Thursday, July 27, 2006

Believe it or not, you really can read it!

Don't try to think, just read as fast as you can. This is one time that phonics won't work.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmeal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

Hahaha, I found this the other day and liked it alot so here ya go...enjoy!

-Shan,M

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Oh say can you see...





Here's just a taste of the Pilegaards' 4th of July Part. If anyone want's a full copy of all 235 shots that we took, just email me.
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The first three are pics of the waterballon toss. The winners are Eric Pilly and Anja Longenecker as the first pair and Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Harter as the tying second pair. The last shot is of the carry-the-water-from-one-pail-to-another-with-just-a-sponge game, of which the winner is unknown to me.
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Here's some great shots of the cherry pit spitting contenders in action. And guess who's the champion of this game. Me!
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Here's some pics of the hula-hooping contest, which Steven Carrey won, beating last year's champion, Lauren Burns.
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As you can see, Mr. Harkins won the large watermelon-eating contest...
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...and Julia won the small watermelon-eating contest.
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Above are some of the bubble-blowing contest. I don't know what was with me but I sucked at that game hard core!
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The first three are pics of the bring-the-greased-watermelon-to-your-opponents'-side activity. The last is one of a race. Posted by Picasa



Here's some "swing-time" pics.
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Here's some pics of when things began to quiet down as everyone was getting ready to say goodbye. Well, maybe not Charlie. Posted by Picasa
All right, so that party was a monster blast; great food, great games and activities, great dj and MC (Mr. Maher), great hosts and hostesses, great even just chillin', great fun, great party. But it wasn't the real party that probably everyone was expecting, for the Cranes grandfather went to the hospital and their mom got sick. So let's pray for them both.

Monday, July 03, 2006

Happy 4th of July



Alright well this past week I went to my brother's "Promotion" and he was so cute! He did an awesome job with his speech (lol well with just a little bit of help from my dad). Well on the way down to his school my dad and I saw a head of a moose in the back of a truck. It was just one of thoughs things that you just don't see everyday. Ok well last weekend my grandparents had their 40th wedding anniversary. So all the parents went out to San Fran while all the grand-kids hung out at tyler's...New house, and had a lot of fun. Now Tyler is here with us for the week hangin out here until we want him to leave. On Friday when the Youth Group went to SF we went to the beach and I caught a con-artist trying to act a fake injury. The lady said that this dog owner's dog ran into her but the dog wasn't even near her and I saw the whole thing, so the police came and paramedic and I had to give a statement and tell everyone what happened...A lot. So I might get a call from the police sometime this week and maybe go to court if that lady prosecutes (yip) :-. Alright hopefully this posy will do for now. Oh and Happy 4th of July just in case I don't see any of you tomorrow.

Peace from Sactown,
Shan,M