Stuff on My Mind Right Now

A lot of stuff has happened to me and I want to put it all in one post so it won't take as long...

1. This week I finished The Work and the Glory: Pillar of Light By: Gerald Lund. It was a really good book that talks about Joseph Smith getting the Gold Plates and the Steed family and their own affairs. It talks about the McBride family and Oliver Cowdry, William Harris, and the Smith family. About how Joshua Steed moves out of the family and tries to steal the Gold Plates with the Murdock brothers. I learned a lot about the church and I can't wait to read the next one.

2. Last month I made a book club and invited a bunch of people, friends, family, neighbors and other homeschoolers. At the beginning we handed out papers that you're supposed to fill out your favorite books and any you recommend. Then we played outside for a while and waited for the others to come. When everyone was there told the our names and talked about what the name of the book club should be. I said we should name it "Lights, Camera, Jaxon!" My friend Wyatt said we should just call it "The Book Club book Worms" or "Jaxon's Book Club". But the my Dad said we should name it "The Papyrus Pirates of Words" and everyone agreed on that. We then discussed what books we should read, so we said the names of the books we liked and put them in a bowl and drew the books we would read. We decided on these books:

May: Holes by: Louis Sacher

June: Wayside Stories from Wayside School by: Louis Sacher

July: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by: J.K Rowling

August: The Hobbit by: J.R.R Tolkien

September: Summer of the Monkeys by: Wilson Rawls

October: Old Yeller by: Fred Gipson

November: Lord of the Rings #1

December: Marley and Me by John Grogan

January: Into the Wild by Eric Hunter

February: Great American Warriors

March: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

April: Pillage by Obert Sky

3. Next weekend is the Father's and son's Outing for my ward and we have to go on the day of my green belt graduation. We're going to go camping and fishing there. The plan is that if I pass testing I can just get it the next day. When I graduate I will get my purple belt.

Where the Red Fern Grows

Hey everyone! Sorry for not posting this past week, there have been a lot of school to catch up on. I have good news.... Kaden lost his first tooth!!!! and he also got his earplugs out!!! Now he can go swimming without having to wear his head strap. I also finished Where the Red Fern Grows by: Wilson Rawls. It was a really good book about a boy named Billy and his two coon hunting dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann. At the beginning Billy saves up his money to get the dogs then he walks to town to get them. Then when he gets home he trains them to be good hunting dogs. Once the dogs are trained nobody can beat them. Everyday when Billy kills more and more coons he gives them to his grandpa who sells them and gives Billy the money. Then one day the two bullies of the town come and bet five dollars that Billy can't catch the ghost coon. They say the ghost coon can climb a tree and disappear. So him and the bullies go into the forest and sure enough he catches the ghost coon but the bullies won't give him the money. The bully's dog attacks Old Dan and one of the bullies runs at him with an axe but he trips and kills himself. Billy then goes to a raccoon hunting competition. There, Little Ann wins a beauty competition and they win the cup and 500 dollars. The only thing is that his grandpa sprains his ankle. When they get back home the unthinkable happens, Old Dan is killed by a mountain lion. After they bury him Little Ann has no will to live so she dies too. Then on the graves a red fern grows.

Good Math Books (April Fools day Part 5)

These are some awesome math books I've been using.

I Love Fractions By: Henry the Eighth

How To get Quotents By: Dee Vide
We Each Have Half By: Eve N. Steven

Three, Six, Nine, Twelve By: Skip Count
Arithmetic Stinks By: P. U. Math

Subtracting By: Les Stuff,
Addition Is Fun By: Carrie Dee Five

I'm Always On Top of Things By: Numa Rator
What's 10+10 By: Gimme D. Sum

One, Three, Five, Seven, Nine By: Todd Odd
What's the Difference By: Sue B. Tract

Guess How Many Jellybeans are in a Jar By: S. T. Mate
Heads or Tails By: Flip A. Coin, One Forth of July By: J.
Learn Addition In a Minuet By: Adam Fast, Nothing and More Nothing By: Z. Row

Stuff that has Happened to Me This Week

A lot of stuff has happened this week, here is a list of them.

1: I went to the Dunes with my best friend Wyatt and we rode sand rails and quads. Kaden went too and he loved it. We watched the new Incredible Hulk in the Freeman's RV. Wyatt hooked up a sled to his quad and drove me around. Then we wrestled down a giant dune and got really sandy.

2: My aunt Keri, my cousins Sam and Rachel and their friend Missy came to our house for the weekend while we were at the Dunes. While we were gone they went and saw Hannah Montana with my Mom. Then they painted Easter Eggs and dyed their hair.

3. I finished the book, Old Yeller by Fred Gibson and it was one of the best books I've ever read. It was about a teenage boy in the 1860's and his dog Old Yeller. At first Travis thinks that the dog is a thieving rascal but then after the dog saves his little brother Arliss from a mama bear the dog and him become best friends. Old Yeller helps Travis while his dad is away selling stuff by, chasing the raccoons out of their corn field, marking hogs and hunting animals. Then one day a wolf with Hydrophobia bites Old Yeller and in order to make sure his family doesn't catch it he kills the dog. It was a really good book and I think that it's a great read.

4. I got 100% on a math test, finished the Jungle Book and wrote a narration/poem about it, and then my Mom bought 4 revolver Nerf guns 48 extra darts and 5 extra balls for our ball gun. She also bought us a giant play house that has 3 swings, a slide, monkey bars and a bench, a brand new soccer ball and basketball too.

5. Sunday was Easter and we got so much candy. Me and Kaden both got some water guns, gum, candy eggs, Jelly Beans, gummy worms, milky ways, snickers, sour peach rings, chocolate rabbits, pop rocks and bubbles from the Easter bunny. My Mom had to do a big talk at church and she did really awesome.

My weekend was awesome and I hope yours was too.

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

A few days ago I read the the book: The Diary of Anne Frank. It is about how the Jewish people were prosecuted by the Germans in WWII. It starts out on her birthday and everything is happy. At school she talks too much so her teacher makes her write a story called the incurable chatter box. Her dad Otto Frank receives word that the Germans are coming and also receives this list of things the Jews can no longer do.

1. Jews must wear a yellow six pointed star to distinguish themselves.

2. Jews must hand over their bicycles to the Germans.

3. Jews are banned from trains and forbidden to drive.

4. Jews are only allowed to do their shopping between 3 and 5 0'clock and can only go in the shops that have the placard "Jewish Shop".

5. Jews must be indoors before 8 o'clock and can't even sit in their own garden after that hour.

6. Jews are forbidden to visit theaters, cinemas, and any other place of entertainment.

7. Jews may not take part in public sports, swimming baths, tennis courts, hockey fields and other sports grounds are prohibited to them.

8. Jews may not visit Christians.

9. Jews must go to Jewish schools and many more like that.

The Franks go into hiding with the Van Daans into an abandoned warehouse. They find a secret room that is hidden behind a bookcase and call it the Secret Annexe. Anne's father prepared this living space for them for nearly a year and when he got a notice from the Germans saying Margot was to be sent to a labor camp, they decided it was time to hide. After six months a new person joins them, his name is Dr.Dussel. So he comes and he shares a room with Anne and hogs her desk. Mrs. Van Daan refuses to give up her expensive fur coat so they can have food. Everyone is really annoyed with her selfish behavior. Anne soon falls in love with the Peter Van Daan who is looks and not brains, this gives her somone to share her thoughts with but eventually she is over him. The company building that they hide in is visited by burglars twice and each time they get lower and lower on food. Every day a girl named Meip gives the Van Daans and the Franks fruit from the market place and a girl named Elli gives them school supplies. After two years of hiding and just one month before liberation, the Germans find the them and send them to consentration camps. Anne is separated from everyone but her sister who eventually gets sick and dies. Anne meets up with her old best friend Lies and soon dies of starvation. She refused to eat and had thought her dad had also died, so she hadn't any hope. The only survivor is Anne's father Otto Frank. After trying in vain to find his daughters, he is finally told they died. Meip, the girl who had been taking them supplies while in hiding reveals to him she found Anne's diary. He later had it published and it still is read by many. Anne Frank is probably Hitlers best known victim. I really liked the book and I recommend it to you.

The Screwtape Letters

The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis was one of the most boring books I've ever read ): I didn't understand anything about it, but since it was an assigned book I had to read it. Screwtape (the uncle's nickname) is constantly writing to Wormwood (the cousins nickname) about God, philosophy, and life. It's pretty boring but I have to admit did learn a few things from it. Since WWII just barely broke out they have to use nicknames. Screwtape keeps talking about how the enemy is always getting stronger, smarter, and trying to outsmart you. I don't really recomend it to anyone if you want to be bored to death.

Eragon

Eragon is the second best book I've ever read and before I tell you about it (which I know you want me to) I must give shout outs to two people. Christopher Paolini the second best author ever (if you're wondering J.K Rowling is the first in my opinion, because she wrote Harry Potter which is the best book I've ever read), and Jason Winsor or Brother Winsor a friend of my parents in our ward. It all happens when the evil King Galbatorix and his empire are in battle against the Varden who have help with the dwarfs and elves. In the ancient land of Algeisia in the Du Weldenvarden Forest there is an ambush waiting for the Varden twelve Urgels and a Shade are part of the trap. While the Urgels are large, ugly, and stupid they are vicious in battle the Shade is more powerful then fifty Urgels the shade uses Dark Magic to overpower enemies. As a band of elves on horses draws closer they are showered urgle arrows. Two of the elves are hit but only the third one survives long enough to use magic to transport the blue dragon egg to the dangerous Spine forest. While the young boy Eragon hunts in the Spine there is a small explosion nearby that startles the herd of dear he was hunting then he finds the egg and heads home thinking he can get a few crowns (money) for it. Then in the middle of the night the egg hatches and when Eragon touches the baby dragon he gets a gedwey ignasia ( that's ancient language for the glowing palm). Then he meets Brom a skilled old man who teaches him about dragons but then the Ra'zac come and kill Garrow Eragon's dad. The Ra'zac are ruthless hunters, assassins and spy's for the Empire who can leap far distances, run at amazing speeds, and have beak and eyes that are as big as a fist. Eragon hurries and rides away on Saphira's (that's the dragons name) back. When he gets back his house is destroyed Garrow is dead and all that riding rubbed all skin off his legs (because of Saphira's scales). While him and Brom are traveling they come past a town where everyone in it's dead and there are still two Urgels left who attack him and Brom. Eragon then uses the magic word Brisinger (Fire) while shooting an arrow. The arrow then hits one urgel in the forehead killing him while the shock wave kills the other. More urgels attack him so then he says Nagz riesa (rise, slam) dozens of them slam into trees and walls. He is then captured by the Ra'zac. Brom rescues him but dies doing it. He then meets Murtagh who helps him get across the Hardarac desert to the Varden with the elf from the beginning who is terribly sick. When he gets to the Varden they are preparing for war with Urgels. When the thousands of urgels come streaming in the Varden shower them with arrows and burning oil. Eragon then battles the shade and kills him. The urgels are all confused and start attacking each other. I really liked the book and I recommend it to everyone.

Peter Pan

This week I read an awesome book called Peter Pan (not abridged) it is about a girl called Wendy and her adventure to Neverland. At first she lives a normal life until she catches Peter Pan's shadow and then he tries to get it and put it on with soap!

When Peter puts pixie dust from Tinkerbell on Wendy, John, and Micheal they fly out through the window and off to Neverland (with Nana the dog barking at them). Once they get to Neverland the evil Captain James Hook and his crew starts shooting cannonballs at them! They way of Neverland is like a sibilant circle, Pirates chase the Lost boys who chase the Redskins who chase the pirates. My favorite part is when at the end the Indians and Pirates have a huge war. The book was great and I recommend it to everyone but just remember you can do anything with a pinch of pixie dust (=

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Today I finished an exciting book called Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell.

My favorite part of the book is when she does an attack on the wild dogs cave and kills many of dogs and then takes a wounded one and tames it. At the beginning these white men called the aluets come and kill many of the Indian warriors then escape. The Indians flee thinking the aluets might come back but only one is left your thinking Karana right? Wrong, it's her little brother Ramo. So Karana jumps out of the boat and go's back to save him. Later he is killed by wild dogs.
Next, Karana does a bunch of things to survive. At one point she finds a beached whale and the she kills a walrus and a giant devilfish. She makes many friends on the island a wild dog named Rontu and his son Rontu-aru, an otter named mon-a-nee and two birds Tainor and Lumari.

I really liked the book and I think the author wanted it to be about a girl Robinson Crusoe and her way of survival. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes a good adventure book.

Kid Wars: Characters, Places, and Things

Bib Fortuna= Lib Fortune
Jabba the Hut= Slobba the Mutt
Tusken Raiders= Dusken Raiders
Jawa= Imps
Kister Banai= Kidster Planai
C-3PO= E-3AO
Shmi Skywalker= Me Washburner
Captain Tarpals= Captain Burpels
Mos Espa= Los Gatos
Theed Royal Palace= Feed Royal Palace
Mos Eisley= Los Dusty
M.T.T= M.T.T
Gungan Sub= Dungan Sub

Kid Wars: Characters, Places, and Things

Yoda= Coda
Mace Windu= Mace Chilu
Ki-adi-Mundi= Ki-adi-Cooley
Sebulba= Championa
Fode and Beed= Frek and Frode
Darth Sidious= Darth Jordanis
Chanceller Vallorum= Chanceller Valucium
Chanceller Palpantine= Chanceller Mapletine
Destroyer Droids [ Droidakas]= Destroyer Dolls [Rollikas]
Captain Panaka= Captain Burga
Queen Amidala= King fattidala
Watto's Junk Shop= Fatto's Junk Food Shop
The Gungan Swamp Palace= The Dungan Stink Palace
A.A.T= A.T.T
Trade Federation Control Ship= Girl Federation Command Center

Kid Wars: Characters, Places, and Things

Jax-on Kenobi = Obi Wan Kenobi
Wy-att- Jinn = Qui- Gon- Jinn
Anakin Skywalker= Kaden Washburner
Jar Jar Binks= Fart Fart Stinks
Darth Maul= Darth Macy
R2-D2= M2-K2
Watto= Fatto
Battle Droid= Battle Doll
Nute Gunray= Cute Prtay
Big Boss Nass= Big Boss Gass
Naboo= Fatzoo
Tatooine= Desertine
Big Goober Fish= Big Booger Fish
Pod Racer= Trike Pod
Dioxant= Perfume
S.T.A.P= P.O.G.O

Kid Wars: The Phantom Princess

I'm making a book called Kid Wars. It is kind of like Star Wars except that it is all about kids. Here is the prolouge.
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away

Kid Wars
Episode. 1 The Phantom Princess

There is unrest in the galaxy as the Galactic Boypublic and the Bigi Order are on the breach of a galactic civil war with the Girl Federation and the feared Kiss. Spies are everywhere to gain information about the enemy. The Girl Federation makes a daring move and sets siege upon the planet Fatzoo. While the terrified employees of Fatzoo watch in terror as their planet is invaded Bigi Master Wy-att Jinn and his padawan Jax-on Kenobi are sent on a secret negotiation mission to the blockade around Fatzoo. Will they succeed? Will they get captured and never free the employees of Fatzoo. Read on and find out.

Harry Potter

A few days ago I finished the last Harry Potter Book in one day. I read the whole series in less than two weeks Wohoo! (it feels good to blink).