July 18 1997 Living in Oklahoma when I was 13 years old.
"I've decided when I grow up I either want to be a realtor, an architect-builder, a teacher, a police officer, a scientist, a marine biologist, or a spy. I want to be a realtor because I love looking at the inside of houses. Especially big houses. I want to be an architect-builder because I love to draw inside of houses and when I build the house I will know what to put in the rooms and I will know exactly what it's supposed to look like etc. etc. I want to be a teacher because I love children and want to teach them and be around them. I want to be a police officer because I want to save people's lives and catch crooks and kind of I guess be a hero. I want to be a scientist because I might discover something new that will change the world. I doubt it, but that's allright. I want to be a marine biologist because I would love to work with ocean animals but especially whales and dolphins. And, I think it would be cool to be a spy or someone in the government. Although, it's life threatening sometimes and I would be away from family alot I still think it would be cool. I want to become one of these things someday. But for all I know I may get a totally different job when I get older than any of these. I am 13 years old. So, I still have a while to think about it."
(On a side note, isn't it funny how life turns out completely different than we imagine?!)
Probably when I was about 13 years old.
July 30, 1998 Living in Oklahoma when I was 14 years old
"It has been extremely hot lately. It's been in the triple digits for almost two weeks in a row. It hasn't rained in almost 2 months. I would have to say we are in a drought. We can not water our lawns. We can only water shrubs and flowers outside. We pray and hope it will rain soon.
We may be going on vacation to Yellowstone National Park, Glacier National Park, Star Valley Wyoming (where my mom grew up and her mom still lives today), Salt Lake City, Utah and up on into Canada..."
(As a side note, we only ended up going to Utah, Star Valley and Yellowstone on this trip)
July 23, 2000 We just moved to Utah. I was 16 years old.
"On Saturday morning, my parents woke me up at about 7:20 AM to show me something out the window. I go to their room and look out the window and see a hot air balloon. It was probably about a block away. Then I went back to sleep. They woke me up again about 20 minutes later. By the time I got to the window the balloon was already over the roof but they told me the hot air balloon was literally 3 ft from our house. The people in it were looking in my parents windows. (My parents sleep with their blinds open.) I went to my room. (The windows were on the other side of the house.) The balloon came down right down in front of my window. It was so cool. I would've waved to them but they were facing the other way. It was funny. Having the hot air balloon so close. My mom said the blowing fire woke her up. It was cool seeing it so close."
July 30, 2002 Visiting Virginia for the summer. I just graduated from high school.
"Now half my family lives out here (almost) Lara, Glen, Nate, Kristina, & Heather. Peter and Mika are even thinking about moving out here. I am so sad everyone is moving so far away from me. I have become friends with my siblings now that I am older and more mature (somewhat) and then they all move away. I know, I know that's just what happens as families get older and married off and things, but it's still sad. Atleast I'll still have Matt, Tim, Peter & Mika (atleast for a while) nearby when I am in Rexburg. They'll be four short hours away. And of course Mom & Dad."
Probably when I was about 17 or 18.
I wrote the entries exactly how I wrote them in my journals. I hope you enjoyed another trip down memory lane :)
