Johanna Speaks

I love taking pictures and then editing them! 

My brother Simeon is a really good photographer I think. :)  He is teaching me how to edit and take really good pictures and different angles and stuff like that! I am really thankful that Simeon is teaching me how to use and showing me buttons on the camera.

Here is a picture of me holding the moon. It looks pretty cool! 

And there are other pictures on Simeon's Instagram account.

Here is a picture of me that is taking a picture of my mom. :)

Simeon and I this morning at 5:00 AM woke up got dressed and brought the camera outside and waited a little bit for the sun to rise and then take really cool pictures. The reason why is because sunrises and sunsets are the perfect time to take really cool and pretty pictures. So we did that. And we did get actually really good pictures. I am really happy with it! :)

Why do wolves howl at the moon? Good question! Here are the reasons why:

Wolves howl at night because of a hail to hunt or as a territorial expression. A howl can even help a lost wolf find its way back home. Howls can inform the pack of its location. That's pretty cool that wolves can do so much with just howling!! 

Some people think that wolves howl as behavior directed at the moon. 

You always see it in cartoons and other shows that have a wolf howling at the moon and turning into a wolf savage or something. Sorry but that actually is not true of course. :) And also sorry I have seen a couple of shows that have a wolf howling at the moon and then turning into something. :) That's why I said that.

I really like wolves. They are so beautiful with their color fur and they seem actually kinda cute to me!

Here is a picture of two beautiful wolves that I really like:

I am writing about all of our names. And by all of our names, I mean what our name means in the bible. 

Here it is:

Sophie's name means " Wisdom ". 

Johanna's name means " God is Gracious ".

Ezra's name means " Help or Helper ". 

Simeon's name means " To Be Heard ".

Gideon's name means " One Who Cuts Down ".

Noelle's name means " The Lord's Birthday ".

Nicholas's name means " Victory Of The People ".

Caleb's name means " Whole Hearted ". 

Jonathan's name means " God Has Given ".

And my Dads name also means " God has Given ". And my mom's name means " Born Again ".

I am super thankful that my mom and dad named all of my siblings and me such wonderful names! (:

Thank you, mom and dad! I love you!! 

My Oma and Opa sent Sophie and I a letter. Sophie’s said to right a story about this naughty squirrel eating the bird feeder seeds. And my Oma drew a picture of it.

Here it is:

Here is my story that I wrote about the squirrel.

Once upon a time there lived a fat squirrel in a forest.

The reason why he was so fat is because he kept eating 

so much food every day and he was always hungry. He 

would not save some for the winter because he just

kept eating it. So one winter cold day he went out to 

look for food but he could not find any! Then he thought

maybe my friends would like to share some food with

me. So he went to his friends house. He asked if he 

can have some food because he had none for 

the winter. But they said “no way I am going to share 

with you because you always take our food and you

eat your food that is supposed to be saved for the winter. 

you are a selfish squirrel!”

“Fine said the squirrel I will find some other food to have then!”

So he started out again to find food! 

He did find food. And in the summer he was hungry again

and he asked his friends again and they told him “ No! You 

are a selfish squirrel! Then the squirrel again set out to find food 

he searched and searched and finally he found a bird feeder

then he hoped on top and grabbed a hole bunch of seeds 

and then ran away. Some animals where near by and 

was watching him and they said” when will he ever learn!”

The End. 

Yesterday was Palm Sunday! 

Before we went to church yesterday, my dad cut some palm leaves from our palm tree and brought it to church so all of the kids can wave it around! 

Why do we celebrate Palm Sunday? Good Question. The reason why is when Jesus and his disciples where at the mount of olives Jesus sent two disciples saying to them,

 “ Go into the village opposite of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them, and bring them to me. “ and if anyone says something to you, you shall say, ‘ the lord has need of them, and immediately he will send them”. 

After they brought the donkey and the colt, the disciples put their garments for Jesus to sit on.  And most of the people spread their garments in the street and others were cutting branches from trees and also laying them in the street.  And the multitudes going before him, and those who followed after were crying out saying, “ Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord; Hosanna in the highest!’ 

They shouted those words because just seing and being in the presents of Jesus is awesome and incredible and so many more words that I can not even think of! 

It is a wonderful story!

Here is the verse: Mathew chapter 21 - 11. 

And that is why they call it Palm Sunday!