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After a long school year, there’s nothing better than having a fun time at camp. Whether you go to a camp that lasts all summer or if you go to one that lasts for a few days, they can be so much fun.

There are so many different camps for teenagers to attend. For the boys you may have football camps, baseball camps, and other types of camps that are geared toward activities teenage boys enjoy. The best thing to do is search online for what your teenage boy enjoys and see what you can find for them to do during the summer.

Now for the girls you’ll find camps to help them build friendships, softball camps, and other camps they would enjoy. While I don’t have girls, I did do some research and I found a camp that’s for sure to be enjoyed by teenage girls. They offer modeling, photography, and fashion design to name a few. What teenage girl wouldn’t want to do one of the Miami Summer Camps I found online?

If you’re child worked really hard this school year and you’re ready to reward them with a camp they’ll enjoy, make sure you go online to see what you can find that would match their needs and wants. The stories you’ll hear when they return will be remembered for a lifetime!

The Author of this post is Rolando Dickerson

My oldest son is obsessed with R.L. Stine. For those of you that have been living under a rock, he is the writer of the Goosebumps series. My son has easily read just about every Goosebumps book that has been released. Well a friend of his informs my son that there is a Goosebumps T.V. show. I knew this already. I watched them when I was younger, but never shared this information with my son because we didn’t have the channel that Goosebumps is aired on. My son quickly jets to the T.V. with his new found knowledge and searches for his show. Only to find that, like I said, we don’t have it. He was heartbroken to say the least. He was so ready to see his favorite books played out. Well no worries, I went to http://www.tvbydirect.com and got a package that included the channel we needed. My son was ecstatic. We now have a scary family night where Goosebumps is the main attraction. We turn the lights down low, grab the popcorn, and cuddle on the couch.

Josh had his first track meet of the season last Saturday and needless to say he did an outstanding job. Kevin and I were so happy to see his improvement and it was so exciting to watch him run.

We were so excited when we found the website that shared the results of the meet, so we wanted to share them with you as well. Can you say proud parents????

The first event of the day was the 100 meter dash. This is a quick and short race with no time to think about what you’re doing. This is a great race for Josh because he’s quick off the line. He placed 12th overall out of 50 racers, so that’s awesome.

The next event for Josh was the 4×400 relay race. Now this is a relay where there are four people on the team. Each runner has 400 meters to run before they hand the baton off to the next person. It tasks a lot of practice to make this work because you have to hand off correctly, you have to receive correctly, and you’re limited on the distance you can travel before the hand off occurs. Josh’s team took 2nd place overall out of six teams.

The third event Josh did was the 200 meter dash. This is another one of those races where you don’t have time to think. It’s a dash from beginning to end, so it’s another good one for Josh. He placed 9th overall out of 42 racers.

The final race of the day was the 4×100 relay race. This one is a lot like the 4×400 relay race except each runner does 100 meters. So it’s a very fast race and certainly doesn’t take long to complete. In this relay race Josh’s team took 4th out of eight teams.

Needless to say Josh had an outstanding track meet last Saturday. Each time he gets better and he’s hoping to go to the Best of the Best in May. That meet is by invitation only and it’s an honor for those that are invited. It’s a great goal to set and one that Kevin and I pray Josh can achieve.

Yesterday I posted the cutest picture of our dogs. In the picture you’ll see two dogs. The larger one is Katy and she’s a Border Collie. The smaller one is Molly and she’s a Dachshund. Even though they are much different in type and size, they are best friends. They just love each other and show it all the time.

They play together, horse around, eat together, and as you can tell, they sleep together. They’re very entertaining and will keep you entertained for hours with the things they do.

Just in case you missed the picture, here it is again.

Cheesecake is a well-known dessert all over the world. In fact, you can easily find them included in the menu of restaurants and hotels. These heavenly-tasting cakes come in a wide variety of flavors that suits in anyone’s taste. There are many reasons why people love to eat these cakes over other kinds of desserts.

The first reason why people love cheesecake is attributable to its taste. This cake is very creamy and yummy that surely pleases the most discerning taste bud of a person. Moreover, this cake has evolved its recipes over the years since it was said to have first appeared during the first Olympic Games in Greece. The cake also adapted some local ingredients of the place it is baked. Hence, the taste of the cake varies between regions.

Moreover, the availability of flavors made lots of people want for more. Over the years, bakers add flavors to the filling making them extra yummy to the palate. They add flavors on the toppings or in the filling itself. The most popular flavors of fillings are chocolate and vanilla. Moreover, you can add glazing or flavored syrup. The most common syrups used are chocolate and cherry syrups.

Also, lots of people adore the way these cakes are presented. Most of the time, they serve as a canvass where a person can express his artistic side. This is made possible in decorating the cakes appropriately. Because they can be decorated in any way that you want, you can give them during special occasions. Couples love to eat them during Valentine’s Day. The cakes on that day can be decorated in a romantic manner including decorating them with red fruits such as strawberries and cherries. They can also be personalized by adding small marshmallows that are arranged in a way that it spells the name of your sweetheart.

Bakers love cheesecake because it is very easy to make. The ingredients that are used in making the cake can be found anywhere. There is nothing fancy in the ingredients. The ingredients include cookie crumbs, cheese cream, eggs, butter and other common baking ingredients. Moreover, the recipe can be very flexible if you opt to bake it on your own. You can adjust the sweetness of your own recipe or the creaminess that you want you can have additional cheese cream if you want. This makes bakers experiment on other ways to make this recipe tastier and creamier than before.

It’s the goofy and the funny things in life that make it worth it all. It’s been seven months since we last took the trailer to the lake. Needless to say we’re all having withdrawals. We want to get back out and either go to the lake or the mountain, but it’s still too cold. There is still snow on the ground on the mountain and the temperatures just aren’t warm enough to take it back out yet.

So we decided to help us make it through another month or so we’re going to have lunch in the trailer today. We need to go check on it anyway and we want to put the new mattress on the bed, so it’s the perfect time to go check it out. So we’re going to stop and get Blimpies and head on out to the place it’s stored at to see how it is.

While it won’t be the same, it will still be nice to go see it and sit inside it. Funny I know, but hopefully it will help us get through the next month or so. We’re hoping to take it out the first part of May, but it will depend on the lovely Wyoming weather. Hahaha!

I ran into some fun Halloween pictures that brought back some fun memories. I’m afraid my boys are getting to a point where it’s going to be a thing of the past for a while, so all I have is the pictures for now. I’m sure after a few years they’ll get back into it again, but that’s not for sure either. LOL I hope that’s not the case because there are so many fun Halloween Costumes available right now. There are the traditional costumes like clowns, jailbirds, and singers, but there are also some that are a lot more fun.

Check out these cute pictures I found while I was looking though some images on my computer the other day. They had such a good time coming up with these costumes and then going trick or treating that night. They came home with smiles on their faces and lots of candy in their bags.

My boys are big enough now to where they have to wear Adult Halloween Costumes now, which may or may not be a good thing. I’ve found a site that offers some fun costumes for them to consider. I found the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters, a purple grape costume that reminds me of the Fruit of the Loom guys LOL, and I found a Whoopie Cushion costume which are all costumes I think they’d be interested in, so needless to say when Halloween comes around again, we’ll be checking out this site for sure.

We all have things we enjoy in life. Things like the clothes we wear, the way we style our hair, and the foods we eat. Depending on what it is they may even represent who we are and what we enjoy. It’s those things that make other recognize us.

Making changes to those things is ok as long as the changes are good. It’s not good if you make changes so others will be happy or to show others we can be different. If you want to be happy in life, you must be happy with the way you look and feel.

When I was a teenager I loved flowers. I had shirts that had flowers all over them and I even had hats that I wore that either had flowers on them or they had a flower in the front. I got this style of clothing from a television show that was popular in the late 80’s and early 90’s. I loved the style and so I wore it whenever I could. That type of change is ok because it’s what I wanted and it made me happy.

Creating a style all of your own is important because it shows who you are. One way to create that style is to create foods you enjoy. Now I’ll tell you one of my most favorite meals is one that my husband makes from scratch. It’s homemade chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and country gravy. He makes the chicken fried steak from scratch and the mashed potatoes are real. He knows exactly how to create the seasons used on the chicken fried steak to make it perfect every time.

Another favorite that I have is deserts. I love icecream and cheesecake. Icecream can be bought at the store, but cheesecake is different. You can get a few flavors in the store, but not everything. More than likely the store won’t have a sampler, a strawberry, or a white chocolate. I go to Dairy Queen to get my favorite icecream, when I’m looking for a special cheesecake I go to Cheesecake.com.

The most important thing in life is to remember to do what you enjoy and create your style based on your needs and wants. Don’t do something for someone else. Don’t wear clothes to make others happy and when it comes to what you eat, you need to eat what you like and what you enjoy. Don’t live your life based on lies and based on others. Live your life the way you want. Live your life for YOU!

Josh starts track on Monday and I’m looking forward to it. He did it last year for the first time as a middle schooler and was getting his feet wet. He did a number of different field events, but his best event had to do with running.

Josh is tall and skinny and he’s built to run. Years ago when both the boys were in elementary school they would race to do the door and the majority of the time Josh would beat his brother. Now if you asked Chris he would say he let Josh win and sometimes I think that may have been true, but I also think because of Josh’s long legs he would have won anyway.

Josh does better with the longer races because he has a chance to get his thoughts together before it’s time to get started. He can do the shorter races like the 50 meter dash and the 100 meter dash, but the 400 meter dash and the 800 meter run are better. Last year he had a number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places to his name and the majority of those were from the longer races.

I’m looking forward to watching Josh run in the races and to see how much he’s learned and improved since last season. I know he’ll do better this year and I’m confident he’ll bring home more 1st place ribbons.

Go Josh!!