Skiing

I love to ski. Just last weekend we went to Snoqualmie to ski and have dinner and learn how to snowboard.  The Schocks came with us. They had to learn how to ski too, so Eben and I didn't go on the big ski lift that much. Instead, we stayed at the magic carpet to help Grace and Nathaniel learn. We had brought two little learning snowboards, and Nathaniel and Grace used them. Eben and I took turns letting Grace wear our ski boots and skis so that we could learn how to snowboard. We soon figured out that snowboarding was way harder on your own than when we were three and had a rope attached to both ends of the snowboard with Dada pulling us making sure we don't fall. The first time I tried to snowboard, I fell off. Then, I just hopped on my stomach on my snowboard and raced after Grace. I did the same thing the second try. Then, on my third try, I tried to do it standing up. I failed. Then I put my straps back on with help from Grace, who had accidentally fallen in the same spot. I tried it again and made it to the bottom, then clasped. I did it again then switched boots with Grace again. This went on for a really long amount of time, possibly a couple hours. Then Eben and I went on the big lift. Then again three more times. We went back to the magic carpet after that to where Grace was about to board the magic carpet with Opal and Jasper and Nathaniel. We kept going, switching and going, until Mama suggested she, Eben, me, Jasper, and Nathaniel all go up on the big lift. We agreed for Eben and I to go on one lift first, and Mama, Jasper, and Nathaniel go next on another lift after us. We did that until the lift closed, which was about midnight. We walked  to a little Mexican restaurant, who's doors were always unlocked for skiers, like us, to keep our stuff in and to come in out of the cold for refreshing and going to the bathroom, and other things.  We called it the lodge. The adults took turns taking care of Pella and Berg. We made trips to the lodge regularly through out the trip. It was a lot of fun! I hope we get to go again next time!

Christmas 2014

Every year, on Christmas Eve, we open up the white presents under the tree. They are always P Js. This year Opal and I asked for Christmas nightgowns. On Christmas Eve, we got our wish! Opal, Pella and I got dresses. Mama, the boys and Dada got pants.

That night, we all had a sleep over in the boy's room. I made our beds. In the morning, Grandma and Grandpa were not there yet, so we had to start without them. The Christmas morning schedule then began. First, we all went upstairs with Mama. We meet Dada at the top of the stairs where Dada lights the candles on the cinnamon rolls or cake, and we sing happy birthday to Jesus. Then we all blow out one candle each.

We then all sit on the couch and we take turns reading Luke 2.

 Then we eat the breakfast desert and go over to the stockings. We all open stockings and give Dada hugs and say thank you. Then Grandma and Grandpa open their stockings and so do Mama and Dada. Before we wake up, Dada always puts Nonnie and Poppie on ichat. Then we open presents from under the tree. Eben and Me get one present under the tree for every one. We open the presents one by one. Age order. Then Dodie and Mr. Steave come. And so does cousins. Then we play with our toys and show them to Nonnie and Poppie. (We are eating snacks through the whole day.) That is mainly all of Christmas. Wait! I forgot something. Dada always sets up a scavenger hunt all around the house. This year, we found a Wii and new dishes at the end of the scavenger hunt in the car! Then me and Eben and Jasper played Wii until dinner. Ok, now I am done!

Madagascar

For the past couple weeks in our school, we have been in Madagascar. We have been reading books, watching movies, writing reports, and making timelines. We also had to learn about an animal from Madagascar. Since there are so many animals, that wasn't hard! I chose the tomato frog. When it is scared, it puffs up like a balloon. Here is a poem I made up about Madagascar: In Madagascar they make lots of baskets baskets, baskets made out of straw. In Madagascar they have a big market big market, huge market, totally outside. In Madagascar they sit on woven mats, woven mats to eat their food. Their favorite holiday is the new year season, new year season, the new year season, in Madagascar they like the new year season, that is their favorite holiday. It took me a few days to figure out what to write (it was due on friday), because all the good poems had been taken already. But I persevered. Madagascar isn't as interesting as some of the other countries that we have been to, but it still has some interesting things. Like one of Their holidays, they take their ancestors out of the tombs and then throw them a party! They invite everyone in the neighbor hood over and people talk to the ancestors, they dance with the ancestors, and when they are done, they wrap the ancestor in new white silk. ( This Party only happens when ever a family can  afford it, which they try to do every year,  but it usually ends up being every seven years, because 95% of Madagascar is poor.

My Awana Goal

My goal for Awana is very big. To get it I will have to get through T&T, and the Treck books and the Middle school books and the  College books and then I will be able to get it. I have already got through all of the cubbie books and sparky books and all the special pins. ( Look at my Awana blog for info on my sparks) My goal is to get the Citation  award when I am nine or ten. I am going to have to work during the summer and say them on Sundays. It will be realy hard but I think I can do it. So far I am going prety well, I think. It has only been a few weeks and Ia am on the second T&T book! I realy need help doing it but If I work realy hard I might be able to do it. One of the parts that might be hard is encouregeing the other kids that are my age but are not as far as me. If I say my verses on sunday I won't get my awards right away. When I finish a book I will get a new book, but I will have to wait until the new awana year to get my awards. It feels good to acomplish a Awana task, like finishing a discovery or a book. You remember how hard you worked for it.  I ran out of things to say. Bye!

Eben's Birthday

Eben just had his birthday a few days ago. It was a minecraft party. Minecraft is  a computer game that he plays at computer clubhouse. Eben's cake was a minecraft block. The main grass one. Eben wanted to have his party at Intel, so we did. We had it in the game room and the computer room. It was a realy fun party . One game was almost all the games. First Eben separated us into groups. My group had Grace, Julia, Jana, Mr. Shock, Skye, Pella and me. Each team got a minecraft block.  We had to do all these things. One of them was jumping up and down five times, one was spelling Eben on minecraft, one was making five holes on minnie golf and I think the last one was climbing 20 steps on the climbing wall. Oh, wait there was also making three baskets on the basket ball hoop. You also had to make a pingpong ball go back and forth four times with out it falling. My team had a hard time doing that. Every time you completed a task, you got a starburst. If the creeper, Mama, got your mine craft block, you lost a starburst and had to do a task again. When we lost ours, we chose to do mini golf again. Another team lost theirs, and they just did the jump up and down one. I think they won. Eben's birthday was really fun. I spent most of my time in the massage chairs and the gym/ game room. The massage chairs really squeezed my legs, it felt like it was going to squeeze my legs off. For me it was like a friend reunion. My favorite part was the first time I went into the massage chairs, and when we first got here. Eben had a really fun Birthday, but I also like  typing this blog! Bye!

My Wakeboard Trick with Dada

My trick with Dada happens on our wake boards. We go at the same time with two ropes. I get up really easily, but I have to wait until Dada is up before I can get up. If I don't I will fall and then we have to wait an even longer time to go. After we are both up, I cross under Dada. He can do little jumps,  and I just go along as if it is only me wake boarding. I can try to do little jumps, but that is for when I am by myself. If I do jump, I will probably crash in to Dada and get really hurt. When we land, I have to stay in the middle while Dada leans way out. If I lean out, I will hit Dada and probably die. Dada lets go first then I do. Once I ran into the dock. Once Eben almost did, but our boards save us.  That is me and Dada's trick. Bye!

Blogs

I love all blogs. There are different types of blogs. There are cooking blogs and personal blogs. There  are big blogs and little blogs. Most blogs look how there owners likes them.  Like my brother Eben's blog. He has fish with a background of a computer mouse. The background of my actual blog is owls, I like owls. ( I would have done pigs, but there weren't any.) All blogs say things. I am running out of things to say. So now I am just going to write. Once apon a time there was a little blog. Every day it got a new post. And two days after it got a new post it always got a comment. Then one day in the middle of the summer, the blog's owner stopped writing new posts it was forgotten except for a comment from a stranger every once in a while. That went on until one day in late fall, the owner of the blog did a post. But it wash't like the ones that the owner had done before it was more grown up.







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