Fathers & Sons

This weekend I went to the Fathers & Sons Outing. We had a lot of fun. We went to the lake and rode canoes. It was a blast and my dad even knocked a tree down. Today is my green belt graduation and I'm going to be a purple belt. I also finished my second work & the glory book last night.

The Dunes Pictures

The Dunes

Nothin' but Sand

Kelly's Sand Rail (with Star Wars paint job)

The Gang

Jumping hills

About 5 Ft. of Air

Righteous

Stuck!

Wyatt's sweet moves

Clayton and Weston on quads

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

April Fools Day (Part 4) Other Jokes

Here are some space, snake, and bug jokes. Enjoy :)

Q: What do you call two spiders who just got married?
A: Newly webs!

Q: What do bugs use cheerios for?
A: Hula hoops!

Q: On what day do spiders eat the most?
A: Flyday

Q: What's big, bright and silly?
A: A fool moon!

Q: What do you call a crazy spaceman
A: An astro-nut

Q: Why did the snakes get in trouble at school?
A: because they were always hiss-pering!

Q: What kind of shoes do reptiles wear?
A: Snakers!

Q: What kind of songs do planets sing?
A: Nep-tunes!

Q: How do you measure a snake?
A: In inches, they don't have any feet!

Q: Where should a 300 pound alien go?
A: On a diet!

Q: What is a martians normal eyesight?
A: 20-20-20

Q: What's soft and white and comes from Mars?
A: Mars-mallows

Q: What's a grasshoppers favorite year?
A: Leap year!

Q: What do you get when you cross a caterpillar and a bee?
A: A fuzzy yellow jacket!

Q: How did the snakes bust out of jail?
A: They scaled the wall!

Q: What do you call an astronauts watch?
A: A lunar-tick!

Q: How much family came two the picnic?
A: Three sisters, two uncles and 10, 000 ants!

Q: What did Saturn say to Jupiter?
A: Don't call I'll give you a ring!

Q: Why is a cloud like Santa Claus?
A: Because it holds the rain, dear!

Q: If dogs have fleas, what do sheep have?
A: Fleece!

Q: What is a snakes favorite school subject?
A: Hissss-tory

Q: What do you get when you cross two bees and a water pistol?
A: A bee-bee gun!

Q: Why do mosquitoes make good pets
A: They're so tame they'll eat right out of your hand!

Q: What do snakes put on the kitchen floor?
A: Rep-tiles!

Q: What do spiders like with they're hamburgers?
A: French flies!

Q: Why is the north star the smartest star?
A: Because it is the brightest!

Q: Which is heavier, a full moon or a half moon?
A: A half moon, a full moon is lighter!

Q: What do you get if you cross a centipede with a parrot?
A: A walkie- talkie!

Q: Why shouldn't you grab a snakes tail?
A: It's only his tail, but it could be your end

April Fools Day (Part 3) Elephant Jokes

Here are some good elephant jokes I hope you enjoy them.

Elephant Jokes
Q: What's gray and highly dangerous?
A: An elephant with a machine gun!

Q: What's big, gray and protects you from the rain?
A: An umbrellaphant!

Q: What's big, gray and flies straight up?
A: An elecopter!

Q: What's gray, wrinkly and causes mass destruction?
A: An elephant with the hiccups!

Q: What's as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?
A: An elephant's shadow

Q: What's gray, carries flowers and cheers you up when you're sick?
A: A get-wellephant

Q: What's the difference between an injured elephant and bad weather?
A: One roars with pain, the other pours with rain?

Q: How do you tell the difference between mouse and an elephant?
A: Try picking them up!

Q: What's the difference between an elephant and a bad pupil?
A: One rarely bites, the other barely writes1

Q: What's the difference between an elephant and a piece of paper?
A: You can't make a paper airplane out of an elephant!

Q: What's the difference between a sick elephant and seven days?
A: One is a weak one and the other is one week!

Q: What's the difference between a banana and an elephant?
A: Have you ever tried to peel an elephant?

Q: What's the difference between an elephant and a flea?
A: Elephant's can have fleas but fleas can't have elephants!

Q: What's the difference between an African Elephant and an Indian Elephant?
A: About three thousand miles!

Q: Why is an elephant big, gray and wrinkled?
A: Because if it were small, white and round it would be an Aspirin!

Neighbor: "My elephant is sick, do you know any animal doctors?"
Other neighbor: "Sorry, all the doctors I know are people"

Patient: "Doctor, doctor, I keep seeing pink and yellow elephants!"
Doctor: "Have you seen a psychiatrist?"
Patient: "No, just pink and yellow elephants!"

Elephant: "Doctor, I've lost my memory!"
Doctor: "When did this happen?"
Elephant: "When did what happen?"

Q: What pills do you give an elephant that can't sleep?
A: Trunkquillizers!

A boy with an elephant on his head went to see a doctor. The doctor said "You know, you really need help". "Yes I do" the elephant cried "Get this kid off my foot!"

Q: What happened to the elephant who ran away with the circus?
A: The police made him give it back!

Q: What did the grape say when the elephant stepped on it?
A: Nothing, it just let out a whine!

"I know an elephant who lives on garlic alone". "I'm not surprised he lives alone if all he eats is garlic!"

Q: Why are elephants wiser than chickens?
A: Ever heard of Kentucky Fried Elephant?

Q: Have you heard the elephant who went on a crash diet?
A: He wrecked a bus, three cars and a fire engine!

Q: When should you feed an elephant milk?
A: When it's a baby!

Q: How do you know peanuts are fattening?
A: Have you ever seen a skinny elephant?

Q: What do you call an elephant that can't add?
A: Dumbo!

Teacher: "To which does the elephant belong?"
Pupil: I don't know, nobody I know owns one"

Teacher: "Where would you find an elephant?"
Pupil: "You don't have to find them-they're to big to lose"

Q: Why don't elephant like playing cards in the jungle?
A: Because of all the cheetahs!

Q: What do you call an elephant in the middle of a tennis court?
A: Annette

Q: How do elephants speak to each other?
A: By elephone

Q: How can you tell if there's an elephant under you're bed?
A: When you're nearly touching the ceiling!

Q: What do you give an elephant with big feet?
A: Plenty of room!

A man was sprinkling white powder on his lawn. His neighbor comes up to him and asks "Why are you doing that?" "To keep the elephant away" the man replies. "Elephants, there aren't any elephants around here!" "See it works" he said.

Q: Which is stronger, an elephant or a snail?
A: A snail, it carries it's house while an elephant only carries it's trunk!

Q: What do you do with old cannon balls?
A: Give to elephants to use as marbles!

Q: What do elephants do in the evenings?
A: Watch elevision

Q: What do elephants say as a compliment?
A: "You look elephantastic!"

Q: How do you hire an elephant?
A: Put it on some bricks!

Q: What did the baby elephant get when his dad sneezed?
A: Out of the way!

Q: Why do elephants have short tails?
A: So they can remember long stories!

Q: How do you keep an elephant in suspense?
A: I'll tell you tomorrow

Father: "I'd like an elephant for my son please".
Clerk: "Sorry sir, we don't except exchanges"

April Fools Day (Part 2) Baseball Jokes

For April Fools Day I rented a few joke books from the library. Here are the best jokes I found.

Baseball Jokes
Q: Why did the police officer run out on the baseball field?
A: Because the runner had just stolen second base!

Q: Where is the best place to put crying children?
A: In the bawl park!

Q: What runs around the field but never wins?
A: A fence!

Q: Where do people only where white clothes in a baseball game?
A: In the bleachers!

Q: Why are baseball stadium seats so cold?
A: Because they have fans on them!

Q: Why does it get hot after a baseball game?
A: Because all the fans leave!

Q: Did you here the joke about the fast ball?
A: Never mind, you just missed it!

Q: What happens to old baseball players
A: They get batty!

Q: Where do baseball players wash their equipment?
A: In the bat-tub!

Q: What did the batter sing when it started to rain?
A: "Swingin in the rain"

Q: Why is a baseball game like a pancake?
A: Because they both depend on the batter!

Anne: "We played baseball in school today and I stole second base"
Mom: "Well you march right over there and give it back!"

Q: What are the best kind of shoes for stealing bases?
A: Sneakers!

Q: Does it take longer to run from first base to second or second to third?
A: Second to third because there's a shortstop in the middle!

Q: Which baseball player do you need to make lemonade?
A: The pitcher!

Q: What kind of dishes do catchers use?
A: Home plates!

Q: What would you get if you crossed a pitcher with the Invisible Man?
A: Pitching like no ones ever seen!

Two baseball players make a promise to each other. Whoever died first would come back and tell the other one whether or not there was baseball in heaven. So one of them dies and comes back as a ghost and tells him "I have good and bad news. The good news is that there is baseball in heaven. The bad news is that you're pitching tomorrow!"

Q: When did the sun play baseball?
A: At the all-stars game!

Q: Why is a batter like a horse's tail?
A: They're both used to swat flies!

Q: Why did the frog go to the baseball game?
A: To catch fly balls!

Q: Why did the umpire throw the chicken out of the baseball game?
A: He suspected fowl play!

Q: How did the cow fell when his team lost the game
A: Like an udder failure

Q: What sport do honey bees play?
A: Beesball

Q: What kind of animals do you see at a baseball game?
A: Bats, hot dogs, and fly balls1

Q: What is a vampires favorite person on the baseball team?
A: The bat-boy

Q: Where do dragon baseball players go?
A: In the Hall of Flame!

Q: What position does King Kong play on a baseball game?
A: Any position he wants!

Q: Why was Cinderella such a bad baseball player?
A: Because her coach was a pumpkin!

Q: What do you call a whiny baseball player?
A: A baseball brat!

Q: When was baseball mentioned in the Bible?
A: In the Big-Inning!

Q: What do you get when you cross a famous baseball player with a tree?
A: Babe Root

The teacher asked her class to write a story of a baseball game. One minuete later Henry turned in his paper. It read "Game cancled on account of rain!"

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.

April Fools Day (Part 1)

Happy April Fools day everyone!!!! Last Wednesday was my favorite holiday because of laughs, pranks and jokes. I slept in that morning, when I woke up I casually told my family Happy April Fools Day. Then I quickly went on the computer and started the first barrage of pranks. I did something simple and emailed my mom and said "This email contains a funny virus". Then I did something EVIL, I took the remote from the TV and hid it so technically it would cause the house to be in CHAOS!!!!! Then after school my mom went grocery shopping, it was the perfect opportunity. So I called the Master of Pranks, my cousin Carly (to who I give a big shout out to) and she said to...

1. Rub deodorant on a comb.
2. Put Vaseline in the toilet seat. (If you have Icy Hot use that)
3. Put Flour inside the hairdryer.
4. Put an elastic on the sprayer so when someone turns the water on they get sprayed.
5. Put sugar in the salt shake and lots of others I can't remember.

The other pranks I did were #2, #3 and #4. With #4 I already knew that one but I still got my Dad twice, (I even showed it to my Dad!) and I got my Mom once and then she tried to set it up to get me and she forgot about it and did it. (I even got myself once too!) My Mom got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and herself in a sticky situation! The plan was working perfectly, the house was in chaos because the remote was missing! Then a week later my Mom found the hairdryer and avoided it. These are the steps to set up a good prank.

1. Think of a good prank.
2. Look for the loopholes and make sure that it is foolproof.
3. Make sure that no one is around to spoil your prank and set it up
4. Clear away all evidence that the prank is there.
5. Wait for the victim to get pranked and wait for the scream or shout.
6. Clean up the mess if there is any.

A bunch of people in my family pulled pranks too. My Uncle Jeff drew mustaches on his kids while they were sleeping and my cousin Lauchlen retaliated by putting Whipped Cream in his pillow. My cousins, Anthony, Sydney and Mitchell took out the stuffing in my cousin Kalina's Giant Teddy Bear (the stuffing filled 5 garbage bags)! Then Mitchell crawled inside the bear and scared Kalina. The best part of April Fools Day was when I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows to Kaden, now I've read all the books to him. He was really excited and gave me a hug. There's going to be a post on Kaden's liking Harry Potter and Part 2 to this post. :)

Astronomy

"Houston, the eagle has landed" said Neil Armstrong. "That's one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind" Buzz Aldrin commented. Astronomy is the study of stars , planets, and pretty much everything in space. Nobody really knows if space ever ends but they do know that it's huge. There are 8 planets in our solar system all with different moons, looks, and names.

Sun: (The sun isn't a planet) The Sun is 92,960,000 miles away from the earth and all planets orbit around it. The Sun is 73.46% Hydrogen, 24.85% Helium, 0.77% Oxygen, 0.29% Carbon, 0.16% Iron, 0.12% Sulfur, 0.12% Neon, 0.09% Nitrogen, 0.07% Silicon and 0.05% Magnesium. The Sun is a Yellow Giant and it is so big about a million Earth's could fit inside it.

Mercury: Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and is also the closest to the sun. It takes only 88 days for it to orbit the Sun and a day on Mercury is only 5 hours long! mercury is so small it could fit inside the Earth 3 times. Mercury was named after the Greek god of Sale Mercury.

Venus: Venus is a Volcanic planet and is mostly made of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen. It is almost the same size of the Earth and is commonly called Earth's twin. It is the Second closest planet to the sun (you'd think it was the first because it's so dang hot) and is named after the Roman Goddess of Love.

Earth: Earth is home to millions of species of life including humans and was formed 4.54 billion years ago. The Earth is made of Nitrogen and Oxygen and has 6,740,000,000 humans on it, most of which live in Asia. It takes 365 days (366 on leap year) to orbit the Sun and 24 hours for it to spin on it's axis once. The Earth's water covers three fourths of the Earths surface and has only one moon called the Moon.

Mars: Mars is the fourth closest planet to the sun and is named after the Roman God of war, Mars. It is commonly called the red planet because of the iron in it's soil. Mars has polar ice caps just like Earth but instead of frozen water the ice is made of Nitrogen! Mars has the biggest geyser in the galaxy called Olympus Mons which is 7 times bigger then Mt. Everest and shoots Carbon Dioxide.

Jupiter: Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System and is 5th closest to the sun. Jupiter is two and a-half times bigger than all the planets in the Solar System combined! Jupiter has 63 moons too! It is named after the Roman God Jupiter and the strangest thing about it is a 600 year old storm that could cover the Earth 3 times.

Saturn: Saturn is the sixth planet closest to the Sun and has a huge ring around it made up of asteroids and comets. Saturn has the second largest moon in the galaxy named Titus it is 2x larger than Mercury. Saturn is named after the Roman God Saturitus.

Uranus: Uranus is the sixth planet from the sun and is made of Hydrogen and Helium. Uranus is named after a Roman God just like most of the planets are. The guy who dicovered Uanus was called William Shercael. Uranus is a pecuiliar planet mainly because of it's color, Light Blue which is caused by all the Helium.

Neptune: Neptune is the last of the gas giants and the planet farthest away from the sun. Neptune is named after the Roman God of the sea. Neptune is entirely made of ocean that are made of Hydrosulfide. It is 15x bigger than earth and has 6 moons.

BLACK HOLES THE DESTROYERS OF GALAXY'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Black Hole is a collapsed star destoyed by it's own gravity. This is a picture of a Black hole sucking up a star. I just hope a Black Hole doesn't hit Earth or else there will be 7 planets instead of 8. Iknow what your'e thinking, what happend to Pluto, well it got kicked off as a planet by the goverment they say it's to small to be a planet.

Glad not to be a Gladiator

Rah! The Gory sport of Roman gladiators was considered fun back in old times. The people of Rome just loved it, watching men, women and animals brutally killed or wounded. Julius Caesar was famous because he payed for the fights. Gladiators were slaves, criminals, or just volunteers. To become a gladiator you had to go to gladiator school where you would become tough and mean. After you were done with school you would become a gladiator. Gladiators looked like Romes past enemies but they weren't always like that. There were 11 different types of gladiators all with different names, weapons, armor and clothing.

Myrmillo: Carries a dagger and shield. Wears wide leather belt, leg band and has a fish-like helmet.

Thracian: Uses a small shield and curved dagger. Wears greaves on both legs.

Andabatus: Wears a helmet with no eye holes and charges blindly at opponent on horseback.

Essedarius: A gladiator who drives a horse drawn chariot and carries a spear.

Retarius: Carries a trident and dagger. Has a net and tries to snare opponents. Wears shoulder armor on the left arm.

Women: An uncommon sight but women fought as all types of gladiators too.

Samnite: Wears a crested helmet and carries a sword and large shield.

Dimachaerius: Carries two swords and has little or no armor.

Lequarius: Is just like Retarius except that he carries a lasso instead of a net.

Secutor: A lightly armed and armored gladiator that chases his opponent with just a knife.

Velitus: A gladiator that wears lions skin on his back and carries only a spear.

Sometimes gladiator battles would be against animals with up to 15 gladiators all trying to kill lions, jaguars, panthers, elephants, crocodiles, rhinos, and bears using dogs, nets and spears. At least 5 times in gladiator history they did naval battles. They filled the big Roman coliseums with water then put two ships in them and battled! There is a cool gladiator game on the web if you want to play it click here, (p.s. you might want to read the types of gladiators). I still think it's good not to be a gladiator. =)

The Roman Army

Charge! Was the usual battle cry for the Roman army. This week I learned soooooo much about the roman army and Rome, and we did sooo many activities at homeschool about it. It was really cool!!! The Roman Empire had many enemies like the savage mountain barbarians, the Assyrians, the Egyptians, the Mongols, the Celts, the Arabs and the Persians. A lot of enemies right? I would rather make friends with all of them (except the barbarians). Rome came to have most of it's land because of a cruel dictator named Julius Caesar. One thing I did not know is that the Romans conquered the U.K.!?!? Yeah, that's right the Britons. They all rode over there and attacked the Celts.

This is a Celt.

The Celts went into battle naked! 1. because all of them where big, tall, strong and FIERCE!!!

2. because they thought that the blue paint on their bodies would protect them from swords and arrows. Unfortunately for them they lost and the Romans took over the U.K.

Do you know that the Romans actually named London, the original name was Londonium. The Romans had many ways of winning they used advanced weaponry, quick thinking, and strategic formations that made them brutal opponents. The advanced weaponry was something most of their enemies didn't have artillery!!! The Romans had three types of artillery the most famous of them is probably the Catapult. The catapult (just in case somebody doesn't know) is a wooden mechanism that was commonly used in the Middle Ages it used a clever pulley device that launched rocks at the enemy. They also used Ballistas, Giant Crossbows that shot huge arrows or spears that ripped through shields and armor.

The last of the Roman artillery was the Scorpio!!! The Scorpio was an awesome arrow tip shooting gun that looked kind of like a Ballista but shot arrow tips that caused instant death. The Scorpio was used like a machine gun could shoot up to 5 darts at a time. The Romans had really powerful artillery's but the Roman soldier was pretty good too. The common Roman soldier carried two throwing spears, one sword that he carried on his waist, one tall rectangular shield and a small dagger. They didn't have arrows because let's just say it just wasn't their thing. Sometimes the Romans rode horses into battle too. Romans had many sea battles as well, they were mostly against the Persians. Learning about the Roman army was pretty fun, but let's just say I still wouldn't want to be against them!

Nerf Gun Wars

Today we had a play date with a bunch of home schooler kids, no really I mean a bunch about like thirty of them ranging from 3-17 on a 3 and a half acre piece of land . On the invitation they told us to bring any Nerf guns we have so we brought a pretty good grenade launcher (a.k.a ball gun). When we got there there was all ready a battle going on so we hurried and got on our speeders (a.k.a scooters) and hurried and took sides (kids of course) and went to see what our enemy was. Now I had taught Kaden some pretty good moves like the old "duck and roll" but nothing could of prepared us for what was coming. The enemy was on a Warthog (a.k.a golf cart) charging towards us at full speed so I yelled "Code Red" and we both took off running. Bullets were flying everywhere so we both quickly took cover and found our allies who explained to us what we were facing and how to not get shot. Then they handed me a gun and told me to hide in the trees and then shoot as they went by.

The Warthog went away for a while and we planned an ambush. The enemy came back and was wondering where the heck we were, the plan was working perfectly and they started unloading troops and ammo. We caught them totally by surprise and right in the open, while our troops rushed out of the bushes, the rest of us were firing from the trees. Our troops used scary war shrieks to confuse and dismay the enemy. They quickly got on the Warthog again and took off towards the house to retreat because they knew we had won that battle. There was little time to celebrate because we had lost so many men and I knew that now the mission was to put siege upon the house.

I knew that as soon as we went in that house we were walking into a trap so instead we went around the back gate to the backyard. As we sneaked around the back we saw a terrible sight they now had a castle with turrets! They had us trapped so there was two options 1. we could go around the back and face attack from both sides or 2. go through the front and risk getting ambushed, so I sent a heavily trained spy through the front and sadly he didn't come back out.

We slowly went through the front, we could tell that the number of eyes watching us was steadily growing, yet no attack of any kind came from the enemy? As we crept up stairs we checked the East rooms for any clue of the enemy but all we found was ammo so I told my men to help themselves but then I heard foot steps in the halls and went to check and saw a note attached to the gun of the spy I had sent out earlier and it was from the enemy!

Dear Kids,

We are planning an attack on you! Come and get us with everything you've got and we will do the same thing to you.

From, You're worst enemy!

After reading this I gathered my troops and put them in the rooms we controlled and told them to stay there until the fight. I sent out my best man to try and provoke the enemy to run to us so our guys could ambush them again. But the guy went to far into enemy territory and was ambushed as bullets rained on him from every direction I ran into the other rooms and got the troops and told them "Kids of the army, the captain is dead the time has come for us to go and battle the enemy, now who's with me!". We all charged into battle and were immediately in the fight it seemed that the enemy called reinforcements from the castle. Bullets flew every where. I took cover from behind a couch and started shooting as many guys as I could.

The enemy then retreated deeper into their territory, we chased after them into a room and then stuff happened so fast that I don't know what happened. A bucket full of stuff rained from above and knocked a guy out cold! Bullets were hitting my guys like crazy. While the enemy charged from out of a closet they were also shooting us from above and behind a bed. It took a while to shoot the guys down but eventually we did it. There was very few of the enemy and we were winning it only took a few rebellions from the enemy to make it so we won. It was so awesome and it was also a true story. Luckily me and Kaden made it out okay after that war.

Friday Night Fun!

Today is friday so that means we get to stay up late. I had my best freind Wyatt come over. First we watched Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Then we went to see Star Wars the Clone Wars at the movie theaters. When we were on our way there, we cranked up the music and rolled down the windows. The car next to us had a guy and two kids, they were staring at us and they ended up sitting right next to us at the movies. It was pretty funny. After the movie I worked on my "war" for a while. I love Friday nights. :)

My Best Friend Wyatt

Wyatt is my best friend I went to his house yesterday and swam at Basha Pool . After that I had a Lego Battle with him .

Movie Night

Tonight is movie night so that means were going to have TONS of fun. First were going to the library, then we are going to go swimming, next were going to get pizza and lastly, were all going to get comfy and watch a movie . This makes me very happy .