Bible Bee

Today is June first. If all goes well Emily and I will get our study materials today. I am looking forward to starting today.

Bible Bee

Well, for me this year's Bible Bee is over. On Friday we went down to the cities and Saturday was was the local competition day. For the written test I got almost three-quarters of the questions correct, and in the oral round I knew almost one-third of the passages I was asked to recite. Considering I had memorized less then one-quarter of the verses I got lucky in the ones they asked for. I did not place in the local Bee, but last night we found out it was only by sixteen points. If I did the math correctly I am in the top third for my age group across the nation. Two people I know get to go to nationals! Congratulations!

Orchestra camp!

I got back yesterday morning from orchestra camp. It was a lot of fun again this year. I'm really surprised that I didn't get sore from playing three to five hours a day. In the morning and early afternoon we (my group) usually would practice and be bored. At four we started the beginning orchestra, at five had a half hour break, and then practice for the advanced orchestra would begin. We finished practice at seven thirty and would then go back to the cabin to eat supper. That was a very late supper as compared to what I'm used to. :) On Wednesday night there was a potluck for the orchestra players. Thursday night was game night at the Big cabin. Some of us played Crainum and it was fun but I didn't know a lot of the things. The ones I did know I amazed everybody with though. Well, this is all coming out in random order unlike the way I did this last year. :) In the first orchestra I got to do a solo. I played it so beautifully on Thursday night. :) I started flat at the concert. :( I was able to fix it right away, but I wish I had played it as well as the night before.
I don't want to start school tomorrow. That week was really fun without having any responsibilities.

Here is the post!

Let me think, what have I been doing since my last post.
On the 25 of June I took the examiner's test. It didn't take me long to finish. As the examiner was correcting the tests I saw one that was 100%. I was in agony after that, not knowing if it was my test or not. It turned out that it was my test so I was really excited about that.
After we were dismissed my Mom took me to meet some friends and we went to a family camp.
That next Monday Emily went off to camp. We didn't miss her. (Well maybe a little)
We went to the pool nearly every night. (All summer not just while Emily was at camp)
For the 4th of July my Grandpa and Grandma and a friend of my Mom's came up.
On the 5th I went to swim in the morning, and later I went down to Brainerd with my grandparents.
Tuesday another one of my Mom's friends went to Brainerd and I went to the cities for the week with her. That was a story in itself. I got home on Sunday.
For the next two weeks I went to Wow to swim Monday through Thursday.
The 14th was Jason's birthday.
On the 15th Jason had an ortho appointment so I went to Roseau and got my permit that day.
I'm going to skip up to yesterday now.
My behind the wheel training was scheduled for this week and next week. I did better today then yesterday. Although I made a bit to tight of a right turn today. :)
Well that was not detailed but that is some of what I've been doing.
Now I'm going off to do other stuff.

I PASSED!!!!!

With the exception of the examiner's test on Friday, I am finished with the classroom education part of drivers ed. I didn't get 100%, but came close. Out of fifty questions I only got one wrong!

All right, I'm finished bragging.

Busy Busy Busy

As you can guess from the title I have been very busy this week. My days have consisted of Drivers Ed. in the morning then helping at the library for a bit then coming home and working on Bible Bee. That takes care of my day up to about two o'clock. (That last sentence is probably not grammatically correct, but I'm not going to fix it.) Also we have in the evenings been going to the pool.

Next week is going to be at LEAST as busy. After Drivers Ed, instead of going to the library I am going to go help at a VBS.

I do wonder if nobody has common sense. One of the questions on a practice quiz we had yesterday was; the sign, "Right lane ends" the question, True or False "I must merge to the right" There were actually several questions like that!!!!

Melissa thinks I need to go help her shoot the bow. I think there are going to be to many mosquitoes out there though.

Just a few of the many pictures taken today

Our snow fort

Yesterday we made a snow fort. This is Emily inside it.
A boot sticking out.
Aaron.
Jason.
Laura.
Today we enlarged the fort from the inside and now all six of us kids can squeeze inside.

Bible Bee!!!!!

I got second place!!!!!!!


Even more exciting is one of my friends is going to Nationals!!!!!!!!! Hurray!!!!!!

Feeling so much better

My foot has been out of place for the last almost week, and we couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. Yesterday I went to the chiropractor and he popped my foot back into place. :)

Bible Bee!!!!!

Today was the Bible Bee competition. I think I did fairly well. Now I just have the torture of waiting till we get the results. :) It's going to be strange not to have the Bee coming up soon.

A Chronicle of My Week at Orchestra Camp

On Sunday I got everything I needed together and headed over to the Nancy and Larry's house. We were going to be camping in a camper because the cabin the they usually rent wasn't available. I quite enjoyed the camper and where we were located, more then I think I would have liked the cabin. Tasha and I got our stuff loaded up and soon we were on our way.

It was an unpleasant drive to Renier. Larry drove the camper and Nancy drove the van. It was not a fun drive though because it rained hard the whole way over. :( Once we arrived, because it was so wet, we had a hard time getting the camper set up. :(

We did finally end up getting situated. After we ate we got ready to go to the Renier community building for the first part of the orchestra camp.

In the Symphonia--junior orchestra, our conductor was Karen. Nancy asked her where I should sit, and after learning I could read music, Karen told me to sit first chair in the first violin section. I did quiet well, and had fun. My stand partner, Marcha, said I did well.

In the regular orchestra (the advanced group) I played with the second violins. Even though I could hear all the different sounds in the symphonia, I was not ready for everything put together. I was so overwhelmed and got so tense my stand partner, Kerstin, had to keep telling me to relax. I made it through the evening, even though it was quite overwhelming.

We went back to the camper and I got to meet some of Larry and Nancy's family. Their daughter Theresa, her husband Rocky, and their sons Tim and Marcus came up for orchestra camp. They had quite a long drive, all the way from the cities!

When it was time for bed, Tasha and I slept on a pull-out bed in the couch. It was a very comfortable bed for being a pull-out!

Monday was a fairly uneventful day. I worked on the music and remembering names. We did the symphonia in the community building, but had to go to a different location for the orchestra. I did a much better job then Sunday, knowing what to expect made a big difference. Scott, the conductor also went slower. :)

Tuesday, what was Tuesday?

I think besides practicing music I played Ticket to Ride and was outside quite a bit. After the symphonia and the orchestra, several of us went to Idlewood for a game night. We played Mad Gab, and got quite a few laughs out of that.

Wednesday morning I woke up not feeling well. Since having the wind in my face and usually helps, I asked Theresa if I could use her bike and then just went back and forth on the road. By the time I was done riding I felt much better.

I think Wednesday was the first day I went swimming. I don't remember for sure though. The Waster was really clean so it was nice to swim in.

After orchestra, there was another game night at Idlewood. Tasha, Marcus, and I went, but it wasn't as fun as the night before.

It was windy all day Thursday and Friday, but that didn't stop Marcus and me from swimming. I think it was around nine-thirty we jumped and got called crazy by Rocky. :) We didn't stay in long, but it was fun while it lasted.

Thursday afternoon, the second violins had a sectional. After that was over, I went to Idlewood for a little bit and then I went back to the community center with Karen and helped her set up Bingo.

Karen had made a Bingo game for stringed instruments. Beautiful Bows, Interesting Instruments, Something Notes, Great Composers, and I don't remember what O was. I helped get the game set up then once enough people got there we started playing. I liked her game, because we could make our own sheet.

After playing it was time to start the symphonia. After orchestra was done everybody went to Idlewood, this time for a potluck. Most of the food was good, but some of it looked good and tasted awful. :(

Tim, Theresa, Tasha, and I were sitting with Sami, a girl they all knew from last year. Sami had a story for everything. It was funny to watch her eyes light up as she'd think of something else to say. Finally I told Tim we should just throw out random words and see what kind of stories we could get. The first phrase Tim threw out was Pigs in a Blanket. Sami though for a moment, then said she didn't think she had any stories about Guinna Pigs. That set Sami off on a whole circle of stories. We went form Guinna pigs to kittens to dogs to a dog who liked to steal her blankets and wrap up in them like a "pig in a blanket." We got quite a laugh out of that. :)

Friday it was still windy, but it wasn't rainy and gray. It was nice and sunny. :) We went swimming again that morning. Tim jumped in the water and jumped right back out because it was cold, but Marcus and I stayed in quite a while. After I climbed out of the water I had planned to be done, but later that afternoon when it was warmer we went swimming again. A not so pleasant part of the day was when I got stung by a wasp. :( Excepting the sting, Friday was a good day.

Soon it was time to get ready for the concert. Tasha's mom came to get her so we got all of Tasha's stuff moved to her mom's car and then we headed on over to the community center for the concert.

There was a good turnout. Almost every seat of 110 or so was taken. I think there might have been people outside and in the kitchen too. The program said I played only in the symphonia, even though I played in the orchestra too. :( Oh well, it's not a big deal to me. We did a good job in the concert, it all sounded really nice. I think my favorite of all the songs was the one we played at the end of the symphonia, a Sanoran Sunset. It was a really pretty piece, especially with all the parts. It was just beautiful. *sigh*

After the concert was over we helped clean up and once that was done we went to Dairy Queen.

I woke up early on Saturday to an awful smell. I was tired and hadn't been feeling the best and the smell was just the last straw and I felt really icky. It took a while, but after the smell cleared away and I got busy I felt much better.

There was pretty much no wind that day and it would have been perfect for swimming, but I already had my stuff packed away. Not long after that we headed for home.

Even though it was a really long week I had fun and am glad I went.

Pictures of me

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FRENCH BRAIDS!!!!!!!

I did it!

The first french braids I've tried!

And the look halfway nice too!

The extra red is for red and white night at Awana.

Snowmen

It was a nice warm day outside so I went out and made a snowman. Jason saw me doing it and when I was done I challenged him to build a bigger one. He and Emily did. :P They needed help putting it together though. :P

Cookies and a big oops

Jason has an orthodontist appointment today and just Melissa and I are home right now. We made cookies for Cubbies tomorrow night and she wanted to mix them herself. (see bottom two pictures) She had fun mixing and cutting the cookies, but when it was time to take a pan out of the oven, I couldn't find my hot pad.
I knew I had taken it out but as I could not find it I assumed I had put it away. A couple minutes later smoke started coming out of the oven and I opened it to see what was wrong. Guess where I found the hot pad...
















The hot pad was in the oven!!!!!!

Pictures of me

This post is dedicated to you Mrs. Krahn.

Awhile ago I had told Keren that she could take some pictures of me. It didn't take too much convincing for her to say she'd do them. :P

Christmas Time in Bemidji

the pictures aren't in order

So smily


Ula's present
Don't you just love that zipper? :D




Opps! Same picture twice!
"It's a crown!"
Forgot to turn the picture


Already did this picture
NAP TIME
Wreaths, or picture frames






Zipper!
Decorating

Oh so happy

Four in a row



Zipper!
Yum




Oh, dear!


Sliding down the hill May I have some help?