hi

Hi guys thank you so much for reading my blog. :) god bless you guys. Emily

fracking is it good or bad?

 My Friend Zoe and I  wrought this document  on fracking  tell me what your thoughts are.  Here it is  

Dear people who live in the meadows,

“Fracking. Is it good or bad?” Fracking isn’t just bad for the environment it’s bad for your health. Some people get muscle spasms, cancer, coughing and in some cases dying.     

Fracking releases natural gas into the air and our drinking water. Because of this people can’t go outside for more than ten minutes to play in their own back yard.

“Do you want to know what happens to our water?” Well I’ll tell you. Every three and a half days oil or gas comes up to our surface water. In the mountains of Colorado, the water is actually flammable. You don’t want that to happen in the Meadows because the town of Castle Rock is thinking of drilling in the Meadows by our homes without us even giving us a say.

Imagine your family, your kids, YOU, getting sick, having muscle spasms, getting cancer, or even dying just because people are fracking for their own good, they think they know everything thats going to happen (nothing) but then they will regret it when they get diseases or when some of their family members DIE.  We are also speaking for ourselves because we don’t want anything to happen to our families. “ What  will happen to our animals?” Think about your animals, your cats, your dogs, your hamsters and guinea pigs, your birds and even your fish and reptiles.  They are all in danger because of fracking. Think that if you’re a person that fracks and you decide to drill near your home and you kid’s pet dies because of natural gas in the air he/she will be really mad and that will endanger your relationship with him/her and then your wife/husband will try to help and that will turn into a disaster. We both have pets and we love love them. Please don’t wreck our lives because you kill our animals.

Castle rock is voted one of the best places to live in the country. We don’t want to ruin that do we? If we frack here it will make Castle Rock look junky. Also fracking companies use 65 different types of chemicals just to run the machines it gets in our water and they don’t tell us so our water gets polluted.

The animals we love:

Zoe- 2 cats, Pirate and Jack.

Emily-1 dog Lady    Hi. I’m Emily and a few years ago my baby brother got very sick and died. Now I have another baby brother and I don’t want to go through that hard experience again. I live in the Meadows. Please don’t frack here near my home.

Hi. I’m Zoe and I’ve had pets and family members die. I really care about my cats and my family and I don’t want them to frack here. I don’t live in the Meadows yet but soon I will, so please don’t frack here.     We got our information from you tube videos on fracking and natural gas we also got our info from our teacher.  And the internet.

Here are the companies that have permission to drill in Douglas CO.

Chesapeake Exploration: 103

Meredith Land & Minerals: 55

Great Western Oil & Gas: 16

Total for Douglas County: 214    

                                    Written by, Zoe Maurice-Snider and Emily Graves

my week

Last week I went to camp and it was awesome!

We went rock climbing and zip lining and we did a ropes course and we did a really, really long back packing trip.  We drank from a stream.  We slept in tents that we had to set up ourselves.

I fell and hurt my elbow but I'm okay.  I got right back up and rock climbed.  The first morning I lost my voice so I can't talk.  I had a lot of fun with my friends!

I am going to a birthday party now so I have to go.  I'd like to say happy b-day to Makenna she is 11!!!!!!!!!!!!! So thats about all.  Have a good weekend.


                                                            BYE

The Dominican Republic

Hi people I am so sorry I have not posted in like forever. I am 10 now.  I just had my b-day on 7/11.  Tomorrow I am going on a camping trip with my class for 3 nights and 4 days.  I am so excited!  Wish me luck, and please pray for me and my family.  

Here is a story I wrote for school.  I hope you will lol :)  If you want, you can comment ( hint hint )

The Time I Went to
the Dominican Republic  

We said goodbye to my mom as we hopped on the plane to the Dominican Republic.

When we arrived at the Dominican Republic it was amazing! Then we drove to the house.

“Wow.” I said. I looked  around me. "This is amazing!” The first thing I saw was a river. “Hi.” my dad said to his friend when he saw him. I went out exploring in their back yard.
“Come over here” my dad said.

“I‘m coming.” He showed us the  guest room. It was amazing. There was a stone shower outside... and how awesome is that? The first thing I saw in the bedroom was a bed. Behind the other house was a pool and I thought to myself, "how cool is that?"

The next day we went to my dad's project because he works with Compassion International.

The project it so cool. The kids there were so cute. There was even a school. 

Then  we went to someones house. It is amazing how much we have and how little they do. They only have three rooms, a bedroom, a kitchen, and family room.  And seven people live in that house. At the house I was playing with the little boy who lived there and all of a sudden I felt something wet on my foot. I looked  down...there was pee on my foot. Apparently he wasn’t potty trained!

After the house we went to the church and all the kids there were so cute. (baby cute.) Later we gave some kids candy and a girl shared  an amazing story about how people made fun of her because her spine was crooked. She got a surgery where they put screws in her back so she could stand up straight. She was really happy she had the opportunity to have the surgery. Later she fell in love and got married.

The boy who pee'd on my foot.

The room where my daddy and I stayed.

The family who lived in the house where we visited.

Later on in the week, we went snorkeling. We went on a boat and it was a very bumpy boat ride.  When we got to the island, it started pouring. The water was crystal clear and you could see everything. The fish swam around and around like a Merry-Go-Round. The coral was beautiful. I also held a starfish. The starfish was red and felt rough.

The next day we woke up at 4 in the morning and hopped on a plane and flew all the way from the Dominican Republic back to Denver.

                                                      The End

My gramma and grampa moved here a month and a half ago from Arizona. It's really cool having them live here. Now I just need to get my other Nana out here.

My brother is 5 months old now.

My favorite babysitter, Claire, came to visit me. She goes to college in Boston. I miss her. She is so fun! She brought me and my brothers Christmas ornaments.

My mom's little girl that she used to nanny moved here to stay with us for 2 weeks. Her name is Elisa. I like her. She's nice. Here is her blog.

My Dad and I just went to Washington, DC. It was super duper fun! We went to the Smithsonian. We saw the "Hope" diamond. I think it was kind of puny. My dad thought it was big. In the Smithsonian there were butterflies in this one room and you get to go inside and they, like, fly on you.

Um, and we saw the Washington Monument. We went to the top. Half of it is white and half is yellow.

We saw the White House. There was a fountain in the back.

We also saw the Lincoln Memorial.

We swam at our hotel.

And, that's what I did in Washington.

My dad had some work for Compassion International in Washington, DC, so I went along with him. We went to this one church and I ate a bunch of cream puffs. The whole church sponsored the moms and babies in my dad's program.

My mom and Ryan stayed home. I don't really know what they did.

That's it.

Bye.

Arrrrrr Matey!

A few days ago was Halloween.

Did you get lots of candy?

What were you for Halloween?

I was a pirate.

I got like, at least 5 lbs of candy.

How much did you guys get?

I donated half of my candy to the gingerbread house my mom and I are making soon. You'll have to come back and see what we're doing this year.

Christmas is my favorite holiday. What is yours?

I wanted a red-headed wig so badly. I couldn't stop thinking about it. My mom bought me a wig. And guess what?! It was itchy and hot! It was fun! My Auntie Tonja went Trick or Treating with me. So did my mom and dad and baby brother. He was a bear. We also went to a party down the street at my friend's house. They had spider webs on their house. I asked my mom and dad if we could have spider webs but they just like pumpkins for Halloween decorations. My mom hates spiders.

That's all.

BABY

Oh, did I mention that my mom had a baby 4 weeks ago. His name is Ryan. He's really cute. He makes the funniest facial expressions.

This girl sent us a picture of him yawning. She sent it as a joke, he's the one who keeps you up at night.

Sometimes when he cries he gives us "the lip". He has a really cute outfit that has a dog on the buns.

He has brown hair and blue eyes. He looks like me except I have blonde hair (well really light brown).

Did I tell you I got a baby puppy named lady. She is 6 months old. She's black and has brown eyes. She weighs only 4 pounds.

And I'm also doing home-school. It's really fun.

BYE!