things about me

I remember  when I was in the  Ukraine and I was waiting for my parents to come get me from the orphanage. On March 18 my mom came to Ukraine to do the papers so I can go home. On March 20th my mom finally came to the Ukraine orphanage and I was so happy to see her and my dad came along to. In the Ukraine they only let us in the red building and no where else. But in couple of weeks they aloud us to go the the Ukrainian apartment. I don't really remember but the apartment didn't look the same as the orphanage it wasn't different for the orphanage and the apartment. I also remember when I asked mom to buy me a phone but she didn't because I all ready had a phone. Then we went to a  grocery store and i wanted so many things because i don't usually go to stores because they didn't let us in the orphanage.  I felt like i was a free men and i could do what ever I wanted but still had to stay with someone. I really like walking with my mom in the orphanage because I don't like walking with my Ukrainian friends because they alway get me into more trouble then I usually get in. The next thing I remember is when we went to visit my orphanage for the last time and when we arrived there I didn't let anyone touch my parent but my mom said "Just let them meet us",  and I said "Da".  Then we taught  my dad how to play a Ukrainian glass game he thought that game was fun but i thought it was twice as fun and double the fun he had. The only part i like about this game is you get to hit some one as hard as you can and then you go and try to go put the glass back together.  That was the only thing that was fun to do in Ukraine and soccer.
We came back to our apartment and went to bed because we were so tried and we didn't want to do anything else. The next morning I was going to make dinner for mom and I told her all the stuff I need to make grilled potato and I didn't really did it the way I thought Snizzana did.

Life

Today In my first period we played a game, because we didn't know the words to a song called For Good form Wicked. It was all right but it kind of go boring. 
In my English class we had a journal entry and then we read Phineas Gage. Then she gave us a paper and she wanted as to draw what is going on in the story. In P.E  we played fag football and that was pretty fun. We also won them. In wood shop I finished my Co2 car and we are going to lunch them on Thursday. In science we got our new seating chart and I was pretty excited because I was annoyed by the person I was sitting sitting next to. In Daisies class we were working on our Columbus work sheet and I had a partner name Hannah Erickson. In math today we finally got our homework because Mrs. Mackay wanted to make sure we new it. I was glad that she toke her time to teach us.
I am grateful that I get that much fun from school.

Will I serve for a mission

Yes, I will serve a mission because I want to tell my kids when I grow up that missions are hard but it will be  the best experience ever. I would like to go to France because I would like to learn their language, see the sites and see how they learn about The Book Of Mormon. 
But I don't really know where I am going to be sent to because the prophet will tell me where I am going. 
My thoughts about it is that it will be hard but when someone asks me, "Did you go on a mission?" I will be able to say, "Yes." That will make me feel better and I would like to be like my friends that went on a mission.
Some day when I have a wife I want to go to a prison and teach them about The Book Of Mormon because I want  finish what I started. I have five years before I have to go on a mission and I am kind of nervous because what if I do not have enough money to go? But I think I will try my best to save all the money I make to go on my mission. The most important thing is that I still believe in God and I will pray every night because I want to keep the Spirit with me.

Relationship with my Urkaine brother.

My brother from Ukraine was the only one that came to visit me in the orphanages. I thought that was very nice of him. When he didn't come to visit because no one else did, I felt lonely.
My favorite thing about Ivan is that he is nice and he  cares about me. He also came and took me to his house to stay with him for a while. But then he has to take me back. Then I have to wait a couple of months for him to come visit me again because he has job and has to work. But I don't really care because I still get to see him. My relationship with my brother is very good. One time my brother was playing Stalker and he said "Would you like to play?" and I said, "Yes." We have a lot of stuff in common. I didn't have a lot of stuff to do in his house and I didn't have friends because I only visited for a couple of weeks. One day I went over to someones house to stay there so Ivan could go to work and I played with a boy because the person I went to had a son my age.
 My relationship with my brother now is not that good because he can't talk in English and I can't talk in Ukraine. I also do not understand any word he is saying.
I am grateful that I had someone looking over me. 

When I was scared the most.

I was very scared a couple of days ago because I fell off my short board and it hurt a lot. 
When I came home I went to the bathroom very quickly because blood was dripping everywhere. My mom (later told me jokingly) that she thought I ran in their there because I got kissed by someone but I wasn't didn't, I was just to too hurt. 
After my mom and I kind of  tried to clean my wounds I went and laid down on the green chair. My mom tried it to make it like a bed (recline the chair)  and that scared me because I just wasn't thinking about what mom was doing, I was thinking about how I fell and how scary the fall was. 
Then my aunt came and checked to see if I had rocks under my skin, but I didn't. She had to cut away the dead skin. Then my aunt said, "You need to go to the sink (and run water over your hand for 15-20 minutes) and try to go to get all the dirt out of your hand.”  The dirt didn't wouldn't come off so we had to try tried to use cotton balls and but that didn't work. After that Then we tried the q tips Q-Tips and that cleaned the wound that had all the dirt in it. worked.
After I got my wounds cleaned I went back on the chair.   In a couple of minutes my mom made me a grilled cheese sandwich. I thought it tasted very good.
I am grateful that I have a mom and an aunt to help me with my broken body.

* Be careful Alex, many of these corrections, we did together and you missed them in your final draft. (Some of the things I added today for clarification.) Remember not to repeat yourself so much (like the Q-Tip sentence) but over all this is a nicely written entry. And it was very scary, for me too!
I am so glad you only had road rash and didn't hit your head. I do hope you will wear your helmet next time you go down such a steep hill. ~Mom

A memory

I remember  when I was in the  Ukraine and I was waiting for my parents to come get me from the orphanage. On March 18 my mom came to Ukraine to do the papers so I can go home. On March 20th my mom finally came to the Ukraine orphanage and I was so happy to see her and my dad came along to. In the Ukraine they only let us in the red building and no where else. But in couple of weeks they aloud us to go the the Ukrainian apartment. I don't really remember but the apartment didn't look the same as the orphanage it wasn't different for the orphanage and the apartment. I also remember when I asked mom to buy me a phone but she didn't because I all ready had a phone. Then we went to a  grocery store and i wanted so many things because i don't usually go to stores because they didn't let us in the orphanage.  I felt like i was a free men and i could do what ever I wanted but still had to stay with someone. I really like walking with my mom in the orphanage because I don't like walking with my Ukrainian friends because they alway get me into more trouble then I usually get in. The next thing I remember is when we went to visit my orphanage for the last time and when we arrived there I didn't let anyone touch my parent but my mom said "Just let them meet us",  and I said "Da".  Then we taught  my dad how to play a Ukrainian glass game he thought that game was fun but i thought it was twice as fun and double the fun he had. The only part i like about this game is you get to hit some one as hard as you can and then you go and try to go put the glass back together.  That was the only thing that was fun to do in Ukraine and soccer.
We came back to our apartment and went to bed because we were so tried and we didn't want to do anything else. The next morning I was going to make dinner for mom and I told her all the stuff I need to make grilled potato and I didn't really did it the way I thought Snizzana did.

My favorite family trip.

We left on a Thursday and I was so excited. When we arrived at Puerto Plata we went to our awesome hotel and every one was nice. We got our room and got ready to go swimming.

We went down to the ocean to swim. The ocean was nice, it wasn't cold, it was perfect. When we were done swimming we went to lunch at the Casablanca Restaurant. It was pretty good but after we went to it all the time I started not liking it.

The next morning we went to this water aerobics class where you exercise in the pool. Then I went swimming after the lesson.

After swimming in the swimming pool we went and got boogie boards for the ocean.

I didn't understand how to use it so my dad told me a secret. He said, "Watch me and I said, "Ok". He showed me how to ride it. After he taught me I said, "Thanks".

Then we went and took a shower for dinner. We ate at the same place as lunch.

Here are some things I like about their restaurant.

1 their awesome pizza

2 fruit

3 bread

4 drinks

5 salads

6 deserts

7 omlets

Well that’s all I can think of.

The next morning my mom went to get reservations for a restaurant. My mom tried to get reservation to the Blue Lagoon Restaurant. But this mean lady said that there was no more reservations. So my mom got a different reservation. We thought we would try any way. The restaurant person said that they don't have room for us. We went to a different restaurant but the restaurant we went to didn't need reservations. My mom said that this was the wrong place but all of us liked it. After dinner we went to walk on the beach, after that we went to bed.

In the morning we went to get breakfast. That night there was a party that they do every Sunday. It was a dance party and a lot of people came from different hotels. We left the party when they were playing a bad song. We went walking on the beach again. Then we went to bed. The next morning we went swimming in the ocean and we had a race. When we were done dad gave me a high five. Then my scab from my long board fall, stared to bleed, so I went with my mom to get it bandaged.

The next morning we went to hike 27 Water Falls. When we arrived at our first water fall, we had to jump. The water falls were awesome; all of us liked it and wanted to go again. The next one was pretty high. After we went through some water falls we arrived at a pretty high one and it was scary but it was worth it. The next one was high and I didn't want to jump it. The rest of them were slides.

When we have a vacation again I say we should go there again.

The next morning we went home.