Communitas Retreat

This weekend was the communitas retreat! It was alot of fun to retreat from the city and spend time together in nature. We stayed in the most amazing house ever and it was probably the biggest house I have ever seen. (I'm NOT kidding)

Apperantly some guy lived there in the 80s and he worked for the CIA, but was traficing guns, and had a secret room in the bacment with a safe that he kept the money in. The FBI busted him (and the safe) and him and his family were arested. The person who worked there showed me and liv the safe thingy and it was still blewn open from when the FBI blew it up like twenty years ago!

That was cool, and we also did alot of puzzles, and singing, and games that weekend. My highlight of the weekend was that, because the retreat center is cristian they have a episcopal convent in which episcopal nuns live. Anyway we got to go to have tea with them (me, liv, and our friends reluca, allison, and julie) and it was really fun to talk with them, and we also got to play with the goats that they raise!

NIEL AND VAL ON MUSIC <3

YUMMY LUNCH!!!

OUR SIGN!!!

THE CONVENT/MOUNTAIN/PRETTY TREES

It was the best birthday party ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had so much fun, and thanks to everyone who came.

Saterday my sisters school had a october fair thingy (thanks to my mom and all of her hard work) and I got to work the bounce-house!!!! Little kids yelling in your face, and falling out of the bounce thingy, good times, good times. Later when someone came to take my job my freind (maddy) came and we played at the fair until it was over, then we went home for a little and that night we had a cosmic bowling party!!!!!!!!!! That was SO much fun (happy bday lily! p.s. hers is oct. 5th which is the day before mine!)

That night my fiend Isabel slept over and that next morning she cam eot church with us, which was cool and alot of fun. Later that day was another bday party! Anabel and nathalie's rooftop party (thier twins) ROCKED. It was alot of fun, and sorry to embares you nat but it was kind of windy on the rooftop, and we were eating pizza, and a HUGE gust of wind came and a piece of pizza hit nathalie's face!!! It was soo funny.

Becides that awesome weekend this week has been normal, and this weekend I am going on a retreat upstate with my church!!! Alot of fun, games, and realxation.

Friday:

Yesterday was the best day anyone could ever ask for and I had sooo much fun. Today I have the day off and Tonight is my bday party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday:

ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!! So excited.

Yesterday at track we had to run all the

way around the school four times!!! That was a mile!!!!

I felt so good (and tired) after! :)

Wednesday:

Today I am bringing in treats for my birthday! I also have my first track meet after school. Happy bday to lily and rae!!!! Mine is tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday:

Cant wait for another weekend!!!!! I am already tired of getting up early.... what am I going to do this year!

Hello everyone. Again I am sorry that I have not been blogging but I have been really busy, and I will really try to do it more offen! I have started school, and I really like it. I have a coo-coo science teacher, a an awesome Spanish teacher (I'm learning a lot) and amazing friends that I love very much ;). I have joined the First Ever Brooklyn Prospect Track Team! It hasn't started yet but it will next Wednesday and I'm really excited! Along with track I will be joining newpaper (photoagrapher), drama, and photoagraphy! For those of you that don't know we have to wear uniforms as you can see me wearing in the picture. I think that they are just OK and I HOPE that that they don't keep them for the next couple years I am here. Today is thurday and I am in my bed at 9:30 not in school because... I HAVE A FOUR DAY WEEKEND!!!! I also have one next weekend. This week I have thursday and friday off, and next week I have thursday (MY B-DAY!!! i dont have it off but still exciting!) friday off, and monday off, and tuesday school starts at 10:00! Call THAT not exciting.

Hello!

Hello everyone! I'm sorry i haven't blogged in a while but I will have to get back to doing so! My vacation in MI was the best summer ANYONE could EVER have!
The moment we got there we went to my cousin's (Tyler (8) and Courtney(5)) birthday party! We had a huge storm while we were there but it was fun! My and my 12 yr old cousin Andrew played outside in it! We were in our baithing suits and played in it until it started hailing...
Next we went to a wedding up north and the hotel we stayed at had a HUGE water-park inside of the hot

el! That was a lot of

fun, especially when we were the only people in t

here, with out a lifeguard telling us what to do.
After that we came back to my grandpa's house and it was the fourth of July! Everyone was there, mom, dad, grandpa Kelly, G&G Carlson, rose, Andrew, DJ, aunt Tressa, Joe, Steve, and uncle Steve, Tennessee people ( Aren, Trevor, Hailey and Tracy) Brooke, Emily, uncle john, aunt Debbie, and don't forget, Liv and me. We had lots of fun swimming, doing sparklers, and us kids loved sitting together half way down the driveway watching fireworks.
The next day everyone left except for us, the Tennessee people, and Brooke and Emily. Me, Brooke, aren, Trevor, Hailey and Tracy

decided to go to the mall. It took a while to get there, and aren and Trevor argued the whole time over what song to play and who got shotgun on the way bac

k (I ended up having it :) )
Next, the Tennesee people left and so did brooke and emily, and me and liv went to go sleepover at alyssa and nikki's. We had a total of 4 or 5 sleepovers with them this s

ummer, and we had lots of fun jumping on their trampoline, and riding out bikes up to tavoli's and sunrise.
We sleptover at aunt Kt's a lot to and she also took us to lexington, A&W,a mexican resterant, and school/ clothes shopping! Thanks again aunt kt!
Me, mom, and liv also went up north to aunt Janet's

cabin with aunt kt and izzy. We went in the river and it was a lot of fun, izzy loved it!
On one of our last days we slept over at aunt kt's then got up and mom took us out to clarkston, and i went to landri's to play and li

v and mom went to the gerdamans. That night we had out last sleepover with alyssa and nikki :'(
On our last day in MI i took a babysitting class and that night, mom, aunt kt, izzy, liv, grandpa, G&G carlson, uncle john and kelly and I all went out together to dinner

at lucky's steakhouse! It was a lot of fun and I was just so thankful for the awesome summer i had.

Please leave a comment of any summer memory that you have of being with me, and any memory that meants a lot to you. Love all of you!
Sincerly,

Alli

SRY!

sorry I haven't posted in a while but... GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!! I am leaving to michagan tomorrow morning! I am going to be there for five weeks!!!! Today was my last day of school, and it was AWESOME. When I got to school, I got to play outside in the schoolyard for like 2 hours, then we went inside the auditorium for an award ceremony. Next we went upstairs for presentations! I had one for each class! It took a while but when we were done we got to go outside in the schoolyard again for a PIZZA PARTY!!!!! Everyone and thier familys were there and we played for hours. Me and my friend crockett ran through the sprinkler, then everyone started putting ice dwon each other backs! It was a blast, but I am soo sad that I am going to miss all of them!!! :'(

Easter!

Today was easter, as you all know, and I had a very good one this year. I woke up at 5:20 in the morning, to take a shower (not my idea of vacation) because we have a sunrise service in central park. It's really fun because we get to do the church service on a bunch of rocks, right beside the lake in central park. I woke up and we looked for our eggs, and then our baskets. In my basket I got, a king size Hershey's bar, a three musketeers bar, starburst, a pinwheel (that liv was very excited about) some peeps, and a solid milk chocolate cross. By the way, it came in a bucket for the beach, and it was full to the bottom with jolly ranchers.

TOP THAT EASTER PEOPLE!!!

:D

Maddy

I met Maddy on like the second day of school, because she was in my advisory and we have been buddy's sense. Yesterday she called and asked if me and olivia (my little sister) wanted to go bowling with her family and her. We went and had soooooo much fun! It was really fun, and her dad also took us out to eat at the fifth avenue diner. We got to walk her neighbors dog, inspector luis. That was fun to because when we were walking down garfield we passed the garden type thing that was just covered in snails! Maddy was scared to put one on her hand so i did it so many times and she eventually put one on her hand for a couple minutes, the she said, "ok, get if off now." I named mine George, and she named hers Bob. Our little sisters had fun too because they are close to the same age.

Talent Show

Tomorrow is the talent show and instead of doing my dance (which me and Rosie worked over 10 hours on) i am going to be the curtain person for the show! It's really fun backstage with Selena and all the acts coming and going back there, but it takes a lot of effort to continually open and close the curtains, and it hurts your hands! Anyway i hope that the show will go well and everyone will have fun with it.

Movie review: Soul Surfer

Saturday i went to see a movie called Soul Surfer and it was by far one of the best movies i have ever seen. It was about a girl named Bethany Hamilton who was a Surfer for all of her life until the incident. She was surfing in the water when a shark attacked her and bit off her left arm. she did not give up her dream, and wanted to keep surfing. She trained and trained for the regionals and her dad made her a special board with a handle. GO TO THE MOVIES NOW AND SEE IT

Saterday fun!

Saturday was really fun because when I woke up, i read my AWESOME book for a while. (BTW the book is the hunger games and i am addicted to it.) Then i got a phone call from my friend Nathalie (and twin sister Anabel) wondering if i wanted to hang out that day. I ended up going to her house for the day, and later our other friend Rosie met up with us at her house. We played gymnastics for a while on their roof deck, because Anabel takes gymnastics so she had a mat. Then we decided to go to a soda shop about a block from their house. It's called farmacy and it's a really awesome place. We got a couple sundaes and when we got back it was time for my mom to pick me up because we were going to go see a movie. (Soul Surfer) In the end we ended up all going to go see Soul Surfer, and we all loved it so much we couldn't stop talking. That was a really fun Saturday, and i think my friends will agree.

Date with daddy :)

Last night i got to go on a date with my dad. We went to eat one of my favorite foods... thai! We went into the city and went to a thai place called lantern. It was REALLY good! After we walked a little bit because he wanted to get a new mets hat. (yes we are METS fans) We passed a dunkn donuts/ basken robins, and he got me ice cream :) talk about all my favorite foods! yumm

Talent show

On April 15 at brooklyn prospect there will be a TALENT SHOW!!! I am so excited to see all the different acts, and to do my own too! I am doing a dance with Rosie to a song be Justin Timberlake, and it's really turning out awesome! :) Can't wait until April 15th! (which is also the renaissance fair, in which all of the sixth graders have to do a presentation!)

I miss her...

The past October, my grandma lost the battle of cancer, and it was really weird because the only time i cried was at the funeral. I must have cried all my tears some how... the past few days i have been really missing her, and the sad songs don't help. (i have then here on the post) I try to tell myself that it's not a sad thing because she is in a better place now, but some how the tears find their way to flow down my cheeks. Some times i picture her with me, and what it was like when i use to call her, and see how she was feeling. I find myself staring out the window, remembering her laugh, her smile, and trying to picture all of our great moment together. Some times i totally forget, and say to my self, "hey i should call grandma sometime, i haven't talked to her in a while i wonder how she is doing." But then, i remember. She is not there to pick up the phone. It's seems imposable sometimes to be that she really is gone. I try to talk to people sometimes, but the words that want to say, just never come out. It seems to be these songs that i turn to help me, and to get me through the day. I hope they will help you to.

(sorry i can only get one song on here right now, and i had to make it into a movie, but i hope you like this one and i will try to get the other ones on the blog asap, but if you want them quicker just send me an email, and it will be easier that way for me to send them out.)

Drama... when will it end?

Today at school was probably one of the worst days of drama yet. People were crying, people were crowding and asking questions. It was pretty bad. Then, people started to make you take sides! How are you supposed to take sides if both people are your really good friends! maybe tomorrow. Hopefully much better.

Me... Alli

Hey! This is me... Alli. I know it says that it's char (my mom) but this blog is mine. In my blog i will be writing about my life, my struggles, my fun, and my friends and family. First of all, i want to introduce myself. Well, of corse, my name is alli. i live in Brooklyn New York! I grew up in Michigan, and moved here a little over a year ago. I go to Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and have WONDERFUL friends, family, and life! Thats enough for now, going to bed. School in the morning... :( Signing out. good night troops.

P.S. This picture is of Live, me, marlo, molly, and jamie. (in order)

so proud

A few months ago, I expressed some concerns regarding the academic performance of our sweet middle schooler. I discussed it with several close friends and family members. Although she was loving every single day of school and being an all around amazing person, her grades were.....not so good. And, we knew she had potential to do better.

So, I only feel it is right and fair to report that she has successfully achieved her goals of improving those grades!!!! YAY ALLI!

Can I even begin to communicate how proud I am of her? No. It would just be annoying. I really am a bragging mom. I mean, I could go on and on about how loving and caring and nurturing and helpful she is. I could mention how hard she works, how independent she is, and how respectful she is of authority. I could mention the great choices she is making and the wonderful character of the friends she is choosing to spend time with. I could even gush about what an incredibly loving big sister she is. But, like I said that would be so annoying!

Let me just say that I am SO PROUD.