Johanna Speaks

So I was Little Red Riding Hood, and Sophie was Goldilocks. 

My friend couldn't be the wolf this time because she promised her friend she would match with her. This was actually fine since Ria was going to be my backup as the wolf. But I wouldn't be able to bring her along with me since she would be scared of the people and get excited if she saw a deer or something. But I took a picture of her in my costume, and it looked great! 

When it was time to go trick or treating, I was surprised that there were hardly any trick-or-treaters anywhere. And there were only small groups of people going around. I also think it was because it was sprinkling outside. But only a little bit. 

Most of the houses were dark, but we still got lots of candy—not as much as last year, but still a good amount. 

I had a lot of fun, and the Ramirezes went with us, along with Abby's friend from school. I wanted to get more candy by going faster, so I tried running to every house, but then I would leave everybody behind. It's not as much fun just going by yourself. But sometimes, I would be jogging to some of the houses. 

After we were all done trick or treating, it was only 8:30 PM. 

I'm already almost done eating all my candy.....oops..hehe... it's too addicting, I'm sorry!

I'll be fourteen years old on November 7th, so that's in two more days! 

Simeon called me about a week ago, telling me that his birthday present to me will be taking me to the Lord of the Rings orchestra in Sacermento on a Saturday night. We get to be all dressed up! Then, in the morning, he will take me to a bakery, and then after that, we will go to his church and have a potluck there. I'm super excited for it!! 

The orchestra will also be playing music from Game of Thrones, which will be pretty cool! We will be doing all this on November 9th.

I will be having a birthday party on my birthday, and the Ramirezs, Nicholas, Cameron, Noelle, and Jonathan will all be coming to it. I'm not sure who else is yet. 

I already feel like I've been fourteen for a long time, and I'm actually turning fifteen. Because last year, when I was turning thirteen, I pretended I was turning fourteen. So now it's weird. 😂

But I'm excited to be having a birthday.😊

This was my birthday list:

1. Basketball shoes

2. dresses

3 .sweaters

4. cute small necklace

5. Dude Perfect pickleball set

6. boot cut pants

7. Christian hoodies and shirts

Halloween is coming up, and Abby and I just worked out our costumes. We are going to do " The Little Red Riding Hood" story. Abby is going to be the wolf, and I will be the Little Red Riding Hood. We wanted to do something together, so we picked that one. It's a nice, cute story. 

I also want Ria to be the wolf but dressed as the grandma.😂That would be super funny! But I probably won't do that. 

I only need two things, so I bought this on Amazon for my costume:

I didn't want to get a red dress because my dad said it would be too red. Plus, it would look a lot better with a different dress. I actually love the dress that I got. It said it would be coming in on the 18th or 20th. So when I have everything for my costume I will make another blog post about it. 

Sophie is going to be Goldilocks. We bought her a yellow dress, and it's actually coming in today! So, hopefully, it will fit and look great! And that's all she needs for her costume. It's a super cute dress. Here it is:

Our other uncle, Mark, has been staying with us for about four days but will leave this Friday to go home. He lives in Florida and apparently loves to play pickleball! So far, we've played pickleball with him two times, including last night! He's super good at it and a lot of fun to play with. He will always go for the corners of the court if we aren't there. So I always have to remind myself about that part. And that's actually how he usually wins. I already can't wait to play with him again. 

It's also his first time meeting Ria. I was really hoping she would like him and not be afraid of him like Ezra. At first, Ria was skittish, but after five minutes, my uncle was giving her belly rubs! 😂 I guess she likes everyone except Ezra, which is sad unless she's just acting scared of him to get treats.

Uncle Mark also has a really nice rental car! It has a new car smell and super clean white seats. I forgot what type of car it was, but I only know that it is super nice, clean, drives smoothly, feels, and looks new. And has super cool wheels. Last night, we got to ride in it on the way to pickleball. It was amazing!

My uncle looks like my brother Gideon so much! It's crazy. Like they have the exact same face! So whenever I look at him I'm reminded of Gideon. 

I'm having a lot of fun with Uncle Mark! I'm going to be so sad when he has to leave.

About a month ago, my brother Nicholas bought a house in Cottonwood. He wanted to renovate it, so he is going to put in a couple of doors, take some walls down, redo the floors, and then paint everything. But so far, it's been going great! I'm also very surprised I haven't talked about it in another blog post yet, so I am sorry for that. 

My uncle David has been staying at our house for about two or three weeks already, working on Nick's house since he's a painter. I think he's leaving next week or something, which will be sad. But he's been painting a lot, and I think he might be done soon. I'm not sure yet. 

I can't wait to see what his house will look like after everything is done!! Right now, it looks like a tornado has happened. 😂 So I took a pic and video of what it looks like right now so I can compare it to when it's all done and beautiful! I just can't wait. 

He also has a beautiful green backyard with a big tree in the middle and rocks around it. The backyard also has a lot of different types of fruit trees growing, even some pomegranates. It's amazing because he can have a dog now because everything is fenced off. I'm really excited about that, too!😁I could even take Ria there for dog playdates with Nick's dog. Lol. 

Here are some pictures and a video of the house in progress: