Saturday morning with the Start kids

Saturday was an amazing day. We had the Start kids over because their parents needed a babysitter. Mom and Dad had lots of fun things planned. First Dad took us to Rolling pin. I got a maple bar donut. Next we went to the church and played basketball. It was Dad and I against Carson and Big Calvin. We won altho, dad scored most of the points. I only scored 4, dad scored the rest. The score was 20 to 9. Lastly we came home, picked up mama, and headed to the sandhill. On the way there we played fun games and told stories. Climbing the sandhill wasn't my favorite part but I had fun. My favorite part was going down it. On the way home we told jokes and stories. It was a fun morning.

The sand hill was a BIG hit. For some reason Calvin Start's eyes were closed in every picture though! 

Fathers day

A few days ago was fathers day! It was a great day. My present to dad was a coupon book and a letter about the things I love about him. We went to church that day. In sacerment we got to listen to some good speakers who spoke about fathers. We also had dinner at Boppi and Grandpa Al's house. We had try tip, baked potatoes, ramen salad(the only kind I like), and for dessert, apple and banana cream pie. It was so good. We also picked raspberries from Grandpa Al's garden and jumped his trampoline.

Here are the pictures of the things I gave daddy.

Some of the coupons I gave daddy were a 10 min. foot massage, a 10 min. head massage, a breakfast made by Madilyn, folding his clothes for a day, and to not fight with my siblings for a whole day!

Some of the things I love about my dad

Disneyland

My piano teacher gave me a song called cannon in d. When my dad noticed I was playing his favorite song he told me he would take me to Disneyland if I mastered it. I worked super hard on it and finally one day I mastered it. We planned out when we were going to go and he told me the only day he had available was Tuesday. I was a little sad because that was my first activity days I would have since the ward boundary changes. We were going to have a pool party. But we were going to have a much funner time at Disneyland. On Monday night daddy said he was going to take me to a hotel so we could get to Disneyland early. That night we left for the hotel. We had a great drive there. I read my book most of the time. When we got to the hotel we unpacked our stuff and got to bed quickly so we could get up early in the morning.

The next morning we got up at 5:50 and quickly hurried downstairs for breakfast. Then after we ate our breakfast we went back to our room to pack up for Disneyland.

We drove to Disneyland quickly and got a great parking spot. We were going to try out California Adventure first then around 11am we would go to Disneyland witch was just across the street. When we finally got into CA Adventure my I was amazed. They had great rides.

They first ride we went on was Soarin' California. 

It was so fun. You would sit in seats and soar over cool places in CA. You would see a big screen and it would seem like you are really soaring over CA but you are really not.
We liked this cool waterfall on our way to the roller coasters.

Then we went on Screamin'. It was so fun and scary at the same time. I really was Screaming on Screamin'.

We went on it twice. Then we went back to Soarin' CA with our fast passes. We got on the ride fast. It was so fun. Then we decided to go on the swings. It was so fun that we went on it 3 times until dad said on the third time it was our last. then we went to the Art Animation so we could learn how to draw Disney characters. We drew the cat from Alice in wonderland.

Next we got some treats from the bakery Jolly Holiday.They had delicious foods there. 

We got a raspberry macaroon and a Matterhorn macaroon. I liked the raspberry one better. But they were both delicious.

                                                    

                                                   

Then we went on the swings 3 times.

No hands!!!

 Thunder mountain. It was super fun. I loved the twists and turns. After that we got some food. I got a corn dog with some Doritos. I was sad because my corn dog was almost gone.

Then the next ride we went on was splash mountain. I had a bit of a stomach ache from the corn dog but I was fine.

                                                       We did 3 times the whole day!

                                                                       Silly faces!        

Hands up high!

     

After that we used our fast pass to go on the Thunder mountain. What a great ride.

After that we got a fast pass for Indiana Jones and went back to CA Adventure. We were going to get a fast pass for racers but the we released we already had one so we went on racers. It was awesome!

Next we went on the swings 2 more times.

We also went to the art animation again and drew captain hook from Peter Pan. It was so fun. Then we went back to Disneyland for dinner. We had french fries, Chicken nuggets, Apple sauce, a hamburger, and some drinks. It was delicious.

Then we went to find a spot for the fireworks.

When the fireworks were supposed to start a announcement came on saying the fireworks were canceled because there was too much wind in the sky for fireworks so we used our fast passes to go on Indiana Jones. I didn't like it that much because it was too jerky. I'm not a big fan of Jerky rides. I like smooth ones. Then we went to check out Space mountain. It was a 2 hour wait and we only had 45 min. until Disneyland closed. So we went to Thunder mountain. It was shut down. Finally we went to Splash mountain and it was a 55 min wait. By the time we got to Splash mountain our feet felt like heavy borders and we decided to leave for home. So we got on the tram to leave.

When we got into the car we felt so much better and very tired. I fell asleep in the car. We had a great day.

All about me at age 9

Hi, my name is Madilyn Kaye Jenkins and I love to read, write, do math, and explore science. I am a good friend to everyone and am helpful to my family. This year I am turning nine and am going onto 4th grade. I am going to tell you some of my favorite things and some of my least favorite things. I will also tell you some of my worst fears.

 Favorite things to do
-go on family trips  
-go to gram and papas house
-go to the sand hill
-go on family bike rides
-play at the park
-play with my siblings
-paint pictures with Elle
-have playdates with my friends
-go to church
-swing on the swing in my backyard
-learn at school
-play four square and one touch
-play basketball

 Least favorite things
-do Saturday jobs
-go to bed
-fight with siblings
-be rushed before school


Some of my worst fears
-thinking of being stuck in the middle of the ocean with sharks circling me, about to eat me
-having night terrors and not being able to wake up from my bad dream
-thinking of people breaking into my house and kidnapping me and taking me away from my family
-people scratching there fingers against a chalkboard.


All about me
My favorite animal is a lamb
My favorite food is lasagna
My favorite color is green
My hobby is learning
My best friends are my siblings
My favorite place is the temple
My favorite sport is basketball
My favorite movie the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
My favorite books are Series of unfortunate events books

My great experience with frogs and tadpoles

 A few weeks ago our family took a trip to the barranca. We had a great time. First we hiked down a steep hill. Then we went through a dark tunnel. It was super fun echoing in the tunnel. Then once we went through the tunnel we found a small creek with little things moving inside. They were tadpoles. We got our net and started scooping inside the water. On dads first try we got a baby tadpole. We dumped them in our clean bucket. He loved it so much. I bet he was glad to get out of that trashy water. There was so much trash in there. There was cans, plastic bags, leftover food, ew, it was discussing. We got more and more tadpoles until we got over 13 of them. Then we decided to go. It was getting late and we were planing to go over to say goodbye to some of our friends who were
leaving for Colorado in a couple of days.

Once we came home at about 6pm we made a big home for the tadpoles. We also noticed that we caught a frog. It was super exiting. Every day we checked on the tadpoles. Then our work started getting hard. The frog kept trying to jump out of the bucket. One day Grandpa Al came by to see James. We told him about our frog. He came out to see and our frog was gone. It was so sad. One day on one of my half days I came outside and saw a dark green frog swimming around in the water, we finally had another frog. But a second later I saw a light green frog on the other side of the home we made climbing up the side. I thought to myself. I didn't think frogs could be so fast. But then I remembered that one was light green and the other was dark green. I thought they could change colors. Then the dark green frog started climbing a side. Thats when I started to get it. The frogs I was seeing were 2 separate frogs. We had 2 new frogs. It was good and bad. I was afraid they would try to jump out. Now I was feeling like somebody would have to babysit the frogs at all times. What if mom had to run a erred with James and dad was at work and Elle, Calvin, and I were at school. Who would watch over the frogs? When Elle and I came in and finished our dinner we went outside to check on our frogs. They were gone. We were so sad. But I was also almost relived to have the sneaky frogs go away because Elle and I thought we were giving the clever frogs too much attention and didn't pay much attention to the cute tadpoles. We also have been spraying our backyard more just incase our frogs were jumping around our backyard. Then a few days later we came outside and saw our 2 more frogs with little tails. We were so exited if their tails aren't off yet they can't jump out. We have had a marvelous experience with frogs and tadpoles.