My 9th B-day

Sorry that I haven't written on my blog for so long but a lot has happened in the past couple months but anyway Happy 2014 from the Lundgrens.

In December, I turned 9 and it was fun! Again, I had a BMX party but this time I went to a giant, fun, and pretty nice track off the freeway. I rode my new BMX bike there. When we got there we set up (boring) then I got to test out the track (awesome).Then my friends started to come. I invited about 20 to 40 people and basically everyone came.  We started to ride ... BIG TIME!!  We did epic jumps at epic speeds but some unfortunate people did epic crashes. Ouch.  

Anyway, after riding and crashing, it was time for...PRESENTS yay. I got 6 Lego sets, clothes, Rainbow Loom bands, money and soda. 

I liked my party and i'm sure my friends did to. Well I guess I am older now so No calling me 8 year old under any circumstances. 

Bye for now,

Sam 

Here are some photos about the party

Starting...

Going...

Climbing...

 Crashing!

Who. Will. Win?

 Dad. ) :

Instead of getting trophies, everybody got trophy cupcakes!

All about 3rd grade

Well now that i'm in 3rd grade, i am learning more and more (like typing).  I have 2 teachers, Mrs. Dudnick and Mrs. Jung.  But now that Mrs. Dudnick is having a baby, I have Mr. V (short for Villanueva, or Vanilla Wafer, as us 3rd graders sometimes like to call him).  We're learning lots of math, science, social studies (which is about the early people of OC).

This is a book I got at THE biggest history lesson in the country at the Angels' Stadium.  And I have to admit it's actually told me stuff I've never learned.  My mom, too.

This is me on the first day of school.  If you notice the arm hanging down by the back of my head, it's not a gorilla...it's my dad.  He's hairy (no offense Dad, if you're reading this).

Well, math this year is simple because last year I was in Challenge Math, which taught me everything in math that I am learning this year.  It is a LOT of boringness when it comes to math.

In reading, I am reading Lord of the Rings, which is pretty thick...about um, I don't know how many inches because I didn't pay attention in math.  No, just kidding, it's about 1 to 4 inches or so.  Anyway, it's pretty long and exciting.  I've gotten much more than halfway through the book and I can't wait to finish (probably because I want to see the movies so bad).  My favorite characters are Elrond, Aragorn, and Frodo.  And Sam.  Wise Gamgee.  I'm named after him.

Well that's about it in school.  Except that at recess, I play Chinese handball.  And I hit so many balls over the fence that they had to pay $500 to get more handballs.  No not really but kind of.

Cliff Kid Contest

This summer, I was in a contest for the Clif Bar brand for inventing a game you can play in your backyard with things you could find in your house.  I was chosen as a finalist to go to San Diego for the weekend.  This is a summary of what happened.

This is me getting on the plane in Flagstaff to fly to Phoenix and then after Phoenix, to San Diego.

This is me with my really tall driver of my mini-limo.  His license plate said "RD CRPT" and he said it was for VIP only.  He said I would be the winner.  

The morning of the competition, I got my picture taken in front of the sign for my game.  I felt excited and confident.

Tony Hawk, one of the judges, introduced all of the finalist and their games to the crowd.

I got interviewed for the news and newspapers.

This is my game!  It was called "Monkeys Go Bananas."  You can see me in the background trying to explain the rules to one of the teams (I'm the little guy in the background wearing red shorts and a beige shirt).

This is me with Tony Hawk and my ginormous check of $1,000!  The first thing I asked was, "Wait!  How's this going to fit in my wallet?"

We got to stay at a very fancy hotel where I almost got lost in my fluffy pillows.

We did some fun things besides the Backyard Games.  We rented a taxi to go with La Jolla Cove for the afternoon with some of the other finalists.  We also rode a roller coaster at the beach, swam in the ocean (my hand almost got eaten by a sea lion!), and best of all...

JET SKIING!!!

This is me on our final flight back to Flagstaff.  All in all, it was a great trip!