Just My Turf

Long Time No See!!

2010-02-28T17:58:00.001-08:00

Sports

2009-06-12T08:42:00.000-07:00

Wow!!!! I played so much sports this week!! I played three baseball games in a row. I played Monday night, Tuesday night, and Wednesday night. We won all three and are now in the majors championship game. On Thursday, I had a select soccer tryout and made it. It is now Friday and it is the championship day. If we win we play the same team again for the championship. Dang!!! THat is alot for one week. Well, wish me luck.

My Creative Poem

2009-03-19T10:59:00.000-07:00

Hello, I'm back. I was bored on Sunday and decided to write a poem. I don't know if i think it is good or not. So, I need votes for great, good, horrid! Well, here it is:

The Traveler

In the village where many children play,
There was a traveler that lost his way.
Rumor has it that he came from a distant land,
To find a maiden and win her hand.
People say he has searched far and wide,
But has not found one to be his bride.
When he came here and searched our town,
His hopes quickly descended down.
But then he met Lisa,
She was humble and poor,
He knew she was the one he had searched for.
They fell in love and had a beautiful marriage,
And the Traveler finally settled down in the very same village.

The End

By Jared M. Russell

So, what did you think. Don't forget to vote.

End of First Semester

2009-01-27T18:23:00.000-08:00

Hello, It is the end of the first semester and I am leaving it as a straight a student! I have a 4.0 in every one of my classes. I am ahead and my first semester grade in algebra will go on my high school transcript. I managed to to get a A on it. YEAH! Next semester I am starting computer tech, sounds fun. Also, I get a 5-day weekend. Hoorah! Well I will hopefully post later.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-22T18:04:00.000-08:00

Merry Chritmas and happy new year.

Halloween

2008-11-16T08:49:00.000-08:00

We got a lot of candy on Halloween. I was th grim reaper, Micah was Weird al' yangkovk, emma was a vampire, and Adana was a chicken. The funniest thing happened while we were trick-or-treating. Adana went to a lady and said trick-or-treat. The lady gave her a pencil. Adana took it and said"I don't want that, I wasnt chocolate." Then she gave the pencil to the lady and walked on. For those of you that hve been to mora's, they gave away free ice cream. WOW. Also, yesterday was my soccer tournament. We are playing up a level so they are harder teams then we have played yet. We lost the first game 5-0 and won the second game 4-3. two of which were my goals and 1 assist. We also have two games today, but it is sunday so I am missing them. Well, talk to yall later.

camp

2008-06-27T07:09:00.000-07:00

Today I am going to scout camp. Sweet! It sounds like so much fun. We are also going to elect a patrol and assistant patrol leader. I won't be back till dinner time Saturday. It took forever for me to go to sleep last night. By the way, baseball ended. The Yankees beat the Red Sox in the championship game, 10-6. I have to go do scripture and prayer. See ya.

Chiton at Beach

2008-06-19T12:58:00.000-07:00

Chitons can be small or large but they are still mollusks. Their scientific name is Chiton articulatas. They are sometimes known as sea cradles. The Chiton has 8 layers of shell. Each one overlapping each other. The plates are surrounded by a softer yet hard ring called the girdle. Although it protects them, they can hardly move around. If they do fall off the surface beneath them, they can slowly curl into a ball which then makes them capable of rolling onto their front side.

Isopod at the Beach

2008-06-19T12:51:00.000-07:00

The Isopod is a crustacean. Their scientific name is Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense They tend to live in shallow water and tide pools. They also are able to live on land as well. The Isopod has a weird way of living. They crawl into the mouth of some sort of fish and stick to the roof of their mouth. While hanging there, they nibble on the fishes tongue and eat it. Eww!

games

2008-04-19T18:26:00.000-07:00

We lost pretty bad to the Dodgers. 19-7. Yikes! But, our game against the Cardinals was differrent. We won, but it was pretty close. We were tied so we had to go into another inning. I made a diving catch in the outfield, a play at first base, and some great at bats if I do say so myself. Well, see ya.

Friends

2008-04-17T11:16:00.000-07:00

We just had the Cranneys, friends from Turkey, come over before they moved to England. Micah and I are mad at them for leaving. We almost thought of ripping up their visas. We had fun while it lasted though. We had Mora ice cream, watched movies, went to my baseball games, and had a great time.
I am doing great in baseball. We have a record of 3:0:0 (3 wins, 0 losses, 0 ties). Tonight I am playing the Dodgers, a great hitting team. Well, see YA.

Vacation

2008-04-07T07:07:00.000-07:00

I just went to St. George, Utah, for spring break. I had so much fun. My favorite part was on the last day we were there. We went to this great hiking spot. You hike and climb over streams and huge rocks to make your way to the waterfall. To get to the waterfall you have to hold on this rope and try to climb up the side of this mountain. Once you get there you can slide down the waterfall into a deep small pool. The water was FREEZING! It was so freezing that I could hardly breathe. The water was so cold that when you go in and then break the surface you would be stunned for a few secends. I also went shooting with my grandpa and uncle. I had a blast literally, a blast. Me and my grandpa had a argument on who hit this one target because we both shot at the same time. We went four-wheeling great time there. Well that's all folks talk to ya later.

Concert

2008-03-21T07:20:00.000-07:00

Today, I am going to play at two concerts. One is at Ordway Elementary and the other is atVoyager Montessori Elementary. Tomorrow is the baseball jamboree. Then after that I have a scrimmage/game against the Dodgers. Then after that we are going to Micah's Basketball team party. We hardly ever have a free Saturday. See yah.

Games and Music

2008-03-16T09:45:00.000-07:00

On Friday I had my first game. Well, sort of. It was a scrimage against the Cubs. We used umps and everything but it was not a offical league game. The score was 4-4. They are a pretty good match. Next Saturday we are scrimaging against the Dodgers.
My uncle was here this week and knew a lot about ipods so he helped me with mine. Most of the songs I put on it were by "Weird Al Yankovic." One of the songs was called "oops, I farted again" a parody to Britney Spears "oops I did it again" Well, thats all for now folks.

Baseball

2008-03-04T13:20:00.000-08:00

Guess what? I made Majors in baseball! I've already had my first practice. My team is pretty good and we have some good hitters. My coach is Jim Boegl(pronounced bagel) My first game is on April tenth. The tryouts were pretty hard. Sorry if I annoy you but I am so excited. he he he. Okay, I'm calm. See yah.

Trip #2

2008-02-21T07:32:00.000-08:00

Our trip to Spokane was awsome. When we got there there was 1 foot of snow and then the next morning there was 2 feet. We went sledding, played tag, had snowball fight and I pretty much soaked my dad. We watched this really funny movie called Johnny English. All in all it was a pretty great trip.

Trip

2008-02-11T17:49:00.000-08:00

Guess what. Never mind you won't guess what, me and my family are going to Spokane to visit our friends the Cranneys. They just bought a new house since we last visited and I can't wait to visit them. Part of the reason I want to visit them is so that I can knock some sense into their brains. Do you know why I want to do that? Because they are moving to England. The little traitors. But still they are the best friends I've probably ever had. Chow.

funny jokes

2008-01-22T11:47:00.000-08:00

here is one
knock knock
who's there?
lettuce
lettuce who?
lettuce in.

I like this one.
Nurse: "Doctor, we have a invisible man in the waiting room."

Doctor: "Tell him I can't see him now."

hee, hee, ha, ha

2008-01-06T17:05:00.000-08:00

Adana, she really has a funny, loud laugh. Who new that the most tickelish part of a 2 year old was at the top of her leg? Her name should be the laughing princess. As she is being tickled she is watching a show. ENJOY the SHOW!

She makes me laugh

2008-01-03T09:41:00.000-08:00

I went to a friend's birthday party a few weeks ago. It was pretty fun. We went to see National Treasure 2 Book of Secrets. At the movie I bought some candy, like any normal person would. One of the things I bought was a box of Milkduds. When the movie was over we went to his house. I still had the box of Milkduds. My parents were at the Nutcracker play and picked me up at 10:00. I still had about half a box full of Milkduds. When I got in the car my mom immediately asked for some Milkduds. I gave her some and I gave my dad some.

Before I offered some to my sister Emma, she said, "It's okay. I don't want any Milkduds because candy is bad for you."

Then my mom said,"Okay, but do you want some?"

Then Emma said,"Sure, thank you."

This is how Emma is. She tries not to openly ask for something. I think it's called being manipulated.

2008-01-02T19:37:00.000-08:00

Hey, this is something you don't hear everyday, last night two men were found literally trying to kill each other on our street. It was about midnight. The police had to come to separte them and take them away. Now what do you think of that? Anyway, see ya.

Redwall

2008-01-02T12:31:00.000-08:00

Brian Jaques. I really like him. He is a author and has won a lot of newberry awards especially from his Redwall series. I'm reading the third book in that series right now and I'm loving it. It has a lot of action in it. In fact they should call it the action series. There are many death and killing scenes in it and Brian really starts being descriptive. But still it is fun series and the people who die in it, are animals. like staots, mice, snakes, otters, and squirrels. If you think you are interested the first book is called Redwall.

2007-12-28T18:19:00.001-08:00

Hello, today is friday and like every friday for my family we have family movie night. Were all tired because we just went to the swimming pool. I can barely open my eyes because there is so much clorine in it. As I'm writing this Micah, Emma, and Adana are glued to the tv. This is how it is every evening. We also went to the park and played roller hockey. It was really cold today but we tried to get outside as much as we could. Tommorow we (my family) might go to Seattle to eat dinner with my aunt and uncle. That is really all, talk to you all later, bye.

Christmas

2007-12-27T09:07:00.000-08:00

Hey, merry Christmas. I just love Christmas. I got a lot of cool stuff. I got a really cool ipod stereo, and a new wii game called madden 08. My uncle Joe got me a wrist rocket and he got my dad a Red Ryder bb gun. I also got Shrek the 3 and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. That movie is really funny. I just finished a book called Inkspell and I personally thought that it was good for a fantasy. There has been a lot of flooding here in Washington. We had flooding ourselves. Two weeks ago our ward went to Belfair to help shovel mud out of flooded houses. Well, till next time, bye.

Adana singing at the table

2007-12-10T18:01:00.000-08:00

read before you watch

Hi, sorry it has been awhile since I last posted. life has kind of been a routine and very casual and dull. I wake up then take a shower and eat breakfast, do schoolwork, eat lunch, play for maybe 2 hours, then I come inside and eat dinner, then I read for a bit and then go to sleep. This is my life! where is the excitement, bring on the heat. Tonight, some thing very shrilling happened, which includes sreeches and yells. Be prepared for what you are going to see.

2007-11-09T10:41:00.000-08:00

Today, I'm going to a scout campout at Fort Warden. Every boy scout is going. We camp there and play capture the flag and flashlight tag. Everybody I know say that this is the best campout of the year. My brother can't go because he's not a boy scout. Two nights ago I went swimming with my scout troup. Being a boy scout is alot of fun. I also had a geography test. I did really well on it. Tomorrow, I have my last soccer game. The game is in Port Orchard. After my game were having our team party at Spiros, it's some pizza place in the area. see you later.

My Play

2007-11-06T18:34:00.000-08:00

Two days ago(sunday after church) I had my first violin/cello recital on bainbridge. A lot of people have great talent at the violin. This one girl in know from orchestra played a really nice piece. I take a Drama class and yesterday we finally picked the play we are going to do. It is called The Great Denver Railroad Scam. I play a lead part villian named Spiney. The play takes place during cowboys and swindles, so I have to use an old west accent. Two girls from church are In the play too. The play is sometime in December. I will post the exact date later. Till next time, Later.

Poor Parents

2007-11-02T11:07:00.000-07:00

Hey again, it is friday right now. Tonight my mom and dad are going to go eat at the hawkes and Jordon Cook(the football guy) is babysiting us. My mom says I'm not quite old enough to babysit when they're that far. Mom is still thinking about if we can play wii when Jordon gets here. Tonight is "family movie night" but it can't be "family movie night" because the whole "family" isn't here. But the best is about to come. Tonight were having pizza while my mom and dad have to eat like grownups and listen to other grownups chit chat. I feel realy sorry for my parents. But, thing I'm jealous about is, my parents are going to a certain indian resturant that gives the best entertainment, live belly dancers! Talk to you all later.

2007-10-31T17:27:00.001-07:00

Cub scout beach party

2007-10-31T15:31:00.000-07:00

In August, we had a beach party with the Cub scouts at Fay Bainbridge State park. We had hotdogs and roasted marshmallows, but our favorite thing we did was play on this Gigantic log. It was high tide then and you had to wade waist deep to get to the log. It was freezing water and we would push each other in. I'm the kid in the green bathing suit. We pretended It was a navy ship that was being sunk. Good times, good times.

Beginner Times

2007-10-30T17:41:00.000-07:00

Hey, This is my blog. I’ve been raised in many different places. There was Washington, Mississippi, and Turkey. I’m quite a wacky person. I now live on Bainbridge Island. I just turned 11 and am now a Blazer scout. So far, I think that was my favorite birthday.
It is almost Halloween and I’m going to be a guy who just got electrocuted. I have a lot of friends on Bainbridge. My street has about 40 kids and I’m one of the oldest.
I’m playing Soccer right now and I’m one of our star players. My team is number 1 in the league. My positions are forward and goalie. On Saturday, I have a game in Port Orchard. Soccer is my favorite sport and I try to play it every year.
I take a Drama class at the homeschool support center. I’m having a lot fun with it. I have Drama tomorrow. Sometime in November I’m doing a play. I also do orchestra. I play the violin.
Today I had School. I finished at 2:00. After school I went to play with Ben. We played kickball. At 4:00 I had to babysit my 5 year old sister while my mom and baby sister went to my brother’s soccer practice. Right now my sister Emma (5 year old sister) is watching TV.
On Friday were going to have dinner at the Hawkes. They are one of my friends. Their son, Jake, went to Weblos camp with me.
Last Friday my dad took me to a BHS freshman football game in Bellvue. We were against the eastside catholic football team. We won 33-0. Some of the players on the team are guys from my church. One of them, Jordan Cook, a wide receiver, had 3 guys on him and he caught a catch from the quarterback with 1 hand and made a touchdown. Another guy named Aleks(not from my church) caught a catch and ran around 67 yards and made a touchdown. One other guy named Jack made two interceptions and two touchdowns. I had a lot of fun with my dad.