I also flew so the whole family was in the air.
When we got back to the field, we just stayed there for a while, then we were done we went back to the hotel to pack up and move out. Now it is a sixteen hour drive from there to my home, so you would think it would be boring. Well, when you have a TV in the car that helps, plus I got a load of homework to keep me occupied. The homework is the worst part of the vacation because you have a ton. When we got back I still wasn’t done.
Well, in a nutshell that is my vacation. I leave you with the balloonist prayor.

May the winds welcome you with softness. May the sun bless you with it’s warm hands. May you fly so high and so well that God joins you in laughter and set you back into the loving arms of Mother Earth

These are my top five favorite movies. You can watch the previews on www.imdb.com

1. Taken

2. Miracle

3. The Kiraty Kid (2010)

4. I am Legend

5. Avatar

I got this idea from another blog about a day in my school. For this I’m doing what I do on Mondays in the first semester. There is a 4min. time between classes and every Friday is a 2:00 dismissal with 8 periods in a day.

7:05ish-Wake up
7:40-Leave for school
7:55-First Bell 10min.
8:00-Second Bell 5min.
8:05-Tarty Bell and Drama
9:00-English
9:55-Intigrated Science
10:50-Challenge( the class I edublog in)
11:46-Pride/Homeroom
12:13-Lunch
12:42-Digital Media
1:38- Algebra 1(Algebra 1 is a Freshman class and I’m a 8th grader)
2:33-Civics
3:25-School Gets out
3:35-Basketball practice
5:30 basketball ends
6:00-3-on-3 game
6:30-3-on-3 game
7:15-finally get home
10:00- go to bed

We should use images in our blogs because instead of trying people to have the same image as you, you can just show the image you are thinking about. Plus, it adds color to the blog.

We work all week to get to the weekend when teachers decide to give us a ton of homework because “we have more time”. What is up with that. They should just give us all the homework during the week and then have a free day. At lest give us a little less homework on Friday.

I am a HUGE Nebraska sports fan especially  football, and they are doing very well. Ranked 4th in the nation and have an all-star quarterback and two awesome running backs. Taylor Martinas has surpassed Erich Crouch, the hismen winning quarterback at Nebraska, for rushing yards for a season as a Freshman in the first 3 games. Did I mention he is a Freshman. Nebraska is going to win the National Championship!!!

I chose my theme for three reason. In my opinion, the more detailed the picture the better, it has a calm feeling, and it doesn’t have that” just another blog” title next to it. It was hard to pick it because they had some cool themes like the leaves,the grass, and the blue ones.