2010 in review

There were many fun, sad, happy, exciting, etc. moments n the 2010 year. This post is just to put part of it down so that we can remember it and see how i was like at this age.

Nicholas John Berrett The First

Age: I am 14 years old

Grade: I am enjoying 8th grade

Favorite Color: Red

Church Related Facts: I am Uber-Excited to be in Teachers Quorum.

Presents I Got From Birthday/Christmas: I got some awsome lego wii games, and a kindle! I got Two Airsoft guns!! Gift Cards to my new Kindle, a hex bug, and some awsome music.

Favorite Subject in School: Social Studies

Favorite Band: Queen, it was introduced to me by the nelsons because earlier in the year i didnt know who aerosmith was so they decided to educate me. I also like the beach boys, they might be giants, and barenaked ladies.

Funny Moments: On the last day of the year madison and grandma were playing a electronic Scrabble and at the end of one game it said to maddie OUT MORON! Apperantly it meant that maddie was out and the word that she had needed was moron. On Mad and mom's birthday zach ate shrimp without realizing it.

Utah Vaction: During the summer we went over to utah and stayed at my grandma hall's house. We spent the summer visiting friends and family. We hung out with our nextdoor neighbors. we had a wonderful time and are going back ths summer.

Our Big Vacation: Over Fall break our parents took us completly by suprise and took us to Orlando Florida. When we where there we went to disney world and harry potter land. I loved them both espically harry potter land. my favorite part of harry potter land was the huge lifesize castle and the butter beer.

Scouting: I am now 14 years old and that means that i am now in varsity. It s the next level above scouting and i am very excited for it. in scouting i am a life and i am working on my eagle.

Other random events: i have made friends with some of the adults at my school. One of the cafeteria ladies loves my happy attitude and calls me tigger. A lady at the front office loves talking to me. The janitors love me because i am such a hard worker and get their work done 2 hours early. i have become closer to my friends and am making lots of new ones. Our family just finished ordering all the furniture for our new library and will arrive in a few weeks. My grades in math are better and im ready for next semester.

New Year Resolutions: This next year i plan to be more organized (have had that one on my list for a while), Hang out wth my friends more, Read the doctrine and covenants, pearl of great price, and the book of mormon. Finish my eagle, and Get better grades.

Well that pretty much sums the year up i will try to blog more this year to record my life. Ill leave you with one of my favorite quotes by Albert Einstien. "A little knowledge is dangerous, so is a lot." Bragging rights to who ever can name the show that it was on. Here's a hint it's in the first episode. leave answers in the comments good luck.

Aboda

In strings we have been working really hard for this big competition called aboda. It is normally a High School competition But they let in two Juinior high's this year. We are all really excited about it. We are playing a peice called Variations on a well known sea chanty. It is a very fun and exciting song. we will play it in our up comng concert n the 16th of october i believe. I Just cant wait for aboda.

Family Campout

We just got back from a ward family campout. I thought we were not going because my dad is out of town. But my mom suprised me and brought a friend on it with us th help take care of the kids.

The campout was a nice and short one. We got there around 6:10 and ate dinner around a big ward campfire. After that we set up out tents and got everything organized.

The next morning we ate pancakes, sausage, and eggs. Then we went on hikes, had a air soft war, and talked. I had a lot of fun at the air soft war. I got a big shotgun and was able to hide behind logs and shoot people. i Dominated, Thats right didnt get shot once.

Around 11 we got packed up and left for home. It was avery fun campout and i had lots of fun. Even though it gave my mom lots of stress i think that it was all worth it.

Blog book

A while ago my mom made a blog book for the year 2008. It was very amazing and was The envy of all our friends.

Well now that we have another year of blog material my mom just finished 2009. it is very cool and is so much fun to look through and see all the posts that we did. here is what it looks like.

We are all very excited about t and cant wait for 2010.

P.S. i am sorry about the blurry photos i had to take them with my crappy phone camera. I'll just have to sneak my mom's camera next time.

EVYS

Last year i was in a orchestra called EVYS (east valley youth symphony). well this year i auditioned for it again an made it! Unfortunally i made it in the lowest level which is filled wth kids from the ages of 8-12. I had really wanted to get in the more advanced level but because i didnt practice all summer i Failed.
My mom says i will just have to be a man and live with it until winter comes and i can audition to move up. I really hope i do because i really want to be with all my friends who moved up.

los Alamos, New Mexico

While our parents were in Europe we decided to go visit our cousins in New Mexico. The ride up there was long and a little boring but i managed to survive without saying "are we there yet" like my brother and sister. when we arrived it seemed as if no one was home but as we walked through the front door we were greeted by everyone and were given the grand tour.


Their house was a small condo with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. i really loved their back yard. despite the hot and dry climate their backyard was all green. Plants, trees, grass, even some of those plants that hang from the ceiling. Also they even had a giant tree house that our aunt and her dad had built together.


The next morning our uncle surprised us with blueberry pancakes. i was the only kid out of 6 who actually enjoyed them. After breakfast we headed toward a campsite up in the mountains by their house. the rest of the day was spent riding bikes and hiking. The next day we had pancakes for breakfast but we forgot the syrup so we used jam instead. After that we went back to the house ate lunch then went hiking up to a water fall.

The hike up was really easy and only took about 20 min walking. The end though was amazing. not one, not two, but 6 waterfalls that all took my breath away.

After playing in the river for a while we dryied off and headed to the house. We had hot dogs for lunch and ate them outside on the patio. After eating we played in the backyard and talked. because most of the equipment in the backyard was for little kids mostly just talked with the adults.

That night we ate a wonderful homemade pizza. we got to put whatever we wanted on it. For desert we had amazing homemade bread. I found out that they gave mom a book a while ago with all of their bread recipes in it.

That night while most of the others went back to the campsite i stayed at their house and slept in a nice soft bed. The nest morning we had pie for breakfast and just talked waiting for the others to arrive from the campsite.

Later that day grandpa hall took me t a nuclear museum that was all about the atomic bomb. it was really interesting and i learned a lot about the history of the town. We spent most of the day their and came home to grilled chicken wings.

That night we all camped in their living room and ate ice cream while watching alice in wonderland.

The next morning We ate bagle sandwiches and got all packed up. we then all said our good byes and piled into the car we then drove 12 hours back to grandmas house and went to sleep immediatly.

This trip was so much fun and i hope that i get to see my cousins there again soon.

Highlights from my trip to utah

Because we did so much in Utah I cannot possibly cover it all so i will just tell you some of my highlights.

1. Eating at Bent Fork



2. getting a new scooter



3. playing with my good friends Hannah and Derek



4. swimming in my good friends pool



5. going to scout camp



6. getting new striped shirts



7. Seeing my cousins



8. seeing my grandparents



9. seeing my uncles

10. all the chocolate that my mom brought home from Europe

11. getting told I'm taller than my mom

12. Eating broccoli casserole at my grandmas

13. Grandma's nice soft couch

14. Home cooked meals

15. The wonderful weather.

I am sorry this took me so long to make i have been lazy and will try to blog more.