Who hole punched my gum!?

Really, who does that kind of thing to a poor defenceless piece of gum. I went to the table to get my last half piece of gum and found it had been punched right through the middle. I was shocked and disgusted. I immediately did the only thing a normal person would do. I ran downstairs and confronted little brother and asked him why, why would he do such a thing to my gum?! He then proceeded to tell me a fascinating tale about a boy with a serious problem. He had his friend come over to help him hole punch colored paper so he could ask our next door neighbor to the dance. His friend started off doing alright and was content punching various shades of red, green, and blue paper. But after a while the hole punch went to his head and he started to dream of punching so much more than just paper! Poor little brother turned his back for one minute and before he knew it his friend was punching cereal boxes (still with cereal in them!) and M&M bags (still with M&M's in it) and anything else he could get his hands on! My poor little half stick of gum was a victim in the massacre. I had seen the evidence of the hole-punch-madness upstairs and forgave little brother and we both marveled at how perfectly the hole had been punched! I did not know it was even possible to hole punch gum.

"Hey that's my gum!"

Other activities of the week included playing sand volleyball! It was awesome and the sand was amazing, there was even a single street lamp up so we could play to our hearts content. Which really was only till about 10 p.m. as our toes were starting to become numb in the cold and slightly damp sand after playing in it for hours :) Friday was spent playing with my cousin and her dog Lucy. Our dogs had a play date and it was a blast. Tucker my cute black and white springer spaniel loved playing with Lucy her pitbull mix. Haha who knew they would get along so well. We took them for a walk where they were both loved and adored by the neighborhood kids, who grabbed their tails, and ears and tried to feed them dandelions! It was really cute and both the dogs did great with the kids. The walk was great, except poor Tucker cannot walk in a straight line to save his life (yeah that's all my fault, my problems become his problems!) so he kept bouncing of Lucy while weaving from side to side. It was quite comical. Lucy wised up a little and learned to weave with him instead of having him ram into her side every so often. We took them back to my house and let them run around the yard while we chatted. They were so funny to watch as they chased sticks, Tucker always ended up with it, and they played in the water, well Tucker mostly played in it and Lucy simply tried to get a drink. Turns out Tucker-Bug doesn't like to share his swimming pool! It was a great day and my cousin was so amazed that our dogs got along so well. She said Lucy normally doesn't get along with other dogs since she doesn't really know how to play with other dogs. I told her I guess it takes two socially awkward dogs to become friends! 

Sand Volleyball!!

Saturday was spent doing housework and yard work. The original plan was to get the garden all planted. So we ripped up tarp, pulled weeds spread compost and got it all ready, only to find out the tiller was broken, so the garden will have to be finished up later. That's ok though, since little brother and I were both done working for the day and were not EVEN looking forward to laying more tarp and planting plants into the wee hours of the night. We both were rather exhausted. But it was great the time we were able to spend working together, little brother and I get along quite well and we had fun exchanging our tales of woe and what not. I swear by the time we finished hauling all the dirt/compost he was going to kill someone if I heard another motorcycle drive by. Every time I heard one drive by it made me quite sad and made me miss Mor-leidr (my BF) every time we heard one! But the day was successful non-the-less and it was the perfect day to be working outside. The night was finished off with partying with some friends. It was kind of a bittersweet party though, as one friend has just come home from his mission and my other friend just left to live in St. George forever. We all had a great time though and it gave me something to do after missing Mor-leidr. Sunday my family abandoned me and went for a drive to Bear Lake, so I did something better! I made JELL-O, which really isn't better, but it was a small consolation for staying home. So I punched stars and hearts in the JELL-O and took it over to share with my grandma. We had a great time walking around the place where she lives and I was really gald I went over to visit her, she was so happy I had come. Monday was spent cleaning my room some more, still, forever, never done! Afterwards my family and I went to go see my aunt and uncle's baby chicks. they were so cute and smelly, with the emphasis on both cute and smeally! Really soooo smelly, yeah cross chickens off the list of things to have someday. Ducks are still on the list though :-) So we played with the chicks for a while and then I talked my family into going over and seeing the baby cows. Little brother was able to find a friendly calf right off! The thing let him pet it, and tried to eat his fingers and everything. All the calves I were trying to be nice to were too scared to even come anywhere near me! Finally giving up and went over to share Little Brothers calf. It was so, so cute! It was sucking my fingers, and my arm, and my shirt, and even tried to eat my toes. Yeah I was covered in cow spit, snot, and hair by the time we finished. Totally worth it though as I was laughing my head off most of the time. Having a cow suck on your arm really is a very funny feeling. We finished the night off by going to see grandpa's horse Smokey. He came running right up to the fence! I'm so excited to go ridding this summer, which I plan to do often. He just needs to be shod and I'll be good to go whenever! Very much looking forward to that :-) also looking forward to going to Bear Lake next week! Yes!! We get to spend memorial day weekend there, not to mention I'll finally get to see Mor-leidr after him being gone for 2 weeks!! Since he is coming up there to visit! SOOO dang excited I cannot even wait! Sigh it'll be the weekend of Bear Lake and Boyfriends, does it get better than that? I think not:-)

Me and Older Bro last year at Bear Lake :)