June 4:   Ruth's **th birthday

June 20:  Father's Day

June 21:  First Day of Summer

--Anyone trying to relieve boredom  

Fish Surprise!

By Ruth

I'm a gramma! yep! that's right! I GOT BABIES!!! my fish mated and ate all but two, which, when I discovered them and recovered myself from the shock of becoming a gramma, promptly removed them to a fishbowl in the kitchen. I got BABIES!!!!!I got BABIES!!!! I named them (much to the dismay of my children) drum roll here......Jared, and the brother of Jared. so therefore, we have realized that gillgalad is a female, and la Jolla and sally-mae are males! at least they weren't trying to kill gillgalad--as we had supposed before vacation.

The Sunburned Kids    By Roxi

"Travel like a billionaire"

By Reid

Ever wonder how bill gates and Warren Buffett travel? well lets go over how they can travel.

like they do, and then how you can travel like them. First of all both of them are a Celebrity in a way. Second they have a team of assistants making sure that there flight or cruise goes smoothly. Third, they are rich enough to be the first two things I mentioned.

Then again, who can afford that? not many but if your one of the few people that can then you should probably use Quintessentially, a London based business to help schedule tee times, getting tickets and even sending your clothes from one state to another so that you don't have to worry about forgetting anything at the hotel.

Second, wouldn't eating the same cheap airline peanuts and tasteless toast get on your nerves? well Skymeals knows how you feel. that's why they offer you meals that cost about 30 $ more then you would have to spend, but at least you wouldn't be up all night in the bathroom trying to keep those old peanuts down your throat. Skymeals provides excellent foods such as Center cut Tuna, and there are a lot more to choose from. they deliver to the airport or even your hotel!

In the last few years new companies are coming up all over, such as Skybridge Privet air, offering On-Demand flights and no fuel charges. and best of all no monthly fees so you don't have to worry about not getting your paycheck for another week and your Skybridge bill with the URGENT red stamp on it giving you 5 days to pay for it (but then again if you even have enough money to use Skybridge then you wouldn't have to worry about that anyways)

There are lots of ways to travel like a billionaire, just make sure you have enough money to do so.

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Summertime

By Rebecca 

When one usually thinks of summer they picture a pool filled with friends, a barbeque producing amazing smells, pitchers of ice cold lemonade, and a hammock swinging in the summer breeze.  This would be the ideal summer environment, but it is no more than a mirage if you live in the middle of a barren wasteland. Summer in the desert is not as pleasant.  The plastic wal-mart pool will only last until the blazing sun rots it out.  The barbeque is usually left unattended because it's too hot to be outside, resulting in charred food, and even then the bugs usually get to it before you have the chance.  Any lemonade made is usually poorly concocted from country time mix, and since the ice maker's broken, it's usually warm as well as weak.  Going outside is dangerous as well.  Not only is there a high risk of rattle snakes, but our freakishly white flesh takes only moments to fry in the blistering sun.  And so we desert dwellers usually  stay indoors during the summer months.  This proves to be a boring activity.  TV provides reruns for the adults, and mind-sucking programs for the kids.  Computer games can only entertain for so long, and the only thing to do is nothing at all.  When we get really adventurous and go out into the world of summer tans, our blinding white skin makes us stand out like a sore thumb (whatever that means).  Oh we just love summertime here in the desert.

Personal Achievements of the Month

Rebecca has taken on the adventure of tutoring Reid and Rachel through the summer.  In her free time she sits around being bored and making this website.

Roxanna lived through her sunburn experience.  Poor Roxi was burned so badly that she turned yellow.  She is now a believer in maximum sunscreen protection.