Imagination Plus Creation

Just Around The Corner

2011-12-14T01:09:00.000-08:00

Christmas is just ten days away! I'm so excited, but to me the year has gone really quickly as it always seems to do, maybe its just me. Well Christmas preparations are underway here, Elise is making a big Christmas pudding, I'm planning to make some goodies, the Christmas tree is up, we've finished school for the year and well.... Christmas is in the air.

As most of you would know, us Australians are just beginning summer when Christmas comes. I see all the dreamy pictures of Christmas online and there's snow, a big Christmas tree by an open fire, lights everywhere and people having a merry time, something like above.

But, I have to be honest with you, this is much more like an Aussie Christmas....

I love this video, its a classic. I hope you liked it.
After Christmas, (New Year), my family and I are going to have a little holiday with our Grandparents who live on the coast. We are really looking forward to that.

Anyway, what are you plans for Christmas?

Zip a dee doo dah

2011-11-25T00:02:00.000-08:00

I honestly don't know why I've titled this post like that, I guess its just a random name for a random post. Anyway, it is absolutely soaking wet here, it has been raining nonstop for about an hour now, cricket has been called off for the whole weekend and I'm in misery because of it. I get so upset when sport is washed out.

But there is one good thing, its my birthday this weekend!!

I'm really excited, I'm going to have a big chocolate cake with drinks and pizza and lots of yummy foods. I don't have clue on what I'm getting for my birthday, hopefully there will be some good stuff. We have some streamers and balloons and we're going to decorate our living room and have great time! Just a quick post today, I can't think of what else to say. I just wanted to post something new. I might be able to post about my birthday, hopefully I will.

Adios!

A New Blogger Award

2011-11-13T01:52:00.000-08:00

I was given this award by Vellvin. Thanks Vellvin.

Ok, according to the rules of the award, I must share seven things with you.... so here we go.

1. We have had about four thunder storms in two days here. Last night we had a real beauty of a storm with with a great show of lightning.

2. I played three games of cricket over the weekend, now my hamstrings are pretty sore.

3.My laptop is feeling really nice and warm on my lap at the moment. *ahhhhh*

4. It's my birthday in about two weeks.

5. I'm super excited about Christmas approaching.

6. There was just a two second black out here.

7. I'm immensely scared that the up coming week of cricket will be washed out due to rain.

Now, I must pas this award on to 5 other people.

Alice over at Me & My Sisters and Alice's Place. I love popping over to Alice's blog, she writes so well, has such a great sense of humour and a really nice blog.

Annie at Ocean Heart. Annie has a great blog, have been friends for a long time and I love to read her blog and read about her world.

Naomi at One Out Of 8. My twin sister, her blog is umm well....... its not that great and, I'm just teasing you Naomi. Naomi has great blog and is enjoying her recently discovered skill of taking photos.

Lauren over at Jilla. Lauren has been writing a big story about a horse called Jilla. It is really good. She writes really well and the story has been very enjoyable so far.

And last not least iGirl. iGirls blog is iDream, her blog is really nice, she write about all sorts of interesting things and is quite the writer too.

I wish I could pass this award on to more people, but I can't. So there you are girls, an award from me, to you.

10 Things That Has Happened Since I Last Posted

2011-10-31T13:54:00.000-07:00

1.Naomi and I went to Sydney for cricket! It was the biggest, most fancy and official cricket weekend I've ever had.

2. I have started cricket here at home and I'm playing U/14's, U/12's again to make numbers, I might be playing for the U/14's rep side and are most likely to get a few games in 3rd grade. So there is a lot of cricket.

3. We had school holidays and painted our dining, lounge room and bought new lounges to go in the room.

4. I bought some new clothes.... if that counts. (I'm only up to question four and I'm already running out of ideas)

5.I finished Rangers Apprentice book #5 and #6 and I'm now reading book #7.

6. Fishing, fishing fishing and a bit more fishing.

7. Naomi bought a smashing new cricket bat.

8.During the holidays when we were painting, we brought three book shelves into our room, we have managed to get one out, but the other to are still here.

Isn't that cool!

9. I cleaned up my room

10. I received a new award on blogger.

(Will be back with more shortly)

One Lovely Blog Award

2011-09-21T15:14:00.000-07:00

I've been awarded this award by Alice and Lauren. Thanks girls.

Now, I have to list seven random things about myself that you may not know.

1. I have asthma

2. I have a big chicken pox scare on my back

3. I always plait my hair before going to bed

4. I love playing the games Twister and Balderdash

5. When my hair gets wet, it goes all curly

6. I adore Huskies!

7. I don't have a clue on what I want to do when I grow up

Now, I have to tag 15 other bloggers.

Holly Roses & Bluebells

Bri Diamonds and Pearls

Naomi One out of 8

Vellvin An Irish Maiden

Annie Ocean Heart

Anna Bella Vita

Monica Laughin' At Cloulds

Eve Learning 123 A Different Way

Bailey A Note From The Author

Katie Beauty Like A Kaleidoscope

Emii Girlz 4 God

iGirl iDream

Regina Live Like Your Dying

India Grace Heaven In My Heart

Elise Ribbons Of Light

Grand Final Winners!

2011-09-20T14:37:00.000-07:00

Naomi & I Won Our Hockey....

Grand Final!!!!!

It's so exciting!!!!! It is the first hockey grand final we've won.

Random.....

2011-09-09T15:17:00.000-07:00

It's the weekend!! The weekend has got to be the best part of the week. I get to hang out with friends, play sport, watch sport and just relax. I don't have sport today. My hockey team won our semi final, so we are straight into the grand final which will be played next weekend. Its very exciting!! So with hockey finishing, the cricket season will start soon. Naomi, my brothers and I are signing up for cricket today.

At the moment I'm sitting on my bed, in my pajamas, my hairs a mess, my little sister is playing games on Naomi's laptop while I'm blogging away on my laptop. I haven't been blogging much lately, I should probably try harder. Since spring started (ten days ago), I have been for two swims with my siblings in our pool. It is very chilly, but it was a lot of fun. Any way, before I leave, here are a few photos.

Toodle Pip!

All I Need Is You

2011-09-01T04:14:00.001-07:00

I got this tag from iGirl@ iDream
1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Tag 20 friends.
5. Everyone tagged has to do the same thing.
6. Have Fun!

Here are the questions:

IF SOMEONE SAYS ‘ARE YOU OKAY’ YOU SAY?
"You Are Loved"~Rebecca St James (Ummm... ok)

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?

"When I First Spoke Your Name"~MercyMe (Personally, I don't see how that describes my personality)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
"Nothing But The Blood"~Hillsong United (Is that good or bad?!?!)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"Lift My Praise Up"~Citipointe Live (hmmm...)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
"The Letter"~Newsboys (That makes no sense)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
"Captivated"~Citipointe Live (Not sure about that)

WHAT’S YOUR MOTTO?
"Awesome God"~Hillsong (Interesting)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Like It Like That"~Guy Sebastian (hehehe!)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Breathe"~Sixpence (Is that good or bad?)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"New Start"~Citipointe Live (I do?)

WHAT IS 2+2?
"For Your Glory"~Christian City Church (That doesn't really add up)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"Us"~Sixpence (Ok)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Safe And Sound"~MercyMe (That would fit really well, besides that fact that I don't like anyone)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"Eternal Salvation"~Christian City Church (Thats not a bad answer)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"Selah (Perfect Love)"~Hillsong London (Suits me)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"You Are Faithful"~Hillsong (Thats weird)

WHAT WILL YOU DO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"Turn"~Sarah Brendel (Turn to where?)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"You"~Praise and Worship 2008 (Thats a possibility)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"In The Mystery"~Hillsong (Not really, I must have a lot of Hillsong on my iTunes)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
"Babel Towers"~Sarah Brendel (Thats a cool answer!)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Angels Brought Me Here"~Guy Sebastian (Thats an Awesome answer!)

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
"We Were Made To Worship"~Praise and Worship 2008 (That doesn't make much sense)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"On Your Knees"~Newsboys (Thats not what I think of my dear friends)

WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
"Keep Singing"~MercyMe (Maybe)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
"Goodbye"~Alabaster Box (Huh?)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
"Better Than Life"~Planetshakers (I don't think that makes sense)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
"Shout Unto God)~Hillsong (Not at all, so long as its in a good way)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
"Something Beautiful"~Newsboys (Hopefully thats a yes)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
"3:42am"~MercyMe (I'm usually asleep then, so I don't think its scary at all)

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
"I Receive"~Hillsong London (I hope so)

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
"Miracles"~Newsboys (Are you crazy?!? Defiantly not!)

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
"I need you"~Rebecca St James (I don't think so)

WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY TO THE PERSON WHO TAGGED YOU?
"Son Of The Living God"~(Umm......)

WHAT WILL YOU NAME THIS NOTE?
"All I Need Is You"~Hillsong (Ok)

Wow!!!What fun! I tag anyone who wants to do this because it is ridiculously fun!
(It is that first day of spring here in Australia!!!!!!!! I'm so happy!)

Photo's 2

2011-08-11T19:30:00.000-07:00

Here are some more photos from the past few days.

Photo's 1

2011-08-09T20:22:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my mum set my siblings and I a task to take a photo and write about it. After taking a number of photos, I've suddenly decided that I love taking photos. Here are some photos from yesterday afternoon.

Caterpillar

Busy Buzzing Bee

Coriander Flowers

Dandelion

A third flower and... I don't know the name of this one

Same flower as above

Sorry about my lack of knowledge with flowers. I have some more photos that I will post later.

How do you like my new background?

I like it, whats your opinion.

Captions Contest Winners...

2011-08-07T00:51:00.000-07:00

Sorry I'm a bit late with this, anyway, here are the winners.

Autumn:

Rapunzel : " Oh pascal! Just think, your picture will be in all the top magazines!?!?!" Pascal: "pity she doesn't understand that animals aren't models and that I am an animal."

Naomi:

Toothless: You smell funny

Vellvin:

Jeanie pink: "Hello!!" Jeanie Green: "If anyone asks I don't know her!!!"

Vellvin:

Bolt: "Mine!! Mine!! You can'r have it!!!"

Autumn:

"How is my make up now?"

So there you have it guys! Well done everyone.

Caption Contest!

2011-07-27T22:34:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted for a little while, and I was getting a bit bored. So I have decided to have a caption contest!
I love caption contests, I think they are a lot of fun. Here are the images.

There's only a few there, I will announce the winner on the 6th of August.

Sorry I haven't posted in so long, by the way. Naomi is back on blogger, check out her blog.

My Weekend

2011-06-30T01:13:00.000-07:00

This weekend, on Saturday I played two games of hockey, won one and lost the other. However the second one was for another team in our club, but in a higher grade. It was really exciting. Then on Sunday, my family and I went to visit our grandparents. They live right on the coast, so we were able to go to the beach. Now that my computer is able to read SD cards, I will share some photos with you.

The view, it was a overcast day

A rock pool

A small crab

Then the next day, we went to visit our uncle and his family who are having a holiday further down the coast. It was a really nice sunny day, we had lots of fun.

Ocean waves

Shallow water

The sea and rock pools

Sand and stones

Sea shell

As you might have seen in the sea shell photo, there were quite a few white stones around the shell, Naomi my little brother and I collected enough stones to fill this small wooden box, for no particular reason. I just thought it would be a cool thing to do.

Anyway, that was my weekend.

I'm Still Here!

2011-06-24T03:32:00.000-07:00

It has been quite a while since I've posted on here. I don't know why though, I guess I just haven't got round to it, although I have had plenty of time. Hockey is going well. I play tomorrow, again, but I'm very excited. I always get excited about hockey games. I had my laptop sent away a week or so ago because the SD card slot in it was not working, so therefore I was not able to put photos on my laptop. But it is all fixed up now, so I will probably be posting a few more photos now.

In less then three weeks, the homeschooling group that we are a part of here, is having its Athletics Carnival for the year!!! I am very excited. I love competing in it, its always so much fun. I'm usually ok at the track events, however, me being very small, I'm not very good at the field events. But it is all great fun!

At the moment I am watching come AFL, (Australian Football League). I love watching it!! And I am also drawing a mini map of the hockey fields here, just for fun=)

Photo Contest

2011-06-06T18:45:00.000-07:00

iGirl is having a photo contest.
She usually only gets one or two entries, so it doesn't really make it a contest.
Please have a look at the contest by clicking the button on my sidebar.

I'm entering and this is my entry.

Giveaway!

2011-06-06T15:13:00.000-07:00

Holly over at Roses & Bluebells is having a giveaway! After reaching her goal of 30+ followers and her 100th post, Holly is having her first ever giveaway.
She is giving away................ this!

Alice from Alice's Place has donated this little beauty for the giveaway.

For the details, hop over to Holly's blog and take a look.

Hockey!!!

2011-05-29T15:20:00.000-07:00

We have had some great games of hockey lately. If you have been reading my blog lately, you might have read about one of the women from another team having an accident while playing us. Well she doesn't need surgery and her knee is healing really well! Now we have played three games since that one. The first one we won 4-0! I scored two of the goals, so I was very happy about that. The second game we won 2-0. Even though we won, it wasn't a very good game for our team, we just didn't play well. And then on Saturday we played another game and we won 7-0!!!! I scored two gaols again. Going into that game, the whole team was a bit concerned about what the outcome would be since we had played a really bad game the week before and the other team was really determined to beat us.
Although we all played really well and came out with a great win. By the looks of things, we won't play hockey for two weeks, there is some event on. I will miss it heaps!!!!!

So that is what hockey has been like lately. It has been raining here for over an hour and it is finely easing off. I don't like rain. :) Better be off.

Epic Giveaway

2011-05-25T14:19:00.000-07:00

Anna Gray reached her goal of 100 followers!! Congrats Anna.

She is now giving away ten different things in... 'The {Epic} Giveaway'!!
In the giveaway Anna is giving away 5 different sets of earrings, a handbag, a ring, a bracelet and a...... well I'm not really sure what to call it. It's a photo picture thing. (Sorry guys, I'm not a photographer).

Why not give it a go?

100 Followers

2011-05-20T14:24:00.000-07:00

Anna Gray over at Bella Vita is trying to reach the goal of 100 followers. She currently has 92 and would love to have just eight more. Why don't you pop over to her blog and have a look and if you like it which I'm sure you will, FOLLOW!

Once she has 100 followers she will have some awesome prizes to giveaway!

Hmmm......

2011-05-19T23:50:00.000-07:00

Here I am, looking out my window, wondering about what I should post about. Knowing that my average post is an update, I want to do something else. But what? I just can't think of anything what so ever. I would post more photos and things like that, but the SD card slot on in my computer is not working. So I will need to wait another few weeks and see if we can get it fixed. So I went through I few of my other photos that are already on my computer, and I have picked out a few for you.

A small quilt I started last year and am yet to finish.

My new profile picture.

!!(Rapunzel from Tangled)!!

Passion fruit flower

Spider wed early one dewy morning

Well their not much, but their ok. The last spider web photos weren't that great. Hope you enjoyed it.

Tangled!!

2011-05-16T17:42:00.000-07:00

Last week, we bought Tangled!!! And then we watched it that night and I absolutely loved it!! I would have to call it my favourite Disney princess movie. (I'm not much good when it comes to any sort of review so please bear with me)

Rapunzel was gorgeous. I loved her hair, even though it was so long, I thought is was beautiful. She is the perfect princess.

I loved the way Rapunzel and her Chameleon Pascal got along. I think Pascal is very cute and a real character. I just love the little characters like Pascal that really add to the movie.

And then theres the hero I guess Flynn Rider, or Eugene Fitzherbert. I think thats spelt right. He is a really funny, silly, wacky kind of guy I think. I love watching the movie and seeing over and over again how Flynn gets along with Maximus.

Maximus would have to be one of my favourite characters in the whole movie. Just the way he behaves, it is so funny to watch. I love the part in the movie when Maximus and Flynn kind of make peace between the two of them. It is so funny.

And well.... I don't know if there is much to say about Gothel. She is..... just plain evil I guess. She makes and very good *Bad Guy*.

I loved all the songs in the movie. I never really thought of it as being very musical at all. I think my favourite songs were When Will My Life Begin and I See The Light.

For me, out of ten stars I would give this movie ten out of ten. :)

What do you think of this awesome movie?

I'm Still Here!

2011-05-10T18:46:00.000-07:00

I think I have been a little bit slack with my posting efforts, I haven't posted for a while. (Besides the post about Alice's awesome giveaway).

Now.... just looking back at a few of my last posts... hmmmm..... ok, the last thing I mentioned about hockey was an upcoming game on the water turf. (You guys must be so sick of my going on and on about hockey, sorry but I just can't help myself). We won that game on the water turf 3-0!! And then we played again last Saturday on the grass, although we were unable to finish the game due to a accident on the field. One of the women on the other team tripped over her stick, when she fell she dislocated her knee and then when her knee hit the ground, it popped back into position. She was on the ground in a huge amount of pain and she could not move her leg. The ambulance was called for and the people at the hospital said that she was not to be moved until the paramedic's arrived in the ambulance. You see, in hockey the clock keeps running even if the is an injury, so it being in the second half and my team being ahead 3-0 once again, the other team gave us the win and called the game quits.

The woman who was injured happens to be our friends mum from across the road! So we have been able to keep up to date with how she is going. We were told that she need an operation. So lets just hope everything turns out well. Anyway. Naomi and I are playing hockey this Saturday once again and we are playing another new team. If we beat them, we will have played all the teams in the comp and be undefeated!! It sounds very exciting.

Summer is over and weather is really beginning to cool down. I hate cold weather. But there's nothing I can do about it.

We went to our Senior Cricket presentation a couple weeks ago. It was very exciting. My big brother received the Bowling award and the Players Player award. You can to my mum's blog to have a look at the trophies. My brother was kind of expecting the bowling award, but to receive the players player award was a huge surprise and a great honour. You see the players of the team vote for their favourite team mate, so my big brother was the most popular player! Naomi and I were also mentioned during the presentation for filling in for 3rd grade (men's cricket). I realised that Naomi and I were the only girls to play in the senior club. After the presentation we were also given a voucher to a restaurant which was pretty exciting. I have only ever been to one restaurant.

Well... its lunch time and I'm getting pretty hungry.
I better be off.

Alice Is Having A Giveaway!

2011-05-08T19:56:00.000-07:00

Alice from Alice's Place and Me & My Sisters is having a giveaway on one of her blogs. She is giving away this awesome little Notepad Case. It is well worth an entry. Click HERE to view the giveaway details.

School Work Once Again

2011-04-26T14:45:00.000-07:00

Today I need to start school work again. We have been on holidays for the last three weeks, and then Australia celebrated or remembered on Anzac day which was Monday, so we had an extra ling weekend and now today we need to start school work once again.

I only did MathsOnline last term for my maths, my mum thinks that's enough besides maybe a little bit of book work. I was going through the small list of things I need to do for school work this term and my mum said I will be starting formal English. I haven't been doing formal English or spelling, my mum says that my blog and my history projects have been like my English.

History will probably be the same as last year. I think I'm pretty good at history, or maybe its just me. When we do history, we will read about something or someone, then we will need to go and research it on the internet and when then need to type up about it. The last project I did was about Jamestown and Pocahontas. It took me about two weeks to do it because I had to read a whole book and progress really slowed down in the middle of the project with the reading and typing. In the end I think it was a bout ten pages long. So I was pretty happy with that. (The standard project for me is only about 2-3 pages long).

I also do science. I'm not a very big fan of it. We are working on animals at the moment, so for we have down I think mammals, birds and whales. I probably missed a few there. Anyways, its 7:45am and I;m just lying in bed with my winter P.J's on and my stomach is growling at me so I betta get up.

Oh..... I almost forgot. Naomi and I start hockey again this weekend and we are playing a the water turf at night!!!!!!!! I'm so excited. I love playing at night under the huge big lights. Lets hope we win.

'It Is Finished'

2011-04-22T13:51:00.000-07:00

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid

2011-04-15T18:59:00.000-07:00

I don't know if you have heard about this series of books or not. I read the first three books in the series yesterday and today.

Book #1

Book #2

Book #3

These books are all pretty funny. They are pretty much well...... a diary a a wimpy kid.

The owner of the diary is Greg. He is new to high school and try's his best to gather a bit of popularity. His best pal Rowley lives down the road from him and also goes to the same school as him. Together and sometimes alone, they come up with all these crazy ideas to become noticed and liked.

It is also about his life at home. Well..... its a diary, he writes about things that happen in his life.

I'm not good at book reviews, so........ I'll probably finish up.

Out of 5 stars.... I would probably give this series 3 stars. So its not the best series of books, but it is very light and easy to read, plus its funny:)

I'm so happy!

2011-04-10T18:51:00.000-07:00

I'm back from my holiday! It is very nice to be home. I played hockey on Saturday, at half time we were loosing 2-1. But we came back in the second half to win 2-6!!! It was very exciting. I scored one goal, and should have scored another, although I stuffed up.

Guess what................................................. I finally bought a new hockey stick!!!!! Here it is.

It is the one I have been wanting for ever so long. I bought it Saturday afternoon and used it in my game. It is amazing. Such a step up from the stick I have been using. Today I went down to the local sports store and bought what is called a 'shaft guard'. It is a thick clear tape that wraps from the handle, all the way done to the curve. It's purpose is to protect the stick to keep it looking good. I think it looks awesome!! What do you think?

Nearly Home!

2011-04-06T17:40:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow we finish our holiday.

It has been a rather short holiday. We drove here Sunday afternoon, Monday was lovely and sunny, the Tuesday was windy, overcast and wet, yesterday my family went to visit some friends of ours. We had a great time. It was sunny most the day, but just as we were leaving, it began to rain rather hard. Naomi, Elise, Alice and I all played Absolute Boulder Dash together, it was so much fun!!! I had never played it before so it was really nice to be able to learn and play it with Alice. (She is really good at it) :)
So after an afternoon of fantastic fun, we had to come back to where we are spending our holiday. Today it is wet again, but there is a bit more sun.

I'm looking out the door of where we're staying, the local ferry is going by, we are right on the coast with a bay right in front of us! Being on the coast, I'm desperate to go to the beach, but unless in stops raining and the sun comes out, I don't think we'll be going :(

Tomorrow Naomi and I play our second game of hockey for the season, which is also the last game before school holidays. I think we have good chance of winning. The team comes from the same club as our team, but I don't think it has as many good players on it. Fingers-crossed we win!!

During our holiday, we have been walking down to the local bakery here. We buy really nice bread and we also buy special treats. I bought myself a bun with cream through the middle of it and a small blob of jam. It is really nice, I'm trying to save it and not eat all in one go :)

I'll probably post about my hockey game on the weekend. Cya!

We Won!

2011-04-01T21:30:00.000-07:00

We played our first game of hockey for the season today and we won!!! We beat the team who won the grand final last year. It wasn't looking to good for us in the first half, but after that (since they were nearly all middle age to old ladies) they just weren't able to keep up with us when we were running.

I nearly scored a goal once or twice. I played center-forward for one of the first times, and apparently I played the position really well!! I'm very pleased about it.

Tomorrow we head off for a little holiday with my grandparents! I'm really looking forward to it. I'll probably post while we are there. I'm not sure if I'm able to take my laptop though.

I'm quite hot at the moment. Whenever I play hockey, I nearly always finished the game and my face is really red. I nickname my self 'Beetroot Face"!!! LOL.

Another Giveaway

2011-04-01T13:36:00.000-07:00

Yes, another giveaway. Over at Bella Vita, the author is giving away this.....

It is a Partridge in a Pear Tree. To enter, head over to her blog and take a look at the 'entering' details.

Good luck! (Would you leave a comment here if you enter?)

Awards!

2011-03-27T13:53:00.000-07:00

We had our association presentation on Thursday! It was pretty good. All my team mates and I each received a small trophy for winning the Grand Final. Naomi also received an award because she took the most catches in U/14's along with two other people. We have a club presentation next week, it is just for the club. I've added it all up and in three seasons of cricket and two seasons of hockey, Naomi and I have got five trophys, four medalians and two shirts

We have been enjoying the nicest weather here!! There has been clear blue sky and it has been neither hot nor cold, just perfect!

I hope you like my new background, it will take a while for me to get use too.

Naomi and I had hockey training yesterday afternoon. I'm really looking forward to starting the season. We have out first game on Saturday and I'm really excited. I'll probably have a look at hockey sticks on Saturday too, the shop is at the hockey fields.
I hope I find something.............

My Blog..

2011-03-24T18:52:00.000-07:00

I've been fiddling around on blogger and this is the new look that I've come up with.

What do you think?

Blog Background......

2011-03-22T16:56:00.000-07:00

The poll for the new blog background is nearly over. I've been looking at each of the different backgrounds for a while and... well I'm just not sure. It looks like B will win, but I'm not sure if I want that. I know it sounds a bit..... I guess unfair not to put it on when it has clearly won, but I don't want to look at my blog and go 'Hmm..... ar....... *sigh*'. You know what I mean?

Anyway. I think I will have a bit of a fiddle on the blogger template designer and see if I can create something that is me on there.

Sorry about this. Thanks for voting though.

Cricket Grand Final Results......

2011-03-18T02:30:00.000-07:00

*Ahem* I am pleased to say that...... (drum roll please)...... WE WON!!!!!!!

I'm so happy!!! I couldn't believe it when we won!! I keep saying to myself 'This is unreal'.
It was a very close game, we played CB. His team put up a really good fight and I honestly thought we were going to loose, but our team managed to pull through in the end. This is the second grand final my team has won in any form of sport.

I'm absolutely thrilled!!! So next week, my team will go to an association presentation where we will be presented with a trophy I think, and each of our team members will get a special shirt.

I'm so excited. I'm going to go and calm down.

Cricket!

2011-03-17T13:36:00.000-07:00

Last night we didn't get that much cricket in, the umpires called everyone of the field due to dangerous lightning, and then the match was called of a few minutes later because the lightning wasn't going away and it was raining. It was a bit disappointing, but we made a great start to the game and we found out that if the game is washed out, the two teams are declared joint premieres. We thought the team at the top of the ladder would win. So we were all very happy to discover that.

So we go back today and try and have a smaller game, we're not sure if it will rain or not. There is a pretty good chance that it will rain, but we are hoping it won't rain. (The other team is afraid of loosing to us, so that is a good thing for us)

Well, wish us luck and hope the rain won't interrupt our game.

Something New

2011-03-15T22:13:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been thinking about getting a new background for my blog, but I'm not sure about which one I should get. So I've been looking around at different websites at different backgrounds and I have found a few that I like. I'm going to put a poll up in my side-bar and you can vote on which one you like the best. I will list them by letters. (e.g. A, B, C)

Here is A.

I don't know wether this one is to....... well boring I guess. What do you think.

For me I thought this one is a bit to girly, but after a bit I might get use to it.

I thought this one was nice fresh, but its just so different to what I'm use too.

And this is another one that I thought might be a bit girly. But it is sweet.

Please vote, I would really like your advice and opinion. Thanks

Very Nervous!!!

2011-03-15T17:29:00.000-07:00

It is Wednesday.... just about noon and I'm so nervous, excited, worried, confident and happy about our Grand Final!!! It starts tomorrow afternoon. I think is will be the game of the season! The whole team is really looking forward to it. It will be an awesome game whatever the out come. I have only been involved in one grand final in cricket and we won, I have been in two others in hockey and lost both of them.

I will try and post tomorrow night about how we are going in the final. (It is a two day game).

Until then.

YA!!!!!!!

2011-03-11T00:48:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited!!! U/14's won their semi final!!!! Ya!!!

U/ 12's came close to winning but we missed out. So next week, Naomi and I will be playing CB!

I'm so excited, our team is confident that we can win and I think it will be a very close match. I'm to excited to type much. I'm sucking on an ice block at the moment and I think I will shut down my computer and enjoy the evening.

Sorry!

2011-03-07T17:13:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't posted in so long. I can't think of anything to post about besides things that have been happening in my life. And I have a feeling that your sick of me posting about that sorta stuff.

We have started hockey, well I haven't but our club has started I will be starting next week. I have been searching like a wild horse for a suitable hockey stick. I haven't had much luck yet, but I'm going to go to another shop sometime soon to have a look.

I am very nervous today because we have cricket semi finals this afternoon. As most of you would know, Naomi and I both play U/14's and U/12's. The semi's for those to age groups are on at the same time. So Naomi is going to go play in U/14's and I need to stay down to play U/12's. Now Naomi is usually the captain in the age group I'm going to play in, but since she won't be there, I need to take over her job and captain for the first time in one of the most important games of the year. I will have someone else to captain with me so that will be really good. I hope we win in U/14's, but not so much in U/12's:[

I know that sounds a bit wrong or unfair but Naomi agrees with me. As much as I would like U/12's to win their semi's, if U/14's wins theirs too, that would mean that I would need to go and play with U/12's again in the grand final and I would miss out on playing for U/14's. It sounds a bit weird and hard to understand.

Well..... wish us luck and....yeah, I can't think of anything else to say, oh, hope I find a good hockey stick soon:)

?!?!?!?!

2011-02-19T17:45:00.000-08:00

I don't know what to post about!!

I guess I'll just post about sport. Coming up to the semi finals in cricket makes each game we play very important. We have one more game to play until the finals, it's making me very nervous. Although we had a great week of cricket this week, in U/14's we absolutly slaughtered them!!! They had to get 178 runs and we got them all out for 15!! That's a huge win, so we went for the outright win, but we fell short of that by two wickets. In U/12's we made 305 runs, (we broke the Junior Cricket Association record!!) I made 25 runs not out. I was very pleased with that, (it's my personal best).

We will be starting hockey in about 2 weeks, (training). Still waiting to find out what grade they want us in.

Now it is a Sunday afternoon and it is so hot outside!!! Thankfully we have an air conditioner. Oh, there is some bad news, THERE'S ANOTHER COLD IN THE FAMILY!!!!! We are doomed!! Ok, its not that bad, but with all the sport and everything, its not good. Please pray that it doesn't go through the family. (We were also planning to go for a holiday next week and its my little sisters birthday next week).

iGirl's Chocolate Party!

2011-02-10T20:12:00.000-08:00

iGirl, @ iDream is having a Chocolate Party, click here so see the rules and what you need to do.

Here is my entry.

Mexican Hot Chocolate (4 mugs)

Ingredients

*225 (8oz) dark cooking chocolate

*1 litre (2 pints) of milk

*1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

*2 drops vanilla essence

Weight the chocolate and then break into small pieces. Put pices in the top of a double broiler or into a heat-proof bowl.

Fill bottom of double broiler or a large saucepan with cold water. Bring the water to a boil. Turn the heat down to keep water gently boiling.

Place the container with the chocolate over the one with the boiling water. Stir the chocolate with a wooden spoon until melted.

Measure out the milk and pout it into another saucepan. Heat the milk gently; don't let it boil. Pour the melted chocolate into the hot milk.

Add the cinnamon and vanilla essence to the mixture and bring it to a boil.

Turn the heat down and whisk the mixture for 2 minutes until it is foaming.

Pour the chocolate into mugs and use a small whisk to foam the chocolate mixture in each mug.

Please ignore all the number ones beside each step, (I couldn't fix it up on the computer).

Hockey!!!

2011-02-08T16:17:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited, next week we are signing up for hockey again!!!

It may not sound like much to you, but I absolutely love hockey. It is my favourite sport. I will be signing up for AR3, (A Reserve 3). It's a rather big achievement for me, but to others it wouldn't seem like much. I've been saving for a new hockey stick for about six months now. I still not exactly sure about which stick I will get, but I will need to choose soon. (I really really need a new hockey stick).

We lost our cricket game:( We needed 6 runs of one and a half overs, and we lost our last two wickets. It was a very good game though.

What's Been Happening

2011-01-30T15:50:00.000-08:00

Well.... we are back in the swing of things here.

We are starting school work this week. I'm hoping I will get a lot of school work done this year. I am way behind. By the looks of things I'm going to have a lot more work this year, hopefully I won't fall even further behind.

We started cricket again last week. I played U/14's and 3rd grade. In U/14's we played CB, we have only played half the game so far, it is going to be a tough game to win. Naomi and I also filled in for 3rd grade, (that's men's cricket). It was a good game. Naomi and I had the biggest batting partnership out of the whole team, we batted out around twelve overs and Naomi got the second highest score for our team. It was a good cricket weekend.

Yesterday we went to church. Naomi Elise and I were on music with our music leader, but in the morning Elise said that she had a cold that been running through the family, (when one of my brothers or sisters gets a cold, everyone gets it except for my Mum and Dad). So Elise was sick on the morning we were playing, we got up to church to practise, it was all a bit much for Naomi, (Elise is the main musician in our music group, so it made things really hard). Naomi went home and it was just me, our music leader and our drummer, in the end we got another musician so it work out....OK... I guess.

So... about that nasty cold. Everyone has had it or is sick with except for me and my Mum and Dad. I'm trying so hard to eat lots of fruit and vegetables to give me the best chance of not getting the cold. It is working so for, but Naomi has that cold now and I sleep with her. Fingers crossed I don't wake up with a sore throat tomorrow.

We have lately been enjoying the Tennis tournament, the Australian Open. It finished last night. The winners of the women's final was Kim Clljsters and the winner of the men's was Novak Djokovic. (Anyone who has an interest in tennis would probably know who they are).

Well that's pretty much all I have to say.

Signing off.

I'm Here

2011-01-23T12:04:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't posted that much lately. I guess you could say I haven't been in the mood for it. But since I'm sitting on my bed at 7:10am and there is no one else up except my little brother who is playing on his iPod Touch, I might as well do a blog post.

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and a happy New Year. I did. I got books, a mini pool table, pool toys, lollies and other things too. We didn't do much over the New Year. I also went well with that song I was performing with Naomi and Elise. I was very surprised at how much everyone enjoyed it.

We start cricket again this week and.....I'm believe I'm playing CB. I think it will be a close game.

I have been enjoying the pool so much lately. It's really nice at the moment.

This week is our last week of holidays here. I'm not really looking forward to starting school work again. I hate high school.

I can't think of much more to say. I can my little sister being fussy about how much cereal her big brother is giving her.

I just have two questions, what would you like me to post more about??

What do you enjoy?

Goodreads

2011-01-19T01:14:00.000-08:00

I have recently joined a website called Goodreads.

I was just wanting to know if anyone else is on the same website.

If so, we could maybe become friends with you on it.

Is anyone on Goodreads?

New Blogger!!

2011-01-18T01:24:00.000-08:00

My Mum has just started her own blog!!!!!

You can find her at Pieces Of Contentment.

I think she will be an excellent blogger.

Please head over to her blog and have a look.

2010-12-24T13:24:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-23T12:12:00.000-08:00

It is Christmas Eve!!!

One more sleep and its Christmas!!

I probably seem like a little child counting down the days and sleeps until

christmas, but I just love Christmas!!

Here are 10 reasons as to why I love Christmas.

All the family gets together
Everyone gets along well
It's when we celebrate the birth f Jesus
There is lots of yummy food to eat
Everyone gets a present
I love to sing and listen to Christmas carols
People decorate there houses with christmas lights
I love to look at different types of christmas trees and how they are decorated
I like the different christmas events that are on at Christmas
I just LOVE Christmas!

So that is what I love about Christmas.

Today we are spending the morning at home and then we are going to go and visit our Grandparents. Then we need to race home, scoff down some dinner and race off to church because Naomi, Elise and I are doing Christmas carols at our churches Christmas eve service. We are also preforming this song.

What do you think?

I hope I don't stuff it.

I'm a bit nervous about how I'm going to go, (I'm leading the song).

You can watch the live version HERE.

Well.... I probably won't be posting until after Christmas.

So...

Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year.

And lets not forget why we celebrate Christmas.

Once again, Merry Christmas!!

3 Days!!!!

2010-12-21T12:20:00.001-08:00

I have been counting down the days until Christmas. I just think its a fun thing to do.

For us Aussies there are only 3 days till Christmas and 2 days till Christmas Eve!!!

I will probably be getting my first Christmas present for this year on Christmas Eve. We are going to visit my Grandfather and Granny (grandparents) on Christmas Eve. Every year my Granny gets out 8 big red stockings and stuffs them with little gifts and chocolates and lollies!!!! We really love getting our stockings and exploring inside of them.

I don't know what I want for Christmas, I have already got what I really wanted through the year.

A laptop
A brand new cricket bat
And Money for a Hockey stick

Through the year I have been lucky enough to get all these things.

So I guess this year I will need to wait and until Christmas day until I have any idea of what I'm

getting.

This year my family are going to each chip in a bit of money and put it together and select a gift that people can use overseas. Like........ we might select a chicken and a chicken will be given to someone overseas who needs it. By spending money on people who really need it, we are sorta giving to Jesus in a way.

What do you guys want for Christmas??

Christmas Is Here!!

2010-12-16T15:49:00.001-08:00

I love this painting.

Things

2010-12-10T11:31:00.000-08:00

I think this is going to be a random post.

I haven't been doing much lately. We have had Annie, (some of you would know her) and her family, come and stay with us. They were here for about five days. We had heaps of fun. We went for walks, we played a lot of cricket, (including a game when CB was over at our place with his family) and Annie and I went swimming, poor Naomi couldn't join in because she hurt her toe.

Annie and her family left a couple days ago. The afternoon they left we set up the Christmas tree!!! We hadn't put it up earlier because we were having new blinds put in and the tree would have been in the way of the people who were putting the blinds up. Here is a photo of the finished product.

Sorry about the picture quality. The SD card from my camera would not connect with my laptop. Anyway, we used the colours blue, pink and silver. We usually do gold, green and red but we thought we would do something different.

To me it feels like we had Christmas just last month. The year has gone past so quickly.

Yesterday Naomi and I played U/14's, and our big brother played U/16's. Our big brother said his team slaughtered their opponent. Naomi and I also won our game. Naomi and I both went in to the game with injuries. Naomi was running on concrete the other day, and she kicked her toe against it. She bruised it really badly, so by the time she got out when she was bating she was limping of the field with her bat to help support her.

When we were warming up for the game by doing some catches, I went to catch the ball and I did something to my finger. It to was really sore and bruised, it still is very sore even though its the next day.

We have hopefully got U/12's on this morning, I don't know if it will be on though.

Well...... my stomach is growling at me so I better go fill the tank.

Voyage Of The Dawn Treader!!

2010-12-07T18:00:00.000-08:00

I went and saw the Voyage Of The Dawn Treader today!!!!!

It was so good. We saw it in 3D. It was the first movie I had ever seen in 3D.

I found some of it a little bit freaky. But over all I really enjoyed. I'm not going to say much

because I don't want to spoil it for anyone. It was sorta new to me because I haven't read the book before.

I hope they make The Silver Chair!! It is one of my favourite books.

So it was a really fun morning. Besides the fact that the Jumbo box of popcorn that I had with Naomi at the movies broke at the bottom, so the popcorn fell around the two chairs we were sitting on. (LOL)

Voyage Of The Dawn Treader!!

2010-12-01T11:25:00.000-08:00

It's finally here!!

The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader is being released in cinemas across Australia today!!

I'm so excited. We are going to go and see it next week in 3D!!

(I think its great how for once, Australia gets it before America!!)

I don't mean to gloat.

I'll do a quick post when I've seen it. I don't want to spoil it for anyone.

Is anyone else going to see it?

Wednesday Photo!

2010-11-30T12:29:00.001-08:00

Here is my Wednesday photo.

This is a photo of a Clover flower. It was early in the morning so it still had dew on it.

I wanted to post a Christmas photo, but I had already used it in Wednesday Photo before.

Giveaway!

2010-11-29T12:49:00.000-08:00

Bailey, @ ebaiwebcast.blogspot.com is having a giveaway!

She makes her own cards and sells them.

So if you want to have a look at the details, head over to her blog by clicking HERE

Update

2010-11-16T18:37:00.001-08:00

I know..... I'm guilty of not posting in AGES.... (LOL)

I just haven't got round to it.

Ok. We haven't played much cricket at all this season!!!!!! It has been so annoying. On the days

that we play our games and train, it rains!! I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get a full game in

before Christmas.

It has been such a wet spring. It is raining right now.

We have been using the pool a lot. Even though it has been pretty wet, it is still

really nice to swim in.

Naomi and I have our Birthday next week!!!! I'm very excited. Unfortunately, getting older doesn't mean getting any taller for me. (LOL) (As some of you would know, I'm very short)

The year has gone past so quickly for me. It feels like it was Christmas day just last week.

I have started to read Ranger's Apprentice!!!!! It is so awesome. I'm up to book two, and I am really enjoying it so far.

That's just about all I have to say.

Hopefully we will get a game of cricket in soon!! I really want next weeks game to be on.

(It's just about time I bowled CB middle stump) (LOL).

Wednesday Photo!

2010-11-02T14:58:00.000-07:00

Here is my Wednesday Photo

Wednesday Photo!

2010-11-01T20:51:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the first Wednesday of November!! (The best month of the year)

Therefore we are having Wednesday Photo.

Here are the rules.

1.Take a photo of something really cool, random, unique, interesting, etc..........

2.No copying other peoples photo.

3.Title your post "Wednesday Photo".

4.Be creative.

5.You have to have your photo on your blog by the end of the day if you want to enter.

6. The winner of this week gets to judge next months Wednesday Photo.

Tully is the judge so leave a comment on his blog to let him know that you have posted your Wednesday Photo.

Tully has a private blog, so if you are not invited to his blog, you can tell me and I will tell him.

Cricket!

2010-10-30T01:54:00.000-07:00

This week we only had on game of cricket. (Well half a game). We played U/14's, but U/12's had a bye.

We batted and we made a score of 5/145. It's not the best score but it's alright.

I retired not out on 5. I did alright, but I need more confidence.

Naomi and I nearly played 3rd grade. (Men's cricket). But all their players turned up

so we weren't needed.

Through the week, Naomi bought herself some wicket keeping gloves. They are so good.

She will be wicket-keeping in U/12's and U/14's.

That's just about all I think.

100th Post Contest!!

2010-10-23T14:34:00.000-07:00

Yes, this is my 100th post!!!!

To celebrate getting this far, I am having a Caption Contest!

I did want to have a giveaway, but I couldn't think of anything to giveaway.

OK. Here are the photos.

You can Blog about it if you want.

Have fun!

Update

2010-10-11T15:02:00.000-07:00

Here is just a quick update on what I've been doing lately.

We started school work again yesterday. I have really enjoyed the school holidays. We did quite a bit of traveling with our cricket and, we've been watching a lot of the Commonwealth Games. I love watching all the different events in the Games. Australia has a total of 143 medals, we have 64 gold, 40 silver and 36 bronze. We're doing pretty well I think.

We start cricket this weekend. I'm really looking forward to it. Naomi and I are playing under 12's and under 14's. U/14's is really going to test us out, but I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Due to starting cricket this weekend, we have been practising heaps. I don't think our team is going to get a training session in, but we will see how we go.

It has been so wet where I live lately. It has been overcast and drizzly with a shower about once a day for about 2 weeks!!!

I don't mind it though.

The only bad thing about it raining so much is that it has been to cold to swim. Before it was raining so much, our pool was so nice to swim in. It was still rather cold, but it was just so nice and refreshing.

Well, that's about it. I need to do some school work, ***(groan)***.

I'm Back

2010-10-06T13:34:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted for a while. I have been busy with my cricket.

I'll tell you how I went. The championship went for 2 days. On the first day we won both our games. I bowled and took one wicket in the first game, there was one run out off my bowling and I batted before I got run out. In the second game I didn't get and wicket, but there were two other run-outs off my bowling.

The next we had play offs. In the first game that day, I took one wicket and one catch, that game I was also run-out again. We lost that game so we went to our last game playing for 3rd position and 4th position. I didn't take any wickets that game, but I ran someone out. I opened the batting with another girl, on the first ball I faced, (for those of you who know your cricket) I played a forward defence. The ball went straight on to the ground after it hit the bat, but it must of bounced funny because it went straight back into the air like I had played some other silly shot. Anyway they caught it and the umpire gave me out.

So we lost that game and we finished 4th out of a possible 8 positions.

Wednesday Photo Winner & An Announcement!

2010-09-30T13:51:00.000-07:00

Sorry I'm bit late with this one.

The Winner of this weeks Wednesday Photo is..............

Tully!

Well done Tully, you are next weeks judge.

Now, Naomi and I have talked to Annie about this and we think it would be a good idea if we keep the Wednesday Photo to something we do once a month. That way, people won't get so sick of it and it will make it more of a event. How about we make it the first Wednesday of the month, and I will post about it a few days before we do it just to remind you.

What do you guys think?

Wednesday Photo!

2010-09-28T13:44:00.000-07:00

Here are the rules.

1.Take a photo of something really cool, random, unique, interesting, etc..........

2.No copying other peoples photo.

3.Title your post "Wednesday Photo".

4.Be creative.

5.You have to have your photo on your blog by the end of the day if you want to enter.

6. The winner of this week gets to judge next weeks "Wednesday Photo".
Please tell me if you have entered, and anyone can enter.

I am this weeks judge.

Wednesday Photo!

2010-09-21T15:01:00.000-07:00

Naomi is this weeks judge, so she has the info for you.

Here is my photo.

It is a young leaf with a rain drop on it. You can even see tiny little rain drops in the water.

Hockey Grand Final!!

2010-09-17T13:08:00.000-07:00

Today is the hockey GRAND FINAL day!!!

I'm so excited.

But........ during the week we got a phone call from the boss of the club we play for. She said that another grade, Ar3 (which is 2 grades above our normal grade!) were looking for an extra player. So they told us that the B grade coach was going to choose between Naomi and I to decide who will play B grade and who will play Ar3. (Their grand finals are on at the same time). The boss said that the B grade coach would ring us to tell us who is going to go and who is staying. We haven't heard anything and the grand finals are this morning, so we are hopping they picked another player.

Anyway, I'm sure we will have fun either way.

Wish us luck!

New Cricket Bat!!

2010-09-16T17:43:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Naomi and I bought a cricket bat!!!

It is a early birthday present from our Mum and Dad.

Here is a picture of it.

We are very pleased.

Also, Naomi and I got in to a U/15's girls rep team and in a few weeks we are going to a place about 7 hours drive from us to play in the State Championship!! We are very excited. We are also looking forward to starting our local cricket where we are most defiantly playing U/14's and U/12's.

It is going to be a good year of cricket.

Wednesday Photo

2010-09-14T13:20:00.000-07:00

Yep, today is Wednesday Photo day.

If you want the details or you want to join in, head over to CB's blog and let him know. (CB is this weeks judge)

Here is my Wednesday Photo.

It is a small quilt I started, but I haven't got round to finishing it yet.

Hockey!

2010-09-13T13:48:00.000-07:00

Here is the Hockey update.

In C grade we lost our game 3-0, all because of the umpire. They made some really unfair decisions and I mean really unfair. Naomi scored an excellent goal, the umpire didn't allow it. People have been calling it a rip-off. We also found out yesterday that one of the girls who was umpiring us hates our hockey club, so that might be why she gave some many unfair decisions. But wait..........there is good news!!

We won in B grade!!!!!

It is so exciting. After we won the game the B grade coach came over to Naomi and I and he said we were part of the B grade team now!!!! So on Saturday we are versing a team that has only been beaten twice throughout the season. The girls aren't sure about how we will go, but the coaches think we can win since the team we are versing is all women, but our team is all girls. So I'm expecting a close game.

So that's the hockey update. I'll post about our grand final on the weekend.

Excitment!

2010-09-10T13:40:00.000-07:00

Today we have our hockey finals!!! I'm very excited, but yet very nervous.

After further thought, it turns out I will not be going to the Drama workshop. :(

Although, after our first hockey game of the day we have some friends coming to visit, so that will be very good.

Recently at our church there was a Healing thing on with a guy called John Mellor. It was amazing!! John has a healing ministry. He has been to Europe, Scotland and other places too. We saw a guy who had had 5 years of non-stop headaches all the time HEALED!!! There was a lady who had had 20 years of on going pain in her back and she had been in a wheel chair for two years so the muscles in her legs were really weak, her pain went away and she got some movement in her legs. The list goes on.

You can check out John's website here.

Well, wish us luck with hockey. We will need it.

Wednesday Photo Winner

2010-09-08T19:13:00.000-07:00

I have chosen a winner for this weeks Wednesday Photo.

CB!

Well done CB. Your photo was fantastic.

Here it is.

It was a really hard decision to make between Naomi's photo and CB's.

So now CB is the judge for next week.

Wednesday Photo

2010-09-07T19:13:00.000-07:00

Today is Wednesday Photo day.

Here are the rules:

1.Take a photo of something really cool, random, unique, interesting, etc..........

2.No copying other peoples photo.

3.Title your post "Wednesday Photo".

4.Be creative.

5.You have to have your photo on your blog by the end of the day if you want to enter.

6. The winner of this week gets to judge next weeks "Wednesday Photo".

Leave a comment to tell me that you did it.

I'm this weeks judge.

If you can't do the Wednesday Photo this week, please leave a comment and let me know.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

2010-09-06T13:48:00.000-07:00

This Saturday, we are having a very busy day.

At 10am, Naomi, Tully and I are all going to a homeschooling drama workshop. We are looking forward to it, we think it will be lots of fun. But sadly we will only be able to join in for the first hour. We need to leave early due to a.................

Hockey Preliminary Final!!!!! We won our game last Saturday, I scored 1 goal and so did Naomi. Since we won we are into the finals and if we win that we go to the Grand Final!!!! We play at 12:20pm Ok. I'm just going to tell you a few things so that you will understand what I'm going to say next. C grade hockey is for all year 7. B grade is a test for your skill, so there are some women in B grade but most of the players are about year 10. Ok so. Later on in the afternoon at 5:20pm after our C grade final, Naomi and I are playing for B grade in their final.

We played for them last week in Elimination Semi Finals. We beat the team 4-0, and I scored the last goal!! I was really happy about that.

We have our cricket sign-up day on Saturday too, but I think we are going to skip that.

Now the most important event on Saturday is.............. Tully is turning 11!!!!!

So that is my schedule for this Saturday.

Giveaway!

2010-09-03T13:09:00.000-07:00

Anna is having a Anna Cabana Bash! This is the last day, day five.

She is giving away five different things too.

You have until Monday to enter. You can enter in all the giveaways.

Wednesday Photo Winner

2010-09-01T16:22:00.000-07:00

Ok. Monica has seen all the entries for the Wednesday Photo and she has decided that the winner is.....

Me!!

Thankyou so much Monica.

So I will be judging next week.

Please leave a comment next week letting me know if you have done yours, if you are unable to do one next week, please email me so I know.

Wednesday Photo

2010-08-31T21:10:00.001-07:00

Ok. Here are the rules

1.Take a photo of something really cool, random, unique, interesting, etc..........

2.No copying other peoples photo.

3.Title your post "Wednesday Photo".

4.Be creative.

5.You have to have your photo on your blog by the end of the day if you want to enter.

6. The winner of this week gets to judge next weeks "Wednesday Photo".

Monica is this weeks judge.

I'm posting Annie's photo, Tully's and mine since Monica can not view their blogs.

Here is Tully's.

Here is Annie's. (It has been edited on Photo Shop)
Here is mine. I was cooking last week and this is a photo of butter, golden syrup and sugar. I thought it all looked rather interesting together with the different colours. I also like it because all the ingredients are different. The butter is hard, the syrup is like a liquid and the sugar is like sand.

Another Update

2010-08-29T13:28:00.000-07:00

Ok. Naomi and I lost hockey on the weekend. That is a good thing though. It means that our team has a better chance of winning the semi finals this weekend which therefore gives us a good chance on making it to the grand final. Last weekend we played the best team in the comp. We only lost 2-0, and one of their goals shouldn't have been allowed.

We went to church yesterday. We were there for a little longer then usual because the church computer was playing up and our Dad was fixing it up. Yesterday afternoon we played a little bit of cricket with our neighbour and another friend. When everyone got sick of that we started to play soccer. That was really fun. Then we did some goal shots. Naomi and our neighbour were the best goalies of the day. I was absolutely shocking.

And now I'm on my bed, with Naomi beside my still waking up and my little sister trying to get us to help her find her 'Dory Book' as she calls it, but it's really called Finding Nemo. This afternoon Naomi and I have hockey training, we are expecting it to be really full on with the semi finals approaching.

Beautiful Bedroom!

2010-08-26T21:04:00.000-07:00

This contest is being hosted by igirl. If you want to join in with this fun event, you can visit her blog where you will find the details.

Here are my 5 photo's.

No. 1 This is a photo of the clock in my room. It has roman numerals on it.

This is a drawing that a friend of mine did for Naomi and I. (It's on an angle)

This is a close up of my hockey trophy I got last year fro being the 'Most Improved' in my team.

This a glass jar of special shells we have found at the beach.

This is my file where I keep different things and I keep my laptop on top of it.

Thanks for doing this igirl. It's really fun!

Wednesday Photo!

2010-08-24T19:36:00.000-07:00

Ok, CB is the judge for this weeks Wednesday photo so if you want the info, head over to his blog.

Here is my Wednesday Photo.

This is a photo of a Christmas decorations.

And here is another Wednesday Photo.

This Wednesday Photo is Monica's. She has a private blog so I will be posting her photos on my blog as well as my own

Hockey!

2010-08-23T18:52:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to update you on our hockey.

We are doing really well. We are second on the ladder out of 4 teams. This week we are versing the best team in the comp. (They have been for many years). This weeks game is our last game before the semi finals. If we win this weeks game or draw with the other team we will need to play them in the semi's. If we loose we will verse the team at the bottom of the ladder.

We are most likely going to loose this week, but we most certainly won't be disappointed if we do.

I'll keep you updated as the weeks go on.

Aztec Feast!!

2010-08-22T00:29:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted for a few days.

Our Aztec feast went really well. The soup was not nice at all. It was really hot and it had way to much onion in it. So we didn't have much at all.

(Sorry I don't have a photo of the avocado dip). Anyway, the Avocado dip was awesome! We had it with corn chips, salad and some flat bread.

The hot chocolate was a big success. It wasn't perfect but the flavour was really nice. It was just right to finish of the meal.

So that's how our feast went.

Aztec Feast!!

2010-08-19T14:04:00.000-07:00

I'm really excited because tonight, Naomi and I are preparing an Aztec feast for the whole family.

First of we are going to be having a Aztec Bean soup. (Beans were one of the Aztecs main food supply). The we are having some Aztec avocado dip with corn chips and tortillas. (Aztecs grew and ate avocados and corn was another one of the main food supplies, they also made their own tortillas).

Then to finish of the night we are going to have some Mexican hot chocolate. (As most if us should know, the Aztecs were the ones who invented chocolate).

So there you have it. Naomi and I found all the recipes in an Aztec history book we were using.

I'm hopping to get some photos so I can put them on my blog but I might not be able to.

Cricket!

2010-08-18T21:11:00.001-07:00

On Sunday this week Naomi and I have another cricket trial!

We have been practising a lot lately. I think we will do alright.

We are hoping to get into the team.

This year I'm playing U/14's in cricket. I think I will do alright. I won't be a star

player but I will do well.

This is only a very short post.

Anyway. Wish us luck for Sunday.

(I'll post Sunday night and tell you how we go)

I Won!

2010-08-18T15:56:00.003-07:00

I (by some miracle) tied for first with Vellvin in CB's Who Is It contest.

Thanks CB for hosting this contest. It was great fun.

Well done to Vellvin too.

Wednesday Photo!

2010-08-17T17:25:00.000-07:00

Here is my Wednesday photo.I know, it's not very good.

You can head over to Naomi's blog to see the rules and what you have to do to be

part of this.

Another Update

2010-08-13T22:26:00.000-07:00

I hope you guys aren't getting sick of these updates.

Over the last week we have been playing a lot of darts!! I'm getting better and better each day.

I played hockey today. My team won 1-0!!! We are really happy about that. Naomi and I only have 2 weeks of hockey left this season. This season I've been looking around for a stick that I could buy next season. I think I've found the one I want.

It's called the Mazon Fusion 1000. You can buy it in black or white. I would probably get it in black.

The cricket season starts soon too. We are not sure what age group we are going to play in though. My big brother who plays in U/16's says that Naomi and I have the size and strength fit for U/12's but he says we have the skill for U/14's. At this rate we will be playing U/14's but we are going to ask our coach from last year and see what he thinks. Here is a picture of the cricket bat I want to get.

It is called the Kookaburra Blade!! I really want to get it for this season because the bat we've got now isn't the best bat to be using in U/14's. Naomi and I have a cricket trial next week. We are a little bit nervous but we will do well.

My big brother has just got back from flying one of his remote controlled planes. By this sounds of things the prop snapped.

This has turned out to be more of a sport update hasn't it??

Grace

I've Been Awarded!!

2010-08-12T18:54:00.000-07:00

I've been awarded.....................

Thankyou so much Vellvin.

I award...

igirl

Katie

and

Rose

Grace

A Fantasy Tag

2010-08-11T18:42:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged by Vellvin. Thanks Vellvin.

1.What is your fantasy name?

I don't have one

2. What would your fantasy novel be about?

I have no idea!!!!

3. If you could have one mystical creature as a pet, what would it be?

A Gryphon!

4. Do you believe dragons are good or evil?

It depends. Although I usually see them as bad on the outside because it works for someone evil, but the dragon itself is good on the inside.

5. Knights and castles or Elves and goblins?
Elves and Goblins

6. What is your favorite myth, and what is the origin?

mmmmm.............

7. Would you read Alyson's Asteria stories if they were on her blog again?

I don't know, I've never read nor heard of them before

8. Did you read them when they were on her blog?
No

BONUS QUESTION (has nothing to do with fantasy)

9. Are you a Switchfoot fan?
Not really, but my big sister likes them

I tag.....

Monica

Elise

Tully

and

igirl

Wednesday Photo

2010-08-10T19:46:00.000-07:00

Annie is hosting this Wednesday Photo thing.

She has a private blog so I will put down what you have to do if you want to join in.

1.Every Wednesday you post a random photo on your blog.

2.The winner gets to be the judge for the next weeks photo's.

3.You can not copy other peoples photos.

4.You can title your the post 'Wednesday Photo'.

5.You need to have you photo posted on your blog by the end of the day. Late entries may not be accepted.

Anyway, here's my photo.

It is a close up photo of a dart in the bulls eye area.

I hope some of you will join in. Annie would love it if you did.

2 Giveaways!

2010-08-09T14:54:00.000-07:00

Just letting you guys know that Lindsay is having a giveaway over @Content In Christ

Hannah is also having a giveaway @Aspire

I've entered in both.

I'm A Winner!!

2010-08-08T22:07:00.000-07:00

I'm little bit late with this but last week I won Naomi's caption contest!!

Thankyou so much Naomi!

Naomi has a caption contest every Monday so if you want to have some fun you can jump over to her blog and have a look by clicking HERE. I'm sure she wouldn't mind some comments and maybe a few more followers.

I also won Elise's caption contest.

Elise has a Costume Drama Caption Contest every Friday. It is really fun so why don't you head over to Ribbons Of Light.

I'm late I know, but I thought why not.

What's Been Happening

2010-08-07T00:48:00.000-07:00

Here is an update on what I've been up to lately.

I've been doing my usual amount of school work. Lately in my maths I've been working on geometry. I haven't been enjoying it a whole lot but it's OK. I've lately started a high school English book because I'm not that good when it comes to punctuation and spelling. I haven't been doing a lot for history lately but I think I will need to do more next week. I had a big science test on Friday. I got 27 out of 30 questions right which I was rather pleased about.

My hockey is going well. I didn't go to training on Monday because I was sick but I was all better and right to play today. My team was versing the best team in the comp and we lost 4-1, usually they bet us by about eight points or so, so our team was rather pleased with the outcome of that game. I scored on half time so the goal didn't count, I was a bit disappointed about that but it can't be helped.

Today I went up to my Grandparents house with my dad, my little brother Tully, my little sister and Naomi to bring our big brother home. He had been staying with our Grandfather while our Granny had a little holiday.

During the week my brother Tully bought a dart board. It is really awesome. It took me a little while to get the hang of it again but by the end of the day I had mastered it, but I still have the odd time where I throw the dart and it misses the board completely. (LOL)

Naomi and Tully also made a little cubbie sort of thing. It is really quite cool. It has been constructed in just the right position so it works really well.

Naomi, Tully and I have also been playing a lot of touch and tackle footy with our neighbour and another friend. We had a game of tackle footy and it was me and Naomi vs Tully and his mate. Naomi and I beat them 5-1. They got sick of the game and stopped playing. Then the next day we played another game of tackle footy and it was Naomi, Tully and I vs our neighbour and our friend. (Their always saying how good they are at footy and things like that, so we put them to the test). My team won 8-4. So that was really fun!!!

That's an update on what has been happening in my life this week.

Photo's

2010-08-05T00:43:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos that my big sister and I have taken with my camera.

My favourite photo is 6th one. I like how the pink and the white look together.

Which ones do you like?

Tag!

2010-08-02T18:26:00.000-07:00

Here is a tag I've made.

Rules:

1.List 10 or more facts about you

2.Make this tag open to anyone

Ok, here are 10 facts about me!

1.I wear glasses for reading, drawing, computer etc.

2.I have blonde hair

3.My hair goes green in summer when I swim in my pool.

4.I'm good at sport

5.I don't like to wear dresses

6.My favourite colours are Blue and green

7.I hate pumpkin

8.I enjoy being around friends and family

9.I'm a twin

10.I'm very small for my age

So there are 10 facts me.

Anyone who wants to to this tag can do it.

Have fun.

Whats up

2010-07-31T16:33:00.000-07:00

Today is Sunday! Usually on Sunday my family and I go to church in the morning and come back at lunch time and spend the rest of the afternoon doing what we feel like. But today only my Dad and my two brothers are going to church because everyone else is sick. We've just got a little cold.

Yesterday Naomi and I didn't have hockey because the grass fields we were going to play on were to wet. But thankfully we will be having a catch up game!!! I love catch up games because their usually played at night and it is so cool playing when it's dark and the lights are on.

Today my big brother is going up to stay with our Grandfather while our Granny go's for a little holiday. I think he's really looking forward to it.

Yesterday the poll that was for my background closed. My new background received 6 votes and the old one only got 2 so I think I will be keeping the new on. It's nice to have a fresh change every now and then.

It's a really nice sunny day here today!! There's not a cloud in sight. I love sunny days.

That's a update on what has been happening here.

North & South

2010-07-29T21:26:00.000-07:00

I have just finished reading North & South!!!

I'm really excited because now I can watch the movie!

North & South is written by Elizabeth Gaskell.

I found it hard to first get into the book at first, I thought it had a bit of a slow start to it and the way the words are put down it took a little while to understand things but after that it was really quite easy.

I really enjoyed reading it because it wasn't full lots of romance and stuff like that, I found there was a lot more to it. My favourite character was Margret. (Well she is the heroine so how could you not like her). I liked her because I thought she was a pretty tough person, brave as well and I thought she was easy to like.

I didn't like Mr Thornton nearly as much as Margret. I thought it was really silly of him to get so upset and in my opinion sookey when Margret refused him and when he heard she was seen with another man at the train station.

I think it's really sad how Mr and Mrs Hale both die. I kind of thought from the beginning that Mrs Hale would die but I never expected that Mr Hale would die. Mr Bell was very nice. I thought he was very good to Margret when Mr Hale died, but when Mr Bell died I thought to myself, 'What if everyone dies?' but thank goodness no one else died after Mr Bell.

Another character who I like was Bessie Higgins. I thought she was really nice. It was really sad that she died too. (While I was reading the book I couldn't believe how many people died). Bessie's father Mr Higgins was nice too.

All up I really enjoyed reading North & South, (even though it is a really sad book) but it was worth it.

At the moment I'm reading Jane Eyre and after that I plan to read Rangers Apprentice. I haven't read it before but I have heard so much about it that I thought I should read it.

(I'm so sorry if the number of times I said 'died' bothered you).

Robin Hood Quiz

2010-07-28T16:45:00.000-07:00

I found a Robin Hood quiz today.

It turns out I'm Robin Hood!

You are Robin, Lord of Locksley Mannor, Earl of Huntington, also (am more commonly) known as Robin Hood! You are patriotic, dedicated, and proud. At the same time, you are compassionate and kind. You have a thing about helping people, but not always for the right reasons. You want the people to love you, and that means you are somewhat arrogant. Still, deep down you're a good person. (Played by Jonas Armstrong. Does anyone else think he's delightfully atractive?!)

If you want to take the quiz click here.

Have fun.

Robin Hood!!!!!! :(

2010-07-27T14:54:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday night the last episode of the BBC Robin Hood was on.

I'm very disappointed because Robin Hood DIED!!!!!!!!!

The reason why he died is because the Jonas Armstrong, (the guy who plays Robin) said that season 3 was the last season he was going to be in. So the Producer and all the other people making the movie set it all up so that they could continue the show expecting to do and season 4. But BBC decided that they weren't going to do a season 4 after they had finished season 3.

If they were going to do another season I think Archer would have been the new Robin Hood. It is rather annoying that they finished it show like that. Although I think when they killed Marion, it ruined the show a bit.

I sure hope I didn't spoil it for you. That's how we found out Robin died. A lady from our church gets up every week to do what we call announcements, and she has 2 kids who really like Robin Hood. On the night of the final episode we decided to watch something else that was on TV and watch Robin Hood the next day on a website called iview. We planned to watch it after church. But when the lady got up to do the announcements she told everyone that Robin Hood died. So that ruined it for us a little bit.

I've really enjoyed the 3 season of Robin Hood. I would of liked it if they did some more.

Another Trial!

2010-07-25T20:19:00.000-07:00

Some of you may remember a post I did about a cricket trail that Naomi and I were going to, it was for a U/14's girls rep team. Well nothing became of that.

On Thursday our Dad got an email for a guy who was at the trail we went to. He and another lady are looking for girls to come to another trial. It turns out that this team is a U/15's girls rep team that will be competing in the Country Championship. The guy who sent us the email says's that Naomi and I should make it to the easily.

Naomi and I are very excited. We are excited at the fact that the guy thinks we should make it in easily. But we're not in the team yet and we will have to see how we go.

The trial is in two weeks so we have a bit of time to get back into cricket.

I'll let you know how we go.

New Background?!?!?

2010-07-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

Hi All!

You probably noticed that I've changed my background.

The thing is that I can't decide between this one or my old background.

So I've set up a poll so you can vote and the one with the most votes in the end I will put on my blog. Seem fair??

Thanks