Johanna Speaks

So Ezra and I got to go skiing last Friday with our friend James since he has a season pass and extra snow gear for us to use. 

We left the house at 7:30 a.m. and headed to the ski lodge. It took us about three hours to get there since there was a lot of traffic, and we got stopped multiple times to make sure we had chains. We had them but never needed to use them since James' truck had a four-wheel drive. Usually, the drive would be two hours long. 

When we finally got there, we were given cards, so when we wanted to use the ski lifts, the people could scan our cards and let us go. 

There are three types of skill levels. Green is for the easiest hills. Blue is for medium hills. And Black is for the hardest hills to ski down. We, of course, went down the Green level since we had never skied before. 

James showed us how to slow down or stop if we go super fast. After he had taught us, I started to ski down the hill. I thought Ezra and James were next to me, but they were still at the top of the hill. I waited for about five minutes, but they still hadn't caught up with me yet, so I just kept going through the level. Then, once I got to the bottom, I waited for them to come for ten minutes, but they still hadn't come yet. Skiing, for some reason, came super easy to me. 

I got back on the ski lifts and did the whole level again. And the funny thing is, I found Ezra and James still on the level and passed them. I passed them about four or five times while they were still on the level. 😂 James is a pro at skiing, but he was teaching Ezra. James told me that skiing is kind of like rollerblading, and I've done rollerblading and ballet, so I'm guessing that's why I was able to learn really fast and balance well. And Ezra said he hates rollerblading, so maybe that's the reason. I mean, he also hasn't done ballet. 😁After a while, he was getting the hang of it. 

Here are some vids and pics I took while I was there:

I've been creating different types of songs using Ai Suno. It's been a lot of fun! 

One day, I was writing a very sad poem on a piece of paper, and when my dad saw it, he told me I should make a song out of it using the app. So we got on the app! So, first of all, you have to write what type of style of music you want it to be and if you want a man or woman singing the song. Then, you have to write the verses. You can have a chorus or a bridge to the song. You can tell it to add a choir or violin in the background too. Whatever you want, basically.

After it's been created, it will sound a bit robotic with the voices, but overall, the app does a good job. Here's the song I made that's from my poem:

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

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.