Month: January 2017

We headed to St. Augustine to camp for my birthday. Before we left I gave my first 4-H demo of the year on Sharks in Florida.

We got to St Augustine and set up camp and checked out the area. In the morning we went up to the Castillo de San Marcos. We learned all about how the fort was built.

We saw a cannon that had exploded.

We saw the morning cannon drill. Boy was it loud!

Next we visited Fort Matanzas and learned about the history of the fort. Sadly you couldn’t access the fort since Hurricane Matthew caused so much damage to the boat docks. 

We hiked some trails and explored the flora and fauna in the area.

We checked out the state beach that cars can drive on. We only walked on the beach as we had Dad’s little car. Next time…JEEP!

The campground was quiet and wooded. We found some fun trails and played at the campsite. 

On my proper birthday we with the the Aligator Farm.

We learned about local animals.

We played on the playgrounds and explored all the animal exhibits.

It was fun to feed the alligators.

This is GOMEK he was HUGE!

I loved the kimono dragons. 

Birthday selfies! :) 

They even had albino alligators that they had to keep from the sunshine or they would get sunburn! 

What a great way to turn 9!! Happy birthday to me!

 

 

Mom got a new Brother Scan and Cut machine for Christmas and really went crazy with my party this year. She made this cool shirt for me! 

She decked out the beanbag game that Grandma and Grandpa gave Mom and Dad for Christmas.

She made a cool photo prop booth.

And lots of funny party treats.

We had a bounce house and slide like normal.

Cotton candy and friends! I had a great birthday!

Even a cake, against my will. I am still not a huge cake kid.

But the candle was really cool!

 

It was an amazing day shared with amazing friends. Mom is sad that this is my last year in single digits. No more little kids around anymore!

 

 

 

I have been eager to shoot whenever I can lately.

I have more good moments than bad now. 

My form is getting stronger but My arrows don’t “stick” in the target well. I am getting a new bow soon. 

Mom made us cute shirts for a tournament coming up. 

On Wednesdays we ice skate. I remember a lot from last time we took lessons and quickly was moved up to the middle skills class. 

Trying out my new bow! I got a PSE 54″ 25lb bow. I will grow with it for a while.

Trying the new bow at WAC.

Not bad!

I have my moments, good and bad. But I am having a lot of fun and that is all that matters right now!