Great-Grandpa Small...

...Gone. My Great-Grandpa Small died Monday, the 13th, in the morning. He was somewhere in his 90s. He was living in a nursing home and couldn't even remember my grandpa's name, HIS SON! He wouldn't eat or drink. The funeral is on Friday, but we're leaving for Bellingham on Thursday.

Forks, WA

For a family reunion, everyone went to Forks, WA. We stayed in LaPush at the Quileute Oceanside Resort on an Indian reservation. Here are some pictures of that trip:



Most of the grandkids on a huge log in the Hoh Rainforest

My cousin Parker Gentry and Ethan

Ryan, Ethan, my cousin Jayne Barber, and my other cousin Ellie Gentry

This is me and my cousin Haley Barber

My cousins Jack and Josie Gentry

Parker Gentry and Ethan skipping

Most of the grandkids on another log

Gayle's Back!

Mom and Dad went to Tri-Cities and left Morgan, Ryan, Ethan, and I at Grandma and Grandpa Gentry's house. Gayle and Illa are staying there! Gayle used to be my favorite aunt (now almost all of my aunts are my favorites, and besides, you're not supposed to choose favorites out of family.) Gayle was living in Wisconsin with Illa and Joe, but came back (the family reunion is in a couple of weeks.)

Piano Recital

I was in a piano recital on Saturday. My song "Called To Serve" was in the middle of the program and "Fur Elise" was the last one. I messed up, but I don't think anyone noticed. I wore a brand new brown and white dress. I also had on brown shoes with a strap and buckle. After the recital, there were brownies and ice cream. Nana and Grandpa Gary had to leave early to get home as soon as possible. Grandma and Grandpa Gentry had Alta because Melissa and Ryan were moving in to their new house. They came back to our house and had dinner. Alta went with me to feed my pig and got to touch Junior. Then she played on the slide the rest of the time.

You have to feel beautiful to be beautiful.

-Grandpa Gary

Point Defiance Zoo

I went to the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma for a field trip. I bought six things at the gift shop: a turtle necklace for me, a shark snow globe for Ethan, a tiger back scratcher for dad, and "Kids Zone" magnet for Ryan, an elephant magnet for Morgan, and a Magnet filled with water and a floating penguin in it for mom. I had a disposable camera and took a lot of pictures. there were elephants, a tiger, an aardvark, lemurs, monkeys, tapirs, an arctic beluga, polar bears, walruses, meerkats, puffins, penguins, otters, seals, red wolves, porcupines, a lynx, and a lot more. We left the school at 7:15 A.M. and got back to the school at 7:00 P.M. We had to stop Indian John Hill to go to the bathroom.

Seaside, OR

This Memorial weekend, I went to Seaside, OR, as you can tell from the title. It was REALLY fun. On Saturday, when Nana, Grandpa Gary, Maddy, and Gracie came, we did bumper cars, went to the beach, and bought stuff at a toy store (a little smaller than Mr. Magorium's) and a store with a ton of sweat shirts and shirts. We celebrated Ethan's birthday.There was chocolate cake and double vanilla ice cream. He got a tool box with tools from Grandpa Gary and Nana. He also got $15 from Maddy, Gracie, and their parents. Nana and Grandpa Gary took me with them and Maddy and Gracie.

Sorry! :(

I'm sorry there aren't any pictures here. I don't know how to and Morgan won't help me. Sorry!