Yes, I know I haven't posted in a while. Our internet hasn't been working very well lately.

My birthday was the 10th and it was a great one!!!!!!!!!!!! I turned 12!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have been having a great time in our pool and the water temperature stays above 80°.

That's just an update. Everyone have a good summer!!!

We finished getting our pool set up 1 or 2 weeks ago. It's 18' round and 4' deep. The water temperature has to be 78-82 at least to swim in. The thermometer we're using says the temperature was in the low 70s this whole time so we couldn't go swimming. This afternoon it said it was slightly 78° so Taylor got in to vacuum the pool and she said she wasn't cold at all and that the water felt good. Mom thought it was weird and got a different thermometer and sure enough it was 84°. So this whole time we were using a broken thermometer and it was really warm enough to swim in so we swam for a couple hours today. I'll try to get pictures soon.

My 12th birthday is next week! I can't wait!

These last few weeks we've been building a deck on the back of our house. Here are some pictures:

 This is the view from the den. ( Where the stairs are.)

It's not quite finished. That room that sticks out on the right is me and Taylor's bedroom. The window to the left of my room is the dining room. Right under my room is the family/ school room. The one to the left of the family/school room is Alex and Austin's bedroom.

Also Dad and Bryant found a snake on the side of the road of our subdivision.

 I added a friend to my friends list named samuel (electroboy). He has 4 siblings and they are missionarys that went to our church for a while. They are now in Mexico preaching God's Word.

Austin is now 11!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He got a rifle with bullets (they're real so he has to have assistance until he's 14), remote control air plane, rocket, special ear muffs made for hunting, and I crocheted him a magnet.

One day we were cleaning out our clubhouse and Mom told me to get all of the string off the flower pot. Then, Taylor noticed that there were five eggs in a nest and that was why the string was there.

So Mom told me to cut the extra string off and not to touch the nest.

About 1-2 weeks later one egg was hatched. About 1 more week later, all the eggs were hatched.

Then about 1 week later the nest and the birds were gone. We don't know if an animal got them or if the wind blew them.