Update

So I just wanted to say, the blog about my summer will be delayed much longer than expected and I will have another post in a few days. 

My Short Summer Story

So I was thinking of a blog and I decided to use Microsoft Word to write a story about how my summer went and the things I learned. I will be working on this for the next week or so and then I will upload it to my blog. I thought you peoples would be interested. Also we (my family and myself) are heading up to the lake house this weekend for Labor Day! As of today it will have been three years since I skied around the lake. Who knows...something might happen this weekend...Papa Baker...

The Seals will be there too!

UPBC-JV 2015 Part 2

Now for part two. You all probably have plenty of questions and I will answer the ones that are most likely to happen. So. Here we go.

1. Did you have 1 or two hobo breakfasts?

I had one.

2. How many showers did you take?

I took thirteen. One day I could not because I woke up late and during free time I and three others won the ultimate frisbee tournament which left us with no time before chapel. After chapel there was not time for a shower.

3. Did you make any new friends?

Yes.

4. How many day trips did you go on and where were they to?

We took two day trips. The first one was to Sugarloaf Mountain and the beach. The second was to Au Train beach.

5. Who were the speakers?

The morning speaker for the first week was Zach Mundy. The evening was Dean Johnson. The morning speaker for the second week was Dan Dominguez. The evening speaker was Aaron Paul.

Ok I'm out of predictable questions now. Comment to ask yours! Megan is currently at Girls Camp. I am going to Isle Royale national park during the week of Boys Camp, where Ryan will be a Junior Counselor. In case you don't know, Isle Royale is a relatively large island about 50 miles into Lake Superior. Thanks for reading.

-Cavan

UPBC-JV 2015 Part 1

Almost 7 months...I have been very inactive. I am so sorry. Anyway! It was my first time at JV (Junior Varsity) Camp and it was awesome. It was two weeks long instead of one like most of the other camps UPBC runs. I was in a cabin with a great counselor and 4 of my closest friends. The first week for activities I chose riflery and the challenge course. I have done both plenty of times before but, hey, why not do them again? The second week I chose riflery and rocketry. Out of the 111 campers and numerous counselors, we were all split into 10 teams. And yes, JV camp is co-ed. I would like to humbly say that my team took home the championship over the two weeks. Ryan's team placed 3rd. The challenges were hard but fun most of the time and for some reason we won about 95% of the things we participated in. My team's skit was...funny. Everyone else's was funny. Ryan's team by far had the best one. Anyway, it is late at night. I will post more about this later. Papa Baker, I know you smiled when you saw I posted.

-The Most Honorable, Funny, Athletic, and Smart Cavan Baker at your service. 

Swimming

I haven't posted about one of my meets for a long time, in fact not even this season. So the season is actually coming to a close, as I have three weeks left of swimming. I have one more meet, I think. Anyway, I want to say that it has been a great season overall and I set plenty of new times. I want to thank my parents for allowing me to swim, especially Mom for driving me to my meets. And Papa Baker, because he took me to one. I want to thank everybody in general for cheering me on and constantly asking how swimming is going. I plan to swim for many more years, and possibly go to the Olympics. Now I know that every sport-player or competition racer says this. A lot don't make it. But I'm serious. I'm not just saying it because the Olympics would be cool. I'm saying it because this is something I am passionate about and I need to go to the Olympics. I will stop at nothing to get there. Anyway, here's just some answers to questions I usually get asked:

My best (but possibly not my favorite) stroke is butterfly. I think.

My best 50 freestyle time is about 31 seconds. 

I can and always do flip turns so long as it's possible. 

My goggles do not fall off a lot. They used to. For some reason they don't get foggy and I don't know how to prevent that. Sorry. 

I can swim across a 25-yard pool without a breath. 

Diving is easy for me. 

So those are just some questions people ask me. Over the three years I have been a swimmer, it has become second nature to me. I can easily maneuver underwater without fins (flippers) or a snorkel. My eyes are less sensitive to chlorine now so they don't sting much when the water touches them without goggles on. 

I hope this blog was informative and fun to read! Sorry I haven't blogged much recently and I hope that's ok. 

Rubiks Cube

Well, in my 2014 summary I mentioned that I was into Rubik's cubes. So I would like to blog about that. Oh and in 2014 swimming was AWESOME!!! I set plenty of new times and had a ton of fun, especially because now I'm in a much higher training group than before. Anyway, I have an interest in cubes now and I expect to keep it. I own and know how to solve the following puzzles: 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, and the 3x3 Void. Now the Void may confuse you. It is the same as a 3x3, except that it has no centers. The centers on a cube mark the color of that side and cannot change positions. The Void, with no centers, is harder because you don't know what side to build your colors on, and results in a very hard solve. With the 4x4 and 5x5, you have to build the centers out of center pieces, and then build your edges, while on the 3x3, that's already done for you. If you would like to see me solve these puzzles, I have videos on my YouTube channel (CubeTuber) where you can watch me solve them in time-lapse or real time. I encourage you to subscribe to that channel.

Anyway, teaching myself how to solve these cubes and finding out speed tricks for them has taken a lot of time, but it pays off and they are really fun to solve.

2014 Summary

So. 2014. I have started to blog less but at least I keep it going. Anyway 2014 started out great as far as I can remember. (Hey I am trying to remember what happened over 365 days ago.) Ryan had his snow-shoveling business rolling and made plenty of money. I don't remember if we went to fish lake or not when the snow was still out. We have simply been there so many times I can't remember. Anyway the next thing I remember was June. We had two birthdays to celebrate, Ryan and Riley, and so it ended up being a busy month even though it was summer break. I do remember counting the weeks until school. Next was July. We had been to fish lake by now and were up there again. The Seals and Grandma and Papa Baker all went to Europe. They'd been there once but I think that was for vacation and this trip was church-related maybe. Anyway they were there for a month and well I wanted to go to Mexico so I could finally get out of the U.S. for once. August was awesome cause we went to Family Camp at UPBC. Oh I meant to say that we went to camp during July and had a lot of fun! Anyway right before Family Camp I got into magic tricks and continued it through October. I kinda slowed down on it but I still know some of my tricks and still think it's fun, but I'm just not too big on it anymore. Anyway November was cool. We went to Livonia for Thanksgiving and had a good time. December turned out great, and Christmas was awesome. Now I'm into Rubiks Cubes and do snow-shoveling with Ryan. I make plenty of money and all is going well.