Goodbye 2015!

So, 2015! That was a good year. Some things didn't go the way I wanted to but I like all years. For this blog... It larger than last year, but I was... lazier.  I didn't write about certain things like moving, and fun parties I had. But in December I made a lot more posts than the other months, because of the 12 Days of Christmas! series. Did I accomplish both my New Year's Resolutions? No! Not entirely! I have read my Bible almost every day, but not completely. I did get a reward for catching all the Pokemon, but... I still have a few "secret" ones left. Tonight, I'm not really going to a big party, but we are having a friend over. It's hard to believe that it'll be 2016 in some hours! My New Year's Resolutions for 2016? Getting a >New< 3DS, finishing up catching all the Pokemon, and getting every Star Wars digitally! And I will try to make a bigger blogging year! Goodbye, 2015! And I hope you guys have a wonderful New Year!

Announcement: In January, I will make a post called My Thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens {[(SPOILERS!!!)]} so look forward to that!

12 Days of Christmas! Day 12: Christmas 2015!

Today, Sophie woke me up early. After everyone got up, we opened stockings. Along with candy and things, I got a cute stout little Kylo Ren plush, which talks if you press his chest!

a pair of BB-8 socks, which match my BB-8 shirt,

and a Finn action figure! My dad suggested to keep it in its box so it can increase value (although my mom says that'll be probably in 40 years)

After that, we decided to attempt to sit through the entire Star Wars Holiday Special, and it was so bad... it was entertaining! After less than an hour of watching, we ate breakfast, which was pancakes, and then we went to opening presents! I got a Pokemon Deluxe Essential Handbook, which is basically a physical Pokedex in alphabetical order!

The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket, which is an intriguing A Series of Unfortunate Events spinoff!

a Star Wars: The Force Awakens soundtrack!

a Star Wars Trivia Game, which tests your Star Wars knowledge and is quite fun!

a Japanese Shulk amiibo, which is sold out at retail stores but is sold for more at online stores, plus it's awesome!

and the best one of all... a pre-order to a digital copy of the movie... STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!!!!!!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!! I get to own my favorite Star Wars movie in spring 2016! This also comes with a few cool posters, too!

After that, we finished the Holiday Special. And when that was over, we played the Star Wars Trivia Game, and we had a lot of fun! After our game, we made a new version of the game where we play only one aspect and put it to elimination!

After that, we played some Smash, and then we finished Tomorrowland. I would say that movie is pretty positive. And we played a lot more Smash. That was fun. We cleaned up, and they left. It felt like the day was finished, even at around 5, when I started this post. But the festivities don't end today! Tomorrow, I am going to see my dad, and he's got more gifts to unwrap, and we will have fun! Merry Christmas!

On the 12th day of Christmas, these things happened to me:

Christmas came,

Christmas Eve came, 

I did a White Elephant gift exchange,

we made Christmas sweets, 

I went caroling at a nursing home

I went to Andrew's party,

I saw The Force Awakens again...

I WENT CAROLING!

I watched The Force Awakens,

I went to Wednesday homegroup

I did Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

and I made Christmas card art with glee!

Easter 2015!

So almost a week ago we celebrated Easter. What did we do? The day before, we made a cake! This cake had a cross symbol with coconut... stuff surrounding it. This is the usual family tradition!

The next day, I opened my basket and I was given 3 things of Beef Jerky and Beef Nuggets (which I ate up by lunchtime XD), a universal activity tracker, two reflective light bracelets and a giant chocolate bunny! We then went over to see dad and do stuff with him. We played a lot of rounds of Psychiatrist, which is really funny and fun! And then we did some egg hunting, which was a lot of fun also! My sister got more eggs, though... 

Well, we had a fun Easter. But Easter's not about egg hunting and gift baskets! It's about the day of Jesus Christ's Resurrection from the dead! Well, see you next post!

Goodbye, 2014!

Hey guys! Welcome to my first "Goodbye, Year!" post! Aw, dang it! It's 2 days late! Sorry, I had to go to a New Year party with my brother and his friends, and I was going to post about it on their computer, but they didn't have internet yet. Well, that's a good start for a new series. So yeah. 2014. That was the year I started this blog! That's a big milestone! So, how was it for me? Um, great! It was the year I.... Got into Animal Crossing, then into Zelda, then into Pokemon, got my Wii U, and moved into the house next to our lake! (my parents don't want me to post our location online) So how was my New Year party? I loved it! First, we hung out, playing some Balderdash, and then we got to do a Video Scavenger Hunt! This hunt is a special one, where we try to get some hilarious things on film, like for example, hugging a tree, hi-fiving a stranger or taking a nap in the park! A key moment being when there was a martial arts battle ad-lib overdubbed, and I was one of the dubbers, and I was like "Enough of this... (I was going to say "jibber-jabber", but I wanted to be original) JABES!" It was a lot of fun. And then we got home and played Mafia, and then Origin.... something. (I don't remember the name) It's like Balderdash, except with expression origins. And there were snacks, too. What was your new year's resolution? Mine is to catch all the Pokemon! And read a chapter of the Bible every day. Oh! gotta get to that now! Well, I hope 2015 will be an awesome year and I wish you a happy New Year! Goodbye, 2014!

Chistmas 2014!

Hey guys! Wondering how our family's Christmas went? Well, let's go! So, during the early morning, we opened up most of the gifts.
So I got a Shammy sweater,

a coat,

 An NLT Bible,

A 3rd party Wii U Pro Controller,

A Pikachu Amiibo figurine, (more info about that in next post)

A watch,

And a couple of gift cards, one for Nintendo eShop, ($10) and one for GameStop! ($20)

So with the $10 Nintendo eShop gift card, I got a couple of classic NES games, including:
Mega Man II, a game where you're a super fighting robot battling other robots and gaining their powers,

and Duck Hunt, a game where you are a... Use your best guess.

 

And the GameStop gift card... Well you'll find out on next post!

So an hour or so later Charles and Andrew came over! And then we opened stockings. 

I got an adorable Pikachu plush doll,

 A yummy Slim Jim, some yummy Junior Mints, Hot Tamales, Lemonheads and cinnamon gum,

  a pack of batteries,

 

And.... a giant thing of cayenne pepper! LOL 

And then came the gift exchange. No, not a Yankee Swap, but around the beginning of the Christmas season, we picked names out of a hat. These names are the names of who in the family we're giving to. And I got mom. So I gave her some slipper socks and a cranberry mint candle! Sophie got me, and she gave me.... BALDERDASH! My favorite board game of all time!

And Charles brought a gift for me and Sophie.... A Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuck!

So next, mom, dad, Charles and Andrew did something me and Sophie planned for the last week... A treasure hunt! Except this one is different. Sophie saw some videos of what Andrew did a couple of years ago, and she wanted to do the same thing. A word hunt with video clues! Here's one video that we recorded.

So for a while we had fun doing things like playing Nintendo Land together. And then we had dinner of ham and mashed potatoes.

And then we all played Balderdash. It's a board game where............. Oh, look it up. You're done? OK! So there were some hilarious moments, like when I wrote a movie description based on the title Girls on the Loose and it ended up sounding like "A couple of women break out of jail and go undercover as Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga." and Sophie wrote an acronym description of GIMPY, which came out as "Geletain in my pants. Yuck!" LOL!
Here are some pics mom took.

To end this post off, I'm gonna show you something hilarious!
Hope you had a merry Christmas! Wait... For me, it's not over yet! Tomorrow, they're coming over again! And Isaiah and Grammie and Grandpa are coming, too! I'll post about it in a couple of days!

Thanksgiving!

I just had a great Thanksgiving! Although it started bad. The day before, our town had a snowstorm. And it was a foot deep. And it caused a power outage. Sigh.... But at least my brother Andrew came over! And we watched Frozen on a laptop. (I kiiiiind of watched it. Frozen I've seen too many times and I decided to play on my mom's Kindle and mostly listen in) The next day, still with no power, we were in blankets and coats, and we decided to go to our grandparents' house for Thanksgiving! So we brought some snacks like Salsita chips and Egg Nog (one of my favorite drinks of all time) and I got to also see my brothers Isaiah and Charles! We played games, we listened to music, Charles and others played the guitar singing Christmas songs, and everybody had a variety of turkey, mashed potatoes and other stuff! After that I showed everybody a video about how to be thankful in just one easy step that I thought was perfect for Thanksgiving. So then my sister Sophie suggested we play Mad Libs, and we made hilarious ones. Then we played Nintendo Land on my Wii U and we had a lot of fun and after that, we went to WalMart (which had some early Black Friday deals!) to get a new internet modem for my grandparents and Andrew and Isaiah. I got to see some Amiibo, Nintendo NFC figures that are compatible for Smash Bros for Wii U, and Isaiah got a couple of Xbox games. When we got home, we watched Guardians of the Galaxy. I liked it, but it had a few parts that weren't very good. And then we went to bed very late. My mom took a few pictures but not many. Here are some.

Charles, Isaiah and Andrew

 Isaiah with Charles and Andrew playing guitar

 Grandpa and Sophie playing Rummy and me in the background

Holy moly! It's Black Friday! The Christmas season has officially begun!