Austin J

Austin J... not to be confused with Austin V. I often confuse their papers when they forget to write their last name's initial. Their writing looks very similar!

Austin is one I have known for a couple of years, not very well, but I knew him because of his older brother and former Room 8er, Nate.

Austin loves to ride motorcycles. He actually has a scar on his side from 'road rash'. He said he was doing a wheely down the road from the track...it was misty outside...and he and his motorcycle slid about 30 feet. Oh my gosh! He also told us he likes to do doughnuts and even has a big mark in the driveway from doing one on his Suzuki 110.
Austin also loves baseball. He brought one of his 'game balls' - now this was NOT for a homerun, no, it was for a BLACK EYE! Apparently he got hit in the eye...OUCH! As he showed us the ball, I remember thinking, "A black baseball?" but Austin quickly let us know that his "5 year old sister just HAD to color it!"

Austin also brought 2 crystals from his Uncle Steve and Aunt Illea. (Is that spelled correctly?) They live in Alaska but are getting ready to move to South Dakota. That's where they met, but now they're moving back to South Dakota. Uncle Steve is in the Air Force. (We find out all kinds of information during bag-sharing!)

Austin also brought a shell. He said it was the first shell he ever found. He was 3 years old and was walking on the beach with his grandpa. They walked 4 miles. He also found some sand dollars, but figured they were too fragile to bring in the bag.

Austin also brought and modeled his FOOTBALL jersey. He told us he LOOOOVEEEEESSSS to play football. He's #60 and has been playing for 2 years.

At the top of this post is Austin with his 'Wiki-tiki' mask. I had to put that first so it would be the first thing to see on Austin's post...I love it! This mask was a present from his dad...when his dad went to Hawaii.

At least Austin didn't get one of those shirts that says, "My dad went to Hawaii and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." ... or maybe he did?