The SIDS RUN is for babies who died. There were many people who wore T shirts with pictures of their dead babies. I felt so sad. I couldn't feel it was a fun event, but people smiled and enjoyed this event. People ran for the babies, and people encouraged the families. They wanted to think positively. I walked and saw many children and adults with baby carriages. All people looked happy. I was glad they were positive. By the way, three miles was very short. Most of the time I walked, but it took only an hour. Sometimes the landscape was very beautiful. I want to go hiking in Coeur d'Alene. It is probably beautiful. When I was running, I was thinking these things. After I finished running, volunteers gave me some food and coffee and cocoa. It helped me very much. Then, there were auctions and a toy service which gave children toys. It was free. At first, I was moved and felt sad during this event. However, I wanted to encourage people who lost their babies. Enjoying this event made them happy. I think that this event is important for keeping the babies in their minds. I hope their families and the babies feel happy and this event continues forever.
I went on a totally amazing Southwest trip with my classmates. The trip was my first time to go to the Southwest so everything was new to me. Sarah, Anikke and Bethany came with us. They made our trip more exciting. I’m happy I could go on this trip with them and I had a lot of great experiences. First, I really enjoyed New Mexico. It was chilly but not too cold. I went to the Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I liked the Old Town because there are many cute things and good restaurants in there. For example, I found a gate that was decorated with a lot of red chili peppers. I had never seen anything like that before so I was very surprised and it looked like a lot of flowers from a distance. The red chili peppers were absolutely gorgeous. Not only that, I found a great restaurant. I forgot the name of the restaurant but they have really delicious Mexican food. They gave me some Mexican chips for free and recommended that I eat the chips with honey. I really like Mexican chip