Once again, we are back in The Land Of Ten Thousand Lakes... and mosquitos. It's been so nice to be able to visit again, and to see our friends and family. Plus, it's finally summer! The snow is gone until October now! But we didn't have great weather down in Texas, either. I mean, it was 58 degrees one time!
Getting back to the blog, being here in Minnesota visiting has been so enjoyable! I won't talk about all of Christi's friends, because this blog would turn into a book. However, I got to have a few experiences with some of my friends.
The first time I got to see my friends was at a birthday party. There were so many balloons! The first few minutes were total chaos, with people hitting each other with the balloons. *POP* *POP* *POP* Those were the only noises you could hear for a moment there. Eventually, after everyone arrived, Lasya, the birthday girl and my best friend, decided to tell horror stories. Emily, my other best friend, took out her phone and played a video of a campfire in the center of all of us. It was hard to listen to Lasya, though, because some of the girls she invited were chatting and giggling the whole time. After that was done, we played a round of Uno to see who would go first on the Virtual Reality set that she had set up for us. Emily won, so she played this game called Beat Saber. In Beat Saber, you would hold your lightsabers and hit the notes in the direction that the game called for. For example, let's say your right saber was blue and your left saber was red. Every note had an arrow on it pointing up, down, left, or right. So you would hit a blue note pointing downwards with your right saber, slicing onto the note vertically. Emily did pretty well, but then Lasya had a turn. She played Expert Mode and was going crazy. She was amazing at it! She beat the level with ease, then gave it to another person. We had pizza and soda for dinner. Finally, near the end of the party, we had this huge chocolate cake. Lasya's brother grabbed some frosting and smeared it all across her face. 'Twas a good day!
My next encounter with my pals was a sleepover at Emily's house. Lasya and Emily are my BFFs, so they were both there waiting for me when I arrived. We started off by talking and catching up for a good hour. Eventually, though, that escalated into a nerf gun war. I was at Emily's house last year, and people got hurt during a nerf war. This year was no different, so that idea ended quickly. We went outside to play with her ball. I was throwing the ball at them as they were on the swings, and they would kick it back to me. When Emily kicked it, however, it landed in their neighbors' yard. Now, their neighbors have a fence between them, with a tiny, black Pomeranian guarding the yard. Emily warned us that the pom pom was kind of vicious, but I went in anyway because, well, it's a Pomeranian. This dog weighed no more than 10 pounds. I went in by the gate and the little thing leapt at me and bit onto my jeans. I grabbed the ball and got out of there as quickly as possible. But, because the dog was barking at us angrily, the neighbors could hear it and came outside to apologize. Who knew Pomeranians were such good guard dogs? We scurried back inside and curled Lasya's hair. Well, Emily curled her hair. I was playing with hair clips the whole time. After we had Lasya model for us, we walked a mile or so to a park (when we could find it) and we played there for a half hour before heading back. We ended up playing video games for most of the sleepover and we stayed up until 3:30 a.m. We also had pizza, soda, and brownie sundaes for dinner. Plus, french toast, bacon, and soda for breakfast. That was an awesome sleepover!!
I had one more sleepover, and this one was with Ethan. Ethan and I went over to our friend Devan's house. Ethan's friend, Joe, came over for a while, too. We, again, played video games for 3 hours or so before we walked to Scoops for ice cream. We went to another party at night, then had some people come over to their house for a bonfire to burn homework. After the fire, Devan passed out in his bed. Ethan and I watched a movie in the basement until 1 a.m. We were not getting much sleep!
Since we didn't sleep, we were tired the next day. But the next day was Murrays, which we waited 6 months for! Emily was going with us to Murrays, as we were both allowed to bring 1 friend along. None of Ethan's other friends were able to come, unfortunately, but Ethan seemed quite content with Emily.
So we were about to leave to pick her up, when this long, shiny limo pulls up in the driveway. Ethan and I knew nothing about this, so seeing it was pretty surprising! We went inside and it was SO NICE! Plus, we brought sparkling cider and champagne to celebrate with. The whole reason we were going to Murrays in the first place is because Ethan lost 20 pounds. So we roll into Emily's small neighborhood with this limousine. Kids go outside and people are taking pictures. Emily's family steps outside and is in awe.
We went to Murrays and Emily was even more awestruck at the quality of the restaurant. We were also there with our Auntie Kerry and our "Gamma" Cherryl. We shared steaks and dessert, and, as always, it was so tasty! The steak was tender, juicy, and well seasoned. The dessert didn't last long. Then, Tim, the owner of Murrays, showed Ethan, Emily, and me the kitchen. It was super cool to see how they make all of their famous steaks and bread. Murrays is one of our favorite restaurants, and it was a treat to go there.
That's it for this blog! Murrays was so much fun, especially for Ethan. Be sure to check out his blog, too!
