Season 6 - Episode 1 - My Summer Travels

Somehow Season 5 went by with no episodes.  Sorry folks.
Season 6 is now about my life at age 10.
I've now finished the 4th grade and am soon headed to the 5th.  My summer has been fun and relaxing.  The day school got out in May this year, my family headed to Utah for my sister, Cassidee's, baptism.  I was happy to see my sister get baptized.  It was great to see my cousins and extended family while we were there.
One day in Utah my cousin Brynley and I were at this park with a pond.  Brynley dropped me on the cement and made me get a big scar on my elbow. I also got to have a sleepover with my cousins Lyndsi and Hailey and my sister Cassidee at Grandmama's house. At the end of the week all my Riskedahl-side cousins had a huge sleepover at my Aunt Ronda's house.  My mom and all my aunts had a weekend getaway and Dad and Uncle Ron were in charge of all the kids for 2 days.
Then we packed up with some of my favorite cousins, Kari and Addison, and headed to North Dakota to see my Nana and Papa Riskedahl.  We stayed at the farm in Tuttle and had a blast.  My friend Paige came to visit from Arizona.  We cleaned the clubhouse that used to be my Great Grandma and Grandpa Riskedahl's house back in the 1940's and 50's.  It's a really old house with no bathroom or running water.  As we washed the floor, we ran to the big house and back a million times for water and soap.  We made Kallie be the go-getter.  She's Paige's little sister.
I got to ride horses with my favorite Great Aunt Donna.  She is the best because she gives us a special breakfast with donuts, cheetos, and oreos.  Uncle Duane, Papa's brother, gave me and Kari a ride out on his Big Red around the farm.  We got to go look for frogs, but I guess, this year was not the frog year because we didn't find any.  Last year we caught a bunch of frogs when all the cousins were there at the farm.
We left Addison with Nana and Papa and took Kari with us back to her house where it was really hot.  So we ran around in the sprinklers.  The next day we made a spa in the bathroom where we put lotion on our face and cucumbers on our eyes and laid on towels on the floor while our moms took pictures.  They thought it was hilarious.  It was a lot of fun.
When we got home it was really late at night.  I was really happy to finally get home and rest from all that traveling.  We started swimming lessons with our church friends, the Carlings.  I think I am the best at swimming, but I'm probably not.  I'm really fast at all the different strokes, but sometimes I do them wrong.  My favorite is the butterfly stroke.  But at first my favorite was the back stroke because we didn't yet know the butterfly arms.  We started reading the books for the summer reading program at the library.  Cassidee heard that she could try to win a Kindle if she reads the most books.  She read a lot, over 175 books.  Me, on the other hand, was just trying to get fun toys to play with.  But when I got enough book bucks to get what I really wanted this other girl got what I really wanted and there were no more left.
This past week we didn't get to go to swimming lessons because too many people got sick and Sis. Carling went camping.  Today we went shopping to get school supplies.  It was fun but when my mom found out we were taking too long she almost started running.  We got home and one of her piano students was waiting at the door.  Me and my siblings went out to the shed to find the new backpacks.  I looked in every box and I guess I miss them anyway.  Mom had to find them for us.  I am excited to go to 5th grade.
We also had my favorite dinner tonight, Biscuits and Gravy.  Yum!

Season 4 Episode 1 - Summer 2012

I had a fabulous summer this year.  So many things happened.
 


I became a big sister again to my brother, Brexton Lee Jones.
 


I went to Utah and got baptized.
 


I started 3rd grade.
 


I'm playing soccer again, taking a clogging class, and I will be taking piano lessons again after the soccer season ends.  Life is good as I know it.

Season 3 Ep. 3 - My Favorite Holiday

My FAVORITE holiday of all time is CHRISTMAS. I'm so excited. I feel like I've waited forever for it to get here. I can't wait to open the presents under the tree tomorrow. It'll be Christmas Eve and in my house we get to open all the gifts we give each other on Christmas Eve. Then all the presents from Santa come on Christmas Day. Mommy says to thank Nana and Papa Riskedahl for that tradition because not everybody does it that way. I think they should though!
I sat on Santa's lap twice and told him what I wanted. I'm pretty sure I'll get everything on my list. I really want a walkie talkie, some glittery little pet shops, and (my favorite) perler beads!
Most people don't know what they are, but I do, and they're fabulous! I'm so excited, I can hardly wait.
Mom says to always remember "the reason for the season", but how can you when you're 7 years old!! She also says it's about giving to others.
I gave a few gifts to other people.
And I certainly don't mind the "receiving" side either!!!

Season 3 Ep. 2 - My 7 year old pictures

Season 3 Ep. 1 - First Day of Second Grade

Another year has come.
I'm growing up before your very eyes!
I'm an old pro at this school thing now. I'm in second grade this year.
My new teacher's name is Mrs. Roberts. She's really nice. She hasn't yelled at all yet.
This was my first day of school.

Cassee is in Kindergarten now, so she rides the bus with me.
Of course my mother made us wear matching clothes...again!

Here we are waiting at the bus stop together. It's in front of the next door neighbor's house. We don't have far to go. Lucky us.

And then, of course, my crazy little brother has to come out too. He was going to preschool the same day. He was excited too and he wanted to ride our bus too! He's so silly, he's still wearing his pjs.
(I guess pjs is better than what he did this morning. He came running out on the lawn when the bus came in just his underwear! Yikes!)

I hope I have a fun year. I'm going to be really busy. I'm taking piano lessons, soccer and two different dance classes. My mom said I won't have any time for watching cartoons. Darn it. She just keeps saying, "I hope I survive!"
Yeah, me too!

Season 2 Ep. 10 - My Summer Vacation

So summertime has come and my crazy mother decided to spend half, and I mean literally half, the summer travelling all over the country.
So far I've ridden in the car for over 36 hours and I still have about 20 to go.
We left home on the 7th of June and drove through Colorado and into Nebraska where we stayed 2 nights at my Aunt Jill's house. Then we drove through Nebraska, South Dakota and into North Dakota to where my Nana and Papa Riskedahl live. We went to this centennial celebration for the town my mom grew up in. It was...different, yet fun. I also got to ride on Uncle Duane's four wheeler a bunch of times. It was awesome. We stayed a couple weeks in ND, then drove back to Nebraska. We've been at Aunt Jill's house for 4 days now.
It's been fun playing with my cousins. We've caught fireflies and slept in the tent in the backyard. I did, however, get a terrible sunburn today. Not cool.
I'm excited to see the fireworks that will happen in a couple of days. I love fireworks!
After the Fourth of July stuff we're heading to Utah to my Grandmama and Grandpapa Jones' house. We'll go to the airport and get my dad! I've missed him so much, I can't wait to see him again.
We're supposed to get home on July 18th, but we'll see if my crazy mother actually does that. I think she just wants to drive all summer long and waste all my time. Before I know it school will start again and I won't have had any fun.
Maybe I'll have pictures next time.

Season 2 Ep. 9 - My First Piano Recital

I've officially completed my first year of piano lessons.
I'm pretty good too.
Some days I hate practising and tell my mom I want to quit. She hasn't let me yet.
She says I'm too good and that someday I'll be better than her.
Seems a long way off to me!

So here I am at my first recital.

And here's me playing one of my two songs.
I played Pop! Goes the Weasel first.
Then I played Persian Market. I even helped "arrange" that song!

Here's my mom and me.
She's not really my teacher. She trades with another lady.
But my mom was the one in charge at the recital.
It was pretty fun. Maybe I'll give piano lessons another year.