Israel

Hey everyone!

In a couple weeks I am going to Israel. :) I am going with my class. No parents... halfway around the world. I am scared and excited all at once! :) I get to stay with a girl who I got to host when her class came here. She is super nice and now I get to meet her family to! I am sooo grateful. I hope I can relax enough to enjoy the trip.. and not stress or feel that homesick. Hopefully ...

I get to float in the Dead Sea, climb Masada, go to the Western Wall, see a play in Hebrew, and sooo much more!!! :D

whew... Well I got to go!

See ya! (I know I say this a lot, but I'll try to write on my blog more often.)

-G R

I GOT MY EARS PIERCED!

Dear Readers,

Hello! I am so thrilled to tell everyone that I got my ears pierced! WOO HOO!

I got my ears peirced at THE PIERCING POGODA at Westfeild mall, near K.B. toys. The whole

expeirience was life changing!! First, you pick out the earrings that you want, then you fill out

paperwork while the workers "load the gun" after all that is done you sit in a seat and the

workers clean your ear lobes!!!! After that, they litterally take a marker and draw on your ears!

Not pretty pictures like flowers and bunnies, no not anything like that. They draw dots, well two

dots. One per ear. Your Mom, or whoever is with you, tells the workers if they like the place of

the dots, or to adjust it. Then, when the parent gives the OK... the workers hold the gun up to

your ear and 1...2....3... its all over! I loved it... and it looks pretty! It is a big responsibility,

because even though you look good, you want to feel good to... so don't forget to clean your ears!

I hope you enjoyed this post! until next time!

- G R

CIRCUS

Yesturday my mom took us to the circus!!! we took a subway to the staples center ( not the store, the stadium) then got free clown noses!! we saw elephants and tigers and dogs.... OH MY! and CLOWNS!!!!!!!!! :P ;)
7 people in motorcycles went in a big steel ball and rode around in it!! i loved the acrobats. the people on the stilts were unusually skinny they looked weird. my mom said she wanted a deflatable half circle to bounce around in like they did in the show!! we also saw baby horses and a baby elephant. I SAW AN ELEPHANT PAINT A PICTURE!! IT ALSO ATE A WHOLE LOAF OF BREAD AT ONCE!! we entered the auction to win the painting, but we lost. :( It was a great night.

- G R

FOURTH OF JULY!!!

Today was really fun!!!! i started out the 4th of july by going to the store with my mom. then when i got back, my friends came and we went swimming in my pool. my dad made everyone hamburgers, and hot dogs. oh i forgot after we went swimming everyone had a water balloon fight. and then we went back in the pool. :) My friend John, didn't know what a jalapeno peper was and so one of the adults said he would give john 5$ if he had a bite of one. then johns dad said he would give john 5$ also!!! John would get 10$ for eating a bite of a hot hot peper!!!! i secretly took a video (without him noticing) of him eating it. during the video his face gets read and he needs the glass of milk we prepared for him. DID YOU KNOW THAT MILK ACTUALLY HELPS YOU WHEN YOU ARE EATING HOT SPICES. BECAUSE THE ACID IN THE MILK CUTS THROUGH THE PEPER MOLECULES!! :) WATER WONT DO ANYTHING:) by the way i had to video john secretly cuz he didn't want me to video. he said " it added a lot of pressure to him" :-) After we it sparkelers and watched fireworks!!! a poor dog got out of its house and was running for its life because of the "scary" firework noise. poor baby. my daddy tried to get to it but it was running to fast!!! thank goodness the owner finally came, although we never caught the dog it was good to know that someone was going to find it. after the fireworks show every one had icecream. then we watched the credits of a show called wild. we found most of everyones first names in the credits except for a few. then phineas and ferb came on the tv so we all watched some of that. then we said goodbye to everyone.

:) what did you do today??





- GR

First Day of the Trip To New York

HI HI HI HI!!!! I am in N.Y. and after a five hour flight i am so tired! guess what... our flight was delayed! Its true, our flight was originally at 9:30 p.m. but since it was delayed our flight was at 11:30 p.m. that means, that we got to new york at 4 a.m (our time) 7 am (new york time) and we went straight to our hotel. After we got all the suitcases off the shuttle and the shuttle drove away, mom realized that her laptop wasn't with her! as soon as my dad herd the news, he turned into super dad and ran as fast as he could. Then we saw dad coming back to us with her laptop!!! hurray 4 super dad!!!!! When we got into our apartment room, we found that there was mold and no air conditioning . We slept there that night , but my mom found a hotel instead! Yay! anyway, the first day we went for a walk through time square! we saw M&M World and went to a Toys R Us with a Ferris Wheel!!!! awesome! I also tried a hot dog that people were selling out at the streets. THEY WERE SO GOOD! i had sugar covered almonds too. yum. We went to the famous Rockerfeller area! and saw Sax Fifth Avenue!!! I woke up the next morning at 10:30 New York Time. 7:30 am California time. well that was my first day...talk to you tonight after our second day! bye!

I am going to New york!

HI HI HI HI HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM GOING TO NEW YORK ON MONDAY (April 21) YAY! I AM GOING TO SEE WICKED, AND LEGALLY BLONDE! I AM ALSO GOING ON A CRUISE! WOOOO HOOOOO!!! MY PEN PAL WILL BE THERE 2!!!!!!!!!! YAY! I AM SO SO SO SO EXCITED! sadly,my alltime FAVORITE elphaba, ( a character from WICKED) sprained her ankle! i hope it will be better by April 26! thats the day i am seeing it. well i have to go! bye bye!

-G R

P.S.

notice the color of the font! Wicked right? :)

WORLDS BEST MOM, DAD, AND GRANDMA!!!!!!

My Grandma is THE BEST GRANDMA IN THE WOLE WIDE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is always in a great mood!!!! She has strawberry blonde hair and hazel eyes. her dogs names are...Daisy and Sammy. Don't forget about Isacc! Isaac is my Grandma's piano player. He plays great songs!!! Did i mention that Isaac is made out of fabric and fluff? Its true Isaac is fake! My Grandma bought a fake man on ebay! Since her piano has a program which allows the piano to play by-itself...why not have a fake person to play for her? My Grandma also sponsers my vocal lessons. She is the best! When she invites me and my sister to have a sleepover we watch millions and billions of movies. She also never runs out of Rice krispy treats! So if you are in the mood for something sweet, the snack is perfect for you! Even her dogs like the snack! She also takes me to different musicals which are so much fun!!! She was with me when i saw "WICKED" for the first time! I LOVE MY GRANDMA SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH! My parents are so awesome! I love them so much! My mom is always there for me when I need someone to talk to, and my dad is always there to tuck me into bed. I love taking walks or skootering around outside with them. Everyone in my family is important to me, and I don't want anything to happen to any of them. My parents also supply lots of love and they ALWAYS cheer me on! I love that they let me be involved in after school activities and take me to my friends house for a playdate! I LOVE MY PARENTS SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH! Three cheers for family!