August Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello. How are you. This month was great. We built the pergola in our backyard this month. We didn't help as much on this one as we did on Sam's play place but we still helped where we could. It's a nice addition to our yard. 

We went to Beaver again this month. We went with the Dewey's and we stayed in a nice cabin. We went fishing a lot while we were down there and we went on some awesome four wheeler rides. We went up to an overlook that we always go up to whenever we are on a trip down in Beaver. We also went fishing pretty much every night and some mornings. It was a nice trip and I'm glad that we went down there. 

We did most of the work on the play place during July but this month we added all the finishing touches to it. Ben made a pirate's wheel that he mounted to the third platform and we got a pirates flag to go next to the wheel. Ben also put a large canvas cover over the table on the second platform so when kids are out there eating or sitting at the table they can have some shade. 

School started up this month and I'm a senior now. My classes are awesome and now that I have most of the required classes done I can take fun classes now. I have one required class and that is animal science because I needed another science credit but even that class is a lot of fun. I'm taking Japanese which is a super fun class, I'm also taking guitar and a bunch of cool history classes. I'm really enjoying this school year so far. I hang out a lot more with my friends now that school has started which is kind of weird considering the fact we had more time during the summer. I love going to football games and seeing all of my friends there as well. I hope you all have a great end of summer and are ready for fall.

Bye. 

Love, Eric James Barnhisel

July Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello, how are you? This month was great. While me birthday was last month, we celebrated my birthday at the beginning of July. We went to top golf down in Murray and it was really fun. It was my first time going and even though I don't golf I still had a fun time there. We got some really good food there as well.

I went to Beaver for a family reunion/camping trip. It was really fun down there. We went rock climbing one of the days which was awesome and we went four wheeling a lot. It was super dusty which was like the only downside and it got a bit cold at nights. It was great to be able to see a lot of my family on my dad's side and be able to spend time with them. 

We went up to Washington for our big vacation this summer. Washington is like my favorite place on Earth so I had a great time up there. We went to Mount Rainier which was amazing. Last time I was at Mount Rainier it was really cloudy and foggy but this time there were clear skies so I got to actually see the Mountain. The landscape was incredible and it is definitely a place that I want to go back to many times.  

We went to Seattle while we were in Washington as well. It was really cool to experience a new place and I'm glad that we went. We went to see Pike's place market and got to see all the fun things there like the fish throwing and the gum wall. We went on a big Ferris wheel and got to see the city from up high which was awesome. We went to Chinatown which sadly was pretty run down. I think if things in Chinatown were spruced up a bit, it would be a great tourist destination and a cool place to go visit. 

We stayed on the beach for part of our Washington trip. We had a nice little beach house that we stayed at that was about a 2 minute walk to the beach. We tried to swim in the water but it was pretty cold due to being further up north. We went and visited Gray's harbor which was cool because we visited it as well on our last trip up to Washington. I'm glad that we got to go to the beach because I love beaches.

We went to a rainforest on our trip as well and that was awesome. Makes me wish that Utah got more rain because the vegetation there was crazy. It was like being in a jungle and the cool mist in the rainforest was so nice. I would love to live in a rainforest when I'm older because they are awesome.  

We spent part of our summer building a play place for Sam and his friends in our backyard. It was hard work sometimes but we got to learn a lot from the building process which is good to know. It is sweet now that it's done and I hope Sam and his friends make a lot of good memories on it. 

I'm back in school now which is fun. I'm a senior so I hope this year is going to great. I love to hang out with my friends and we hang out most nights now that school is back in. I hope you all have a great summer. Bye.

Love, Eric James Barnhisel