Well, folks, here's my first journal post. To my various friends who I promised to write stories, I'm sorry that I haven't done them yet. I'll be working on them in college once I'm all settled in. Now for the actual news. As I've told many of you, My big bro. was getting married. The wedding took place last week and boy was it great. The trip down south wasn't much fun though, oy my butt still gets sore every time I think of it. LOL! So yeah, we drove a solid 16 hours to our first rest stop and then 6 more to reach the house of my sister in law to be. Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that this was going to be the first time that any of us even met her? Well, Alli turned out to be an awesome girl. Her parents were the nicest people you've ever met. Alli herself had only just turned 18, but she was really mature and she and my big bro looked perfect together. So the first few days we just got to know the new branch of the family. Alli was the only girl in the house aside from her mother. She had two older brothers and two younger. Mark, the second oldest, was huuuuuuuge! I mean he must have been at least six foot 3. But he was also really cool. Josh and Jacob, the two younger brothers were lots of fun to hang around and talk to. Jacob is a little weird, but in a good way. He reminds me of a good friend I had in school. Josh is closer to my age and we talked most of the time away, but we also got to enjoy the classic game of apples to apples, and come on, who doesn't love that game? A couple of days later, Greg, the oldest boy in the family arrived. He was pretty cool too. Overall, I think that they'll make a great addition to the family. The one thing I regret is that we weren't able to set off any fireworks T.T . It's illegal to do it in New York, but not in Arkansas. I wasn't able to witness the actual wedding because I haven't taken out my endowments yet. It's a religious thing. But the wedding reception was awesome. I'd say the funniest thing was when the bride's bouquet was thrown. None of the girls wanted it, so my little sister caught it. The funny thing is that she's only 11. There was a video that was played showing pictures from the lives of the bride and groom in a slide show leading up to the wedding. There was also a video that was totally wicked. I'll have to see if it's possible to post it on line, but I doubt it. After that, we basically mingled with everyone who was invited there and then left. After that, I slept over one more night with the new family branch and then moved in with my grandparents at their hotel for the next couple of days before moving out here to California. I'll be leaving for college in a couple more days and then it's nothing but work for me, and maybe a little pleasure here on the fa. We did a little sight seeing too, but I think I'll save that for another journal. Till then, Ciao