I'm Back!

It has been a while since I posted on my blog, so I will catch you up on my summer. I finished first grade! Yay! Then I went to baseball camp at Farragut High School. It was a lot of fun. I went for four days and I improved in catching and fielding. The next week I went to VBS. It was fun also. This is a picture of Family Night when I got to jump on a Euro-Bungy! That was SO cool!

On Friday before my mom and dad left for Ethiopia, I accepted Christ as my Savior! It feels really good! Susi came to stay with us while mom and dad went to Ethiopia to pick up Will. This is a picture of me with Will right when mom and dad got off the plane. He is really cute and I like him because he is funny. He can be serious but he laughs a lot too.

We went to eat dinner with our friends, the Davis family. We went out on their boat and played in the lake. I ended up spending the night with Brady in their camper. We had a great time.

We went to Mooresville, North Carolina for our Beckett Family Reunion. My mom's last name used to be Beckett and that is where I got my name. Everyone at the reunion is from my mom's side of the family and they are all Becketts! This is a picture of me with Aunt Nell. She is my Granbob's oldest sister and the oldest Beckett family member. She was teaching me how to play bridge.
We went for a ride on the Catawba Queen and I got to actually steer the boat. It had a big paddle on the back of it. You can see Helen's hat in the bottom corner.

Me, Helen and Will on the boat.
On our way home from the family reunion, we stopped to visit Auntie Mame and Uncle Ron in Waynesville, NC. We always have fun with Auntie Mame.

Last week we went to a surprise party for my friend Emma's mom. Here we are with Emma.

And here is a picture of Emma holding Will.

The next day we had a party for Will at my friend's pool. Here I am with some of my friends when we were playing with Will before we went swimming!

I'll be starting 2nd grade in a few weeks. That is the latest from me!

ROCK ON!

Game Ball!

On Saturday we played a baseball game and we finally didn't lose! We tied! Yay! It was a fun game. I hit a double and a triple. The triple was almost over the fence! At the end of the game I was playing in center field and the ball was hit to me. I fielded the ball and threw it to first to get the runner out. It was close, but he was out. That was the last out of the game. We kept them from scoring, so we tied the game! Everybody started jumping and running to the dugout and dad picked me up and hugged me! Then the coach (dad) gave me the game ball! Very cool.
Here is a picture of me in the concession stand with the game ball. We had to work in the concession stand after my game. It was cool.

ROCK ON!

Bald River Falls/North River

Here are some pictures of our family trip the other day. We went to Bald River Falls and hiked to the top. This is a picture of me on some rocks beside the trail.

This is a picture of me, dad and Helen looking at the Falls from the road. Pretty cool!

We also went fly fishing. Dad taught me how to fly fish. It was fun.
Here is what Helen does while I fish. EAT! Mom said that in the first picture she is eating chex mix and in the second picture she is eating a banana!

The picture on top is when I hooked my fish! Mom ran down the bank really fast to get a picture of my fish and here it is! I caught a rainbow trout!

Here is a picture of it up close! Awesome!

ROCK ON!

Finally!

My front two teeth have been loose for a long time. Today one of them finally came out. I twisted it for about seven minutes and then mom came in and twisted it for about five minutes. Then it came out. It feels really weird to eat and I keep on trying to wiggle it, but it isn't there so I stick my tongue in the hole. I can already feel the big tooth coming in!
Of course while we were pulling it out, Helen was right there beside me. She kept saying, "I want the tooth fairy to come!" She would also sing songs about me getting my tooth out. I think she was more excited than I was!

I added a new song to my blog for Wheat, Lake and River! I want to see you dancing to this one!

Rock On!

Walnut Mania!

I went to Nana and Papa's house on Wednesday and Papa asked me if I wanted to help him crack walnuts. I had never done it before, so I thought I'd try. And before you knew it, Papa and I had about 10 walnuts all cleaned out. He would hammer them and open them. My job was to get the stuff out. (the meat of the walnut) Look at the picture on the right and you will see that I used a little tool to pick out the walnut. I am really good at it! The treat was......brownies! Nana took the walnuts we got and she made walnut brownies!

This is a picture of me working hard.

Here I am with two walnuts that I picked out.

Do you like my new music on my playlist?

ROCK ON!

I Met a Famous Children's Author!

We were getting ready to eat dinner tonight when our friend Marilyn called and said that Mary Pope Osborne was going to be at Border's book store in one hour! She saw it on the news. MPO is the author of the Magic Tree House books. Mom and I finished our dinner very fast and we got there as quick as we could. I really like reading the Magic Tree House books and right now I am on #6 which is "Afternoon on the Amazon." We got there and bought her newest book, "Moonlight on the Magic Flute" and got a wristband. We listened to her talk for about 15 minutes and then we got in line to have my picture made with her. She broke her knuckle on one hand and her wrist on the other hand, so she didn't sign my book, just stamped it. Then we got good hot chocolate with a stick of chocolate, white chocolate and whipped cream from the cafe in Borders. We are going to see Magic Tree House~The Musical next week at The Tennessee Theater. Here is a You Tube video so you can see what it is going to be like. I can't wait. ROCK ON.

This is me with Mary Pope Osborne and her husband, Will Osborne.

Winter Jam 2009

Happy Birthday to me! I'm 7 years old today! My next door neighbor thought that I was turning 6. Ha! Ha! This is my big present from mom and dad that is not wrapped........Winter Jaaaaaaaaammmmmm!!! My favorite will be the one in the middle. TOBY MAC! We are going to the concert tomorrow night. I'll tell you about my fun night when it is all over!

ROCK ON!