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Janel Lucas 8-5.5 11/11/08 The Complete Life Summary of Janel Lucas Many things have happened in my life, but these are probably the most exciting and dramatic. I was born July 25th, 1995 at Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. On July 4th 1996 I had my first appearance on television. I was on Fox 6 news dancing in my stroller at the 4th of July party at Sherman Park. Since then I have appeared on the news four times.

In June of 1998 I went to Disney World. I remember this vaguely though pictures help. I went on this trip with my cousins and my mom. I remember going to a Disney restaurant and they had people dressed in costumes as Goofy, Minnie Mouse, and the Chipmunks, Chip and Dale. Well, I was eating breakfast and Minnie Mouse thought that it would be nice to say “hi” to me. Well I disagreed, so I started screaming and got out of my highchair climbed over the table. Later on that breakfast, after I had calmed down Chip and Dale decided to come have a visit. I got out of my highchair and hid under it. Evidently everyone thought it was funny but me. That probably wasn’t the greatest day of that trip. I look back at it now and laugh. During the years 2000-2002, I took tap and ballet lessons at Gail’s Dance Studio. My class had a performance at Dominican High School. The thing I remember the most is those horrible dresses we had to wear while performing the Mayflower Dance.

In July of 2004 I went to Disney Land with my dad. It was really fun. One plus side to this trip rather than going to Disney World is that I was 10 so I can remember more about it. Another plus side was that I wasn’t afraid of the people dressed as Disney characters (you would think that this would be a life time fear). About two years later in June 2006 I went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with my dad. This was a really cool trip considering it was my first time out of the country. It was so hot then. We stayed for one week; though I wish we could stay longer. In the year 2006 I took piano lessons for the first time. I had fun but once school started I didn’t have much time and Piano was getting in the way. My mom was a part of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program in the year of 2007. In April, I was able to participate in the annual Bowl-A-Thon Fundraiser. Big Brothers Big Sisters is foundation for children with working parents that don’t have a lot of time to spend with their children. Any volunteer over the age of 18 can sign up to be a big brother or big sister and do fun things with the child that they are paired up with. There were many people there. It was really fun to help out and participate.

In June of 2007 I went camping for the first time. It was a mother-daughter camp at Camp Matawa. We didn’t sleep outside, thankfully we slept in cabins. We got to canoe, horseback ride, and much more. My favorite part was the camp fires. Though I was having fun was still looking forward to getting my first puppy the following week. Well the day my mom and I got back from camping we got a puppy. It was so overwhelming considering I’ve been asking for a puppy since I was very little. His name Lucas 2 is Trevor and he is a Cock-a-Poo (Cocker Spaniel and Poodle Mix). He’s one year old now. At the end of April 2008 I took a class trip to Washington D.C. with my old school, St. Margaret Mary. It was so much fun; unfortunately there was a lot of walking. We went to a lot of cool places. It was my first time going to Washington DC. In June 2008, I had worked hard qualify to the National Gymnastics Championships in Sheboygan Wisconsin. I had been in gymnastics for four years. There were more than 3,000 gymnasts competing, but not all against each other. Everyone is divided by level (3-10) and then divided by age groups. I had a lot of confidence since I won a number of trophies during the competition season. I the end I did really well and got 2nd place All- Around (all your scores added). I won four medals. I thought this was a great way to end my four years of gymnastics. I quit gymnastics because I didn’t have a lot of extracurricular time and I was expected to learn a new level.

A month later, July, I was able to meet two of the Green Bay Packers, Ryan Grant and Will Blackmon. My mom and I took pictures with them and got a couple of autographs (one on an 8x10 photo and two on a Green Bay Packer newspaper). I’m a huge fan of the Packers so it was a pretty exciting day. It was also another exciting day when I went to my first Packer game, in August 2008. My mom, my grandparents and I went to Packer Family Night. There were so many people there. I never realized how big Lambeau Field was. After the game they had fireworks which were amazing, especially since the music they played fit perfectly along with them. Later that month my friend and her dad made a surprise trip to my house riding their Harley Davison motorcycle. I got to ride the motorcycle and it was so awesome. It felt like a rollercoaster, fun, scary, and erratic all at the same time. I loved it. One of the best things happened to me in late August 2008. I started school at the University School of Milwaukee. This is probably the most exciting school that I’ve been to, though it’s a lot of work. Overall this concludes my exciting and fulfilling life