Christmas 2010

Christmas 2010 was an awesome Christmas. The reason my Christmas was awesome is because I got lots of cool gifts, I got to see family, and I got to sleep in and stay up late. Some of the cool gifts I got were a new foosball table, a new trampoline, and more. Most of my family gave me money for Christmas which I used to buy a new iPod Touch! I also got to see lots of family over my Christmas break. My aunt, uncle and grandma came to my house to visit the week of Christmas. After Christmas my mom took me to visit more family in Texas. I got to see my grandfather and his family along with more aunts and uncles. I got to see my great grandma, too. Every day I was in Texas I didn't have to go to bed until midnight.

I hope your Christmas was as good as mine was. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! :)

Officer's Ushanka

Ushankas. I am inspired by them. I've heard about them. I love them. They're very good for a bleak climate, like Russia. That's where they're from. Some ushankas have ear flaps to keep your ears warm if your outside. You probably have seen ushankas before with the ear flaps down. I have a real Police Officer's Ushanka. Let me tell you the details about them. Some ushankas are made out of sheepskin, I believe. On the front of some ushankas, they might have a logo. If a ushanka is gray, it means it's a military personnel ushanka. If it's green, it is a camouflage ushanka. If it is blue it means it is a police officer ushanka, like mine. Let me tell you how I got mine. In 1990, my grandfather went on a mission trip to Russia and got the hat. Then for about 21 years it spent its time in the back of his closet. Then one day he decided to give it to me and my brother. After reading up on them and seeing them, I wanted to have my own. So, I was really excited to have one of my own.


If you ever heard of a game called Team Fortress 2, then you'll probably know about this. In team Fortress 2, my favorite class is Heavy Guy and he's Russian. When I saw a ushanka on top of his head, it looked awesome. Then, I thought that looked like a police hat, so I wanted it too. It was my dream and I realized it! (It came true.) It was my first hat. It was an actual Team Fortress 2-wise gift from my brother!

If you've never seen a ushanka before, this is me wearing one.

Ear flaps up:

Ear flaps down:

I hope you all have had a happy new year! :) :D :o)

Costume Party

Now that we are in our new house(and in a neighborhood), we can finally go trick or treating! We used to live in an area where there were not very many houses. We would have to drive to different neighborhoods to go trick-or-treating. Most of our time was driving around instead of getting candy at lots of houses. That was not very much fun.

We are going to have our first costume party, too! We are going to invite a few families, roast marshmallows, and have fun! All of the kids will trick or treat together in the neighborhood and then play at our house.

I am planning on dressing up as a scary ghost. I wonder what everyone else will dress up as. What are you going to be dressing up as for Halloween?

Our party is going to be so fun. I can hardly wait!

Halloween

As we prepare for Halloween I became curious about it. I looked up information online about Halloween and thought that I would share with you what I found.

Halloween is really the eve of All Saints' Day. We get to celebrate it by dressing up and trick or treating or giving out candy. Halloween is primarily celebrated in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It is said to orignally have roots from the Celtic festival of Samhain as well as the Christian holiday, All Saints' Day, however it is mostly a secular holiday celebration today.

What are you going to dress up as? Happy Halloween! :o)

My Flagstaff Soccer Tournament

Last weekend, I went to Flagstaff for my soccer tournament. Me and my Dad rode up early Saturday morning with my friends, Chandler and Jalen. They are both are on my soccer team. Later that afternoon, we had our first game of four games. We won it 5-0 or 6-0 I can't remember. I got 3 goals and 1 assist. I'm happy won that game. Later on, we had our second game. At the end of the game, the final score was 4-0 we lost. Bummer, but it's all right because that team was the best team in the state!!!

The next morning, I went downstairs to the first floor of my hotel, called The Drury, to go eat breakfast. Then, we checked out of the hotel and went to the fields for my next game. We were playing the Blackhawks, the second best team in the state. At the end of the first half, the score was 1-1. At the end of the game, the score was 3-1 we lost. Later on, we played our next game. At the end of the game, the score was 3-0. Darn, those teams were hard, it's all right though because we were playing in the gold bracket when we should have been in the silver bracket.

I'm happy I got a little taste of what good teams are like. It was a fun tournament overall. I hope I can go back up to Flagstaff someday. Oh well. I think this is about it. Bye! :D

Scorpion Hunting

My dad started to hunt scorpions six weeks ago, he found a scorpion on the driveway the first day we lived here. When he saw that same scorpion, it was dead. How creepy. Then, I found a scorpion hanging above my basement shower. I told my dad about it, then he came and knocked it off the ceiling! A seven foot free fall had to infuriate him. He fell right into the bathtub! "The tail's up now," stated my dad and he killed him with my shoe! He then flushed him down the toilet. After he killed him, my dad told me he was going to start hunting scorpions.

We are now at 150 scorpions killed altogether. I found one and killed two. I found the 150th scorpion and killed all by myself, except for my dad holding the UV light. Let me guess, you're going to ask if he ran and oh yes, he ran. He sprinted, and he almost outran the blowtorch, but when I got him, he fell to the ground and struggled for his life, but, I couldn't give it to him.

And that was our 150th scorpion killed in just six weeks. Wow. I think I should close now. Bye! :) :D

Travel Soccer Fun!

Two weeks ago, I had a soccer game in Tuscon at 12:30 in the afternoon. I had to be out there at 11:45 in the morning because that was when warm ups started. After warm ups, we got on the field and the game started. I started out the game on my usual position, center forward. Although, I also do play center midfield. At the end of the game, we won 6-3. I got 2 goals and 2 assists. Overall, the game was quite fun.

Last week, I had a game in Peoria at 8:00 in the morning. I had to wake up at 5:00 in the morning and we had to leave at 5:55 because we had to be there at 7:15 for warm ups. Once we were done with warm ups, the game started. At halftime, the score was 1-1. We came back and beat them 4-2.

Overall, both games were a lot of fun! I'm happy to be playing travel soccer. I love it! I hope to write again soon!!! :D