Sep. 25, 2009 - I Went to Glacier National Park
I went to Glacier National Park. It was great!
I saw a bear. I'm safe though. JD Boy is safe too. Oh wait! I didn't tell you, JD Boy and my grandpa were waiting on the bridge for me and my aunt and my uncle to come down the trail, because we had gone hiking. All of the sudden, JD Boy said, "Grandpa, there's a bear!" Grandpa looked and sure enough there was a bear. It was coming straight for the bridge. My grandpa said that it was probably going to go under the bridge, but I guess you can't really read a bear's mind, because the bear popped up right in front of my grandpa and JD Boy. JD Boy was probably about 9 or 10 feet from the bear. Grandpa and JD Boy backed up. Grandpa knows what to do about bears; he's seen them before. They visit him at his house. Then my uncle and aunt and I came down the trail. My grandpa yelled, "There's a bear!" The bad thing is that we couldn't hear what said so we just kept walking. I told my uncle that there's a bear. He looked, but he didn't see it. He told me and my aunt to stay right where were. He walked ahead and sure enough there was a brown Black Bear. My uncle came slowly back and he said, "Stay still! Don't show that you're scared." Of course, I was really scared. Then it came right up the trail toward us. It was in the grass, but it was pretty close. Then we started backing up. We backed up a few feet. It didn't really pay much attention to us, but here's a picture that shows how close we were.
We saw Mountain Goats too--I mean lots! There were Mountain Goats that were close and Mountain Goats that were far. I could touched some of them, if I thought I needed too, but I really didn't think I should because they might have hurt me and besides that was the rules of the park. I am a Junior Ranger and swore that I wouldn't hurt wild animals at parks.
We saw baby goats too; and they were sure cute!
We saw Columbian Ground Squirrels. They were cute too.
This is a picture my dad took. We took a ride in the boat that's at the dock. I love the sunset in the background of this picture.
This is my family just having some fun on a windy rock. I'm sure glad we didn't get blown off, into the water. There was water right under there, well it was a long ways down to the water.
My dad takes pictures of everything, including pictures in the rain. Of course, you couldn't skip taking a picture of this. Even my aunt took a picture of it with my camera. Although it wasn't raining, when she took her picture. The name of this lake is Iceberg Lake. You'll have to go there sometime. It's told that there's always ice there--all through summer, all through winter. I do think my daddy is kind of silly because we all had to stand and wait for him while he took pictures, but we just waited under a tree and ate our lunch...in the rain.
I like Glacier National Park, especially when I have a whole family to go with me. Hope you get to go there sometime. It's a pretty place.
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Jun. 25, 2009 - New Mexico Trip
I went to New Mexico. I went to the zoo and the aquarium and some hot springs. I took lots of pictures. Here are my favorites.
First set: Jimez Mountains
A beautiful mountainside.
Mommy and JD Boy Climbing into the hot spring.
JD Boy and me and a friend in the hot spring.
Second set: Albuquerque Aquarium
Eel
Jelly Fish
Ray
Shark with lots of teeth
Bullfrog and water lily.
Last set: Albuquerque Zoo.
Flamingoes
Baby Mallards
Trumpeter Swan
Prickly Pear Cactus
Toucans
Lion roaring.
Giant Tortoise
Giraffe
Baby Giraffe
Polar Bear
Koala
Do you like my pictures?
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Apr. 16, 2009 - Children's Bible Class
My mom taught some kids about the Bible. Our pastor was having a Prophecy Seminar, so my mom decided to do prophecy classes for kids too. I went to all of them. I got my own Bible, a name tag and a certificate. I made a whole book of crafts during the meetings.
Here is a pictures of the things I got.
And here is one of the crafts that I made.
I use my Bible all the time. I look at my crafts almost every day. And my certificate is hung on the wall. And my name tag is used as a bookmark.
I learned a lot and now my daddy is giving me Bible studies, besides what we do as a family, because I want to learn more.
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Mar. 12, 2009 - Happy Birthday to Me!
I had a birthday. My parents took me out to eat for my birthday. It was very yummy. We went to PF Changs and we had some yummy ice cream and banana spring rolls for desert. There aren't any pictures of me, but I'm trying to figure out if I can get my pictures taken, then I'll show them to you. I want my mommy to wait to make a cake until my grandma can come visit so I can share it with them. I still had fun on my birthday and now I'm 9 YEARS OLD.
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Feb. 7, 2009 - I got to go to Mexico!
I got to go to Mexico. I went snorkeling and I got to slide off of a waterfall. My grandpa, whom I call "Papa", took a whole bunch of pictures of me. Here are some of them.
Also, I went to the zoo. It's a very little zoo, but it was still fun, because I'd never fed animals at the zoo before except parrots. This time, I got to feed giraffes, ponies, a whole bunch of ducks, monkeys, flamingos, a hippopotamus and bears and throw a little bit of food to the lions. We couldn't feed the bobcat, but it did try to charge at me. My uncle was charged by it too, because we were standing together. There was some kind of cat that got tired of standing in its cage and was pacing back and forth. I was wishing that I could let it out, but I knew it would probably bite and yell and scream at me. It would kick at the gate. Also, we saw a whole bunch of baby rabbits. I'll tell you what: baby rabbits are very, very cute.
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Jan. 20, 2009 - My Own Video
I edited my own video. I got the music from my friends. I got the pictures from Daddy's picture collection and from my own pictures that I have taken and also from Mommy's collection.
Here is my video:
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Jan. 8, 2009 - Colors in Winter
My mom has been reading the blog The Outdoor Challenge. We were trying to find some colors even though it was winter. Sometimes it's hard to find colors, at least very many colors, in the winter. Because leaves have fallen off of the trees. The flowers don't have any color because they've all died. That's the reason, I thought it was a challenge. Don't you think that's a little bit of a challenge?
Here is a picture of a tree that's at our house. I found green and brown in the tree and white in the sky.
I found lots of gray rocks and brown bushes and a lot of colors that I haven't learned very well yet.
I found this bush that had red and green on it. There was a rock in the back that I caught in my picture too. It's gray. There's dirt too. It's brown and black.
This is a picture that I thought was pretty cool. I took it (like all of them). I saw yellowish-green trees behind the neighbor's house. I saw dark green trees with brown trunks. I saw green ferns. And I saw brown leaves all over the ground. I saw light-green in the grass in the neighbor's cow pasture.
I didn't see any snow because all of our snow finished melting yesterday.
Oh, here's a picture I didn't take. My daddy took this one. I thought it was kind of cute. It's got snow in it. It's from Grandma & Grandpa's house. I see orange, blue, white, black and gray in this picture.
How many colors can you find around your house?
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Jan. 7, 2009 - Not so Zippy
I'm not feeling very Zippy. I'm kind of sick. I'm not feeling good. My mom wants me to work on school anyway, because we've taken so much time off for the holidays. 
I'm bored. I should do schoolwork and not be bored.
My mom wants to try some of her natural remedies on me. See her blog and you'll know why I'm scared.
Send me a comment. Maybe it will help me get well.
Oh, Zippy.
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Dec. 31, 2008 - My Dog in Doll Clothes
I got a dog for Christmas and her name is Sadie. She is a Jack Russell.
I wanted to play, even though she was a little bit tired. I kept her awake, even though she was sleepy. I got out my doll clothes and found some small ones. I put them on her. Here's a picture of her with them on.
That's pretty funny, huh?
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Dec. 31, 2008 - Christmas Tag
Well, I got a Christmas tag from Jacob12, but I wasn't home so I just got the message now. But I'll play anyway, so here it goes:
1. What is your favorite part of Christmas: opening presents
2. Where do you go on Christmas: Grandpa and Grandma's House
3. What do you want most for Christmas: A doggie--and I got one
4. What is your fave Christmas movie: Never watched one
5. What is your second fave Christmas movie:
6. Am I going on and on about Christmas movies:
7. How many people do you have to buy presents for: 4
8. What is your fave thing to do in the snow: sled
9. What is your fave Christmas carol: Noel
10. Do you like this Christmas Tag so far: uhuh
11. Have you gotten a Christmas Tree yet: yes, but now we need to take it down
12. Have you ever built a gingerbread house: yes, last year
13. Is there snow on the ground right now: it's almost gone
14. How much do you spend on Christmas presents: $1
15. Did you enjoy this tag? sure
16. Who will you tag?: nobody, Christmas is over!
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Dec. 3, 2008 - My head
I split my head. You say, "Why?" Well, I don't know. As you can imagine, I was crying.
What do you think of this?
I was hanging upside down from my bunk bed and fell off.
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Nov. 19, 2008 - Palm Tree & Mountain Picture
I wanted to make a poster. I was suppose to take a nap, but if you knew me, you would know why I did not sleep.
Well, I will tell you that my dad is an artist. A lot of my family is artistic too.
I want to be like all of my family.
Here is my poster. If you click on my picture, you can see it bigger.
Hope you like it!
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Nov. 16, 2008 - Pinecone decorations
I took my mommy's spray paints that were gold and silver. Then I sprayed pinecones and leaves and flowers. And then I painted a newspaper gold so I could have a platform for them.
Here is a picture of them.
Also, here's a picture of me and G'tums.
Also JD boy made some too. You can see his on his blog.
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Nov. 13, 2008 - Architectural Rendering
I drew this picture at my grandpa's office. He scanned it for me on his scanner and then he printed it. I drew it by pencil. Then he made the lines darker before he printed it. Then I colored it with my grandpa's crayons. Then I showed it to my aunts and uncles.
My grandpa makes his living doing architectural drawings. Maybe I can work for him someday.
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Nov. 7, 2008 - Falltime Watercolor
I painted this fall picture.
I painted this picture with watercolor paint.
If you click on the picture, you can see it even bigger.
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Nov. 5, 2008 - Drawing of an elk
I drew this picture with a pencil, colored pencils and crayons.
This drawing is of a painting that I liked of an elk.
I hope you like it.
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Oct. 29, 2008 - Welcome to my new blog!
Welcome to my new blog. I'm 8 years old. I have a mommy, daddy and two brothers. My mommy has a blog. My daddy can't put up a blog. He works too much to have time for that. He does have a company of his own. My 5 year old brother has a blog too. My two-year old brother doesn't have a blog, because he's too young.
Here is a picture of my dad's side of the family.
Here is a picture of my mom's side of the family.
My mom was pregnant with my baby brother in both of those pictures, so here is a recent picture of me and my brothers and my mommy:
This is my first time I have ever had a blog. I want to show you some of my new crafts. Here are some pictures of me and my crafts.
The Croatoan tree from the Lost Colony of Roanoke. We've been learning about that.
The model I made of Jamestown. Mommy printed it from homeschoolinthewoods.com for me at Grandpa's house. Then I colored it and cut it.
My Indian mask. I made this when we were learning about New World Explorers. I made with a heavy paper plate. Then I twisted tinfoil for the shapes on the face. I put the tinfoil with tape. Then we dipped paper into homemade glue and laid the paper on the plate and got mommy's hands all messy. And then I let it dry for a day. The next day, I spray painted it with my spray paint that's gold.
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