Another party summary....

O.k so here's the deal, I haven't been able to write for a while so I am doing another party summary. All of the parties on this entry I planned, which was an enlightening experience all by itself! So anyways first we went to pizza with my cousins in Fresno and we messed around in the arcade, then we had a swim party @ bass lake we played games, and hung out. One of the families brought a kayak for everyone to share. I didn't even know they were going to bring that, so it was a nice surprise. I planned two swim parties @ Granny's house we went swimming ate a lot of food and played games! We played Capture the Flag and Marco Polo as well as the usual Apples to Apples and games like that. We also blew up tons of floats for the lake and pools parties. These parties were all really fun, & I enjoyed being with my friends very much!

Billy

parties!!!

This summer I have gone to many parties! Here are a two more that I have been able to attend! I went to Emily tiptons 15th b-day party @ bass lake. We boated and swam & generally hung out! The second party is Weston's movie night. We watched Dudley-do-right. Which of course gave us many fits of laughter!!!
Billy :D

Hannah's Batmitsfah at Bass Lake

This is a girl turning 13, coming of age thingy. We made her something for a memory box or something like that. We got her a frame with four real butterflies in it because our Mom calls her a butterfly. Well anyway I had a lot of fun. There was a lot of food, very important, and friends, also important. The rafts we brought were really fun, we left them at the lake to be used by everyone when we left. Before we left something crazy happened. While I was swimming one of my friends was drowning. I swam over and carried him back to shore.
-Dave

"digefest"!!!!!!!

O.k so last night my family went to the north fork digefest. Now you're probably scratching you're head and saying what is a digefest? A digefest is short for a didgeridoo festival! So now you're thinking why in the world would you want to go to something as boring as that! This digefest opened my eyes to how cool a dige is! I had previously though that a dige only made one sound ( a deep and strange bellow). I was sadly mistaken.... these instruments are amazing!!!! They are so fun to play and you can make hundreds of different sounds! I saw many amazing players throughout the night. I was even taught by several players who were both very good and very friendly! So I now know and can do the basics of playin the dige! While I was learning to play a dige Ricky was busy swinging of a rock into the pond that was behind the festival!!!So the entire family had fun at this amazing festival!
Billy :D

Woodward Park with my cousins & Day at Lucas's house

On Thursday I went to my friend Lucas's house and spent the day shooting air soft guns and playing video games. They dropped me off at Chitudo at the end of the day. Then on Friday we met our cousins, the Chavez family, at Woodward park. We had a good time playing baseball and other stuff, and just having fun.
Ricky

Huntington Lake and Rancheria Falls

Once a year we go to Huntington Lake with Mr. & Mrs. Bell , Papa and sometimes Dad. We go out on their sail boat. We stop at the same restaurant every time. Then we go swimming before we start heading back to the other side of the lake to go home. This time we went on a hike to Rancheria Falls. It was an easy hike with a good view of the falls. I sat beneath the falls with it pounding on my back. I also went behind the falls.

Ricky

Chitudo Goodbye & House Shopping

We are moving to Fresno that means we are leaving Chitudo. Which I am very sad about. We don't know when or where, but we know its happening. We have been looking at houses. We know the neighborhood we like best now. So I'm pretty sure we will end up somewhere by Fresno State and Peoples church. It will be nice to be closer to family and valley friends. Its just that I will be moving away from mountain friends and Chitudo. I hope we move soon though. I will get to come to special Chitudo events and also we will come the first Thursday of each month. Please pray that we find the right house for us soon.

Ricky

What I did this summer

I spent a lot of time reading and watching movies. I also got a cold, which was a bummer to have when you are on vacation. I did get to see a lot of friends, so that made the summer better after the cold, for instance I saw Bowen for a movie and pizza and another time I spent the night at his house. I went to the Orazem's for movies and BBQ. I went down to Ranchos & Fresno to visit my friends there. We walked to the Pizza parlor, Pete's and a few other places with Austin & Kayleen. My friends from Tennessee came to visit for a few weeks. We have not seen them for a loooonnnggg time. We also went to Granny's house for swimming a lot. One of the times that we were there we got to try the new BBQ place in Ranchos and she also made a homemade cherry pie. We also made jam from white nectarines and white peaches with Granny. My Mom says we are going to go ride horses at Meme's house soon. We went school shopping a few weeks ago and again last week. We have an appointment to get our hair cut this week. I look like a rag-a-muffin. That means summer vacation is almost over. Although I did go shooting a few times, sit in a waterfall, jump off a cliff side and lots of other fun things like going to Black Beards, Boomers, Island Water Park and Johns Inc pizza, movie theaters in Oakhurst and in Fresno, I'm not ready for summer to be over yet. Its a good thing I have a few more weeks to go!!
Ricky

Dinkey Creek

We went to Dinkey Creek on July 26th. It was my first time there. It was really cool!! We went to a bunch of pools, which were really awesome!! I hope we go again soon!!
Ricky

Ok I'm feeling dumb...........

The reason for this post is because I forgot to post one very important event of the Kings canyon trip....! Anyway When we were looking at the lost grove we saw a "BLACK BEAR" !!!!!!!!!!! It was tearing at a log in the attempt to scrounge some termites! So now that I feel better about the state of my mind I will leave with only one one more word.



WWWWWOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW



Billy :D

Kings Canyon camping!!!!!!

O.K so I lied we camped in Sequoia.... but we explored the Kings canyon. So with that I'm not changing the title! Anyway we camped in a beautiful pine forest & hiked to see the quiet & secluded Muir grove! The next day we drove to grants grove and walked this crowded but amazing path! After this we drove down the side of the canyon & saw the roaring river ( a branch of the kings river) & many other cool parts of the river. We also saw a beautiful meadow that bordered the river!
Billy :D

summer party summary :)

This summer I have gone to several parties. They include a going-away party for some old friends.......(the Biggs) & a welcome back party for some other old friends(the Winters)! I have also gone to two b-day parties. Probably the oldest friend I have had his sixteenth b-day party/sleepover ( C.J ). Also a new but good friend had his sixteenth b-day party/sleepover
(Cameron)! Finally I went to a just because party hosted by the Delfins!

Morro Bay camping trip!!!

This weekend we camped on the beach! It was amazing... we woke up to the sound of waves crashing against the shore! There was only one drawback.... the campsite. It was a parking lot with a strip of dirt on both sides of the road! Anyway during our trip we saw morro rock, montana de oro, los osos, & went to pismo beach! Yes; it was amazing!!
Billy :D

Bass lake fireworks!!!

On the fourth of July we decided to go to Bass lake to see the fireworks. On the way to the lake, there was heavy traffic. It was difficult to find parking , but after a long and tiring search we finally found a spot! Then we hiked to a spot near the beach & firework platform. We had a relaxing day of swimming, eating & reading! After that we had a great time watching the fireworks!
Ricky

Jr. Black Belt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This year I tested for my jr. black belt! Only four or five jr. black belts have been promoted in our martial art. I'm very happy about my promotion! Since my last test I have gained both skill & strength! The night I tested I didn't even know I was going to test! So when Appo told me to preform a kata I was confused, he said you're test will depend on how well you do this kata! I was pretty scared; so when I did the kata I froze up & did badly. Appo gave me one more chance & that time I did really well & passed the test!
Ricky

Hetch-Hetchy

We went off in the morning, to go to Yosemite. While we were going through Yosemite a fire started, so we knew wouldn't be going back the same way! As we continued along to Hetch-Hetchy we saw the beautiful sights of Yosemite! We finally got to Hetch-Hetchy , & saw what we could see. Then we went to cascade rest stop & had dinner & went swimming! We exited through the arch gateway!
Ricky

Big Sur camping trip

This is another Congressional award trip that i planned. This is part of the exploration/expedition section of the award. So I planned the food, activities, & schedule of this trip!
Big Sur is a forest on the California coast about an hour from Monteray. It is a staggeringly beautiful place, with huge trees & rugged coastlines along with calmly running streams!
On Sat. we had strawberry pancakes for breakfast! Then we hiked to Mcway falls( a waterfall that runs directly into a beach)! After the tiny fourth mile hike we went on to do a very rugged hike called the Mt. Manuel peak hike. This hike in places was no wider than two feet.It was a very difficult hike! For dinner we had chili cheese dogs, with fire roasted hot dogs!
                                                                                                                                                  Billy :D

Channel Islands Trip

This year I started a program called the congressional award. The basic principles of this award are that the participant needs to set his/her goals & fulfill them. For the fitness section of the award I chose scuba diving! My goal was to get certified. I have fulfilled that goal now.
For my certification trip I went to the channel islands with bobs dive shop. We left Thursday & got there around 8:30. At 9:00 we had orientation which gave us a basic knowledge of what was going to happen and also the rules of the boat. The boat left the dock around three in the morning & arrived at the channel islands around 8:30 in the morning.
On Friday we had pancakes, eggs, sausage, and bacon for breakfast! It was a well made, good tasting breakfast. During the day we went on several dives which was an amazing experience! We saw some urchins the size of a soccer ball!
I saw a lot more life Saturday including a California sea hare ( a type of sea slug ) & a sea cucumber! We also completed the necessary 5 dives for certification & I did one dive without my instructor, which was very exciting!
Billy :D

Westons movie night!!!!!!!!

My friend Weston threw a movie party potluck thingy. The movie we watched was 12th night. So we got there and chatted until everyone showed up. Then we tried to play volleyball.......( not a success)! After our volleyball experience we went inside to eat! When we finished eating we played a few boardgames & then watched the movie!:D
Billy

SCUBA!!!!!!!!

For the past five weeks I have been taking a SCUBA class from Bob's dive shop! I has been amazing! I have had tons of fun! The class is easy to follow and learn from. First we read a chapter in the textbook. Then we go to the class and discuss the material, and finally we practice in the pool. I highly recommend taking SCUBA, it's lots of fun!

Billy:D