Katie's Blog

Mark and His Funny Video

2011-10-22T15:00:00.000-07:00

I took this video on my I pod. This is my brother with my

sister's voice. Isn't it funny!!!!!

My iPod Touch

2011-09-03T10:54:00.000-07:00

I am doing something where I have to not have sweets (only on holidays and birthdays) for a whole year and I get $150. I started on November 8th, 2010. After 6 months I can choose if I want $50 then and then $100 later or $150 at the end. I chose to get $50 after 6 months. I had worked hard by being a mommy's little helper. That is a person who watches the kids while the mommy is in the house, I worked a lot so I had earned some money. With the money I earned and the money I already had ended up to be $150. I wanted an iPod touch so I went on eBay to look at some. I bid on some refurbished ones and one day I won one!!! Here are some funny pictures above that I made with my iPod:

Home School in 2011

2011-09-03T09:47:00.000-07:00

On Thursday I started home school. I am in 6th grade, Melissa is in 4th, Mark is in 2nd, and Matthew is in kindergarten. I think we are doing My Father's World curriculum for some of our school. For my math I am doing Pace. It's really fun. Mark and Melissa are doing Horizons. Matthew is doing Bob Jones math. They all really like their math. My mom says maybe this year we could take a class at our church's school if my dad gets a job in Longveiw. Can you please pray that my dad gets a job soon? Thank you!!!

Exactly a Year!!!

2011-06-18T17:26:00.000-07:00

Today, June 12th, 2011, I have been in America for exactly a year! A year ago from today my family and I were flying into Houston, TX. I was so excited to be home. We met my grandparents at the airport. We were all so excited to see them. We had to take a car and a truck because we had brought 18 pieces of luggage. (what a lot of luggage!) It was so fun being home.
Since everybody had missed all of our birthdays (every one except Matthew's) we all had our birthday party close to Mathew's birthday. I'm so glad that we came to America a year ago from today!!!

My Soccer Team

2011-06-12T14:00:00.000-07:00

In February, I started playing on girl's soccer team named Phoenix. There are 8 games that we have to play. We have played 8 games already. Most of the time, I play on defense , but sometimes I play midfield. Our first game, we tied 1-1. The second game we lost like 1-7. The third, fourth, and fifth games we lost also. The sixth game the other team forfeited so we kind of won. The seventh game we actually won 2-1, but the other team only had 9 players and we had 15 players (there were 11 of our players on the field and there were all of their 9 players on the field) so their team players did not get to get to have a break during the game. The 8th game we lost 0-4. I love my team, and I want to play on the same team next year!!!!

Our Room is Changed!!!

2011-04-28T12:02:00.001-07:00

Yesterday, Mom switched around our room! The room had Melissa's bed turned in between the bed frames and my desk was right by our door in our room, but now Mom has turned around Melissa's bed and she moved my school desk. There are two boards by my desk and Melissa's bed. Before Mom switched everything around, I would have to climb on Melissa's bed to tack things up, but now my desk is right in front of the board so I can tack things up easier than I could before! I hope you like what mom did!!!

My New Shirt

2011-04-28T12:02:00.000-07:00

For Valentines Day, my mom and dad gave me this shirt. They gave Melissa the same shirt. The boys got a toy, Toothless (a nightfurry from How to Train Your Dragon) from Mom and Dad. Me and Melissa love our new shirts and the boys play little house with Toothless. I am thankful for my mom and dad, and that they gave me this shirt!!!!

Encyclopedia Brown - Boy Detective

2011-02-17T17:59:00.000-08:00

Today, I read the book Encyclopedia Brown - Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol. My mom got it for me from the library. It's my favorite book! It is about a boy named Leroy Brown, but the kids at school usually call him Encyclopedia because he is really smart like a detective. Usually, I start reading a book and I can quit when I want to, but, with this book, I could not put it down. There is a case in every chapter. I love mysteries. I finished this in an hour and a half---my fastest time yet to complete a book! I think it is the best book ever!

Aunt Linda's Gingerbread Houses

2011-02-13T07:10:00.000-08:00

I am sorry but this post came out late. My mom's Aunt Linda makes these wonderful gingerbread houses. She makes her own frosting and even her own gingerbread! Aunt Linda makes two sometimes three story gingerbread houses. She even makes the little details in the houses. Aren't they amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Snow in Longview

2011-02-04T12:20:00.000-08:00

Today it snowed in Longview. I went outside to play. I threw a snowball in the air, but most of the time, I was clearing the sidewalk with my shoe. While I was outside, the mail lady drove by and gave us some mail and then she tried to drive off to give the mail to the other people on the street. I dont think that she had winter tires on the mail car because there was slush on the road and she was stuck.(Mom: we don't have winter tires in the south!-hehe!) My cousin and I watched as she tried to get unstuck from the slush. It took a few minutes until she was free. She drove a few feet away from where she was and then she got stuck again! So I told my dad to come help. He and my cousin helped push the car away. It was so funny!!!

The Lego White House

2010-12-26T15:14:00.000-08:00

My aunt and uncle, who live in Washington, D.C,, gave
me, Mark, Matthew, and Melissa a lego White House
for Christmas. Melissa did the flag and she sorted the
legos in the box, but the rest, Mark and I did.
Do you like it?

One of my Christmas Presents

2010-12-26T12:57:00.001-08:00

For Christmas I got a dog and a purse from my aunt. The package said I needed to decorate it So I

did, and this is what it looks like. I really like my present!

Leaves

2010-12-26T12:57:00.000-08:00

My cousin found some leaves and showed them to me.
I thought they were so beautiful so I decided to put them
on my blog. Don't they look beautiful!!!

Personal Narrative - by Katie Bull

2010-12-26T12:56:00.000-08:00

Busted Lip

"Come on Katie, we don't want to be late," My mom instructed me. "I'm coming!" I said. We were going to the gymnastics place for my third birthday party. I held my moms hand on the way into the party. "Hi Katie!" everybody said at once. "Hey!" I shouted back. I started laughing and playing with my friends. We slid down the slide and we jumped into a pool of balls. While we were playing, I rushed up the stairs to the slide, I slipped and busted my lip right open. It hurt a lot. Mr. Randy thought I would need stitches. So, I went to the hospital. The doctor looked at my lip. He said "It will be ok, but it will be swollen for a few days." They gave me a little stuffed puppy dog that I named Gate because it looked like a brown gate. As soon as I got back, it was time to eat my cupcakes. Since my lip was swollen, it hurt I ate them. They tasted so good! I went home after that. It was a lot of fun!!!

The Legend of an answered prayer by Katie and Karen

2010-12-01T14:17:00.000-08:00

Answered Prayers

Once upon a time, in Minnesota, lived a mother named Joanne and her 10 year old daughter named Mary. They secretly lived in the nurse’s room at Mary school where Ms. Joanne was the nurse. They couldn’t afford to live elsewhere. Mary’s father died four years ago from complications of surgery. The hospital bills and funeral costs were taking a lot of their money. They lived very meagerly, with barely enough to eat.

One day, they found themselves out of food. Ms. Joanne then told Mary, “I will check my pocket to see if we have enough money to buy some dinner.” Joanne looked surprised when she couldn’t even find one penny. Mary was sad so she went to a corner where she had spent some time with God and prayed. “Lord, I know that you can work miracles so I want to ask for a loaf of bread and some milk, Amen.” She then went about her business knowing she could trust the Lord with her life.

About an hour later, they heard the door open and they saw a man carrying a grocery sack. He walked in and said, “Hi, my name is Jerry, and I am a substitute here, and I was praying this morning and felt I should bring this with me today.” Mary’s eyes widened and she peeked inside the bag. She exclaimed, “ I prayed for a loaf of bread and milk and here it is!!!” Jerry smiled, knowing that he was used by God that day. They all decided to thank God for providing for their needs in a beautiful way. Little did they know that day, but Joanne and Jerry would then start to date, and later marry. They were never hungry again and they moved out of the school into a quaint little home down the street.

Bella's Christmas Present

2010-11-29T14:56:00.000-08:00

My sister, brother, and cousins are working on a little dog house for my cousins'

dog, Bella. They are working on it for her for Christmas this year! I hope they will finish it soon!

the sun and the moon - my dimonate poem

2010-11-28T18:41:00.000-08:00

Sun

bright, yellow

rising, shining, heating

sunrise, sunset, moonbeams, night

appearing, changing, glowing

white, cool

Moon

Snowflakes- My Sense Poem

2010-11-28T18:03:00.000-08:00

Snowflakes
Looks like white little shapes in the air
Sounds like crunchy footsteps walking on snow
Tastes like droplets of water on my tongue
Smells like the cool ice above my head
Feels like soft wet snow under my feet

My Clay Mario World

2010-11-24T19:28:00.000-08:00

Mark, Melissa, my cousin Luke,and I are planning to build a 1 foot 8 inch clay Mario World. It is a lot of work, but we are going to work hard to make the best Mario World that we can build. We are going to get a lot of clay so we can build it. It will probably take about a year or so, but we are determined.
I will show the picture of the MW when we are finished, hopefully sooner than later!

My Computer!!!

2010-09-13T11:44:00.000-07:00

A month and a 1/2 ago I got my own computer! It's a black compac computer. Melissa and Mark got the same computer as I did. My mom and dad bought it for us because we all needed to do home school on the computer. School is going great! I am doing school in my room, Mark is doing it in the living room, and Melissa is doing it in the office. Its fun having a computer!

Katie

I lost my tooth

2010-06-10T23:07:00.000-07:00

Two days ago, I lost my tooth!!! This is what happened: I was at a good-bye dinner at my pastor's house and I was eating dinner when I started biting on the food, I would bite between the loose tooth and the teeth beside that tooth. So I went to tell my mommy and my pastor's wife was listening and she said to pull my tooth out with a paper towel. When I did, my tooth came out!!! It was very exciting!!! I have another loose tooth right now!!! I bet I will have all my teeth that I'm supposed to loose out soon!!!

My Haikus

2010-06-08T03:11:00.000-07:00

I've been writing some haiku's and I wanted to share some with you:
            Flowers
   Flowers cool and bright
Shinning brightly in the grass
    Flowers are pretty

Bugs
Small tiny bodies
Flying all in the cool air
Cute little beetles

Dogs
Dogs are chasing cats
Running round and round the house
They stuff their belly

Angels
Pretty angel wings
They are flying through the sky
beautifully by

My Penguins

2010-06-08T02:58:00.000-07:00

A few days ago I wanted to make somethings out of clay. Here are two penguins that I made. One is a mommy and one is a little boy. I made a few more, but I just wanted to show you these. I made these for a friend's birthday next month because I wont see her then. I hope you enjoyed my penguins!!!

Going Home---written by my sister Melissa

2010-06-03T22:14:00.000-07:00

I have bean in Russia for about two years and I am going to America in seven 1/2 days. I had a party yesterday and my family said good-bye to everybody that was there. I am happy that I am going to America and I am

sad that I am going to miss all my friends. I can't what until I go to America! YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Playing at the Park

2010-02-14T01:30:00.000-08:00

Russia is known for their very intricately designed parks! They are beautiful! I was here playing with my brothers and sister!

Christmas!!!

2010-01-05T05:35:00.000-08:00

On Christmas, I woke up around 7:00 am, woke the rest of the kids up and told them to go in mom's and dad's room to go wake mom and dad up. Then, my dad read the Christmas story from his Bible. Last, we got to open our Christmas presents. For Christmas I got some slippers, littlest pet shop, a stuffed animal dog that turns into a pillow, gloves and a sims card for my phone. It was the best Christmas ever!

Thanksgiving

2009-12-16T02:24:00.000-08:00

This Thanksgiving, we had friends over for a Thanksgiving feast. For the feast we had turkey, sweet potatoes, green beans, bread rolls and corn pudding. For desert we had pie, cookies and sweet nuts. My dad got the computer so the guys could watch a football game. I had a blast.

My Dad Is Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-26T02:25:00.000-08:00

On Sunday my dad got back from Budapest, Hungary! He brought presents for my family. My dad bought two dolls for the girls, two shirts for the boys, a shirt, a scarf and hot pads for mom and some treats. These are pictures of mine and Melissa's dolls.

A Soap Story

2009-11-11T08:05:00.000-08:00

The same person who told the story about finding the gold items told another true but weird story and I would like to share it with you.
Once the man who told this story was worried that his daughter was not washing her hands after she went potty. So he once spied on her to see if she washed her hands after she went. He saw her put soap in her hands and thought he could go help his wife, but something in his brain said he should keep watching. So he watched some more. Then he saw something weird. His daughter had the soap in her hand and dumped it in to the sink. He said his daughter probibly liked it so she did it some more. The soap was probably 9 inches before she used it and 2 to 3 inches after she used it. She used a lot of soap. Then he said that he told her to STOP and she probably thought it was God because she could not see her dad because her dad was looking thru a crack (I think he was joking). That is the whole story.

A True Story

2009-11-04T08:41:00.000-08:00

Today at school I herd a story and I want to share it with you!
About a month ago, this man from England had a metal detector in a field (in which he didn't think he would find anything). He went over the field with his detector and it, suddenly, went BEEP! The man then pulled the item out of the ground and it was a real, pure gold sword handle (the Anglo-Saxons put it there)! The man looked around and no one was there, so the man put the sword handle in his pocket and searched some more. Again, there was another BEEP! It was a real, pure gold belt buckle! So the man searched some more and fond a thousand more gold items. Then, he buried them back into the field and called the museum people about purchasing these gold items. Later, the owner of the field was mowing the lawn and bumped one of the hidden treasures. The museum then purchased the treasures from the man. The owner of the field and the man who found the stuff first decided to split the money. The man that told this story said if you had ten ferraris and then you sold them to get the field then you sold the treasures you could buy the ten ferraris plus one thousand more ferraris and that is how much the gold things would cost. That is a true story!

THE END

Church

2009-10-31T09:08:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow my church is cancled. So we are going to a Russian church that we went to at first (I had to ask first). I cant wait to see my friends again!!! What is funny is that my pastor and his wife are going to the same church as we are going to. One girl that goes to that church is American. So we both talk together in English fluently. I think she speaks fluent Russian also, but I speak just a little Russian. So we can't talk in Russian anyway. I hardly ever see my friend who lived in America because my family picked another church, but tomorrow I get to see her again!!!

My Crab Salad

2009-10-30T07:42:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

10 dill pickles
4 hard bioled eggs
1 package of frozen corn (thawed)
1 package of artificial crab meat
2 tablespoons of mayonnaise (or to taste) Cut and mix it and you are ready to eat

My Strawberry Milk Shake

2009-10-30T07:17:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

10 strawberry's
1 pint ice cream
8 oz milk Mix in blender and there you go!

After School Activities!!!

2009-10-28T06:31:00.000-07:00

Today we just started after school activities ( we do a special thing like a club or art or ballet after school)!!! I picked sign language and kid's club ( which might not happen because there is not a parent to lead it yet ). My whole class is doing sign language except for one person and she is in ballet. She and Melissa are the only two people in ballet. I think there are nine people in sign language. It was fun!!! I got two tic tac's for spelling my first name and my last name in sign language. Next semester, I plan to do sign language and knitting.

My new blogger friend!

2009-10-24T06:45:00.000-07:00

My header was created with a special background that we found. Kelly creates these actual items! Aren't they cute?!! Thanks Kelly for letting us borrow it for our header photo!! Click on her pillow and visit her blog! She has a shop too if you love the items!!

IKEA

2009-10-24T05:20:00.000-07:00

On Thursday I had a day off of school. So my family and I went to IKEA. We went ice skating. Matthew just skates with dad, but he is doing really well. Mark is the fastest skater and really well, but he falls down about every 20 seconds ( I counted the seconds ). Melissa is the next fastest at skating and almost can skate on one leg. My dad thinks I can skate way better than I think I can skate. When I feel like falling, I go hold on to the railings.

Then, we went to McDonald's for lunch. The food was really yummy. After we ate, we went to go get some ice cream. There is sorbet at the mall that I could have ( I'm allergic to dairy ). The ice cream was also yummy. Then, we got on a bus to go home.

Elema

2009-10-24T00:41:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, my family and I went out of the country. We made a fire and roasted some strawberry marshmallows ( we bought them in America ) and we roasted some hot dogs ( but the hot dogs we bought in Russia). We were there for about 3 hours ( and I mean outside for about 3 hours).

I wanted to look for some frogs there, but I was to busy eating that I didn't have time. At Elema there is a tire swing. The tire swing hangs straight down to the ground for only one person to swing on. Melissa and I swing and push all the time on the tire swing.

Melissa, Mark and I have a secret hiding spot at Elema. When we would go up to our secret hiding spot, we would have to cross a bridge that was over a little stream of water by ourselves. When we did that it really felt like a real secret hiding place, but yesterday, mom would not let us go past the river that we would have to go on to get to our secret hiding place. So we could not go there yesterday. I hope I get to go too my secret hiding place again.

The Wii

2009-10-21T06:58:00.000-07:00

My family got a new game: Mario Kart Wii, which I hardly ever play it, but my two brother's play it a lot. I'm on my blog more than Mario Kart Wii . My brothers always ask me and Melissa if we are done with our homework because they can't play it until we are done. I hope they get bored of Mario Kart Wii so they don't play it as much. I like all the other wii games better than Mario Kart Wii.

Day Lights Savings Time

2009-10-19T09:37:00.000-07:00

Day lights savings time is this weekend in Russia! It's going to feel like I'm sleeping in for school, at least that is what my pastor's wife said, and I like to sleep in, but there's one problem. When it is time to go to bed I get too tired because the time has changed. That just means we get to watch more TV, but you know what that means, I GET MORE SLEEPY!!! That is what I just did last night I watched a movie and I got tired. DAY LIGHTS SAVINGS TIME!!!

Amazing! Cactus Cuties

2009-10-18T09:29:00.000-07:00

WOW!

My Apartment

2009-10-18T06:15:00.000-07:00

The apartment building is nine stories high. It is a four room apartment. It is a really nice place. Usually Russian bathrooms have a toilet in one room and a bathtub and sink in another room, but ours have them both in one room. The girls share a room and the boys share a room. The most exiting part is in the boys room. They have some monkey bars and we play on them a lot. We've been in our apartment for about 2 months. We love our apartment.

Me

2009-10-16T22:27:00.000-07:00

I am a daughter of God and live in Russia. I have five students in my class at school. I'm glad to be in school. I have to wake up at 7:15 am to leave by 8am each day. My favorite colors are pink and blue. I'm still learning how to type and when I learn I will get music on my blog. I enjoy my life here. It's hard not seeing all my friends and family in America, but I'm glad to have friends over in Russia. I've lived in Russia for about one year.

I teach Matthew science on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and Matthew really likes it. I also teach Matthew art, bible, and we play some games. I just went to a party yesterday. This week, I have Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off of school.

A Mouse Trapped

2009-10-15T09:02:00.000-07:00

My friend said she had a mouse in her house so they stuck a piece of bread inside of the cup and propped it up with a five ruble coin. The mouse tried to get the piece of bread but the five ruble coin trapped the mouse. My mom asked what her dad did with the mouse and she said her dad put the mouse in a bag and slammed it on the wall and threw it in the trash. Here is a picture of me and my friend.

School

2009-10-15T06:26:00.000-07:00

School is going really great! I've made a lot of friends. What I thought was funny was my teacher has the same hair as Melissa and her name is Karen. Its kind of weird that k-12 grade has lockers. My favorite subjects are science and art. I did not know what P.E.was until i was in school. My favorite day in school is Friday. I think that's it about school.