barnbums

Sophie Ailes

8A 1

Mrs. Roskamp

2015 Feb. 19

It was a hot summer day. Ellie, Josie, and Sammie were all drenched in sweat, working hard in their yard, while Cadie was just sitting inside the nice cool house drinking lemonade. Before Josie had gone outside she set her shiny Apple Cell Phone on the kitchen counter because she didn’t want it to get dirty.

Ellie, Josie, and Sammie were all rather mad at Cadie for not helping with the yard work.  But at the same time Cadie was mad at the other girls because she had told them that she had a headache, and they were still mad at her for not coming out. Cadie was watching TV inside when she suddenly got the urge to go to the bathroom. She walked past the kitchen where Josie’s Apple Cell Phone was, to the bathroom.

While she was in the bathroom Sammie came inside to get some water. While she was inside she noticed a perfectly good apple on the counter, so she decided to eat it, noticing that it was particularly shiny. She also got a drink and went back outside. After about ten minutes Ellie came inside to get a bit of food. She took a few bites of food and proceeded to go back outside.

Fifteen minutes later Cadie returned from the bathroom. She noticed that there was an unfamiliar phone on the counter, but she didn’t worry about it because she figured it was just Ellie or Sammie’s phone. Cadie decided to take a nap. Josie came inside. Cadie woke up from her nap with a start. “Ahhhhhh!” shouted Josie. Everyone came inside, thinking that someone had died or something. Running inside like a stampede of elephants, they came to a halt right in front of Josie. “My Apple Cell Phone is gone!”. They all looked at her, relieved that no one had died or gotten injured.

“Could you have set it somewhere in the house?” asked Ellie, in a calm, assertive voice.

“ I set it right here on the counter!” Josie cried. She looked frantically all around the counter, on the floor, and even in the stinky trash.

“Wait, isn’t Josie too young to have a phone, at five years old?” queried Sammie.

“Grandma Cadie, Josie told us that she is missing her Apple Cell Phone.  Do you know if she has a cell phone?” asked Ellie. Cadie ambled to her feet, and slowly walked over to the group of perplexed girls.

“Oh my darlings! Would she tell you so if she didn’t have one?!? Of course she does. It is her toy, she plays with it all the time. Haven’t you guys seen her playing with it before, being cousins and all?” The girls shrugged.

Then Sammie said “I don’t think I have ever seen her playing with a cell phone before, all i’ve seen is her playing with an apple.. That I just assumed she would eat.”

“Don’t you get it dearies? The apple you are talking about is her Apple cell phone, because her parents don’t have enough money to buy her a good toy, she usually plays with food, and pretends its something she has always wanted. Don’t you understand? This time she was actually being really creative making an apple, an Apple Cell Phone.” Exclaimed Cadie.

“Oh man…. Was that apple on the kitchen counter?  Was it a shiny, green, apple? I think I might feel sick. Grandma I think I might have eaten her apple!” cried Sammie.

Cadie let out a gasp “Yes it was on the kitchen counter. Did you eat Josie’s apple cell phone?

“Oh Josie, I’m so sorry. I will give you one of my stuffed animal dogs, in fact you can even have three of them. I have about a billion, and I barely use them anymore.” said Sammie. “Wait one second! Who’s phone was on the counter. I didn’t recognize it.”

Cadie exclaimed “WHERE’S MY PHONE?!?!?!?”

-Sophie Ailes

My life has been like a series of Sand dunes, I have had my up and my downs.

When my Dad broke his leg on Thanksgiving two years ago, it was a really hard uphill climb for my family. Dad was in the hospital for weeks on end. He had to get a rod put in his leg, then he got an infection so he had to take that rod out and get a different temporary rod in for the infection. After about 6 medical procedures he finally got the permanent rod in. This was really hard for my family because we were not together at all during his time in the hospital. My mom was usually in the hospital with my dad so my grandma was taking care of us and we only got to visit him a few times. Even after he got home he stayed on the couch for weeks, and he couldn’t go to work. It was just hard for my family.

Even though my dad broke his leg, my family has actually gotten closer together. It has been a pleasant down hill walk. When my Dad was on the couch, we all spent a lot of time in the living room with him. We were spending more time together and playing games. We had lots of pleasant nights together. I believe we grew closer through that experience.

Sand dunes often have dune grass, my faith is similar to dune grass. I started off with very little knowledge of my faith and small roots, but as I get older my roots get stronger. As I get older, I feel as though my faith is getting a lot stronger and stronger. I have had a lot of great roll models throughout my life that have helped mold me into Christ’s image. School and church have also helped to mold me. I am so privileged to live in a free country where I’m allowed to worship and learn about God.

Lately my life has been a smooth lake. I have had a great time in school, and I have some awesome friends. We have a great time together. It has been a really smooth swim lately. Sports are fun and for the most part I love my team. Everything has just been going really well lately. 

Yesterday afternoon I had a great time bowling with my friends! After we had finished eating lunch yesterday we went to Hudsonville Bowling Alley, to play a few games.  I really loved bowling, and what was really great about it is that most of us got to bowl with our friends. The first game we tried to do our best (I figured out that i’m definitely not a natural bowler), I think my high score was 47… But the second game was something else.  We had decided that we were jut going to guffy off, and boy did we come up with some guffy ways to though a bowling ball. My all time favorite throw was when most of our grade came and made a huge tunnel, then we threw the ball from under the tunnel. I had a great time, hope we can do it again sometime! 🙂

Theme Writing

Psalms 19:1-4 The heavens declare the glory of God;

the skies proclaim the works of his hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech;

night after night they revel knowledge.

There is no speech, they use no words;

no sound is heard from them.

Yet there voice goes out to all the earth,

there works to the end of the world.

In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.

At the end of my 7^th grade year, my whole class went to camp roger to pick out our theme for the whole school. While we where at camp we did some really fun stuff like zip lining and going on a high ropes course. And we also did some serious stuff to help us pick out a good verse, and be good leaders. Camp Roger was amazing, and almost everyone had a great time. Most importantly we worked on being good leaders. I feel as though our grade got a lot out of that trip. As an 8^th grader this year I am going to try to use our theme, “Shout Silently” in school and in the world around me.

I believe that as 8^th graders and leaders of our school we should be good roll models for the younger grades. There are so many ways that I can be a good leader and be a servant. Here are a couple of thing that I can do. The first task I came up with was picking up trash around the school. This could help the school to stay cleaner and help the janitors and teachers to have less work. The second idea I came up with was making sure to include everyone no matter what, so no one is left out. The third way I came up with was to say “Hi” to the younger grades, so they’re not too scared of us. And the last thing I came up with was to help someone with something that they are struggling with. All these thing could improve our school and carry out our theme.

I feel like it is our duty as Christians to be good models. Here are a few of the ideas that I came up with so I can be a better Christian and use our theme, “Shout Silently”. The first idea I came up with was to offer to clean up the kitchen without being asked. The second idea I came up with was to clean up random things around my house so my mom has less things to do. The third thing I came up with was to give a compliment to someone that I don’t always get along with. And the last thing I came up with was to help someone ride at my neighbor’s barn without complaining. These are only a few of the ways that I can live out our theme and be a good roll model.

As an 8^th grader this year I am going to try to use our theme, “Shout Silently” in school and in the world around me. My ideas are just little things that I can do. I would love to be a better Christian and a better roll model. I’m going to try to do all the things on this paper throughout this year, and promote our awesome theme.