today was Simona's b-day, an we had planned a surprise party for her. when she came home, she started going into the house to get the keys, I grabbed her sister, Chelsy, and told her, "shes not supposed to go into the house yet" so she told Simona shed get the keys, and she did. but when she walked into the house, since I hadn't old anyone that Chelsy was going first, everyone yelled "Surprise!' I dont know who was more embarrassed, me or Chelsy.

I have a poem which I wrote the other day. Mom predicted that king Freddy would have something foolish to say about it.

The Fantasy of the Friendly Dragon
there is a friendly dragon
who lives across the gorge
its companion is an elfin child
whose leafy-green it bore

every night in their cloud -boat
they sail across the moon
the elfin-child awakens me and says,
"shh, we must leave soon"

for then in the leafy-green fields we play
until comes the dawn
and then I must blink my eyes
and then, of course, they're gone

but if you happen, in the day
to look out across the gorge
you may see the elfin-child
and the leafy-green it bore

and if you do so, in the night
as we play beneath the starry sky
you may hear the laughter
of the dragon, the elfin-child andI

sorry, i still don't have the pics that I want you to see. (and, believe me, you want to see them, but shh, they're a surprise) but heres something funny:
Today we went to a breakfast buffet for my dads b-day and for dinner we had a special dinner. in the middle of dinner, as we talked about all the good food we ate, I blurted out;
"today is a good day for yummy food to eat"
think about it, its pretty funny

i will post something good tomorrow.
to tide you over, heres something to help appreciate the beauty of where I live.

The View,
On this side, a hilly city
where surprises like to hide.
Over here, another mountain
(as seen from a mountain side)

And across from me, a farm
with cows grazing peacefully.
And below me, rushing water
below this precipice.

Above me, puffy clouds
Those pretty cumulus.
They are objects of Gods brush
on his sky-spanning canvass.

this is a cute picture of bubles petting the cat.

Hey, anisha is my friend, and she's all sad that I'm the only one who visits her blog, so please be sure to take a look.

never go camping with a teenage boy, he will find a venomous snake and give it to the baby.No thats not the snake but Greg did do that....almost.
PS. did you ever notice that, however much you may dislike them, no camping trip is ever complete without marshmallows?

Never again go into the world with out a blog, or was it without a name I forget.........Anyway, prepare to enter a new world of foolishness. bub is already entering the terrible two stage and hes barely1!( at this point he toddles in) go away, I'm busy!

I really don't know what to write
And so I'll have to find respite.
Goodnight.

Bub the cute is WALKING!And heres another poem.

Gods canvass
The sky, It is Gods canvass
He paints on it the blue so bright
He paints the moon in all its glory
And the sun' He paints its light

He paints the clouds,
so puffy in the sky
And he paints the sun sets,
A thousand lights to twinkle by.

now God's the master artist
so much better than we
and the sky's just one example
of His master artistry


PS. this poem's been made into an "official" song(you know copyrighted...) and the last one won a prize.

here is a more recent pic of me and my friend Chloe. There isn't much to post about today except that I am 11 now and thats why I look so different : ). see u later.

my poetry has ( i think) waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay improved. judge for yourself
The Painter
His hand readdy, his heart light
Dreams of the things he'll paint each night
Someday he may paint some thing that all the world will view
But it is only worth it if it brings joy to a few
So never worry, never fret,
if you can only paint things
That others may forget
for all who in this way
their feelings release
Will find in their hearts
A great master piece!

we went to acapulco in jan. and this is a pic of the hotel that we didnt visit (ie. we THOUGHT we wold be able to go but when we got there the guy said that we had to pay a lot of extra money ) with all of us kids in front of the pool. (im the 1 with the baby and the orange shorts)

I haven't posted for a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time( like two years ) but i hope to change that now,I have a VERY cute little brother now so you'll be seeing a lot of him.For now, here are a few pics so you get a basic idea of what
I've been doing lately .

white sands
trying to get the knots out of my hair
We went on a visa trip
itwas fun. we went to white sands national monument.we camped out one night it was fun

today my turtle died. I wrote a poem for its epitaph.
here lies
a turtleof mine
whome I was told
died of a cold
who has gone on
to a better time
a place with god
a place divine.

By Tory
Here is another poem I wrote:

Noah

Noah was a man of old, but by God Noah was told
"I do believe that man has gone mad, because he is being ever so bad.
He's disobeyed every law I gave him and I'm tired of yielding to his every whim.
I'm going to destroy the earth with a flood, and wipe away every trace of bad blood."

"So build a boat, this month of May, so that you and your family will be okay."
So Noah began to work as he took off his coat, to build an ark, a great, big boat!
And God gave Noah every direction, so that he was sure of complete protection.
120 years he worked, with his sons, they never shirked.

He kept talking of a flood of water, 'till all thought him crazy as the old, mad potter!
They thought it was so funny, and wondered where he got his money.
But then the animals came, from birds to a beast with a mane.
In fact, a pair of every beast, and food so they could have a feast.

The people said, "He realized he'd never get it to float, so he's putting animals into this great, big boat.
He decided to turn it into a zoo, especially when he heard a moo.
Then they went into the boat, with the animals more and more.
Then Noah prayed to God, and God closed the door.

It rained and rained for forty days, 'till Noah thought that God was crazed.
But then it stopped, what a blessed sound. And Noah was happy and dancing around.
Then they looked out, what a sight to see, for land was turned into a great, big sea.
Noah sent a dove out and back it flew, And with it came an oilve branch too.

Then they went out on land that was low, and there they saw the very first rainbow.

Jonah

Jonah was a prophet
And he had a lot to say,
But they were not his words,
But God's for the day

One night Jonah was praying
And he heard God say
Go to Ninevah
This month of May.

No no said Jonah
I will not go
Ninevah is a horrible place
So I say no!

So Jonah thought,
From God I'll run away.
He'll never find me
And I'll be okay.

Jonah found a ship
To Tarshish he went
In a storm so rough
The sails were bent

Who's fault is this?
The captain did cry
And Jonah said,
I'm afraid it is I.

Throw me overboard,
Into the sea
And save at least
Yourselves, not me.

So Jonah,
Overboard he went
And God
A great big fish he sent.

Three days and three nights
Spent inside a fish
Till Jonah was
Spit out with a swish.

Then Jonah went to Ninevah,
A humbler, wiser man.
He now knew not to run from God
But to do for God all that he can.

Ixtapa part 3

We went to Playa Las Gatas. We took a taxi to Zhieuatanejo, then we took a boat across the bay. On the other side there were tiny waves. When you went out to where the waves were splashing, you would find that the bottom slopes for about a foot, then the water is clear and calm with a sandy bottom and you can swim in it as if it was a swimming pool. It was also warm. If you went out a little further you could snorkle and see fish and coral. You could actually go out to the coral reef, but we didn't want to because the water was so shallow there and we wanted to be able to look down on the fishes, not say hello and shake their fin.

I learned how to carve sand castles. Anisha and I made the prettiest fairy castle for the sand fairies to live in. I carved the bottom part while Nini made a drip castle up top. Then we dug a tunnel through it as a hallway and off of the tunnel we dug little rooms into which we put sand furnishings. We hope the fairies like our castle.

We went to that beach twice. I think it was my most favorite part of the whole trip!