http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes Just another Edgemere Blogs weblog Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:37:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It all started on a perfect Saturday afternoon in August, 2006. My little cousin Dillon decided that he was going to swim alone with floats on. He started off perfectly. For about thirty minutes he was in the pool, then he decided to go in the hot tub ( he ... http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes/2008/10/17/horror-pool/ It was a perfect cool day at our house when... Thump! Thump! Thump! "What was that?" I asked my older cousin Adam. "I don't know," he responded," but I think it's coming from the garage," "Let's go check it out!" I shouted. We went to the garage, and guess what we found... MICE! "Cool, mice," ... http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes/2008/10/10/mice-remains/ I wear a lot of makeup and think people like me. I think people admire me and think I look pretty. People are usually scared of me. I brag a lot and think people like me. Roald Dahl said that I am fat and ugly. I am mean to my ... http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes/2008/10/03/character-sketch-of-mrs-wormwood/ Fourth grade was the best year of school that I have ever had in my whole life. I learned things that seemed hard to me when we first started them, but actually became more easy when we took them step-by -step and then finally I got them. Just like ordered ... http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes/2008/06/03/my-4th-grade-year/ This field trip was the best experience I have ever had with my class! Guess where we went as a class... Carlsbad caverns! What the cool thing was, was that I would be having a new experience, because I have never been to the caverns. Okay, enough small talk and ... http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes/2008/05/23/carlsbad-caverns-2/ [audio:http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes/files/2008/10/bootcamp_basketball.mp3|titles=Bootcamp-Like Basketball|artists=Abel]  "Abel it's time for basketball practice!" my mom and dad said as they woke me up from my power nap.  "Yes!" I shouted, "I can't wait until we get there."  As we arrived at Burges High School I was so excited about practicing and getting better that I couldn't keep still.  Beeeeep! ... http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes/2008/05/16/bootcamp-like-basketball/ After an eleven hour drive to Denver from El Paso and an eleven hour nap, my dad, my mom, and I went to see the rest of downtown Denver, Colorado. The downtown area is HUGE and CLEAN, there are skyscrapers everywhere! El Paso's downtown is NOTHING compared to Denver's, okay ... http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes/2008/05/06/downtown-denver-adventure/ Eleven hours on Friday and eleven hours on Sunday. Thats how much driving we would be doing to and from Denver, Colorado just to get to this game. It was the first NBA game that my mom, my dad and I had ever seen in person. "Hello, ... http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes/2008/05/05/20/ I know that people are probably wondering what type of formations are in Carlsbad caverns so here is a close-up of the types of formations inside the caverns. The first thing you are probably wondering about are the things on the ground and ceiling. Those are called stalagmites and stalactites. ... http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes/2008/04/18/the-spiky-things-and-the-big-bumps-inside-carlsbad-caverns/ If you want to see Mexican free-tailed bats fly out of the caves of Carlsbad caverns, then all you need to do is follow ALL of these simple rules of the bat flight program. All you've got to do while you're waiting for the bats to come out is whisper ... http://wordpress.edgemereroadrunners.com/happyandsadtimes/2008/04/17/the-carlsbad-bat-flight-rules/