Europe Adventure

We recently got back from an Adventure in Europe. We first packed, then we drove to a bus station. At the bus station we parked and got on the bus to Boston. We got off at the airport and discovered someone had taken our bag. We went to terminal E and took a Aer Lingus flight to Dublin that lasted about 5 hrs & 20 minutes. We did not have that one bag, but the bus company was searching for it. In Dublin we took a taxi to a fishing village , saw a castle there and ate at a cafe. We had about 4 hr layover so then we took another taxi back to Dublin airport. The currency in Ireland was Euro's but they drove on the left side of the road. So they had a bit of English culture left from the time Britain ruled Ireland. The taxi drivers did not really like England and one played a Irish rebel song when we asked him his favorite Irish music. We took another Aer Lingus flight from terminal 2 to Inverness Scotland. That flight was only an hour and a half. In Inverness we got a Mercedes rental car that turned off when you stopped ! We drove towards Skye after we got some food from a market. There were sheep and green hills everywhere!

 We stopped on our way and hiked up a hill and had a picnic on it. There were many small rivulets running through the hills too. We saw plenty of sheep on our way to Skye. We stopped at some castles like Eileen Donan and Urqhart

.  We also went to a town called Strontian, where strontium was discovered. In Skye we slept in a cottage, and explored many places, including Portree ( the capital ), and the fairy springs                  

next to the Cullens ( a mountain range ). Then we went down to Stirling, and saw Stirling Castle. After this we went down to Edinburgh and the surrounding towns. We saw Edinburgh Castle

and went to church in DalKeith. We also went through a flower field ( around North Berwick )                        

. We hiked up a The North Berwick Law ( or just the Berwick Law ), in North Berwick , it is a hill that has a whale's Jawbone ( now a replica , added in 2008, after one rotted away , and was removed in 2005 )  on the top. It also has ruins of an Iron age hill fort and military bases of many wars, including the Napoleonic and WWII. I got lost on it but, We found each other later. After this we had a Flight booked for London, but when we stopped on our way to the Airport , Our Sister's lip got slashed on the concrete. We went to the airport , and they told us that we should get it stitched, ( by the way the medical agent there was not very helpful ) But they couldn't do it, and there was a hospital 7 miles away or so. So we went to St Johns hospital and waited forever in the emergency room. Then after some more waiting in a patient's room, there came a facial surgeon and he stitched our sisters lip up. We had missed our flight from Edinburgh airport, and drove around, after getting some food at Tesco's, to find a hotel to sleep for the night. We went to hotel one hotel, they said no, then another ( that they recommended to us ), that said no , and another ( that they recommended to us ) , that said NO. But , finally we found one that said yes! and we slept there during the night. There was a deal if you book flights the day before them , before midnight, then they are cheaper. Our dad booked our flight to London , like 2 minutes before Midnight. We slept there that night, and then had a Breakfast there , for they had breakfast served there. That day we flew to London, we had lost some time, so we did not go to Oxford. But we took a bus tour of London, and saw Big Ben's tower              

, Parliament , and other buildings. We then flew to Bergerac, France, and then drove to Beynac.

There we slept in an old ( about medieval ) stone cottage of the hill that had the castle. The Cottage was refurbished on the inside for modern needs. We explored much of the Dordogne

, and some of the castles around it, I got my Sword in one of the Castles.

After this we drove to Paris in a rental car we had gotten in Bergerac airport. We lost a wallet at one of the tolls, but finally, after some 6 hours, we made it to Paris. In Paris we explored

, and saw Notre Dame

 ( there was a statue of Charlemagne near it, and many pigeons  ) , The Louvre and the Eiffel Tower

( I touched the base of this one ). From here we flew to Dublin, and after a 2 hour layover ( that was delayed some more ), we flew to Boston. It was great to be home, and we had a great time in Europe.

The Ocean a poem

Oh the ocean
the ocean
the beautiful blue shiny ocean
the ocean
Oh the ocean
on the ocean
the wind in your face the salty air in your nose
walking on soft squishy sand and the waves lapping at your feet
but the all of a a sudden down your dog goes
in a crack between the rocks, but before the water would her meet
two men came and pulled her out
she ran back home
away from the spout
there afar you see a boat of foam
and it sails to you
full of pirates and vikings of old
they attack put you throw some goo
and they get stuck in there, wishing for gold
you walk back towards your car
enjoying the sun and the seagulls from afar
you get back to your car and drive to your house
on your way you almost hit a mouse
the ocean
Oh the ocean
the beautiful blue shiny ocean

Dribbling on ice (a story )

On a cold January morning in the Scottish town of Nairn a boy was strolling around.

His name was Nam Bian. He and his family were going south to visit his English cousins down in Peterborough. He was sent on some last minute errands to pack up for the journey.

He walked toward Scottish Jerky and paid the store keeper 3 pounds (with the money his mother gave him) for a bag of regular jerky. He sure liked jerky but he was ordered to not eat it as it was for the journey.

He ran across the street and into the Asher’s bakery. The smell of freshly baked bread filled the air as he walked towards the desk. He bought 3 large loaves of bread for 21 pounds. Then he stepped back into the bitter cold air. Racing down the street he returned home. Nam lived in a small rickety gray house. He gave his parents the supplies and walked to his room to pack up his books and sport gear. He played very little sports and the only sport he played was football (soccer). He was not that good at it though.

He packed it up as his mom said it was time to go. He and his family all gathered at the front door. Then they carried the bags and boxes into their car. They had a Ford truck. So the kids and the baggage were in the back as they drove south. Nam's family could not afford a plane so they had to drive the whole way.

They got on the A96 (the free way) then they got on the A9 which they would follow for a long way. They ate the food they packed and read their books on the way. It was a long wait. 8 hours 30 min later they drove into their relatives garage.

They went to sleep when they got in for it was time to (they had left their house at noon). When they woke up they were greeted by their relatives. Nam asked his to cousins their names. One was named Orton and the other was named Derby.

Orton was fat and slow. He was wearing a black shirt with a white blade of grass on it.

Derby was skinny and fast. He was wearing a white shirt with a black rhino on it. They asked Nam if he played any sports.

 He replied "I play a little football, shall we go and play a game in the yard?"

"Yes! Just let me get my brother Coe", replied Nam.

Nam ran and got Coe, while Orton and Derby ran outside (Orton walked). For nets they set up two wooden posts twelve feet away from each other on either side of a 30 feet grass yard. The teams were Nam and Orton VS Derby and Coe.

Nam and Orton kicked off.

When Orton got it Nam just stood there when he should have run up. Orton was slow and lost the ball to Derby. Derby sprint-dribbled up the Field toward Nam's unprotected Posts. Nam Sprinted to catch up and slid Derby just as he shot it. The ball whizzed through the posts. " GGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!" Derby and Coe yelled.



Nam was not happy and decided to let Orton pass it to him. When he got it he dribbled up but Derby was in his way.

He passed it to Orton and ran toward his net. Orton shot.... but missed by a mile. As Coe went to get the ball Nam asked Orton what he was good at in soccer. Orton said he was good at keeper. So Nam sent Orton into keep as he was on defense. When Coe took the Goal kick Nam rushed at Derby. Derby just touched it past him as if it were as easy as picking daises.

Then he sprint dribbled with far touches. Nam thought if only he could get in front of him then he could take it. But he was not in front of him, so Derby shot. Orton dived and amazingly saved it! Then he threw it to Nam. Nam dribbled toward Coe but not like Derby's long dribbles.

He dribbled closer to him. Nam shot it and slipped on some ice. The ball whizzed in but Nam hit the ice hard. He woke up to find that he was in his bed that he shared with Coe at his cousin’s house. He had a pain in his knee but he could still walk and run when he got out of his bed. He wanted to keep playing so he ran outside.

The game had stopped and everyone was lying about waiting for Nam to come out. When he did the game continued. At one point when Nam totally missed a shot and Coe took the goal kick badly, Derby said that he was a better football player than either of the Bians.

Nam got mad and scored a goal which quieted Derby down for a little. But when they drove back home (after two days) Nam wanted to become a better football player.

So when he got home he practiced day and night out on the cold ice. The ice became his enemy and friend. When he fell on it he would have to wait a few days before he could go out again. Sometimes it broke a bone and his parents could not afford a doctor but it still healed. Soon when he fell on the ice he did not fell much pain at all. He ate the rare brie from France that came once a year to a local store. He bought it with his own money.

It helped him build strong bones. He shot and dribbled and shot and dribbled on that ice. He bought the soccer ball with his own money. He played so much on that slippery Scottish ice that one day he found that he could not slip on it.

The days past then the weeks then the years. 10 years later he was on the Scottish national team. But he could not play in the world cup yet for he and his team had to win the British Isle cup to be nominated.

For years England had won it and was sent to qualify for the world cup. The losers never even had a chance at it. The cup was between: Ireland , Wales , England and Scotland. Nam was determined to win it with his brother Coe.

They were going to play Wales and England was to play Ireland. They practiced and practiced for the big day. It was in the summer. Nam slept uneasily that night hoping they could beat Wales. When they at last stood on the stadiums field in London, Nam knew they would win. Wales was closer to London than Scotland so they started with it.

Nam was on right Forward and pressured the guy who had the ball. The guy hit it long to a forward on Wales who had run up. It was a one on one! Coe closed in on the guy and dived the right way when he shot it and saved it! " That was some good goalkeeping", said the commentator.

Coe Punted it up field to Ben the center forward. Ben gave it to Aberfoyle the left forward. Aberfoyle shot. The Ball was saved by Owain the Welsh keeper. But Nam sprinted up and got the ball before the Welsh defense. He turned and shot.... it was in. "GGGGGOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!". The game went on with no other goals. Scotland had won! Nam and Coe had a great time for they were to fight England for the final.

Ten days later they were fighting England at Glasgow. Scotland started with the ball. The game was on. Derby and Orton were both on England. Orton was keeper. Ben gave it to Nam. Nam dribbled close and Hit it to a midfielder who had run up. His name was Scott. Scott took a shot on the now thinner Orton. Orton saved it. He Punted it up. Nam ran back on D. Derby got the ball from Parker (an English midfielder) and was long dribbling up. Coe dived for it but missed, now Derby was straight in front of Nam's net. Nam did not make the same mistake that he had 10 years earlier. He jumped with all his might and slid the ball out of Derby's feet. Derby fell face forward as Coe dived on the ball. The Ref said that Nam had slid legally and to play on.

Nam received thanks and praise as he ran back up. Nam got the ball from Scott. Nam dribbled up. The Wales defense tried to push him over but he would not fall down unless he wanted to. The ice had trained him hard. He was in the box. A defender slid him. Most players would be out from that hit. But it did not hurt Nam.It was a penalty. Nam faked left and Orton dived right. But Nam still shot it left. It was in......"GGGGGGGOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". Yelled the crowd. England got back as Derby scored.

At the 88th minute it was 6-6. Rooney had just scored. Nam gave it to Ben and Ben lofted it to Scott. Scott Faked right and Orton dived right. But Scott lofted it over Orton. The ball was an inch from the line. Nam sprinted up and slid the ball in just before Orton dived. The game was over and Scotland had won.

Fun figures

                                             all my figures so far

I made a lot of fun figures . Here they are:

   hobbit - lord of the rings figures

 Christmas figures

gandalf

gimli

sam

frodo

boromir

aragon

legolas

legolas ( back )

bard

bard ( back )

Beorn

Beorn with bear head

The ring of power

Golum

Golum with ring

Azog the evil Orc

Yeti

North

Santa Claus

Rudolf

reindeer rider

reindeer rider on rudolf

elves

the fellowship

A Made Up Legend And A Poem

The Guardians of The Misty Island
 One day long long ago a fodragobear ( a mix between a fox a dragon and a bear ) was walking along in its forest habitat when it saw a group of geese flying east.It asked the geese where they were heading. The geese honked back a reply " to the Misty island. " " wheres that ?" asked the fodragobear. " in Sweden. Some men who lived there give us food to stack up for the flight south in the fall." Honked the geese. " bye now HONK!!"and with that the geese flew away east ( they were in Scotland ). The Misty Island, Sweden sounded like a good place . So the fodragobear flew away east with his dragon wings . On his way to the misty island he saw many Scottish people . As he flew overhead the Scottish they yelled " A'ch the'r go's th' fod'agobea'Aye'!" When the fodragobear came across Loch Ness he hailed his friend, The Loch Ness monster or Nessie' fe'r short. " whe' yo' be ahe'din' ?" asked Nessie'. " ta Sweden !" replied the fodragobear. And with that he flew off to Sweden. When he got to Norway he knew he was almost there . He saw the vikings preparing to raid the English coast. When he at last made it to Sweden , he landed . When he found an elk he asked it where the misty island was. The elk said it was a bit farther north . The fodragobear flew there and found the Misty island. When he Landed close to the human village he saw the geese getting fed. 
But when the humans saw the fodragobear the ran back inside their huts to get armed. The fodragobear  
tried to tell them he just wanted food but the humans can't understand fodragobearian. Most of the humans charged him but one named Gustav Goldbeard jumped on the fodragobear back and flew off with him into the sun. Gustav Goldbeard  was a Man with a Battle axe , a blonde beard and mustache. He had a iron cap on and was wearing brown cloth kilt and shirt. He had chain mail under his kilt and shirt. Gustav Goldbeard quickly befriended the fodragobear calling him krigare which means warrior in Swedish. They came back to the misty Island and quickly became famous . They protected the misty Island from invaders.
That is how they became known as the guardians of  the Misty Island.  

A Poem 
Poem 1
sea and wind against the Scottish shore
Sea a'n wi'n againts th' scottish sho'e

The raging wind and the sly water
 fiercely fight the rocky coast. The
 coast will die , But now it stands
 firm and strong at the most. They
fight in the laughing moonlight of day.

Poem 2 
The Swedish Battle.

In the Singing sun of
a new day. Armies
advance. Then all in
one they cry their 
battle cry. The armies
thunder across the 
forest . The axes 
and swords swinging 
up and down. the
raging battle goes 
on till Night swallows
it up. The battle
ends by the traces
of the moonlight. 

 

Recent books i have read and am reading

Crispin: the cross of lead.
I liked this book Beacuse
it was situated in the Medival
Era . I like historical books
Its about a innocent peasant
boy who is actually the heir to his lord .
His lord wanted to kill him but he escaped
and found a man nicknamed Bear. I wont tell
you how it ends , But it is a good book.


Poppy
I liked this book because it was all animals talking
like Redwall. I also liked this book beacuse their
is a raptor in it, a owl. It has a good ending .


The key & the flame
This book was great Because it was fantasy like LOTR and Redwall.
But this book was like Narnia not LOTR and Redwall.
A kid comes from America to England and is presented a magic key . The kid
Uses it to unlock an oak with two freinds and goes into a magical
world. Their are centaurs ,dwarfs and leogriffs ( leogriffs have a body of a black
leopard and the wings and talons of a eagle) Their were also Falco peregrinus or should i saw Peregrine falcons. The kid finds a golden Salamander the can make fire.

the sixty eight rooms (the adventures of the sixty eight rooms)
This book was not may favorite , but it was OK. The story is about this kid that gets shrunk with another kid and go into miniature rooms. They have all kinds of adventures their and their is a happy ending .

The sword of Shannra trilogy
This is the book i am currently reading . So Far its been a bit like LOTR but not that much. It has 1121 pages! It starts with a human called Flick get stopped in the road by another human named Allanon . Allanon tells Flick to guide him to his house. Flick dose and their Allanon finds Shea a half human half elf. Allanon Tells Shea that his is a descendant of Jerel Shannra  and he is in grave danger of the Evil warlord. Shea and his Brother Flick go on a journey With the help of Menion Leah a highlander together they go where Allanon told them to go. Their it is decided to get the Sword of Shannra  from the Gnomes . The only way to defeat the Evil Warlord called Brona is to Kill him with the Sword of Shannra . But only a descendant from Jerel Shannra can wield it. That is where i am so far in the book .

the lates book i have been readiang : books by Brandon Mull

lately i have been reading books by Brandon Mull. Brandon Mull was my dads room mate at BYU.   i have already read the Fabelhaven series and now i am reading his other series (i love them !):the candy shop wars and Beyonders. i have read both candy shop war books , two beyonders  and am now on the last book of the Beyonders . the beyonders is about this boy called Jason who was one day swallowed by a hippo,but instead of being digested he slid through a tunnel and came out in another world called Lyrian . there he wants to go home but by accident ends up opposing the evil emperor Maldor . Maldor has a lot of power and tracks Jason down wherever he goes with evil shadows called Lurkers . Jason meets a rebel in secret hiding called Galloran . he also meet another person from his world (which people from Lyrian call the Beyond)called Rachel . Jason,Rachel, Galloran and other trusty servants start a rebellion in secret by pursing a deadly word that is said to destroy Maldor . after a lot of struggling Jason at last spoke the word in the presence of Maldor .BUT IT WAS FAKE . after Jason said it it was erased from his memory and he is put in the dungeons . but escapes and gets back to his world . that's the end of the first book . in the second book Jason goes back to Lyrian and tells Galloran and Rachel that the word is false . so they all go gathering supporters . then they go to a Oracle that tells them what to do and that's the end of the second book . the third book is just now itching to be read so bye !.

The Lord or the Rings Trilogy

I have just finished reading the lord of the rings series.

You know that they are 8^th grader series and I’m a 4th grader, but I was able to understand it fine. 

They were fun books and my favorite parts where when Sam attacked Shelob ,when Gimli  and Legolas were playing a game in which they trying to see who could kill the most orcs, when Gollum fell into the cracks of Mt. Doom, when Aragon came and helped Gondor to win the first battle, when everyone celebrated their victory over Saruon and when Eomer met Aragon on the battlefield .

I learned that if you’re in tough times you should never give up hope and that if you’re small and weak it doesn’t mean you can’t do amazing things. The hobbits in this book are a great example.

Here are some of my pictures from the series.

the house of Gondor includes Boromir prince of Gondor (top left), Farimir steward of Gondor (top right )and Denathor king of Gondor (bottom right)

here is Denathor(playMobil version) top left, Thedon  (playMobil version),top center,a soldier of  Gondor (top right),Thedon king of Rhohan (bottom left) and Eomer prince of Rhohan

here are the hobbits of the fellowship

here are all the strongest in battle from the fellowship

The Kingdom and the Crown

I've been reading a series of three books which tells the story of Jerusalem during the time of Jesus from the eyes of a family who lived there. I'm on the third book now and they're each about 600 pages long.

One of the sons is a Jewish Zealot who wants to kick the Romans out of Jerusalem for good and who gets in a lot of trouble.

Many of those Jews thought that Jesus would conquer Rome and were disappointed when he didn't.

I learned that Roman Legionaries serve in the army for 30 years.

I also learned that money changers were at the temple in Jerusalem because when people came for Passover they wouldn't accept money with the head of someone else on it since it was like an idol.

So they would change the Roman coins for shekels although they weren't always honest and many people were cheated out of their money.

My favorite thing though was reading the story and seeing how the people listened and started to understand or didn't understand the message Jesus was teaching them.

Winter Reading

This winter I finished reading the following series:

Redwall, by Brian Jacques (all 21 books in the series)
Fablehaven, Brandon Mull (all 5 books)
The Candyshop Wars, Brandon Mull
The Time Quartet (Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters), Madeline L'Engle
Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites, Chris Heimerdinger (5 Books)

I love all these books because they make you use your imagination so much.


When I get into a series I read about 200-300 pages a day.

I wrote my own story, but am still working on editing it.

redwall series

four weeks ago me and my family were getting ready to go on a trip to Utah when i could not find a book to read on the plane . then my dad gave me a book called Redwall i accepted it not to happily
not thinking it would be fun. but willing too give it a try .on the plane i enjoyed the book. it was very fun when we got too Utah i stopped reading it .but on the way back i read it on the night we returned too our house i finessed the book i found out there was a series and i only read the first one. the next day i got the second one i loved the Redwall series now i I'm on the seventh one which is called The Outcast Of Redwall . the author off the series is called Brian Jacques his books are about a world of rodents,badgers,otters ,hares,hedgehogs,reptiles , frogs , fish, birds , moles , Squirrels, foxes , ferrets , stoats , weasels and cats war and peace is in the books there my favorite.