Eli's birthday

On Saturday my cousin Eli had his 9th birthday party. We played kickball, ate cake and watched Eli open his presents. It was a lot of fun.

Piano recital

On Sunday was our piano recital. This was my 4th recital and my brother's 2nd. We both did really well, although we were both a little nervous. I played Rage Over a Lost Penny by Beethoven and Valentine by Jim Brickman. Both of my grandmas came, my cousins Dayton Michaela and Eli, Aunt Donna and Keith.

Kittens!

Well, a couple of weeks ago, my cat had kittens and today we found them in my dad's boat (he is not happy). The are so cute. There are 2 boys and 2 girls and the are all black and gray.

Shooting sports

On Saturday, I went to the first shooting sports shoot of the year. It was up past Maryville and it was really fun. I was competing in shotgun and 22. I took Fifth in shotgun and 51st in 22. We have one more shoot and a ton of practices before the state shoot in September in Columbia Mo.

Turkey

Monday, my dad and I went turkey hunting, and after a LONG morning of hunting, I FINALLY killed this turkey at 10:36. He had almost an inch spurs and a 10 inch beard. It was my seventh turkey (it is still so much fun).

Field trip

On Wednesday, we took Nathan and Sarah (our piano teacher's kids) to the Patee House Museum and to Jesse James House. At the Patee House Museum, we did a Seek and Find where we went to different rooms and had to find what didn't belong in that room for that time frame. It was very interesting. There were lots of cool things and one of my favorites was the tank where we pretended to shoot each other (See pic). At Jesse James house, we got to look around the house and we saw the bullet hole in the wall ( there is a pic) were he was killed by one of his own gang members for a reward.

MS walk

Last weekend was the MS walk. It was beautiful weather for a walk. We had 6 people on our team my dad is in the picture but he wasn't on the team because he drove the golf cart ( he is on the board for the local chapter). Last year we walked four miles and this year they surprised us and gave us the option of walking 6 miles so we did. It was so much fun.