Emily in The Bahamas

ABACO!!!!

2009-05-13T14:35:00.000-07:00

Day 1

I am finally here to tell you about my trip! When we went to the airport I forgot my carry on, so we had to go back for it, But even if I hadn't forgot it, the traffic was awful! Then we had to (or at least that's what the adults said) carry a hitchhiking man who needed to go to the air port, but Ali and I think they just wanted directions, because they kept asking them which was the best way to go. When we finally got to the airport everyone was there, and we ended up waiting for someone who never came.

Serena(left)Claire (right)

I finally got to sit and read when we got on the plane. When we got there it was awesome. We unpacked, then explored the hotel. After we settled in Mr. Spencer said we were going on a treasure hunt, which turned out to be a test and a ten mile walk. Luckily my group won the test, and we each got our choice of a free shirt! Yay! We went on the beach at our hotel and found some shark snot! YUCK! The boys even touched it, they said it felt like those sticky hand strings you get at the grocery store in the balls for 25 cents. We also went to Schooner bay and learned about invasive species and sand dune dimineshment.

We had a great dinner w/ chicken and ribs at a very nice person's house.

Day 2

We had to wake up at 6:30!!! The french toast we had for breakfast was great! We went on the ferry to Green turtle cay, and someone dropped their camera. But it was pouring rain, so our awesome chaperon let us rent a golf cart if we all donated a dollar. I had to sit on someones lap so we would all fit, and we laughed at everybody else in the rain! Luckily, it wasn't raining on the mainland and the blue hole was dry. Mr. Spencer threw me in, but Serena and Claire chickened out. Did you know the the first 30 ft. of the blue hole is fresh water, and the rest is salt water?.The next thing we did was go to Treasure cay beach and play volleyball and swim. We saw this weird fish that looked like a stingray that sent us screaming out of the water. Then we played moonlight capture the flag. It was awesome!!!

Day 3

This time we woke up at 6:00!!!!! We played Red rover, where you all hold hands and say Red rover Red rover let so and so come over. Man, it hurts! Then Chase tried to get me and Spencer to hold hands because she knows that I like him, which was embarrassing. Then we went on the ferry to Hope Town, which was alot like Harbour Island. We went to the school there to play kickball, and we won 21 to 12! Next, we went kayaking to the lighthouse, which was easy on the way there. We walked up 101 steps to the light house, I counted. Going back was soooooooo hard because we had to go against a very strong current. When we were walking back, a bird dropped suddenly from a telephone wire almost on Clarie's head and died. Mr. Spencer had to pick him up by his tail and throw him away. It was creepy!!! Then we got back and played Dead or Alive with the football, it's fun if the boys aren't playing. Then we practised for the Talent show.

Day 4

Today was the most fun ever!!!!!!! We went on the ferry to go to little harbor, and the ride was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First , the driver made it wavy for us so we were trying to stay up, we surfed on board!!! Then we sang BINGO, then Hockie-Pockie, then If your happy and you know it! It was fun! First, we went to the bat caves. It was scary and fun. You had to walk up a thin plank of wood and if you screamed or shone the light up the bats would fly around. Next, we went to the Bronze Foundation. Then we had a club sandwich w/ cookies, chips, crackers, and fruit. Next, we got on the boat to go to Mermaid reef. I slept the whole way. I wish I had an underwater camera, Mermaid reef was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The parrot fish were beautiful, and I saw a HUGE Grouper!!! The Talent show was really fun, ever one thought our skit was funny. Hydie sang a poem!!! It was great!!!

Day 5

It is now the last day. All we did was pack and go souvenir shopping. It was fun though!
The plane was fun too. I sat w/ Angelique and we played UNO and chewed gum! Then when I got of the plane, Stephanie was there...YYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Abaco was fun, I wish we could do it all over again! Bye!

Harbour Island

2009-02-23T16:01:00.000-08:00

We took a vacation from vacation. Since our life is like a vacation, but a busy vacation. We decided to go somewhere else and relax. So we went to Harbour Island, a place where you drive golf carts instead of cars and never, ever wear shoes, even to drive! A place where you can stand up while driving, where kids can go to the store and even to a restaurant by themselves, and you never where a seat belt or drive slowly. No highways, no traffic lights, no security, no tolls. I don't even think they have an airport, only boats and ferries. This is why this was a perfect vacation. We went with Claire, Ali, Victoria, and her parents. Here's some pics.

See? Looks fun, huh? WELL IT WAS!!!!! I want to go there eeeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeerrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyy vacation! It was AWESOME!!!

See ya'!

Wordless Wednesday

2008-10-08T14:49:00.001-07:00

Photo with Maggie and Jack- Michelle did our hair, cool or what?

Puppy saving!

2008-09-09T14:45:00.001-07:00

If you think I had a normal weekend, you are WRONG!!! W-R-O-N-G!!! Here is a story for you. Once upon a time, a girl named Emily was walking home from the park with a girl named Claire. Suddenly, "Awwwww! Claire, look!" exclaimed Emily in a high voice. "Oh my gosh!", said Claire "The poor things!". A small, mangy puppy walked up to Emily, she picked it up. "Do you think we should bring it home?", said Claire. Then, more puppys ran into a bush and went through. Emily handed the puppy to her friend and followed them. It widened out into a big open space with a small, dirty pond and a rotten fridge with no doors. That space contained about eight more abandoned puppys. Emily crawled back to Claire. They walked home, bringing with them the small,mangy puppy and bathed him. Treating to his fleas. They went back to the bushes and found two more puppys. They bathed them ,too. They went back for the final time. Now beginning a puppy chase. they followed two puppys through a dense thicket for about half a mile. Fortunately not hurting themselves. At last the puppy chase was over as they came to a wire gate. The puppys had to turn around. But since it was getting dark and they could barely see, they only got one of the puppys. "Now that poor puppy is in danger!" said Claire."I know," said Emily "But it's getting dark and I can barely see the puppy I'm holding. We might step on one. We will have to come tomorrow." The next day they went to look for more, but all they found was puppy skulls. "Oh, well, we did our best." said Emily.

Now that is a true story!
Oh come on! Believe me!!!
Here are some pictures...
Here is the one we named Fluffy...

Here is Mangy...His name is a bit obvious...

This is Butterscotch...

This is all four of them...the one next to Claire is Spunky.

The story ends with Butterscotch and Mangy finding nice homes in heaven, and Fluffy and Spunky living happily ever after.

Back home!

2008-08-27T03:36:00.000-07:00

I am now back from my trip(boo)! I'm back in the Bahamas(yay!)!

When you go way out in the ocean sometimes you see lots of fish. I've never seen a sea turtle but I have seen an octopus and a baracuda.
Now lets talk about my trip. It was really fun. My dad took me to colorado. We went to Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods, Steamboat Springs, Strawberry Park, Rocky mountain national park, and we went to wyoming, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, we saw old faithful,we saw bison, elk, pronghorn, coyotes, we went to Iowa and south dakota, devil's tower, the badlands, mount rushmore, we went to Kansas, Missouri, St. Louis, we went to Kentucky, West virginia, Ohio, Indianna, Illinois. My dad and I drove for ten hours! Pretty much... we did everything. Bye for now!

West and wewaxation at wast...

2008-07-01T20:25:00.000-07:00

If you want more information on our trip across the to the west go to my dad's blog: http://web.mac.com/tzumchak/west!/homepage/homepage.html. But here is a post on St Louis! Today we meet my cousins at the Gateway Arch. Of course we are very excited to see each other. Here's a pic! We also get to go up to the very top, glad I like heights. It made a noise that creeped me out though. You could see the Cardinal stadium! We also watched a historical video about Lewis and Clark. We are about to go to bed and have a great day at the caverns tomorrow! Post ya' soon.

Smilebox!

2008-05-19T12:34:00.000-07:00

Here's something to make you smile!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Dancing Night!

2008-05-14T15:37:00.000-07:00

It's fun to dance! Lets boogie down!

You like it? Good! Post ya soon!

Friends!

2008-05-10T06:44:00.000-07:00

Everybody needs some friends! I have lots! Their names are Stephanie, Serena, Claire, and Ali, and Emily(not me)!Here are some pics!

It's fun to have friends! Find some yourself!

Cats!Cats!Cats!

2008-05-09T17:34:00.000-07:00

As you know I have three cats! Here's one!

CHUN!xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox!

That, is Chun! Now MORE pictures!

Week with the neighbors!

2008-04-26T08:18:00.000-07:00

I had a great week with my neighbors, Cindi and Michael. Cindi and I went kayaking alot, and we usually met Michael at the beach. We (or I) saw a Baracuda that was two and a half feet long! I also found some blue sea glass. Once we made a lump of sand shaped like a turtle and then decorated it with green and brown sea glass, cool! We even saw red snapper and a starfish, and found a golf ball, fun! We also sent a message in a bottle, it might go to Andros! The biggest carribean island! We watched all thirteen of the BBC America "Robin Hoods", too! And, of course, Lupae (their dog) had to have attention, and his paws are red with so much chasing his ball. Don't worry, he had a bath. And what is more, we went out to dinner at P.I., and I learned flip turns in swimming. Thank you Cindi and Michael! You guessed it, I had a great time!

Spring Break!

2008-04-17T14:17:00.000-07:00

Sorry, I haven't posted for a while! With visitors and everything...but now here's a new post!This is what I did over spring break. First, there's a supermodel Chun(my cat) and then there are some pictures of me at Great Falls Park! Then finally, I'm with Madison, and then with her crazy dogs! I hope you like the video!

Cool video, huh? Well,post you soon!

Old friends, Old memories, LOTS of screaming

2008-03-19T16:02:00.000-07:00

I got back from my flight on friday and discovererd we had enough time to go to my old school to visit. And you can guess what I chose! When I got to school I met my old busdriver. But that didn't last very long because I was in quite a hurry. I was walking to class and met my old friends Hannah Wolfe and Audreya Mets. They called for a boy named Nathan(some of you might not know him but I don't feel like explaining, as he might be reading my blog). Then, when I got to my old class...

and... of course... my teacher was happy to see me...

and Stephanie wouldn't stop talking to me.

Stay tuned for more on my spring break!!!

Lizard Whisperer Returns(reprise)

2008-03-11T15:44:00.000-07:00

I'm back! The Lizard Whisperer! Here are some pictures!

Sleepover Party!!!

2008-03-09T16:06:00.001-07:00

Last night I had a sleepover! It was so fun! Here are some pictures!

(left to right)Serena,me,Claire

Ocean tales

2008-03-07T16:15:00.000-08:00

Today I was doing my daily chore(picking up the big leaves). When I went to dump them out in the ocean, I dropped the bag in the ocean, too! So I went and swam out to the ocean to pick it up. It was very far out(about 15 yards)so it was hard. My mom took a picture when I was swimming back.

See ya! Post you soon!!!

Uniforms

2008-03-05T15:53:00.000-08:00

These pictures are mostly for my friend Stephanie Su, as most of you have seen my uniforms on my parents blog. But here they are!

I MISS YOU, STEPHANIE!!! xoxoxo

I have also( as you know )taken to swimming. I am on station 8 now. I love swimming! It's fun! I can't wait to see you all! Post you soon!

MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

2008-02-29T14:02:00.000-08:00

I had the best birthday EVER!!! First(of course)I was at school. Mommy & Mark brought cake! It was yummy!The people are(left to right) Alex,me,Jonnelle,Serena & Paige.

Then we went to Anthony's Grill. I had pasta! Then the one-man guitar band sang Happy Birthday Emily in front of everyone and they brought me chocolate cake!! Yum!

Then we went to Atlantis to the dig.

Thank you every one for the messages and e-cards!!! Post ya' soon!!!

Swimmin' at the school

2008-02-26T14:44:00.000-08:00

Today I went swimming at school!It's like that picture up top every day now, so I can swim alot! I'm on station five, which is freestyle. I love it here! I'm doing well in school and I miss you all! Ow through up today. Mark had to move him of the rug quick! Colonel's just loungin' on the patio! You lazy fatty, Colonel! See ya'!

My first post!!!!!!!!!!

2008-02-25T16:12:00.000-08:00

HELLO!!!!! Finaly, my own blog! I am so exited! Two and a quarter days until my 10th birthday! YAAAAAAAY! OK, I just completly changed the subject! Well, post you soon!