Place Essay

Grandmas House

Zachery Greer

Period: 1

10-7-10

            “This is so boring.” I said to my mom

            “Well your going to have to deal with it for now.” She replies

I was bored in the state of the boring and smelly Nebraska.  I could smell the cow manure from the time we got into Nebraska, to the time we just got out of Nebraska and into Iowa.  Before I tell you about Iowa, I will tell you about Nebraska.  While we were in Nebraska we stayed at the biggest hotel in my life. It was the RAMADA INN and it was fun.  The hotel room was about the size of our living room and they had a pool in the shape of a deformed peanut, that had a little island in the middle that everyone tried to get to, but it was blocked off with a bright red door that reached up to about my waist.   I was with my brother when we were swimming and us together were having fun like two puppies and a brand new chew toy.  When got to swim for about thirty minutes before we had to go to bed and wake up at 4:30 to get to my grandma’s house during the middle of the day. 

At about 12:00, we finally reached the city in which my grandma lived.  The city was named FOREST CITY.  It was named that because when it was first discovered, it looked like an actual forest.  It then eventually became the city it is today. When we got to our grandma’s house, we were trying to be as sneaky as we possibly could.  So when we got to the side of her house where, there was a window that she was able to see out of, my brother and I both rolled like a steam roller on pavement.  It hurt, but that didn’t stop us from surprising our grandma.  As we reached the old creaking steps, my brother and I decided to just hop to the deck, and it was only a two-step staircase, so it wasn’t very hard to accomplish.  When we got to the door, we opened it like a robber trying to get into some rich persons house.  When we opened the door and got into the house, we heard our grandma say something. 

“Where are the boys?” my grandma asked.

“Oh they’re just acting like ninjas, oh and there they are.” My mom said as she was giving our grandma a big hug and kiss.  As we quietly snuck up to our grandma, like a cat about to attack a mouse, we gave her a big hug and kiss. 

“My oh my have you gotten bigger since the last time I saw you!” she said to me as she gave me a little nudge on the arm.

“And you,” she was saying to my brother, “you have gotten bigger yourself also!” as she gave him the same thing as me.

We were all happy to see her, because none of us have seen her for about 2 years. As we spent time with her and stayed at her house for three days, all we did was stay at the house and talked and caught up and some stuff that happened in the last couple of years.  The days passed by and the time flied by.  The last 2 days we were there, we went to the city of FAIRBANK, that’s where some of my family lives.  They had pigs, cows, and rabbits.  They had a huge farm for all these animals and they had crops the size of Texas.  Ok not really, but when you were standing outside in front of the crops, they looked big.  We helped with the animals and crops while we were there.  We got to feed the massive cows and ride the RANGER to get around the crops to get all the food that was ready to get picked. 

 When our week passed by of meeting with the family and gaining on the stuff they didn’t talk about in 2 years, it was a blast and we had so much fun just spending time with family. 

One Moment in Time CFD

                                                ALL-STAR PLAYER                                     

Zachery Greer

                                                                                                                                                9-10-10

            It was an awesome baseball game for me.  There were many different ages on the team I was on.  There were ages 7-10.  I was the oldest at the age of 10.  I was also the biggest on the team.  I only knew 3 kids on that team, and those were my brother, Jake, and Darren.  Darren was the second biggest kid on the team, and was also a pitcher just like me.  The only thing he had over me was the speed on his pitches, but he didn’t have any accuracy.  As the team captain for our first game, coach put me as the starting pitcher.  So I warmed up for about 20 minutes.  Then it came game time.  I was nervous like I never was before.  So the first inning came and I got 1-2-3 outs and that’s what happened to our team in the first inning.  In the bottom of the second inning, I was leading off, on the 2^nd pitch in the at bat, I hit a double.  So I scored to make it 1-0 game.  In the top of the 3^rd inning, I gave up 2 hits.  In about the 5^th inning I came up to bat again and this time the bases were loaded and I hit an inside the park grand slam.  I made the score 5-0 with one inning to go.  In the last inning I gave up 1 more hit and after that the game was over.  With the final score 5-0, we won.  I got 15 out of18 people out either with strikeouts or just normal outs.  After the talk the coach had with us I got the game ball and went home to have a victorious lunch.  

One Moment in Time

                                                                        BIG HIT

              Last year in baseball, I was playing with the Ralston Valley Dawgs.  We were

playing the Brighton Yankees that night.  It was a warm and windy night.  So, on our

way to the game, I thought to myself,

“We are going to stomp all over them”.

But when we got there, their team looked pretty descent.  When it came game time, we

got pumped and got loud for everyone of our batters when they got up.  It was a good

game. Then in the 7^th inning the game got even better for our team.  It was the top of the 7^th and our lead off batter got walked.  So, with one guy on I came up to bat.  Before I could get into the batters box, someone in the crowd said

“Hit a home run”!

 So, I got into the batters box and got set.  Two pitches later, it was a 0-2 count.  The first pitch I took for a strike.  The second pitch I fouled off.  Then when the third pitch came I CRUSHED it!  So I started running and when I got to first I looked over toward the ball and saw it sail out of the mini green monster fence.  So, as I was trotting around 3^rd base I saw my team there ready to celebrate.  When I got to my team after my home run, my teammates were saying

“Nice hit Z-rex”!

“Way to go”!  

 When I got back into the dugout, everyone was saying good job.  The happiest person in the crowd was my dad.  He was the happiest because his life long dream was for me or my brother to hit a home run.  That’s what I call a “BIG HIT”