Emily Kruse

I am currently very bored…….. I just got home frrom a home track meet. I got 10.3 in long jump. The top score was 11.9 and the bottem was 6.8 so i was around the top half. Our relay team in the 4×2 did ok. We got 2nd to last. We were against 8th graders too though. So we did all right. Anyway…………… I’m watching The Voice….. Best show ever………. except I like American Idol better this year………. sooooo yeah………………… Again really random but I ate a bean and salsa taco for dinner. I’m going insane. I’m watching a commercial about a guy getting al you can eat pancakes at Steak&Shake. I dont like Steak&Shake. But their shakes are good. The fries are to small. One Direction is a fantastical group!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love their songs! I am soooooooooooooooooooooooo bored. Its not even describable how bored I am. Poor Jurnie!!! She messed up her ankle and now shes on crutches!!!:’( Random list of smileys:

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I’ve been in Dauphin Island, AL for about 6 days!!! Today is our last day so I’m pretty sad but I do miss my doggies!! So far we’ve done tons of fun stuff. We’ve been on the beach non-stop and we also spent a couple days in Gulf Shores with the Hinde and Wainwright families. We flew kites, went on a dolphin tour, played games, and went to a public beach.
Our house being super small(a kitchen,a bathroom, living room and 2 bedrooms- only 1000 square feet!) we are on the beach constantly! The ocean comes right up under our house. Our house is on stilts so we can walk right under it. The ocean is awesome for buggie boarding and hopping waves. I’ve got a pretty bad sunburn too, unfortunately. The shells are EVERYWHERE. We’ve found big small and everything in between. We went to a public beach too. It was pretty much the same as the beach in front of our house but it was cool because me and my mom walked all the way down to the end of the island. There was a huge sandbar and I saw a huge crab! It had a blue shell and bright red claws. I told my mom to come and look at it but by the time she came over it had disappeared right into the sand! He was pretty cool. We’ve also seen a bunch of sand crabs. They are the cutest thing EVER.
On Tuesday we went over to Gulf Shores to see The Hinde’s and Wainwrights. There was sooooo many kids at that house!!! There was Emma, Carter and Owen in the Wainwrights and Jurnie, Cale, Eli, and Marina in the Hinde’s. Then add in Me and Ava! Jurnie, Carter and I were hopping HUGE waves. So huge that the beach patrol came and put up red flags meaning that you need to be extremely careful. Wednesday we went to a restaurant called Lulu’s. That was the coolest restaurant EVER. They had a HUGE climbing wall. It had a plank that you could walk on that stuck out over the edge. It was terrifyingly amazing. You could make sandcastles, play sand volleyball, hula-hoop, play bean bags and listen to live music!!! I got the BEST burrito EVER. It ws Ken Wainwright’s birthday so we got the live music guy to sing happy birthday to Ken. It was someone elses birthday to and when they were done singing to that person, Carter was waving hi to the guy and……….
The Guy: Hey you in the red, Whats your name?
Carter: Carter
The Guy: Hunter? Oh Carter
Carter: Yeah
The Guy: Is it your birthday too?
Carter: ummmm Yeah!(just to be clear, It was NOT his birthday)
The Guy: Ok everyone, Lets sing Happy birthday to Carter!!
All the kids, including Carter could not stop laughing the entire song. It was the funniest thing EVER. That guy is my new favorite singer. lololololololololol just kidding.
We also went on a dolphin tour. It was super cool. The dolphins were everywhere. They were even jumping in the wake of the boat!!! It was the first time I’d ever seen a wild dolphin. While we were sitting on the boat, a ton of water came off the roof of the boat and drenched Carter and Marina. That was super funny too.
We also flew kites yesterday. It was kind of a fail. I was reeling in the puppy kite and accidentally let go. It flew and luckily caught on the neighbors roof. ooooops. My dad coincidentally found a board with a nail at perfect angle to get the kite down. Lucky save!
I’m really sad that today is our last day but i sure do miss my bed, my pets, and my friends!!!!!!!!!

Today we got a day off from school. I don’t actually know why….. Anyways I’ve been really busy lately. Track started, quiz bowl started, soccer is starting in April, I have volleyball regional’s this weekend, and my family is going to Alabama next weekend for spring break!!!
Track started on Monday. We have run A LOT. We run about probably 3 400’s(one lap) 4 200’s(half a lap) 2 800’s(2 laps) 3 100’s(half of half a lap) and yeahhhh. That is a lot of running. I do enjoy it though. I is good conditioning for soccer, volleyball and softball. And we have practice every night!
Quiz bowl started a few weeks ago. I like it alot. Some of the questions are REALLY hard though. x5%+6over9+8=5*kto the fourth power???? that’s not a real question but that’s what they sound like to me!!!! I answer quite a bit of questions though. It’s fun to just hang around with my friends too.
Soccer is starting in April. That is really all I have to say about that…….:0
Volleyball regional’s are this weekend!!!! Im sooooo excited!! Our team is ranked about 4th out of like 30. I LOVE volleyball. Our team is pretty good. We’ve won 3 tournaments, and got 2nd in one. my number is #21. #1 is Payton, #2 is Delaney, #8 is Bri, #10 is Hannah, #12 is Josie, #19 is Cara, #20 is Grace, #21 is Me!!, and #47 is Mac. We have practice usually on Fridays But last week we had one on Thursday and Friday. This week we have one today and Thursday. Today we are decorating posters for our hotel doors in Des Moine. We are also puffy painting t-shirts.
Next week we are going to Alabama!!!! We are going to Dauphin Island. It is and Island right off the coast. I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are going on a dolphin tour and shelling!!! Our house is on stilts so during high tide, the water rushes under the house!!!!! I will definitely post about that but if I do forget, my mom won’t on her blog
http://www.krusezoo.com/
I got straight A’s again!!! This time with no A-’s!!!!!! So yeah!
I bought a 55 gallon fish tank with my own money about 8 weeks ago. It is done cycling and now I am picking out and stocking my tank. I started with 6 brilliant rasbora’s, then got a mated pair of orange sail-fin mollies, Then I got 6 gold barbs( I do NOT recommend these, they nip and terrorize my other fish, even though Aquatic Environments told me the were peaceful.), then I got 2 powder blue dwarf gouramis, and 2 German blue rams. Unfortunately, The filter that came with the tank was terrible and caused another ammonia spike.. We lost our two most fragile fish, the rams:(. We also lost one gourami due to stress:(:(. But luckily we were taking the ram back to the fish store to ask for a refund(this was in 48 hours, and the fish was like 15$ so why not?) and Aquatic Environments told us about our bad filter. They set us up with a bio-wheel filter that is quieter, and more efficient than the other one. The reason I got the tank is because(man, I feel stupid saying this) we went to walmart, got a 3 gallon tank, 2 puffer fish, and a common pleco. We did not know that puffer fish were one of the most advanced fish you can buy. We also did not know that they needed a heater. We also did not know that the needed more than a 3 gallon tank. We also did not know that a pleco can grow up to 18 inches long. Saying so you can tell we didn’t know ANYTHING. So after a while we got a 10 gallon tank. We just poured in tap water and put safety tabs in thinking that was safe. We went and got 2 banded gouramis and 6 neon tetras. We did not know anything about the nitrite cycle. So they obviously died. So we actually looked up why our fish were dying and then we felt pretty stupid. So about 15 fish and 3 months later we got our facts straight and are currently not killing any fish.
I have to go to volleyball now!!!! hahahahha

I recently got a fish tank and i am having a hard time keeping it living. I only have 3 living fish right now. I also have 3 mystery snails. I’ve had 12 fish die. i had a couple with an explained death, one of my banded gourami( fin rot disease) and my 2 puffer fish, who I had no idea were difficult fish so we didn’t have a heater. Now we have a heater and our alkalinity is high but not dangerous. I have one guppy and a neon tetra, and a pleco. I love my fishies but i can’t seem to not kill them. The pleco has been through a 50 degree, 3 gallon tank, and 1 gallon beta tank and a 10 gallon tank and he’s lived the longest. His name is Speedy. Our beta(Drew) has lived as long as Speedy. The beta tank has no problem at all! I’ve had 2 banded gouamis, 7 neon tetras, 3 snails, 3 guppys, and my pleco. I hope i can get my fish tank all situated soon!!

The other day Me and my friends went to a haunted house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was awesome!!!! It was Jurnie Jordan Emily Haley Deonna and Me. In the beginning we were so scared we wouldnt go in! i <3ed it!!!!!!!!

This summer has just been AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve had sooooo much fun! We have done soooooo many things. Yesterday was Ava’s birthday, she’s 2!! She got alot of presents and we all had tons of fun. We went swimming and saw lots of friends and family. I just had my friend Allison spend the night. We had alot of fun. Only 12 day till camp starts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m really really excited!

I had two softball games tonight. We lost(no surprise there). I have softball every Tuesday, Thursday, and almost every weekend. I admit that its harder than the other leagues I’ve played in, and I also admit that our team had not won any games this season. I mean, i love ASA but losing every single game gets kinda old. Its really hard to sit there in center field and watch the pitcher walk 12 runners. Or sitting in center field watching the runners steal and steal- over and over. I try really hard to try and help us win. This last game I caught 4 pop-flies, and i got on base 3 times. The first time i got on base i was walked, the second time i got a dead ball(you get hit) right in the leg. the third time I got another dead ball, again right in the leg. We have a tournament this weekend, I hope we can win, or tie, or at least got more than 3 runs.
I have basketball camp this whole week. Basketball is sooooo fun. we learned different pass and cut drills, and a bunch of stuff like that. We play a lot of games. I won knock out 1 time, and i got 2nd in dribble knockout. I got 2nd in a confusing game that i dont know the name of.
We get Popsicles after every day of camp. Only 4 of my friends signed up, Grace, Allison, Deonna, and Gracie.
I have volleyball camp next weekend. I am really excited. I kinda new to volleyball and i am trying to get better. Camps like this teach me alot of new things. Volleyball is really fun when your not playing with the 5th grade boys at field day.

Its been really sad lately. I cannot believe that Kevin would be 5. Today, 3 years ago, was the worst day of my life, but I remember it like it was yesterday.
My dad woke me up at like 3 in the morning and he said “Em, you have to go over to Noah’s house today. You don’t have to go to school”
I had no idea what was going on. I was only 8. I had never seen my dad drive down that road so fast before. I was so worried, yet happy because I didn’t go to school. I didn’t fall asleep at Noah’s. At around 9:00 Jeni drove me down to my aunt Joanna’s. I loved playing games at Joanna’s so I was excited to play my favorite game, injured animal. We played injured animal for hours and hours. I was having so much fun. Then my parents walked in. I was wondering why they looked like they had been crying. I wondered where Kevin was. I knew he was in the hospital because he was sick as my parents had told my when he was checked in to the hospital, but I knew that either mom or dad stayed with him. They took Joanna and Brent outside. When they came in they were all bawling. I was scared. They told me to sit down on the couch. I was sitting with my mom on my right and my dad on my left. They said “Emily, when Kevin was at the hospital, he got really really sick. They did everything they could, and…and…he died. I was so shocked, I started bawling. My mom was crying. She was fingering through my hair. Everyone was crying. Everyone was sooooo sad. We decided to go on a walk, and try to fee better. We stopped crying for awhile and thought about Kevin and all then fun things we did. That day was horrible. Every day we think of him, and all the fun things we did.

My parents are getting a new bed today!!!!! Wondering why im sooooo excited??? I get their old QUEEN BED!!!! Im sooooo excited!!!!

tonight me and my dad and my sister and my friend Allison randomly decided to go to jungle bungle it was fun.