Yellowstone: Day 1

This one is for Miss Lori. I got your letter, Miss Lori, and thanks so much cause I miss you.

This is my journal of Yellowstone. We got here really late at night last night and I don't really remember everything, except for we stayed in this big log cabin by Old Faithful.

Old Faithful is the most famous geyser in the whole wide world. It's called Old Faithful because it's true blue. You can always depend on it. It's full of dinosaur water from the center of the earth. The lava makes it hot so it sprays out. It's cool, but we watched it a million times.

But there is something sad about this day because Angel got sick. We sped and sped to find a hospital to make her better, and finally we found one by Weston's lake. Mumma went in with Angel and we stayed out with Dadda and said a special prayer for her. They were in there forever.

Then the doctor said we had to go to the hospital way, way far away. Me and Weston and Coulter were so good because we knew Angel was very sick and Mumma and Dadda were so stressed out. Then all the sudden we were out of the forest jungle and in this town far away. We went to Wal-Mart and got Angel a special baby and got chickies at Wendy's and waited and waited at the hospital.

I think it went ok because then Angel started getting better. I sure love that stinkin' little girl. Then I went to sleep and we were in the forest again.

[Dad's Note: Angel had a high fever we couldn't control, which necessitated an ER visit in Cody, WY, some 90 miles away, at 2AM. We never really found out what was wrong, but she is recovering.]

My Zebra Spider

This one is for Simon on Alvin and the Chipmunks. What a great movie.

Do you know what I got? I caught a zebra spider. I put it in a baggie until Mumma got me a jar. Dadda was really scared putting the spider in the jar. That's funny that Dadda is afraid of spiders.

My spider has blue teeth and he's black and white like a zebra. I been feeding him ants, but I caught a sneaker spider the other day and fed it to my zebra spider. He caught that sneaker spider and sucked his guts right out. It was kind of cool, but kind of sad because I really do like sneaker spiders. I would never feed my pet sneaker spider to my zebra spider because I love him too much.

Picture of the Week: Angel

Dinosaur Pictures by Sketcher Boy

This one is for this kid named Sketcher Boy who draws lots of pictures of things and has a blog just like me.

See this picture of a therazinosaurus? It's an awesome picture. I knew it was a therazinosaurus the first time I saw it, even before I read the name at the top. He drew it so good that I could totally tell. I'm going to have Dadda put some more of his dinosaur pictures here so all the people that read my blog can see them.

[Dad's Note: Check out Sketcher Boy's blog here.]

The Bluegill: A Very Cute Fish

This one is for my dog, Rex. He's such a nice dog. He knows when you're sad and he'll come over to make you happy.

Do you know my favorite fish? It's the bluegill. That's the little fish that swim in our lake. Connor and Kaden caught one with a net and cut it up with a pocket knife. It was kind of sad because the bluegill is a really cute fish. You gotta watch out for their spine, though. It's dang sharp.

Connor cut that fish up and gave me the head and Weston the tail. The head still has a little bit of the spine on it still because he couldn't cut it all the way. I put that head in a plastic baggie so I can keep it at our house.