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Welcome to the Jungle

I survived! Nathan and Eli didn't kill me!!!

The jungle was really fun. On Friday we went white water rafting on a Class 3 river. So much fun. The third rapid was the best. The guide says people usually flip over on that one, but we didn't. We stopped a couple times along the way - once to take a break and once to eat lunch. When we were rafting, in between rapids, we could get out and swim alongside the boat. And towards the end we got to do a rodeo. Meaning we could take turns sitting at the front of the boat while we went through the rapids! That was my favorite part. It was so cool! I don't even know how to describe it. It was totally exhilarating though. Super exciting.

Every time I hang out with Nathan and Eli, I manage to get wet. Somehow we always start to have a water fight of some sort. ALWAYS. And I nearly always get super soaked. I can never just get a little water on me. I get soaked. SOAKED. Fun fun. XD

We went to the sunrise service this morning. That was neat. We had the service outside. Then we had breakfast. And then we had an Easter egg hunt! That was so awesome! Kinder Joys are so good. Hehe, after that we were just hanging out and playing with nerf guns (without any bullets). I had just been pretending to shoot Nathan. Eli, Becca and Zachary were all laying around the living room resting. I shot Nate and he fell over. Just then one of the ladies walked in and there was four people laying around, with me sitting there holding the gun. She had the funniest look on her face. XD

I was kind of sad about missing Easter at home this year because we always do a treasure hunt. I really don't even care about the present at the end, I just like following the clues around. So I wasn't expecting to get that this year. Until after lunch I went into the bathroom and almost completely missed the clue. I looked up and saw my name on this piece of paper and thought, "What the hey?" I was super excited! And I got pretty much the best present ever too! A super cool Disney Princess coloring thing that you can wipe off and recolor. It's pretty fantastic.

So, that was my Easter weekend. Pretty sweet stuff.

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