3 Hours in Rollerblades = Sore Feet

Well we just got back from the church. We had a great time there. It was a youth group hang out time, and it was the night that my Dad made the announcement that Pastor Nick would be back as the full time youth pastor. The kids were very excited. My Dad will no longer be the youth pastor but he will still help with the youth as much as possible. Any way I brought my skates and played hockey with all the kids all night I skated the whole time and now my feet are so sore. I soaked them in the sink for about ten minutes. That helped a lot. I also signed up for soccer yesterday. It does not start for a month but now I am ready to start practicing. I am going to buy some cleats and a ball and some shin guards. It will be so much fun. Next year I am going to play roller hockey, cuz I want to be on a team like the mighty ducks. Well that was a quick update on my life and the things I am doing, another post will come soon.

Tag we're it????

How can you tag us Brenda you have to be able to see someone to tag them. I am confused. But while we are on the topic of tagging I will plug my favorite game which I have been talking about for the last few days. Duck duck goose is the coolest game especially if you are a fast runner like me cuz if you are not then you will wind up in the middle. I have been trying to get my friends from Burney to come down here and play with me but they are to busy with school.

4 Jobs that I have had in my life: Take out the trash, Clean my room, Pick up my toys, and watch my brother

6 movies that I could watch over and over: Mighty Ducks, Mighty ducks 2, Mighty ducks 3, Veggie tales, Robots, Napoleon Dynamite.

4 Places I've lived: Mommys belly, 1910 Pinon ave Anderson Ca., Holly st. Anderson. And that is all.

4 TV shows I love to watch: Cailou, Sesame Street, Clifford, George Shrinks

4 Places I have been on vacation: Disneyland, Grand Canyon, Agate Beach, Yosemite N.P.

4 Websites I visit daily: PBS Kids, with lots of different stuff on it.

4 of my favorite foods: Pancakes, Muffins, Pizza, Ice Cream.

4 places I would rather be right now: Snowboarding, Burney at Grandma's house, Marine World, Disneyland.

3 people that I am tagging:
Justin Richardson
Tates
Shannon Hawkins

Dad left me behind :-(

My Dad went snowboarding and he did not take me. Can you believe that? He took Big Josh and not me. But he said I could put these pictures of him and the guys jumping. My Uncles Brian and Ben took lessons and learned how to board and my Grandpa skied. They all had fun but are sore now. Here are their pics, ENJOY.

WERE BAAACK

Sorry for the loooooooooonnnnnggggg absence from the blog world. It was the busy holiday that caused my Dad to be so busy that he could not post for us. But maybe now that they are over then we will have more time to stay caught up on this thing. Well we had a great christmas. It started on the friday before Christmas at Great Grandmas with presents and then Stockings and Dinner on Christmas eve. Christmas morning we went out to breakfast with Zachary and Brenda. It was a lot of fun and they gave me a cool crocodile game. Then we went to church and watched Pastor Thomas as a shepherd. He did a good job. Then we came home and took a nap and Mom and Dad wrapped some more presents. We went to Burney for Sunday and Monday. We opened presents up there on Monday. Then my Nana and Papa came up with Auntie Kim and my other Great Grandma. The stayed for about a week and hung out with us a lot. We had a great New Years eve party. With lots of snacks and games and people. I had to go to bed around 10 so I did not get to see the New Year come in :-( On New Years day we went to Shingletown and opened presents at Uncle Paul and Auntie Em's. We had a great Christmas and it was spread out over two weeks which made it fun. Well I can't post and not put up any pictures so here are some of our pics from the last two weeks.









I rode on this train at this house that had a bunch of lights. That is Aunt Amy she was only home for a little bit. Bye Josh

We got to go to youth group last night. It was a lot of fun. Usually we stay at the Klockes house but last night was the Christmas party so we got to go. We had a lot of fun and played some funny games. Here Alex, Justin and myself are eating the remnants of the snowmen that we built with marshmellows and candy and stuff. Alex won this game and got a cd.







His mouth is very full. Can you tell?














Justin could not hold his down and ended up losing it all to the trash can. YUCK!!



In this game they had to get the four candy canes out of the whipped cream.
You should have seen Shannon attack that whipped cream.

It paid off for her cuz she won. And the main thing is we got some great pictures of some messy faces.














Well we had a lot of fun with the Kids and I even got to play in the gift exchange it was cool. Four days till Christmas. Do you know what you are getting? Josh

Christmas shoping is done HOORAY

Today we finished all our Christmas shopping. We had a pretty good day. It started off by waking up to snow in Anderson. We looked outside and there were these beautiful snowflakes falling lazily out of the sky. It was so nice. Unfortunately it did not last very long before turning to rain. However I did hear from my Uncle Ben from Burney and he said it was snowing real hard up there and someone else told my Dad that they had about a foot already. The great thing about that is that means Shasta is getting lots of snow too and that means we can go snowboarding sooner:-) We went to the outlets and I picked out a present for my Aunt Emily whose name I drew for our family gift exchange, from there we went to Shopko. We arrived at Shopko at 11:40 and that meant we had about 20 minutes to get through the store and check out before the 6 hour sale ended at noon. So we rushed around and found the things that we needed along with half the city of Redding. Luckily they still gave you stuff for the cheap price at 12:15 cuz by the time we got through the lines it was later than noon. We got all the stuff we needed there and then headed back to the van. It was still trying to spit a little snow and was quite cold, so I was skipping along with my hands in the pockets of my sweatshirt when somehow I slipped on the wet muddy pavement and next thing you know my head was smacking into the pavement and I was lying on my face in the puddles. It hurt real bad. I cried of course and my Dad picked me up. He held me for a while and then I was ok. It hurt most of the day but not as bad once Dad took me to Coldstone for an Ice cream. Aren't these nice pictures of my goose egg?

Well we are off to the Tates Christmas party so see you all later and don't worry about my head it will go back to its normal shape just like it always has. Joshy

We promised pictures

This is our christmas tree decorating night. We had snacks and hot apple cider and listened to christmas music and then we watched ELF. It was a lot of fun. Zach and Brenda even came over to hang out.



This is the outside of our house. We have a lot of lights out there. I helped my Dad put them all up.
This is an angel if you can't tell and our star.
























My Dad took all these pictures of Mt. Shasta on their way back from Oregon. He took them from all sides of the mountain. I think it is kind of cool to see the different sides all together like that. Which side is your favorite?

No we havn't fallen off the face of the earth

Sorry for the long absence of updates. Things have been very crazy around here. Nothing super special just lots of stuff going on. Our Mom and Dad had their 5th wedding anniversary. They say the time is flying by. Whatever that means. They went to Oregon for the weekend and that meant that Jayden and me got to go to BURNEY. I love going to Burney and playing with all my Uncles and Aunts. Mom and Dad got all their Christmas shopping done and we now have presents under our tree. Well sorry but that is all I have time for right now. I will try to post again soon, and with pictures. Goodnight, Joshy

CHRISTMAS TREES!!!!

My Dad is on the Anderson Fire Department and so he had to be at the Anderson christmas tree lighting. So my Mom brought me and my brother. We had hot chocolate and got to see Santa Claus.



I did not want to sit on Santa's lap that is why I am standing there facing him.

My brother got a stuffed animal and I got a ball and we both got candy canes.







Then yesterday we went and cut our christmas tree with my Aunts and Uncles and Grandparents. We had so much fun but it was kind of cold and windy. Buddy did not mind the cold he had fun running around with everyone.




This is me and Dad with the tree we were cutting down. Dad let me help with the saw. My Dad took me for a dire with him on my cousin Steves 4-wheeler. It was fun and we went fast.

Thanksgiving Turkey? Nope, PIG!!!!!!

Well the photo thing does not seem to be working so I guess I will just have to tell you guys about the fun times we had for Thanksgiving. All of my family went to my Great Uncle Dales house in Beiber. There was about 20 of us there this year which is kind of a small group. We don't eat turkey, our tradition is to have a huge bonfire in a pit in the back yard and then about midnight we put the pork and some beef brisket in the pit cover it with tin and bury it. It cooks all night long and then we dig it up around noon the next day, It is a lot of fun to hang out by the fire with my uncles and aunts and play games with them. We swung on the tire swing in the barn and watched movies and played lots of games. My Dad and some of the older guys and girls went and rode 4-wheelers and motorcycles, they said it was very cold but they had a great time. I ate lots of food and drank soda too. We have so much to be thankful for. God gives us more than we need. I thank him for all my family and my brother Jay. Well that is all for now there will be more soon. Joshy

November Weather??????????

The weather has been so nice here. It has been very Warm and SUNNY. It was so nice that we went out and washed our van. Not something you usually do in the middle of November.
Dad helped us make sure we got all the spots clean.
Jayden and me were soaking wet by the time we were done. But it was warm so it did not matter too much.

I think my brother was cleaner than the van. What do you think? At least he was having lots of fun.

I am making sure the windows are real good with no spots on them. Our Mom and Dad really appreciate all the help that we give them. And we always have fun when we are doing things with them. After the car wash we helped Dad rake up some leaves. It was funny cuz I was throwing leaves at Jayden and he was wet so everything was sticking to him.

We did not get very many leaves cleanrd up but we had fun throwing them everywhere. Sorry we have not posted in a long time but my Mom and Dad have been very busy and they would not let me post by myself:-}

MOHAWK MOHAWK MOHAWK

Can you believe that it was my Mom who did my hair like this and not my Dad? Usually my Dad does crazy things like this but he was at work and when we got out of the bath Mom decided to have fun with our hair.

I think I would make a great groupie for Thousand Foot Krutch.
Who happen to sing my favorite christian rock song, "RawkFist". When that song comes on I throw my fist up in the air and pump it with my Dad.

My brothers mohawk did not work out very good cuz his hair is a little to fine for the gel to hold it up. But he is a stud too anyway.

Ice Cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We went out to ICE CREAM with Zach & Brenda at the old fashioned ice cream parlor in Anderson. It was a lot of fun. My brother Jayden ate a little bit of everybody's icecream. See his messy face?

My mom can't eat ice cream so she had a coffee. She is addicted to coffee. Zachary is teasing Jay with his icecream but he let him have quite a bit. Jayden and me are fighting over my cone. I won but I shared a lot of it with him. As you can see by the one picture Jayden got most of his Ice Cream all over his face.
Well we are supposed to be going to bed but now we are totally wound up and excited so we will probably not go to bed for a while. My Dad has to go to bed soon cuz he has to get up at 3:00 in the morning to go to work. Well I'm off to wrestle Zachary Bye Bye