Johanna Speaks

Yesterday was Easter! 

My Opa and Oma stayed the night and my cousin and my aunt stayed the night too. They came on Thursday to Sunday because Sunday is Easter and we were going to have a big feast with everybody and Cameron would also come. On the day when my cousins and my Opa and Oma came, we had an early Easter egg hunt because everybody wanted to do it. And we did another Easter egg hunt on the same day and had it on every day that my cousins and my aunt and my Opa and Oma stayed. It was so much fun!

On Easter, Cameron brought smoked tri-tip. It was so good. My brother Jonathan brought lamb stew. Everybody liked that best! We also had fruit salad and couscous and asparagus and some crackers.  

For dessert, we had chocolate-covered strawberries and cookies and pudding and more fruit salad with whipping cream on top and some candy. There were lots of sweets!

After that, we went down to the tennis courts and played. The tennis courts are right next to the Lake Club, but the Lake Club is closed right now. My mom my Dad and my brother Nicholas and I all played. We had four rackets and some balls for it. We had two people on each side. I haven't really played in a while but I tried anyway. I got better and better. I love playing tennis so do my mom and dad. 

Two days before that we played tennis and it was at night. We turned the lights on. There was a switch for setting how many minutes you want it to go for. We set it to 45 min and when it was almost done I did another 35 minutes. And when there was one more minute left, I was about to hit the ball and then all of the sudden the lights turned off! It was pitched dark we could barely see. We just called it a night and headed back home.

Yesterday was Choir and we had auditions. It was really fun. I did a group song with my two friends and I also did a solo. Mrs.Doomer said she wanted everybody to be quiet when people are singing. So when it was my turn to do a solo it felt really weird and I was a little scared. But after a while, I was not scared anymore and it felt nice.

Some of the kids in our class did solos and group songs. Mrs.Doomer's son daniel, would do a group song with anybody that wanted to do a group song but they didn't know who. People only did two people per group. 

Joanna did a solo and she also did a group song with this other girl. I forgot her name but she was sitting right next to us. 

At the end of the class, the bigger kids did a song with us. The song was called " He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" and we also sang " This is my Father's World" it's my favorite one out of them all. 

Here is me singing" This is my Father's World". With “ He’s Got the Whole World”.

I love reading the bible. 

The reason why I love reading the bible is that I love learning about God. There are so many different stories about God and how he died on the cross to forgive our sins and why he did that. If there's a question that you want to know you just keep reading the bible and then you will know!

Every day my family reads together and prays together and sometimes sings together too. I love singing with my family a lot! It's so much fun!

Right now I am reading about David. I am already past when he became king. I am right where King David is about to die and his son Solomon is about to be king. 

Here is me reading the Bible about King David and King Saul.

I might get a bilingual Dutch/English bible. Because I do know some Dutch but not too much and also we are someday going to Holland. So that is why I want a Dutch/English bible. 

My mom and dad texted their friends and see if they knew any good ones. They said they do know one that is good. And my dad checked it out but it was all Dutch bible and not part English. So we are still looking for one. We looked but all the other ones  weren't the right ones that they wanted. So we are still looking.

Yesterday was Palm Sunday. 

Noelle and Cameron stayed the night at our house on Saturday until Sunday. So they can come to church with us in the morning. 

We had to leave at 8:00 to get to the church because we were going to Sacramento. And my second oldest brother lives in Sacramento. And he goes to a church there that we are going to visit. We have been there a couple of times. And after that, we are going to our brother's house and celebrate Palm Sunday. It was really fun!.

Here is me reading the Bible:

My brother Caleb has a house in Sacramento. So that is why we are going there. It took us to get there 2 and a half hours. I went with Noelle and Cameron and my brother Gideon in one car. The car that we were in was Cameron's new car. 

We celebrated Palm Sunday at our brother Caleb's house. It was lots of fun!

For lunch, we had tacos and chips. And for dessert, we had brownies and different types of ice cream. It was so good!

On the way back to our house we stopped by a gas station and got some snacks for everybody. It was like these gummy worms but on the outside, there was this hard candy. And we also got Reese's Pieces and a little container of trail-mix and banana chips. 

When we finally made it up to our house Cameron and Noelle dropped us off and left back home.

My friend Sophie and my other friend Abby have their birthdays very soon. My friend Abby has hers on April 2nd and she is turning 10 years old. My other friend Sophie has hers on May 28 and she is turning 11. And her brother Sawyer has his on May 29. He is turning 8 years old. I wish my birthday was soon but it's not. Not until a long time from now. My brother Ezra has his on June 1st and he is turning 13 years old. 

I have my friend Abby's gift already. It's a piggy bank but it's also a stuffed animal. It's really cool. I also got her fake nails and an owl necklace. The owl necklace is really pretty. And I also got my friend Sophie the same owl necklace. So basically it's a friendship necklace. 

I have the same owl necklace as my friends too. The owl represents wisdom.

On my friend Sophie's birthday, I am going to go to a tea place with my other friend Abby too. The tea place has these really good smoothies too. They are really good. And afterward, we are all going to the mall and buy something for my friend Sophie and my other friend Abby. I don't think I am going to get something at the mall for my friend Abby because I already bought her a lot of presents.

I can't wait till my friend's birthday. It's going to be so much fun!