Johanna Speaks

I had my choir performance on Dec 13. It went pretty well! I had lots of fun singing with the choir. Mrs.Dummer is such a great teacher for us! She is very kind and helps direct us when we are singing, so we know when to sing low or high. And she makes sure we sound good and loud! And helps us out if we sing a pitch too low or rise too high. I miss her and the choir now since we have a break for Christmas and will be doing the choir again around springtime.

We had a choir party the following week after the choir performance. But I didn't go because I was sick that day. I was really sad I couldn't go to the party. But it's ok. I still had fun at home.

On the performance day, Simeon and I went to the choir at 1:00. Usually, we had to be there around 2:00. But this time, we had to be early because we had to practice a lot and see where the choir is going to sit and all that. And also because we have another choir performance at 3:00 in the evening. So when we got there, we practiced our choir then the senior choir practiced theirs. And by the way, the senior choir is the teenagers singing, and Simeon is in that one. After we practiced ours, we got to go outside, and there was a snack table for all of the choirs to have when their choir was done practicing. There were oranges, pretzels, Christmas cookies, veggie sticks, carrots, tomatoes, etc. It was all delicious to eat!

After we ate some snacks, we had to get back inside and do the 3:00 performance. After we did that, everybody was supposed to go back home and get some rest and eat a bit and then come back for the last performance at night. So Simeon and I went to our sister Noelle's apartment, next to the place where we were going to perform. When we got there, Noelle was asleep on her couch. But woke up when she saw us. She already knew we were coming there. We watched a show and ate snacks there. I curled my hair, and it was time to go to the performance!! I was very excited but sad because this semester seemed to go by so fast! We did great, and after the performance, we went to panda express and ate dinner there with our siblings, that also came for the performance and the panda express! We had such a great time!

Here is the whole concert on youtube:

My friend Annie taught me how to crochet. I love doing it now! It takes time and patience, but I enjoy it. I bought yarn and hooks and got started making a scarf. It turned out pretty bad, but it was my first time, so yeah.

So I made a scarf and crocheted a blob of yarn that I did not know what it was supposed to be. And right now, I am making a baby blanket. 

Here is a picture of my two failed attempts to crochet something, and here is a picture of my baby blanket that I am still trying to crochet. My teacher, Annie, will be holding the items.    

She looks disappointed in the first picture! :)

I made some very good apple pies! Well, I cheated because we bought the crust for it. But I did everything else. It turned out well, but I would have done more to improve it, like putting spices and draining the apples before I put them in the pie and a few other things. But other than that, it turned out well.

We had whipping cream with it too! It made it taste even better! We had people over that day because we were making bread rolls for thanksgiving and needed a lot of hands to help make them. So I baked two apple pies.

I got to do designs at the top, like a leaf pattern or a snowflake pattern. One pie had a leaf pattern, and the other had a snowflake pattern. You are probably thinking about how you got the dow and all to make the patterns on the pie. Well, my dad bought six pie crusts things. And I made three apple pies. One we ate that night, and the other two we had when the people were here to help make the thanksgiving rolls. I used the other three pie crusts, turned them into dow, and made the leaf and snowflake patterns. And also the lattice with it too. If you don't know what lattice is, search it up because It's too hard for me to explain. :)

Here are the pictures of the pie when it's cooked.

Caleb and Risa are now married!

Yesterday we came back from Ripon. We left to go to Ripon on Thursday and stayed until Sunday.

The wedding was great! Our whole family helped set everything up, prepare food, etc.

We stayed at a hotel called " Laquinta. " Our brothers and our sister stayed at an Air n BnB. Everything was right next to each other, so that was awesome!

 So my mom and dad and Sophie and I were the only ones who stayed at a hotel. The hotel was very nice! I have been at the hotel once before we last visited Ripon. I still love the hotel, of course! We got to be on the third floor! And by the way, the third floor is the highest. And I love taking the elevator! So I was very happy about that! The hotel also has breakfast in the mornings! So you can get anything you want! You can have coffee, orange juice, apple juice, hot chocolate, etc. You can even make your waffles! And they have amazing muffins! And they have sausage and eggs! There is just a lot of food you can have there. I wish they also did dinner and lunch food. But that would be too much food! And probably pretty expensive.

The place where the wedding was going to be held was about five minutes from our hotel. And lots of stores were also right next to our hotel. So yeah, everything was right next to us. And even the Air n BnB was right next to our hotel.

Thursday, we hung out at the Air n BnB with everybody else and had pizza and salad, and soda for dinner. We were a little tired because we had just got there and wanted to relax. Oh, and we also took two French friends with us. They had a game to play with everybody. And I think it was called undercover, and then it had another word after that. But it was a great game! You have to get an app on your phone to play it. Only one person does. Then that person passes the phone to everybody, and they have to write their name in and get their secret card on the app. And that secret card will tell you if you are Mr.White, a citizen, or undercover. Well, it does not tell you if you are a citizen or undercover, but after a while, you figure out who you are. If you are Mr.White, It tells you. I will not try to explain it because it is hard to do. Just search up the undercover game. And maybe it would show up, and you can learn how to play it. Anyways we played that game for a while. Until dinner time, and then ate and watched a little show and then went to bed. Of course, my mom, dad, Sophie, and I went back to the hotel and went to bed there.

The next day was the rehearsal party. So we had to get up early and head to the church where the wedding would be held. We helped set up the whole day. And then watched when they had the rehearsal. After the rehearsal, everybody went to a different Air n BnB and had dinner there. Our family was in charge of that. We had a great time there! Our Opa and Oma were also at the rehearsal dinner party. We just had a great time!

The next morning was the wedding day! We had the hotel breakfast and then hung out at the Air n BnB for a while, the one where our brothers and sister were staying and got dressed there for the wedding and then went to the wedding! There was a live stream for it. So if some of you guys could not make it to the wedding and wanted to see it, I can put the link here.

Here is the link for the wedding.

https://fb.watch/gbT-KuFyWN/

After the wedding, everybody helped clean up and had music going on. Then, our friends, brothers, and sister went to IN and OUT. I don't know if that's how you spell it, but you get what I am trying to say.  And after that, we went back to the Air n BnB, had dinner and Ice cream, watched a show, and went to bed.

The next day was Sunday. We went to church and after church went back home. It felt very nice to go back home again. 

And now Risa is our sister-in-law!

Congratulation to Caleb and Risa! Love you guys! :)

There is a Parakeet loose around our house! We know the owner who lost it. The owner of the Parakeet lives at the very top of our street. Her daughter is the actual one who owns it. 

The Parakeet's color is a bright green and a bright yellow. It's beautiful! I took some pictures of it with a camera. It's not a phone camera. It's an actual camera, like what photographers use to take good pictures. When I took a picture of the Parakeet, it turned out pretty good! I was pretty happy with it! I couldn't put the pictures here because I don't know how to transfer them to the computer.

I noticed the Parakeet about a week ago.

 It made its home in our front yard tree!

It is a female Parakeet. I know that because the owners told us. I don't know the name, but I call it Ms.Keet. Just like Parakeet! :)

Every morning I hear its chirp! And when I do, I usually go outside and try to find it.

I tried to get it back in its cage that the owners brought to our house, but that didn't work. I tried calling it but she would not come down. And I tried to feed it with some Parakeet food that the owners also brought, but that didn't work either! But I think it would be better without it being in the cage. It seems to like being free! And I think it should enjoy being free! So now I don't even try to catch it. I think the owners should set free their other one! Also, they do have another Parakeet. And when they do, they should have babies, and the parakeets would multiply! So then there would be Parakeets everywhere! Now that would be awesome!

Here is a video of a green and yellow parakeet that talks and looks like the one in our tree!