Show Choir Contest

Elkhorn Middle School Rocks!!
We attended this contest with 16 other schools from around Omaha and we earned the best award!!!
WE ARE AWESOME!!!

PF CHANGS Rock 'N' Roll Marathon

Here is a picture of my award for making the whole 1/2 marathon!! What a great experience and I'm happy that I can have this day to remember as one of the most exciting things that I have been involved in!! Good thing I didn't have to run with this hanging from my neck... it's HEAVY!!

What a GREAT weekend!!

This last weekend I was given the oppertunity to go to Arizona with my cousin and visit our Aunt and Uncle. They took us to the Barrett-Jackson Auto Show/Auction, that's not all, at the auction they had tons of memorabilia from people like B.B. King, Johnny Cash and John Wayne. It was so fun and interesting to see their actual guitars and see John Waynes HAT!! I got pictures of it all. The cars were amazing... and I got to get into one of them and get my picture taken in it!! The memorabilia was all for sale... not cheap either... but not priced like the cars were!!
I was also able to attend my nephews first birthday party... he made me laugh when he ate the cake, he had to squeeze the cake through his fingers before eating it!! My mom said I did the same thing when I was a kid. I have a secret !! Alex let me drive his pickup all over a church parking lot, that's not all, he had me do all these maneuvers and different things like that... so this little experience for me was more then fun, it was instructional... SO, when he took over driving I had to share my wisdom with him as he drove... like using the turning signal and stopping in the proper place at a stop sign... trust me, I needed to remind him of all the rules of driving!!!!!
The last thing I got to do was to run in a half marathon. I decided to do it the day before the race, so Alex took me out to get new running shoes and we took off at 8 AM, I ran the entire thing along side my dad's cousin Jim who had flown out to run in this marathon. What a great time we had, I loved reading all the signs along the way, but my most favorite part of the whole thing was running across the finish line with our arms up and waving!! It was awesome. I will post pics of the finish line when I get them.

LOOK AT WHAT MY MOM AND DAD GOT ME TODAY!!

Today when I got home from school my mom and dad surprised me with a new electric guitar.... SHOCK !!!! Only snag with the whole thing is that now I have to finish the last two required Boy Scout Merit Badges before I can claim it as my own....

I GET TO GO TO ARIZONA !!!

Guess What... My Uncle Kyle and Aunt Georgy surprised me and gave me and my cousin tickets to go to Arizona and go to the Biggest Car show ever!!! I am so excited and I cant wait!! And I will get to see my brother and get to see my nieces and my nephew right before he turns one year old. IR IS GOING TO BE THE FUNNEST TRIP EVER!! I will put pictures on here when I get back.

National Hunting League Names Briggs Newest Member

At about 10:00 AM Saturday morning a deer makes a deadly mistake by running right in front of the newest master shooter "Briggs Kellogg" who acted quickly and accurately in his first time ever shot of a deer in wildlife. Excitement rang out for miles as he realized he had knocked it down in one shot. A cry of "YEAHHHH"... could be heard all around signaling to all other deer around to watch out for that strikingly handsome orange wearing "Man" of great aiming talent. It is said that the deer hung warning signs throughout all the land telling them to watch out for the "young beast" who is a quick shot and to this very day the deer still speak about this unknown wonder who shot young Billy Buck Jr. gone in one shot.

Big Band Sounds!!

We have just had our first band concert of this year. I am playing the French Horn for regular band and the trumpet for Jazz Band. Mr Johnson is our band teacher and he is awesome! We played some fun songs, but the best part of the whole night was spending time with my friends. My mom said she could tell the progress we have made these last couple of years. Mr Johnson had all three grades at this concert, ours played last and my mom said we were the best. This last summer I got a phone call to let me know that the band audition that we tried out for in 7th grade we got it, we are actually the only middle school band (in the state of Nebraska) to make it to this Conference. We were selected to perform at the 2008 NMEA In-Service Conference/Clinic to be held in Lincoln Nebraska on November 20-22, 2008. The acceptance letter said "congratulations on your acceptance to perform at the 2008 NMEA Conference/Clinic. The heart of a convention of music educators is the performing groups and the music they share with those in attendance.
Mr Johnson was so proud of his "little antlers" and their accomplishment!! Me too!!
The pictures aren't the best... but see if you can see me !!