Joshua+M

Christmas Newsletter

Special Moment 2010

In late winter, Grandpa and I went to check for horns in the snow. Grandpa said, "Look over here Josh." In the snow was my first deer horn that we found. A few days later, we had our early Christmas party at my house. After supper, Uncle Jon and I spotted a huge 10-point buck! We were yelling at Grandpa to go get his bow and shoot it. Grandpa said, "No!"

In spring, McKenzie came over and we went fishing for walleyes. An hour went by and I was yelling to Mickey to get the net! McKenzie grabbed the net and in the net was the biggest walleye I've ever seen!

In fall, Kyle invited me to his house and we played Madden on the game cube. I was quarterback and Kyle was running back. I faked the ball and Kyle went 20 yards for a first down. I was being rushed so I'd better move quickly. I was almost out of bounds when I saw that Kyle was open. Therefore, I threw it and Kyle caught it for a touchdown.

The best thing I liked about these 3 moments is where I caught the 25-inch walleye with McKenzie.

Grandparent Interview

Q. When you were little like me what was your Christmas like? A. It was very exciting. We couldn't wait for Santa to come.

Q. Did you have turkey on Christmas? A. We had turkey every Christmas.

Q. What did you get for Christmas? A. I got hockey skates and a B-B gun.

Q. Did you get to smell anything? A. I could smell the fresh bread and pies.

Q. What kind of Christmas lights lit up? A. We had big Christmas bulbs and some looked like candles.

Q. What music did you listen to if any? A. My favorite music was old time Christmas songs.

Q. When you grew up what did you see every Christmas morning? A. I would see snow.

Q. How tall was your tree if you had one? A. The tree was 8' tall.

Q. How many presents could you touch? A. I could touch all of them.

Q. Were you always happy with your toys that you got? A. I was always happy with my toys.

Christmas Acrostic

C = Christmas Can Change Children H = Holidays Have Happy Hearts R = Ron Races Rand's Reindeer I = Iced Icicles In Iceland S = Santa Steals Some Sugar T = Trim The Tall Tree M = Men Make Merry Music A = Angels Appear All Around S = Saints Sing Soft Sounds

EDITED BY: Ben Ashbeck, Sophia Karris, and Hannah Bulin