AN OLD LOVE

I have found an old love! Before my accident, I would go over to my friend, Ben Gottfredson's house and in his backyard, we would play soccer. We got all of our friends together to play and we had so much fun. I loved soccer! Some of us would wear shirts and some would go without shirts. Well, David, who is my "helper", bought me a soccer-ball, and they got me in the "air-walk" get-up and then David tied my feet to his, and my body to his, and then we played soccer, against Chad, my other "helper". It was so much fun. They held my head in place with another tie, and David would help my feet move and push the soccer ball around. I loved it so much. We got loud and rowdy, and I felt just like a kid again. What a great idea David, and thanks for making my night so fun. When I was asked if I liked playing soccer I blinked "YES" so good that they knew for sure that I loved it! I want to play EVERY night! It wore me out, and I do believe that it wore those "old" helpers out more! I slept great that night. Wow... what a night!

School Egg Drop

In April of 2009, my school had an egg drop. My brothers and sister have done this exact same thing before at their schools. It had to have 3 things on the egg to protect it, and we could choose what that was. We could decorate the container anyway we wanted to. And the prize?? A huge Reeses! My FAVORITE! So mom went to work! She remembered Adam doing this and dropping it off the top stair at the Dixie College risers. She remember Adam telling her about the winner and how they won. So She went and got a nerf football, cut it in half, cut out a small oval hole and put the fresh egg inside the hole, but the egg was covered with cotton first. Then they wrapped tape around it to keep the football together and wrote "Nate the Great" on the tape. Well, as you can imagine... I won first place! I receive the reeses and I was very happy, though the reeses was not as big as I thought it was going to be!

New Year's Eve-Eve 2009

Every New Year's Eve-Eve, since I was born, or since I can remember, my family has always designated that night as Monopoly family night; I guess so that my parents could spend New Year's Eve the way they wanted to. This year was no different. We were suppose to have it at my sister's Melissa's house this year, but because of the weather, we had to stay home. But come rain or shine, we play Monopoly. This year, my mom happened to get a Monopoly game with a trophy in it. So it was important to win. I ended up having a few properties, Derek and my dad had the most, and Jon, who usually wins, ended up with NO properties! When all the properties are sold, my mom wants it to be even, and get over quickly, because sometimes these games have lasted way into the night, or morning, whichever way you want to look at it. So everyone ended up with some kind of a Monopoly. But Jon, I'm sorry to say, got out first. Then Jon came over and helped me with my money. He set me up good to win. Derek and Dad were determined to kill each other off, and so I sat quietly in the back ground. In the end, it was between my mom, Derek and me. Then Mom died a slow money death. She had loads of money, but hardly any properties. Derek had a lot of properties. But so did I. When I would shake the dice I would luckily pass by his properties, but when he shook the dice, he would land on mine. I was so lucky! Derek started to see that he was dieing a slow death, and his wife, Katie was getting tired because it was so late, so Derek sadly gave up (because his money was disappearing). So here I am with my trophy! I am so proud after all!