CHRISTMAS!!!

 

I woke up on Christmas morning,then Megan and Luke came in to my room.  I went in to her room, then I saw Katie telling us to come upstairs.  We went up, and then waited till 7:00 so we could wake up mom and dad.  When it was finally time,we went down to mom and dads room,woke them up by jumping on them and saying,MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!  Dad said he wanted to sleep for two more hours.  Then we all brushed our teeth and hair,Mom did our hair,then we lined up.  Matthew was first,then Luke,then Megan,then me,then Katie,then Ryan,then Mom,and Dad videoed us going down.  We all ran down the stairs,so exited.

I looked around for my stocking,and when I saw it,I ran over to it.  Beside it was a box with a picture of a camera on it. Inside the box was a camera! 

(mom took this picture)

These are all the things I got in my stocking.

• colored pencils
• a toothbrush
• a candy cane full of reses cups
• a bunch of yorks
• some clips
• a pack of pencil  cap erasers
• a big eraser
• three undershirts
• a camera case

 

Our whole family got a piano.

 

My dad cooks Christmas breakfast.                                                                    We had a lot of presents under the tree.    

 

                                                             Matthew started eating his m&m’s right away.

                                I gave both of the boys Mr. Magee books. Luke was a little disappointed to get a book.

                I gave Megan a book filled with word search puzzles and a stuffed animal reindeer.  She named it Prancer.

I gave Katie a little green purse and Hunger Games the movie.

I gave Ryan two books that he wanted,and a little ski person that I made in art class.  He liked to make him go down steep things like the Christmas tree and other people.

     I gave mom and dad  a calendar that I had been working on for a long time.  They loved it.

I also gave mom a snowman that I made in activity days.  She put it on the Christmas tree.  I gave dad a sign that sais DADDY on it and he liked it.  I want him to hang it up in his office at work.

                                                          I gave dad a BYU hat. He had already got a lot of BYU things.

               We skyped grandma and grandpa Johnson and opened the presents from them with them  watching.

                                                                              These are all the presents I got from them.

          Grandma and Grandpa Walton gave me a cute turquoise sweater which I haven’t taken a picture of it yet.

                                                                             These are all the presents I got in all.

• a Heidelberg purse
• a stuffed Giraffe(I named him Datz)
• a rag doll from Katie
• a book of “Fabulous Doodles”
• an Abercrombie and Fitch shirt
• awesome pajamas
• a big craft box
• the Princess Academy books

                                               These are all the things Megan and I got in all.

     

                                                             These are my three favorite presents that I got.

 

                                                     This was the best Christmas ever!  (I say that every year)

I, Emily

I wrote this poem in school.  4th Grade.  Ms. Smith’s class…

 

I, Emily

Funny, nice, cool, and pretty

sibling of Ryan, Katie, Megan, Luke and Matthew

lover of horses, dolls, and climbing trees

who feels loved, excited, and happy

who needs friends, books and sleep

who fears spiders, clowns and the dark

who would like to see my friends, cousins, and the biggest roller coaster.

Come One, Come All To The Greatest Show On Earth!!!

 

Every other year Megan has a Birthday Party. This year (and whenever she turns an odd number) she had one. She  was turning 7 this year. The theme was a Circus party.  There were different stations that you could choose to go in and you get 1 ticket for each game you play. Then you can buy candy or peanuts with the tickets you get.

Here are the games you could play:

• The beanbag toss
• The ring toss
• Acrobatic tricks (on the trampoline)
• Clown photos (with a clown costume)
• Circus coloring pictures
• Circus Bingo (we did it as a group later)

Ryan was the candy seller person.  For 2 tickets, he sold chocolate bars, Reese's’ pieces, pick up’s and reuses peanut butter cups.

I was really excited to be in charge of the bean bag toss but right when the party started I wanted to be one of the little girls.    I think the party was a good idea.  It was Megan who thought of the Circus idea.

Spring break in Spain

 

MALAGA---A parade in the middle of the night(that actually goes to 4:00 in the morning) that had men dressed in long black suits with cone-shaped hats. there was also about 100 men carrying floats. We only stayed there until 12:00 in the middle of the night. There was 2 floats.

RONDA---A huge bridge. We went on a huge cliff that seemed like half of a mile tall. We went to a bull fighting ring. Dad put the gopro on my head and I was the bull and Ryan was the bull fighter and he waved his red sweatshirt in front of him and I ran at it.It was fun!  We hiked down on a big pathway so we could see the bridge.

NERJA---The balcony of Europe. We actually went to church first because it was a Sunday. We couldn’t understand anything they were saying because it was all Spanish.  After church we went to the beach. But we didn’t get to swim in it though, because (1.)it was too cold. (2.)it was a Sunday. We only got to dip our feet and our legs in it.The beach was fun!  We had paella to eat – which is rice and shrimp and there was a big shrimp with claws on Carter’s plate.  I liked it sort of.  We put all the skin and heads of the Shrimp on a napkin and when Katie was talking to Mom and Dad we put it on her plate.  When she came back she screamed.  And then Dad told us to do it again for the video.  We went to some caves and I read all the things that I could.  For part of it I was buddies with Matthew and had to take care of him.  And the other part I just ran to the very front with Josh and Megan. 

GIBRALTER---A land of wild monkeys. There was 3 attacks there. one,a monkey jumped on moms chest,ripped the plastic bag of nuts,and they all fell on the floor and the monkey started eating them all. two, a monkey stole Katie’s jacket, chewed on it, and put it in a tree, but we got it backs.Third, while a monkey was stealing Katie’s jacket, a monkey slapped Matthew in the face, just to play with him. Gibraltar was the funnest place we went to.  We had fish and chips in a BAR!  and then we had Magnum bars which is little ice creams for dessert.

SEVILLE---A totally awesome cathedral.  I know the four biggest Cathedrals.

1. St. Peters in Rome. (I’ve been there) 
2. St. Paul’s in London. 
3. The Cathedral of Seville.  (I’ve been there)   
4. The Duomo of Milan. (I’ve been there.)

Dad read us stuff about Seville – mostly about this Cathedral and Ryan was usually was the first person to answer the quiz questions.  After the cathedral I saw some plastic fans and really wanted one.  I saw a man selling little journals and I really wanted one.  We went to some gardens and played tag with the Dads.  Dad and Jared were it.  We kept on cheating and using the boys to untag us for freeze tag.   We went on a boat ride and mom was taking pictures of us and kept getting ahead of the boat.  We had crepes for dinner and I got chocolate as usual.

MARBELLA---A beach that was only 15 minutes away.  On the drive Megan and I colored a Dora coloring book mostly because we just like coloring.  We played tag with the waves.  We ran up and tried to tag the waves.  The big waves usually tagged us so then we had to tag it back.  etc.   I buried myself in the sand a lot.  Katie, Hanna, Carter and Ryan had a race thing.  They had four different things they had to do. It was boys against girls and it was fun to watch.

1. They had to see who could dig the deepest hole in two minutes.
2. They had to see who could burry someone in sand first. (The girls buried me the boys buried Jake)
3. They had a relay race to the water then back to the line 3 times each.
4. They had to get wet up to their necks, then get all dirty in the sand and then wash it off in the water.

Jared made spaghetti for the kids at home and the parents went out for dinner.  It was tasty.

GRANADA – We packed up and drove to Granada and went straight to the Alhambra.  The walls were very colorful and crazy.   We decided who would have each room if it were our castle.  We went to a new hotel and got two rooms.  The boys were in one and the girls in another.  Then we went to see the Alhambra as it was starting to get dark.  It was pretty.   When we got back we said goodbye to the Chuggs because we were leaving the next day.

TOLEDO – We saw Toledo without the Chuggs.  Megan got a postcard and all the girls got a fan, each with white polka dots.  Katie and I got little key chains to put on our backpacks.  Katie wanted to trade but I said no.  We looked at all the stores and the jewelry and clothes and I wanted to get a lot of it.  Then we took a plan ride back and got back at one o'clock in the morning.   It was a fun spring break.

A Little about Me

I just finished a booklet I could do for fun from school.  Here are some of my answers…

I am special because… “I have a lot of freckles, I am different, I am small,  I am a Mormon, I love spaghetti, I am awesome, I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters, I do not brag, I am not perfect, I get A’s and B’s, I am the middle child out of 6 kids, I have my own room, and people love me!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

When my classmate is sad, I can try to help by… “telling them how special they are, or how good of a friend they are.  I’ll tell them to ‘be their selves’ and that ‘it’s ok to be different’  ‘I will be your friend.’  ‘Don’t listen to them.’  ‘Be confident’  ‘I’ll help you though this.’  ‘They don’t mean it’, and things like that.”

My favorite activity during PE is… “Lucky crab or capture the flag or sometimes Shrek.  I love my teacher and my classmates and the other PE teacher and all activities we play.”

My favorite healthy snack is… “Peanut butter and honey sandwiches.  I love the taste of honey and I think honey is healthy.  And I also love tomatoes.  My Grandma grows them in her backyard and when we go to her house we got to pick the ripe ones and eat them with salt on.”