Hiking with Hazel

My name is Hazel and it's my turn to post my adventures! My adventure involves me and my best friend, Temperance.

 

 Tempe and I have known each other since the 3rd grade. We each have a big family with lots of older siblings. She has two older brothers and two older sisters. Besides her (she's 11), the youngest is eighteen. Tempe was adopted as a baby. Her dad is a psychiatrist and her mom owns a chain of craft stores. As for my family, I'm the youngest of seven. The closest in age is my brother, Zane, he's 15.

Tempe and I bonded over the fact that we feel left out in our families. We don't have a special sibling close to our age. In Tempe's case, everyone was grown before she was even adopted. Zane was nearly in Kindergarten by the time I came along and my oldest brother, Nash, was nearly done with highschool!

But you know what is awesome about having lots of older siblings? They take you to cool places! We wouldn't have gotten to go hiking without them. Tempe's oldest brother is already married and has a baby, but since his wife and baby were visiting her parent's, he took us along with my brother, Joss.

It was so nice to be up in the mountains! And to be away from chores! I live on a ranch. Although my brothers do most of the work (another perk of them), I have to take care of my own cow and all the chickens. Tempe is the lucky, spoiled baby in the family.

After we did some hiking, our brothers took us for ice cream in the tourist town off the mountain. They have the best ice cream! Another perk of big brothers: they have money.

Well, that's it for me. It's Reese's turn next and then Emily said we should post our school pictures. Easy for her to say, her picture turned out adorable! Until next time...