I shot my gun yesterday.  I liked it.  It was loud.  It scared me.  It was fun.  Daddy had to adjust the scope for me because I don't know how.  But I will learn.  When I shot, I aimed at a tree.  I did not miss.  I knew what I wanted to shoot at and I hit it.

I love my gun.  And the scope is better.  I am happy that Daddy had gotten that for me for my birthday.

Birthday Present

Big Cat 1200 Air Gun.

I got a gun for my birthday.  I like having my own gun.  Hopefully I can shoot it soon.  Maybe tomorrow.  Daddy has to make sure it works safely first.  I probably won't be able to shoot it until tomorrow.  I hate waiting.

Today is my birthday

I love it out here in the beautiful sun and it is great.  I like being 8.  I was waiting and waiting and waiting.  I never have to sit in a car seat again.YAHOO!  I am now three years older than Bethany and five years older than Hannah and I am getting bigger muscles.

There is nothing else I want to say now.

Today we are getting water so we can wash dishes and wash clothes that got dirty.
We have been playing in the woods and the army that we B and I are going to have the army that is coming from the woods and the person that is coming from the woods is named Solomon and when we pick out scabs, they make more so we can kill as many as we want.
Sometimes, they give up and go back to Solomon to take a break and sometimes they come from the hill. There is going to be another war and there will be a new man and his name is going to be Sonobo.
Yesterday while B was doing dishes, the girls and I were trying to find Solomon to trap him in a cage with Handsome the rooster, but we did not find him so we tried to find the other person.
We left the campsite so that we can go swimming. YAY. Mommy threw me in the water then I just swam back up. It was really cool. Then we walked in the water and went a little bit deep and then when it was about to be evening we were going to get rabbit feed for Uncle K and Miss T’s rabbits but they were closed already. We went home to have dinner then we went to take showers.
God has blessed me by giving me a friend.

Digging

We have been digging. We have been digging a lot of mud. We are digging the mud and moving it down the hill so we can have a clean area for tables. We are also digging for drainage. I like digging. It helps me grow big hairy muscles.
We watched a movie the other night called Tremors 4. (Mommy note: Not a movie I would typically choose for my children. But I was with my husband on the way to the VA at the time.) It was a great movie but not with the dinosaurs slurping the people but when the people were trying to kill the dinosaurs, I loved it. I think they were dinosaurs or dragons. They came out of walls and the ground. They are dragons without wings. (Mommy note: Not a clue what he is talking about.)
After the movie, we made a couch into a bed and went to sleep.
There has been a lot of rain and thunderstorms and lightening. The rain helps me work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, and work. Even in the rain, I have to wash dishes. The rain helps the creek run. We made a dam in the creek to help make the water slow down a little which I like to do.
We get water from a spring and we fill a cube. The water helps us cook beans and wash dishes and we drink from it so we can survive and stay alive.
God has blessed me very kindly by giving me food so I can eat and giving me fish sticks that I want to taste.

Sunday

Today, we went to St. Louis church.  We went there so that I can learn from the Bible.  I asked Daddy what "begat" means.  Begat means that someone was born I think Daddy said.  I felt that church was a little boring so I snuggled up with Daddy during service.  There are a lot of kids in St. Louis.  I like that.  I remember some of them from Summer Camp and from Conference.

Yesterday, I went for a shower.  I was dirty and needed to get clean for church.  I love to get dirty.  I did schoolwork yesterday.  I did good on it.  I did dishes yesterday, too.  I like doing dishes sometimes.

The day before, I went on a very long walk with Daddy and Uncle K and B.  My feet were hurting and we made another trail.  I learned about laser lines and degrees on a compass. 

The day before that, we got stuck with the truck in mud and water.  I thought it was funny.  Daddy thought it was a little bit funny.  It was fun watching daddy's truck get pulled from the mud.

We came to the laundromat today.  I like the laundromat because it's lovely place.  I like playing here.
We went to the Dugginsville church yesterday.  I liked it.  There was a lot of singing.  The people were really, really, really, really nice.
Saturday, we went swimming in the creek.  It was cold.  I shivered.
I am still doing schoolwork.  I don't like doing my schoolwork, but I do like doing my journal.

God has blessed me very much.  He has given me sunlight to see and a creek to swim in even though it is really, really cold.

I have been playing in the woods because it's lots of fun.  I have been working hard digging dirt so that we can not sink through mud.  Sinking in mud is not fun.  I have been keeping the fire going.  I am really good at it.

Everything we have been doing is a lot of fun.  It has been a good day.

We had storms last night.  The storms were really, really, really bad.  I was scared but only a little bit.  Just for an hour or so.  During the storms, we had snacks of graham crackers, snack crackers, saltines, bananas, celery, and all that good stuff.  We talked about storms and how God blessed us.  We watched Charlotte's Web until the battery died.  We need to finish watching it.

Today, God has blessed be very nice by giving me a heart.  A very big heart.