Next semester

Next semester I start Driving! Well... at least the hours... I'm doing D.E next week! I also start poetry. I am very exited to start my driving & slightly apprehensive to start poetry. THough I am very exited about Christmas break!
Billy :D

The pets are all settled in new homes

Well first if you didn't know we had three cats, two rabbits and two dogs. Only the dogs got to move with us to Fresno. It was a mess trying to find homes for the rest of them.

Kansas the boy, is a cool cat. He thinks he is a dog. He is really friendly to everyone. He went to live with someone just before Christmas. He was a present for someone. They got he without ever looking at him. They had heard so many amazing stories about him from our friends...his charm was famous.

Tulip, the stuck up girl cat, likes men. She went to go live in a house with a single dad and his two teen boys. They liked her name so much they just kept it. She likes it because they are quiet. I don't think the boys live there full time either.

Mama Kitty went to go live out at our Meme and Papa's place in Chowchilla. She is so sweet. She is working her charm on our Grandparents.

Eden and Denali, the bunnies went back to the bunny farm we got them from. We here they will be having babies soon.

Eddy my Dalmatian and Leroy the Chocolate Lab /German Shepherd mix are settling into city life more and more each week. They were raised in Coarsegold and so all the noises of city life are freaky to them. Mom says soon we will start walking them around the neighborhood one at a time.

Dave

Jogging

I have been trying to get good at jogging lately. Each day I go out & jog for around a half-hour. I do a mixture of walking and jogging, so that I can gradually work up to only jogging! I can jog for around three minutes right now & hope to increase this by the end of the week.
Billy :D

Yearbook & Newspaper

I am in two yearbook committees, & a home-school newspaper. I am part of the CHEFA yearbook & the BEST yearbook. My family is one of the most active contributors to the Mountain Flame. A newspaper that the school group MATCH is putting together.
Billy :D

Physics

Physics is over for the semester!!!! We did our last class for this year this Monday. We start back up on the 4th. While the class is out we have to do two labs, & a study guide.
Billy :D

The Orazems visit

Last Friday the Orazems came over to see the new house & to hang out for a little while. We played we hung out & showed them the house. We hope to have them over again soon!
Billy :D

Candy Cane Lane Walk & Party at Railroad Park.

last week Billy and I went to a Christmas shindig put on by our home school group BEST. We had a good time walking down Candy Cane Lane. They go there because Christmas Tree Lane has gotten so busy! We played soccer, football, I've never and other games. We also had hot cocoa and snacks. One cool thing that happened with the gift exchange that I ended getting the gift Billy brought, which was what I wanted a Starbucks gift card.


Eric David Vincent ;)

David's Surprise Party

A month ago we went to a surprise party for our friend David. Because we were in the middle of moving we missed out on the surprise part, but we still got to go to his b-day. We had a good time we played board games. We also played yard games like assassin, mafia and other games and of course we ATE!!! It was a good party



Rickydave ;)

Lazer Quest

Every year CHEFA holds a Lazer Quest Christmas party.

We play 3 or 4 games each, eat & hang out in the arcade. This year I did pretty good but not nearly as good as I usually do. Two people came who couldn't play because they were wounded. Jessie has a broken neck, and Richard has a hurt knee. So they hung out & ate.... without playing. Jessie took pics, & Richard just talked. I had a great time talking, eating & killing people!
Billy :D

Holiday Treats w/our Cousins

Last Saturday we got together with our cousins the Chavez's. We hung out & made a few holiday treats. We made peppermint bark & chocolate dipped pretzels. For peppermint bark you melt white chocolate & put extract of peppermint into the melted gloop. Then you mix in crushed peppermint candy(like candy canes)& pour everything into a cookie sheet! It tastes amazing; we had a great time making these winter delicacies!
Billy :D

The Transiberian Orchestra

Last week my drum teacher emailed me & asked if I could come too the Transiberian orchestra. She had an extra ticket & I had some free time. So I said yes; not expecting what I was about to see! I had heard a few songs from the group, but I didn't know that I was listening to their songs when I heard them. The show they put on was AMAZING!!! There were lights, flame & all kinds of craziness. I enjoyed their performance very much and hope to go again next year.
Billy :D

Citizenship Merit Badge

I am working on this badge with my troop this month. We have worked on skill areas for earning this merit badge at our meetings. We watched Davy Crockett and discussed the ways he helped his community. We have had a member of the Clovis City Council come and talk to us, we also visited the Clovis City Hall. I am gathering information for a slide show I need to present for this badge as well planning some volunteer hours.

Ricky

Bunko w/ BEST

We played a really fun dice game called Bunko.

I had great time learning a new game and basically just hanging out with a bunch of my friends....and eating junk food!

Ricky

Jr. High Guys Night Out

Riverpark has guys night out for Jr High about once a month. They they have a girls nights out too, but that's another journey. Anyway the guys had a great time once again eating junk food and playing Ultimate Frisbee! We get to hit grown ups with frisbees, which is cool, this is because we play youth-against-grown ups.

Ricky

The Recue Mission

In The Bembe Worship Project we play at many different places and in many different styles. One of the places we play at is the Fresno Rescue Mission. We have played there several times & always enjoy it! This time we incorporated a few Spanish songs. We played a more Latin type style to these songs which for me was a trip to nostalgitopia! This is the type of music I was playing a few years ago.

Billy

MOVING!!!

O.K so we finally moved into Fresno. It has been amazingly hectic for the last three weeks. School has been difficult, we have had to let some of our activities go & we have been traveling in-between houses like crazy! We are almost completely done with cleaning the old house, so we can give the owners back their keys and move on with life.

Billy

Riverpark Mystery Dinner

This November the Riverpark Sophomore Class had a Mystery Dinner. It was kind of like the board game Clue except we had to act out the parts we were assigned. Everyone was given their character ahead of time so that they could prepare to act them out as well as gather what we needed to "dress in character". It was a fun night. We ate and hung out in-between each act. It was fun trying to figure out this who-dune-it!

Billy