California

My family goes to California every year. We usually go over UEA. This year we didn't go. It is kind of disapointing, but at the same time I am glad because of all the fires. We usually go with my moms side of the family. It is really fun to have all of the cousins down there. Our family rents condos on the beach.We hang out at the beach almost every day. On one of the days we go to an amusment park. Last year we went to Six Flags Magic Mountain. It was so fun. We went on all of the roller coasters. My favorite is Superman. It goes one hundred and five miles an hour. We also go to this really good pizza place called the pizza port. They make the best pizza. We have so much fun. This year we aren't going with our family though because we are going over Christmas. It will still be fun though. Last year we went twice once with my family and once with my dads friend from work with his family. We had a lot of fun with them. We went over the fourth of july. Instead of going to Oceanside we went to Pacific Beach. It was fun but on the fourth of July it was really crowded. We could barely find anywere to sit. We still had tons of fun. I love California.

Friendship

These are some of my favorite poems because it is about friendship. I think that friendship is so important because without it it would be really hard to communicate with others. Friends help you in so many ways.

Build A Box Of Friendship
by Chuck Pool

Into a box of friendship
To insure that it is strong
First a layer of respect
On the bottom does belong.

Then to the sides attach,
In the corners where they meet,
Several anchors full of trust,
Devoid of all deceit.

The height of friendship can be measured
By the sides of four,
So make them all a larger cut,
And the box will hold much more.

Now fill it up with courtesy,
Honor and esteem,
Understanding, sympathy,
And passion for a dream.

Add to that your honesty,
Emotions joy and love,
And since they're so important,
Place them up above
But leave the box wide open
So all can see inside,
To learn what makes a friendship work
From the box you built with pride.

What Is A Friend?
by Kit McCallum

A friend is someone you hold dear:
Someone who is always there, through thick and thin;
Someone who is only a phone call away.

A friend is someone you can always rely on:
Someone who is there to share your thoughts with;
Someone to listen, no matter the subject.

A friend is someone you can feel comfortable with:
Someone you can sit silently beside, without conversation;
Someone you do not need to fill the quiet moments with.

A friend is someone you can trust:
Someone who will guard your deepest secrets;
Someone who will never let you down.

A friend is someone who is not judgmental:
Someone who will gently offer advice and opinions,
Yet, someone who is not overbearing or critical.

A friend is someone who can keep you grounded:
Someone who can help you see through your obstacles;
Someone to shoulder you through life's trials.

A friend is someone who shares unconditionally:
Someone to laugh and to cry with;
Someone to lean on, through both the good and the bad.

A friend is someone you choose wisely,
For a friend is your own mirrored image:
Someone to compliment your own self;
Someone who indicates who you are as a person.

A friend.... is what you are to me.

Halloween

I am so excited for Halloween! It is one of my favorite holidays. You can wear whatever you want and no one will make fun of you. I don't really know what I am going to be this year. I don't think I am going Trick-or-Treating. I have to get a costume though for my friends party. I love Halloween because you can get tons of candy. The best part is is that you get it all for free.

It is also really fun because they have all the Haunted Houses and Corn Mazes. I love to get scared. It is so much fun and you get an adrenaline rush. I don't really like it when you pay money to get in and it is lame. It is so disapointing. The Corn Mazes are so fun, especially when you go with all you friends. One time my friend got lost and she was all by her self. It took us like twenty minutes to find her. I love it how you can't find your way out. You get lost and it so much fun when you get out.

I love Halloween because my grandma has this party every year. All the cousins dress up. We have Chili and homemade rootbeer. I don't like rootbeer very much but when it is homemade I love it. My Grandma puts dry ice into the rootbeer and the little kids call it the witches brew. All of the little kids like to show off their costumes. They all think that theirs is the best. My twin girl cousins are so funny because last year one was Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz and the other was Frankenstien. They are so cute.

I also love Halloween because that means that it is winter. I love winter because it is snowboarding season.

We miss you Scott

Hey I'm really sorry I didn't have my blog last week my computer broke down and it needed to be fixed, but we finally fixed it.
This week it has made me realize how important friends are. I knew that they were really important, but this past week has made notice even more. Last Friday my friend and neighbor, Scott Nye died. I have been really sad. It has been hard on the whole neighborhood. He was one of the best people I knew. He had red curly hair and was always smiling. Scott was always willing to help other people. He made other people want to do good things. He was really fun to be around. He got the nickname sunshine because of his good qualaties.

He was with his five friends and they were going to make it the "best day ever." They decided to go on a hike. They saw this power line and decided they were going to climb it. His friend went up first, but didn't make it all the way up. He said, "Wow, that is really frightenting." Him and one of his other friends went up the pole after him. He went up and stood on this platform, they think the power may have arced. They heard a loud pop and saw him fall to the ground. They called 911 and one of his friends did CPR on him. When the emergency team got there he was pronounced dead. His mom went over and talked to all the boys. She told them that it wasn't there fault and comforted them all.

He liked to tie-die. Him and some of his friends started tie-die friday. Thats where they all where tie-die every friday. So at the funeral most people wore tie-die. It was really cool to see all the people wearing tie-die. At the funeral there were at least one thousand people there. They invited everybody over, but I think there was like 300 people at their house. It was really comforting to have all those people their in support for him.

His family is so amazing. His mom was the first person to make me laugh after he died. She was really sad on Friday and Saturday, but on Sunday she was doing really good for her situation. Every time I went over there their house was so crowed. It was comforting though. It was really good to have those people around you. It made you feel so much better.

I am really going to miss Scott Nye. He loved to snowboard. He had just gotten a new snowboard for the new season. All of his friends signed it it was covered with signatures. He was a great person.

No Moms

This week my mom went to California. Without me. Her and all of the moms on the street went. We only had one mom on the street. It was because she couldn't go. My family goes to Oceanside every year. We stay at these condos on the beach. It is really gorgeous and the beach is never crouded. My grandparents rented the condo out for a month and there was one free week. My mom decided to go with her friends. So all the dads were stuck home with the kids. They had to get the elementery kids off to school. They had to clean the house. They had to make diner, but we ate out most of the time. They had all the responsibilaties of a mom. My dad even had to go to parent teacher confrences. It was weird because he had never gone before. Nether had I. My mom wanted him to go to see how I was doing in class. It was good though because I got away with things my mom would never let me do, like my mom lets me have caffine, but not late at night. My dad bought me a whole liter of Mountain Dew at the grocery store. I had it really late at night and was up til one oclock in the morning watching movies. But the bad thing was, was that I was really tired the next day. I also went to the video store like a million times. I am kind of a movie-holic. I go to the video store at least three times a week. My mom wouldn't have let me go that much because I would be up late finishing my homework. It was kind of a fun week, but I am really glad my mom is back. Because my house is in better order.