tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358469162024-03-13T07:53:52.005-07:00Life and Travel, Casey Style!!!!!Life and Travel My WayKZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-66975996780891560812014-03-27T20:41:00.000-07:002014-03-27T20:41:41.494-07:00 Hi everyone. It's been awhile. A lot of things have happened recently and I have been extremely busy. But I have a particular pressing matter to share with you all. Just a couple weeks ago, my little buddy, and first dog, Scratch, died. Many of you have seen pictures of him throughout the years. I've shared lots of funny stories about him. It was really sudden and it was extremely hard to take in... Every morning now, I wake up and he's not in his bed right next to mine. I now notice how many crumbs actually drop on the kitchen floor. The tissues in the bathroom waste basket aren't all over the floor all the time. I remember when I first picked him out when I was in kindergarten. We went out to the pet store in Grossmont Mall. He was the first dog I saw and he was the one that I picked. He got his name when he scratched my lip while we were all taking a photo and my Grandma was holding him. It didn't take long; that's for sure! Here are some pictures of him over the years.<br />
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His Favorite Toy</div>
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His place will never be filled... Even if we get a new dog in the future, Scratch will always be the best dog that I could ever have.KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-60060670020929910582013-07-13T18:35:00.000-07:002013-07-13T20:57:00.935-07:00A Quick Jamaica AccountHey everyone,<br />
I just got back from a missions trip to Jamaica yesterday. It was an experience that I am never going to forget. My relationship with Jesus Christ has exponentially grown stronger. I'm sorry that I can't write much, but I only have today because I leave for Italy very early tomorrow morning. I will write about that and more about this when I get back.<br />
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Here is a picture of my team and me.<br />
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<br />KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-12800076278043096622013-07-01T10:19:00.000-07:002013-07-01T10:19:33.104-07:00Falcons, Hawks and Eagles, Oh My!!!Hey everyone,<div>
This past Thursday, my grandpa and I went to La Jolla Gliderport to a session on falcon/ raptor flying. The people teaching it were really cool. They said that in order to get the best experience with the amazing birds they brought Harris Hawks. Unlike many other birds of prey, these hawks are very sociable with each other and even hunt in groups. It is because of this that we are able to partner with them while they hunt. (Which happens to be the original purpose of falcon flying.) Apparently, hunting with falcons dates back at least 8000 years. Genghis Khan used a falcon to survive before he became a Khan. He was stranded in the desert and was in desperate need of food. </div>
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Anyways, they showed us how they feed the birds, how they teach them to hunt with a partner, how the train them, and they even let us call the birds to the glove. The hawks are trained to the glove, not the human. Each hawk is trained in a specific way. When the one we worked with saw the glove and heard, "Gimme Steam" it would fly to whomever called it. A hawk's talons can crush your bones like they were nothing; they can deliver a force of over 700 pounds per square inch. They can easily take down something considerably larger than themselves. The thing that surprised me though, is how lightly they land onto your glove. It only weighs 2 . 5 lbs, but you still would expect some of that force on your arm.</div>
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Here are some pictures that my grandpa took.</div>
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This is La Paz, the largest of the two hawks. (She's a female)</div>
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Taking that short class has inspired me to do more. I looked on the <a href="http://www.calhawkingclub.org/">California Hawking Club</a> website and found how to start being an apprentice. I am going to continue on that and train a hawk or raptor of my own some day.</div>
KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-22545311000202913612013-04-23T17:45:00.000-07:002013-04-23T17:52:49.017-07:00My Uncle, The Speed RacerYesterday my parents and I went with my uncle to watch him drive a McClaren mp4-12c around a track at Qualcomm stadium. It's a crazy fast car. He had the choice of two models of a Ferrari, a Lamborghini and the McClaren. Obviously he chose the McClaren which was the fastest and the coolest.<br />
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We bought him a gift certificate for his birthday the week before. My uncle drove around the track 3 times. I got some pretty good pictures of him while driving, but the video we took doesn't show how fast he was going. He says that the moment that you hit the gas, you are plastered to the seat and you have very little time between the straights and the curves to react.<br />
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He had such a great time that it made me really want to try it. He told me that when I am allowed to drive he will buy me a ticket so that I can have that amazing feeling of speeding down a track. I can't wait.<br />
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My grandparents and I stayed at a Hyatt that was absolutely huge; there were multiple pools, a tennis court, a golf course, and even an area where you are able to play ping pong or volleyball. Yes, the setting was nice, but the best part of my time there was the friends that I made. The first day there I met Nate.<br />
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We are the same age and we both have many similar interests... (girls :p) That day, together, we hung out with a group of some girls that ended up being total duds. The next day, we searched for people with whom we could hang out (just recently found out that you are not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition). We found pretty much no one. So the next day we were determined to find someone.<br />
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But before that, I did something stupid... I put his phone in the water because I was completely sure that it was water proof... (it was a Samsung Galaxy s III.) I was wrong. At first his phone was alright but soon after the screen stopped working. I am never doing anything like that again.<br />
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We approached a group of girls ( of course...) that were playing volleyball and asked if they minded if we played too. We all played together and had a great time. The main girl (in other words the one that I liked best) was Sally. She was really pretty and cool. We hung out for the rest of the day. It all went well until that night when we got back from dinner and tried to meet up with her and her friends. First, we couldn't find them right away, second, when we did they said that they had to go back to their room and that they were leaving at 6 o' clock the next morning. I never even got to say bye to them properly, but they were just a small part of the great time I had with Nate.<br />
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<br />KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-64527795995280955272012-09-15T18:03:00.001-07:002012-09-15T18:05:38.978-07:00Summercamps before High School Hey everyone, sorry for not having posted in pretty much forever. I had quite a bit of stuff to do this summer and now I just started High School two weeks ago. Over the summer I went to two summer camps and a missions trip to Arizona. The first camp I went to was a house boats trip at Lake Shasta with one of my church high school groups. We did ski runs every day so I got to go WakeBoarding!!!!!!!! I love going wake boarding I am pretty good at it and it's so fun!!<br />
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It was a great trip and I made one really good friend. Her name is Katie. For some reason I didnt get any pictures of her while we were there, which made me really frustrated cuz I dont see her that much anymore.<br />
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The second camp was with my other church high school group and we went up to Hume Lake. It was so cool. One of the days there, it was Super Spirit Day!!! We had to dress up according to the theme, which was USA. What we did was we had me dress up as President Obama and all the other guys in our group like the Secret Service. We pretty much won the competition and we got full spirit points for that day.<br />
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It was the coolest day by far up there. I also made another really good friend up there. Her name is Aley. Unfortunately I got a total of two pictures at Hume because I forgot to charge the camera battery after I got back from Houseboats.<br />
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Next I went on a missions trip to the Navajo reservation in Arizona. My team was from the same church high school group that went to Hume. It was such a great experience and now I get to go to Jamaica next year to do the same thing. Here are some pictures:<br />
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The waterfalls are really cool too. There were several different ones. Some
were really small, and others were huge. Yosemite Falls was either the biggest
or one of them. It had three parts to it, the upper, the middle and the lower.</div>
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biggest one was the upper, the smallest one was the middle, and the
medium-sized one was the lower. The nature there was one of the things that
makes you say, "how in the world did God make all of this in just anew
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on a couple little hikes and we took a bus tour around the park. Our guide was
great. He knew what he was talking about and used what he knew to make the tour
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The lodge
we stayed at was called Yosemite Lodge.<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> It was a pretty big place. They even had a place where you could rent bikes. I rented a bike and rode it around for a while we went to go watch people rock climb up the cliffs. While I was riding my bike it started to snow. That was the first time I was ever in a place where it was snowing for more than an hour. It didn't stay on the ground though, the weather was not cold enough for that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">One of the nights, we went out to dinner at the Ahwanee Hotel. The food was really good and the view was amazing, especially since it was snowing. We wanted to stay there but it cost too much so we didn't. The hotel itself is like a hundred years old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Here are some of the pictures we took while we were there.</span></div>
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<br /></div>KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-65843194282092879042012-02-13T17:50:00.000-08:002012-02-13T17:50:43.836-08:00The Egyptian Way!!!Over winter break I went to a place where people don't normally go for an everyday vacation. I went to Egypt and Jordan. We stayed there for two weeks and even stayed for Christmas. It was kind of different but it was still really cool to do.<br />
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So the Places we went were: Cairo, Abu Simbel, Aswan, A Cruise on the Nile, where we stopped at several places along the way; and Luxor, which had a lot of places to go to also. Today I am going to talk about Cairo.<br />
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Cairo, in case you didn't know is the Capitol of Egypt. It is rather large, but it is not like the big cities we have in the U.S. One of the coolest and most interesting things about Cairo is that the traffic is so crazy and the pedestrians just walk right through like there is nothing to it. But of course the coolest part of Cairo is Giza. Where's that? That is where the Pyramids are. The biggest things in the whole world in the Ancient Days, the things that were so incredibly built that people thought aliens came down and built them, the massive structures that made scientists believe that maybe the Egyptians had technology almost as advanced as ours... Yes those Pyramids!!!! They are one of the coolest things you will ever see in your life. And they are one of the few remaining ancient wonders of the world. I really thought they were cool. We got to ride a camel by the pyramids too. My camels name was Charlie. He was a cool camel.<br />
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He liked too eat out of my hand. By the way this was the other camel named charlie, it wasnt my camel this was my camel.<br />
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Also in Cairo, actually right outside of Cairo, there was the <b>Step Pyramid</b>, the <b>very first pyramid</b> built by the father of the one who built the <b>Great Pyramid.</b> It was really cool, but not even close to as big as the other 3 pyramids were. Over by that pyramid I got to ride my horse, Amira; which means princess.<br />
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Oh how could I forget to mention the most important part of our trip to Cairo... <b>Our guide!!!</b> <b>Ahmed!!!!!!!</b></div>
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We also went to the Museum in Cairo. The coolest thing there was that it had a whole section on King Tutankhamen. Way cool!!!<br />
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The museum is in Tahrir Square, which is where all of the protests have been and it is also where the revolution started.<br />
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<span id="goog_350590287"></span><span id="goog_350590288"></span>KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-58587991976771088072012-01-16T17:06:00.000-08:002012-01-16T17:06:56.324-08:00"Amusement Rides" in Egypt and JordanThis year we had an unusual Christmas vacation. We went to Egypt and Jordan. It was really cool and it was a very different experience. I got to see a lot of the things I studied in the 6th grade and it just so happened that Egypt was my favorite part of that class.<br />
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Along with the interesting things, there were some interesting "amusement rides."<br />
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The amusement rides were Horses, Donkeys, and Camels. Throughout the trip I rode 3 horses, a camel, and a donkey. I got to try all of them and each one was different.<br />
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This was in the wide open desert where the pyramids are. Psych! They are in Cairo. We saw the camels while we were at the pyramids and decided to ride them. Gramma's camel was Moses; mine was Charlie and papa's was Whiskey.<br />
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I will be writing more about Egypt in the coming weeks. And that's a PROMISE!!!!1KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-75495384660383153612011-11-23T13:19:00.000-08:002011-11-23T13:19:29.606-08:00This Year's GiftEvery year pretty much, not always at the same time, I give to an organization (for charity) to help someone or something in need. This year I received a couple catalogs of different things I could give to from <a href="http://www.worldvision.org/m/tt1?lpos=top_drp_HomeButton">World Vision.</a><br />
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I got some clothing for kids who live in really cold places. Click <a href="http://donate.worldvision.org/OA_HTML/xxwv2ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section=11021&item=1445818">here</a> if you want to see what I did. For the amount that you give, World vision times it by eleven. I gave $35 and the kids get $385 worth of clothing. Pretty cool huh? My Gramma gave money too.<br />
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If you want to give just click on one of the links and do what you want. Also World Vision lets us sponsor two kids to help them go to school and get food that they need to get. Their names are Jesus and Mbaraka. Jesus is in Mexico and Mbaraka is in Tanzania.<br />
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<a href="http://kzintoscana.blogspot.com/search/label/Charities">Here's</a> a link that shows you some of the other charities I like and have given to.<br />
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Be thankful for what you have. Not everyone has what you do. That is why this Thanksgiving I am giving to people who don't have a whole lot.KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-28818402485589963432011-10-09T20:11:00.000-07:002011-10-10T14:38:55.090-07:00My Uncle Benny Stops by for a VisitOn Friday after school my Uncle Benny came over at about 4 pm. He's not actually my uncle but he is like one. We have known him for a long time.We love him very much. He is a dear friend. We had a good time with him. He stayed for dinner and we had a yummy steak. He has two kids who always do stuff with me when I see them. We pray for each other all the time. Here he is. I really like this picture.<br />
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Love you, Uncle Benny.KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-86177403375220043232011-09-06T16:35:00.000-07:002011-09-06T16:37:06.789-07:00back in schoolI just got done with a great first day of school. I have all my stuff and I even got a new desk so I can work well.<br />
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ByeKZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-64566322708856826872011-08-22T15:38:00.001-07:002011-08-22T15:38:23.874-07:00A New Sport For meI have done all sorts of sports but now I am going to try Tennis. I have gone to a camp and now I am taking lessons. My coach says I have a natural talent for the sport. I really like it, but it is going to take a lot of work to keep the skills I learned and am going to learn. It's not like team sports, your all by your self in the games and you don't have people taking your place or a coach always telling what to do. I am going to try and get on the Patrick Henry team next year in High School. <br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br />KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-82822536492679056712011-08-13T20:39:00.000-07:002011-08-13T20:39:00.546-07:00Making Edible YarnI don't usually write on the same day as the event, but this time it was special. My Gramma and I made edible yarn with the new edible yarn maker that came today in the mail. (By edible yarn, I mean pasta.) We had a lot of fun making the stuff, but we needed to put the yarn through the slot that made thicker and wider ones. We thought it was going to be a disaster, but it ended up being pretty good. (We made Cacio e Pepe.)<br />
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KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-31913424076199275092011-08-03T11:00:00.001-07:002011-08-03T16:01:37.913-07:00Were back home alreadyHey everyone, <br />
I'm back in San Diego. I liked Italy just like I always do. The last place we stayed was in Umbria, right outside of Assisi, at a place called Brigolante. There were two kids there named Niccoló and Leonardo. They were both younger than me but I still had a good time with them.<br />
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These are Leonardo, left, Niccoló, middle, and me.<br />
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Their place was really nice, although it was raining most of the week. One of the days we went to a cooking lesson at one of the ten best in all of Italy. I had a great time.<br />
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Then another day we went to our friend Judith's house. She made and lunch and we all had a good time. She has been my friend since we lived in Italy and she is a really good cook too. Several years ago she helped me with my drawing.<br />
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That was all our last week in Italy. Now I'm back home. <br />
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Posted using BlogPress from my iPadKZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-57984523807831861022011-07-27T12:16:00.001-07:002011-07-27T13:12:30.255-07:00Tommy il Grande and Other International FriendsHi everyone, today I am going to talk about my friend Tommy ( Tommaso). He has been my friend since I was in third grade in Greve. <br />
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Tis is us playing a silly card game called Yu-Gi-Oh in the upstairs of our appartment. <br />
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Believe it or not, this use to be my play area when we lived here. <br />
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Yaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!! I have a twin. <br />
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These are Tommy's parents. <br />
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This is my second B-day party with my friends Caro and Lana from Belgium and Tommy.<br />
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And their family. <br />
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Caro and her family gave me a little model ferrari. Why didn't they get me a real one?<br />
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Tommy gave me a Zucchero T-shirt. <br />
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This is Simone, the care taker, during his intensive labor. <br />
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I'm helping Tommy with his English homework. <br />
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It was so confusing that it drove us insane. <br />
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Look at those big fluffy cotton candies floating in the sky. <br />
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Tommy is always going to be my friend. <br />
Caro and her family are going to come see me in San Diego next summer. <br />
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Posted using BlogPress from my iPadKZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-63984126117431645872011-07-16T09:08:00.000-07:002011-07-18T04:37:09.019-07:00Matteo and Me...We went to Cortona for two days and I made a new friend, Matteo. We really had a good time together and every time we come to Italy, I am going to see him. My gramma and his mom have known each other for a long time. He is really fun and we like all the same things. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5942997460/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5942997460_81d942a882_b.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='187' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />This is Matteo and me. Can you tell who's who? <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5942440393/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/5942440393_b8e649b6d3_b.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='187' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />We spent two days, hiking, swimming, walking around town, going to the fortezza, playing with his friends and eating lots and lots and lots of gelato. I wish I lived there or he lived in San Diego. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5950325462/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5950325462_7acff5f9dc_o.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />On our way to dinner last night, I went blind. <br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5942440745/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/5942440745_5c96c7e1cd_o.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />Then, I went blind again. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5942998268/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6137/5942998268_c65aa8085d_b.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='187' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />We went to an American Saloon with Tuscan food which is run by Franco the cowboy who has never been to America. <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5942441149/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/5942441149_b2aafe2416_b.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='187' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />See? Doesn't that look American?<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5942441375/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/5942441375_13791610fb_b.jpg' border='0' width='187' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />Which one's the Indian?<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5942998982/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6026/5942998982_9d45426dca_b.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='187' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />Us..<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5942441777/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/5942441777_1eaac01c7b_b.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='187' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here's Franco, the cowboy, and his trusty friend Al the Owl.<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5942999344/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5942999344_95a52528bc_o.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br />Look at those grapefruit sized eyes. <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5942999578/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/5942999578_f3776a40f5_o.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Whe he gets older his wings will be 6 feet wide. He is only 40 days now.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5950256008/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5950256008_8cfdcd0698_b.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='187' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br />Going, going, gone. Time to leave and say goodbye. What? It's already over. That's Francesca, his little sister. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5950256292/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5950256292_84bc5de83c_b.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='187' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br />Who's this fluffball? It's Carlotta one of the two dogs at the Bed and breakfast where we stayed. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5950290746/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5950290746_98a0b97a69_o.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />This is Daisy, Carlotta's daughter. She was precious. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721379@N00/5949735473/'><img src='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5949735473_3126187a04_o.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br />Dogs, friends, people, gelato....adios amigos. Wait, that's Spanish. <br /><br /><br /><br />Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br /><br />KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-41262241490267688892011-07-07T02:14:00.001-07:002011-07-16T09:12:55.615-07:00I'm in Italy! Sant' AntonioI've been here 3 weeks already. The first week we went to Sant' Antonio, my favorite place because I have friends there and have been there so many times. I have known Sofia since I was 5. She is really nice and funny. Filippo, her brother, is the funniest person ever. I can't dscribe it; he's just funny. And Nico is like an uncle. <br />
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This is Ule. She's the prettiest and sweetest dog in the whole wide world. She was the pet of other guests from Germany. <br />
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This is Caio, Sofia and Filippo 's dog. He is a funny dog and he knows how to open doors.<br />
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The second day I was there Sofia's and Filippo's cousins were there from Rome, Sara and Michela. We all had fun together. <br />
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This is dinner at Gambe di Gatto which means cat's leg. It is in Montepulciano. We went outside and talked and did stuff while the adulta ate there antipasti. I like Montepulciano. <br />
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Caio likes giving people kisses. <br />
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Time for the pool. <br />
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Was it somthing I said?<br />
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No soup for you!<br />
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We went to the Gardens of "La Boring"--(La Foce, really.). it was boring, as you can tell. <br />
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We were all enjoying pictures of Kenya because they went there right after we did. We were at some of the same places even some of the same lodges. They like the safaris, too. <br />
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I did a lot more of Sant' Antonio but it wasn't that important. See you next time in Verona and the wonderful Aida Opera. <br />
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Posted using BlogPress from my iPadKZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-37381590698619386742011-04-23T16:04:00.000-07:002011-04-23T16:05:46.488-07:00PENNE ALLA CARNE CREMOSA--MY NEW RECIPE<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en">This my new recipe in both Italian and English. It is yummy. I hope you enjoy it. English version below the italian.</span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="it"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Questa</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">mia</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">nuova ricetta</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">italiano e in inglese</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">E '</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">yummy</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Spero</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">che vi piaccia</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"> </span><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PENNE ALLA CARNE CREMOSA</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">da Chef KZ </span></div><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en">• Penne o Rigatoni (una scatola)<br />
• Mezzo petto di Pollo<br />
• Panna—120 ml (o più)<br />
• Limone (succo)<br />
• Pepe e sale<br />
• 2 Salsiccie<br />
• Peperoncino<br />
• Aglio<br />
• Bacon (non pancetta)<br />
• Parmigiano<br />
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1. Fare marinare il pollo in un pó d’olio d’oliva, limone, sale e pepe per 45 minuti.<br />
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2. Una volta che il pollo viene marinato, mettere sulla griglia bella calda.<br />
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3. Tagliare il pollo grigliato a cubetti<br />
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4. Cuocere il bacon fin a quando e’ croccante poi sbriciolarlo<br />
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5. Spellare la salsiccia e sgranarla, buttare in padella a calore medio<br />
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6. Aggiungere il peperoncino , l’olio, l’aglio e far cuocere per 3-5 minuti<br />
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7. Nel frattempo fare cuocere la pasta in abbondante acqua calda e salata<br />
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8. Aggiungere il pollo a cubetti e la panna e mescolare gli ingredienti facendo cuocere per altri 1-2 minuti.<br />
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9. Scolare la pasta e aggiungere alla salsa<br />
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10. Aggiungere e mescolare un po’ di parmigiano<br />
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11. Sbriciolare il bacon e metterlo su ogni piatto prima di servire in tavola.<br />
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</h3><h3 class="" id="headingtext" style="text-align: center;">PENNA WITH CREAMY MEAT</h3><h3 class="" id="headingtext" style="text-align: center;">By Chef KZ</h3><h3 class="" id="headingtext" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</h3></div><div class="almost_half_cell" id="gt-res-content"><div dir="ltr" style="zoom: 1;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">•</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Penne</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">or</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Rigatoni</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">(</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">a box</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">)</span><br />
<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">•</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Half a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">chicken breast</span><br />
<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">•</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Cream</span><span class="atn" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">1/2 cup</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">(</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">or more</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">)</span><br />
<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">•</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Lemon</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">(</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">juice</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">) </span><br />
<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">•</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Pepper</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Salt</span><br />
<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">•</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">2</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Sausages</span><br />
<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">•</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Crushed Red Pepper</span><br />
<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">•</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Garlic</span><br />
<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">•</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Bacon</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations"></span><br />
<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">•</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Parmesan</span><br />
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<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">1</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">M</span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">arinate</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the chicken</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in a little</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">olive oil</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">lemon</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">salt</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">pepper</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">for 45</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">minutes.</span><br />
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<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">2</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Once</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">chicken</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">is</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">marinated</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">place</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">on</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">hot</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">grill</span>.<span title="Click for alternate translations"></span><br />
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<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">3</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Cut</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">grilled chicken</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">into small cubes</span><br />
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<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">4</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Cook</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">bacon</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">until</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">crispy</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">then</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">crumble</span><br />
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<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">5</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Peel</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and break sausage</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">throw</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">skillet</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and cook over medium heat</span><br />
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<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">6</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Add</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the</span> crushed red pepper<span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">oil</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, garlic</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and cook</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">for</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">3-5</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">minutes</span><br />
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<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">7</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Meanwhile</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, cook</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">pasta</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">plenty of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">hot</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">water</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">salt</span><br />
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<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">8</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Add</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">diced</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">chicken</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and cream</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">mix</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the ingredients</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and cook</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">for</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">another 1-2</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">minutes</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span><br />
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<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">9</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Drain</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">pasta</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and add</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">to</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">sauce</span><br />
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<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">10</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Shred </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">mix</span> in p<span title="Click for alternate translations">armesan</span><br />
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<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">11</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Crumble</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">bacon</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and place</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">on each</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">serving</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span></div></div>KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-43833570851806362312011-04-10T18:06:00.000-07:002011-04-10T18:06:54.145-07:00Spring breakFor spring break this year I went up to Monterrey for a couple of days. It was really nice there, except for a day with rain and wind. We were originally going to leave on Monday, but we didn't want to have to go through an eight hour drive all in one day; so we left on Sunday instead. On our way, we stopped in LA for one night. When we got to Monterrey, we checked in, unpacked, and went out to go see the Wharf and what there was to do. When we got there, we went to go into one of the buildings, but it was closed because of budget cuts. We went a little bit farther to go into a different building but it was only open on the weekend. So all the interesting stuff was closed. We went down to some of the shops there and looked around a little bit, but there was not much there. We heard some sea lions so we went over to watch them. They were funny and cute to watch. Later we had dinner at a sea food place.<br />
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The next day, we went to the aquarium and saw otters, some fish, jellys, and some really cool sea horses.<br />
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The next day we went to Carmel and had dinner with some friends. Then the day after that, we started the drive home but stopped in Santa Barbara for a day and went around there for a while looking at stuff. Then we finally got home the next day. <br />
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<span id="goog_25936623"></span><span id="goog_25936624"></span>KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-25468631829667542011-02-27T15:22:00.000-08:002011-02-27T15:28:57.908-08:00My Newscast ProjectDa due o tre settimane sto facendo qualcosa per la scuola......Oooops wrong language. The past couple of weeks, I have had a social studies project to work on with a group. The project was a newscast from the past. We got to chose what we could do it on. At first we were going to do it on Japan, but then I thought about what I know about and what I can do. I then thought about doing the Renaissance, because that is when Leonardo da Vinci lived. I really like him and his inventions. I remembered that he was Italian and that I speak Italian. So, in the newscast, I start out talking in Italian. Great idea, right. So we got the script together and who each of the characters were going to be. I was, of course, Leonardo Da Vinci. We filmed at my house. When we were done, my Gramma had to figure out how we were supposed to edit the movie we shot. After a long long time of trying to figure it out, she finally got all of the clips that we wanted together. It looked good and she did a real nice job, thank you Gramma. There were a couple things that we needed to add and change, though. When she figured out how to edit it, she showed me how to do it too. The next day, my group came over, yesterday, and we finished it.Well, most of it anyway. We were going to put it on a DVD, but we did something so it would not go on. So after they left, I had to redo all the things that we did and more. When I finished it looked like this.<br />
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See you laterKZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-83688979145852223022011-02-21T18:33:00.000-08:002011-02-21T18:33:47.441-08:00bday partyhey everyone<br />
I got to go to a birthday party and I had a whole bunch of fun. It was mostly girls, there were only 2 other guys.<br />
We went to Dave and Busters and then we went to the boardwalk to go bowling. I won the second game of bowling. Not much else happened this week.<br />
See ya laterKZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-59568951369477152802011-02-12T13:32:00.000-08:002011-02-12T17:07:13.944-08:00What's upHey everyone, I'm sorry I have not posted in about 2 months. Wait, <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">two whole months</span>, oh no.<br />
But while I didn't post, I had a lot of stuff happen.<br />
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<ul><li>went to two winter camps</li>
<li>had a couple of school projects, I have one right now too</li>
<li>am not playing baseball this year</li>
<li>started going to a new Karate school</li>
<li>got on the honor role at school... again... yeah</li>
<li>am probably going to Egypt next winter break, depending on how it is there</li>
<li>did a whole bunch of other things that are not important</li>
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see yaKZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-68660936936801911072010-12-23T14:30:00.000-08:002010-12-24T08:57:11.031-08:00Christmas Time Already?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5r__D0E6IjgBiMtkZnAGmBOfdTldynUmlrgP7k5558wsTNtaXPiHRSdktq4NO7DYyk3gUz6jgTgr_8GM5vDRFOZCTKgkd3jXeTtB1b3iChfORhS3smPFF9fw1Bei81EiJ-upu/s1600/IMG_0413.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Wow it's <span style="color: lime;">Christmas</span> time already, how did that happen. I just can't believe the season of <span style="color: red;">Christmas</span> is already here, it seems like thanks giving just finished... oh... wait... it did...<br />
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Our house is completely <span style="color: lime;">decorated</span>, inside, and out. We always <span style="color: red;">decorate</span> our <span style="color: lime;">tree</span> with a whole bunch of different ornaments we have from a whole bunch of different places. Almost everyone pitches in to help put up the decorations.<br />
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Every year my uncle comes over on Christmas Eve to spend the night. On Christmas morning I wake him up and we open our stockings. After that we wake up my Grandparents/parents and watch them open their stockings. When all that's done we get dressed, go downstairs, eat delicious cinnamon rolls that my grandma makes for us.<br />
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When we finish we clean up and head over to the tree to open presents. It's a really fun time; getting and watching other people get presents. About 10:30 is when my mom and brothers come over. We keep all their presents in a room upstairs until they come so there will not be so many presents under the tree, which there already are.<br />
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After everything is finished I open up some of the things I got and play with them or build them, like I have to do sometimes. Finally we eat and then enjoy what we got.<br />
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But let's not forget the real reason for Christmas, the birth of Jesus, the son of God. This is what I wrote when we lived in Italy. <a href="http://kzintoscana.blogspot.com/2006/12/meaning-of-christmas.html">The Meaning of Christmas</a><br />
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I hope you all have a good Christmas and a happy new year.<br />
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</script>KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35846916.post-54401606619343705332010-12-16T19:26:00.000-08:002010-12-16T19:35:45.697-08:00Dancing Jingle GoatsWatch this funny video. I laughed so hard I almost lost my head. It's super cute. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">To see more, go to : <a href="http://gigglewiththegoats.com/">Giggle With the Goats</a></div>KZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656666542092587586noreply@blogger.com2