My First Snowball Fight

A few weeks ago, my brother, Noah, and I had a "snowball" fight in our back yard, on the porch.

It was really fun. Here's what happened.

First, we looked out the window and saw "snow"! IT wasn't really snow, but really more like frozen water. We didn't know that it wasn't really snow, though, so we rushed outside anyway. As I ran outside, I yelled, "Holy Cow, its snowing!" I was wearing my new winter jacket that was so big I could hardly move in it.

As soon as I got outside, Noah had already made a snowball and he was ready to throw it at me. It took me a long time to get my big stiff coat on, as well as my shoes and gloves. After he hit me in the face, I said, "Bring it, baby!!!"

So, the war began.

Once Maggie, my 10-year old sister, came outside, she was mad at me. Noah and I ganged up on her and hit her in the face. Then, one of my friends named Kevin came over. He joined us in the war.

The teams were Maggie vs. Noah. Kevin and Lydia were in the middle. I was jumping in between the teams because I thought it would be funny to gang up on Maggie, then Gang up on Noah, and then Maggie again. Plus this seemed fair to me.

I hit Maggie in the leg multiple times when she was on my team making snowballs. I said, "Thank You Maggie," because she had just given me more ammo, but then I pegged her in the leg.

Personally, I thought this was funny. But she obviously didn't, since she yelled at me afterwards.

The highlight of the fight was probably when Mama called us in and I pegged Maggie and Noah one last time. Sometimes, I love being a big brother.

My Memoir for English Class

Fireworks by the Castle

“We are going to Disneyland,” I shouted at my best friend, “Can you believe it?”
I was jumping up and down in a trailer at my school of twenty-one kids. My friend
was high-fiving us all around. It was Friday and I couldn’t wait. We were going to ride
everything. We were dancing in the car listening to John Coltrain’s Blue Train.
At first we were noticing all the gargantuan rocks along the highway. They looked orange in the afternoon sun. But, after three hours, even the music on my teachers iPod was repeating.
Then, he had an idea. “I challenge you to sing ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall.” If we sang the whole thing, then, he would give us all jelly beans. “Bring it!” I said.
An hour later we all had head aches but were all happily munching on jelly beans.
Once dinner came around, we had cold pasta on the side of the road and would soon be sleeping in sleeping bags in a old church. Were we whining? No. We were looking forward to the next day.
When we got up, we traveled the rest of the way to California. We got there about midday, dropped off all of our stuff, and went to the beach. We played in the sand and built “indestructible cities.”
“You need to strengthen those walls!” my teacher joked. He was just sitting there watching us building and rebuilding, while his castle, on the other hand, was defying the waves.
The next day found us on our bus to Disneyland.
“Have you ever been to this park?” my teacher asked.
“Only for a few hours,” I said truthfully.
Because he is a big fan, he thought this was ridiculous.
We were stuck in line to get our tickets, but my heart was beating fast. The climax of our trip was approaching!
On the way in, my teacher had a plan: ride all the rides. I thought it was the best way to do it. By nine o’clock, we had ridden all of the rides, including the roller coaster and even the kiddy rides.
Now It was time to shop. My friends bought tons of candy and pins, but I didn’t buy anything accept for a little drink. Now, I wish I had souvenirs.
We were all tired. But, an announcement came over the loud speaker, “Fire works will be held at ten o’clock in front of the castle.” This motivated us!
It was the best show I had ever seen and will ever see. When I told my family about my trip, my sisters seem to think they have seen better. They are totally wrong.
When the “grand finale” began, I remembered all of a sudden that I was moving. I realized, “I’m not going to be here for ever.” I turned to my best Friend and said, “Let’s stay in touch.”
Earlier this summer, I was on the road to New Jersey in the same van. I thought back on my friends in all the places I’ve lived. I took it all for granted. I was oblivious. Now that I was moving, my friends were all gone. I had to start over. I said “Bye” to them and now I hardly remember anything about them.
Will I remember them this time? I am hopeful.

BOATS!!!!!!!

I have a new interest, that interest is in boats. here are some pics of some that I made up!

The Black Eye

Well, it goes like this...it was a dark alley. There were five of them. They went for my sister...if you think this is bad, you should have seen them!

Seriously, I was in the basement playing very rough with my little brother. He accidentally kicked me in the face. This is the sad result.

Trimumphal Entry into NJ

Instead of driving into New Jersey, we went up to Lewes Delaware and rode the ferry across the Delaware Bay into Cape May, NJ.

I explored the boat and found two decks of bars and restaurants and two arcade rooms.

While on board, we saw about ten jumping dolphins. I've never seen anything like that. It was very pretty. I also saw huge cargo ships in the distance.

Mama took a short video of when the ship came into the bay.

When I got to New Jersey, I started jumping up and down, hip-hollering with everyone else. We then went to Mama's uncle in Cape May and to the beach at sunset.

Staying in Illinois

We stayed in Illinois for 2 nights and 1 day. In that time we saw my mom's friends the Wiersmas in Peoria and my old school buddies Drew and Alex. We had a lot of fun. It was good to see them again.

We had dinner at Ben Harding's house in Hanna City. There was a power outage and we all had to eat "in the dark."

The New Mexico KOA

The first night of my move, we drove 11 hours and we arrived at the Las Vegas, NM, KOA at midnight. Because it was really late, all we did was unpack our bags and go to sleep.

We slept in 2 cabins. They were small. Each had three beds: one bunk bed and one regular sized bed. That's all.

In the morning, Maggie, Noah, and I all rented little recumbent bikes. We used money from our next-door neighbor in Tucson, Miss Sandy. It was really fun!

Before we left, my dad unpacked THE WHOLE TRAILER and van. It was crazy but I'm glad.

Lake of the Ozarks

I went to my great Aunt Lindy's and Uncle Weldon's resort and stayed there for two nights and one day. They had a large indoor pool and a huge warm lake to swim in. You could also rent boats.

Although we got to swim in both the indoor pool and the lake, we did not get to rent a boat. It was fun anyhow. We also got to see Great Grandfather Tex and Great Grandmother Betty.

One morning my dad took us to the entrance of the resort and we all had a race to the top of the hill...and down. The prize was extra cinnamon toast waffles. Guess what? I won and my older sister, Lydia, almost passed out.

My Aunt Lindy and Uncle Weldon had two dogs. The dogs' ancestors were sheep dogs and they scared Stasi. I thought they were small and very smart.

My Ride in the Boxter

I just visited my grandpa's house in Ft. Collins and we stayed in a nice hotel. The highlight of my visit was when Grandpa Bob took me out in his Porsche Boxter!

We went on a mountain pass that was very curvy and hilly. The car handled very well because the weight is distributed evenly in this car.

We drove past a lake called Horseshoe Reservoir. The top was down and the day was sunny. When I got back, all I could say was "Wow!"