Pulling down the tree

On Monday the 18th of Janurary 2016, my grandad came out to our house to help on the farm with dad, grandad was cutting up firewood for us ready for the winter.

My grandad comes out every week at least once to help on the farm as he loves farming and the farm we live on at the moment my grandad and nana use to live on the farm and in our house. When we were cutting up the wood at the back of the farm dad got the tractor and ripped the tree out of the ground with the tractor, grandad said it was over 100 years old.

We took the tree out because the tree was in the way of the paddock and it was getting annoying so we decided to pull it out with the tractor. The tree made lots of noise as it ripped out of the ground leaving a big hole. Then after dad had ripped the tree out grandad cut the tree up into firewood and put it on the trailer ready to bring back to the house.

My mum and I helped grandad load up the tractor but it started to rain and we had to finish 1quater of the way through so next time he comes out he is going to finish the tree. So we headed home and we unloaded the tractor. Look down below of the photo when the tree was ripped out. Do you cut your firewood up? Do you have a fire? Do you live on a farm? Let me know I the comments below.

It was so lucky

Have you ever been lucky in your life? I did today the 12th of Janurary my family my mum (Vicki), my sister (Madaline, and myself (Jorja) were travelling home from New Plymouth because we went up there to do some shopping and.......

We turned round the corner and were 2metres away from a logging truck and mum slammed on the brakes and we fell forward, mum pulled on the brakes because the logging trucks back trailer had smashed around and dug into the ground plummeting all the logs over 500kg all over the road.

Mum said a couple more split seconds and we could of been gone. Parts of the trailer dug into the ground leaving dents in the road. The driver was so shocked and so was I. Mum backed up just in case we rolled down the hill as it was steep. Since it happened on the hill the logs rolled down onto the grass leaving space to zigzag through the logs so people could carry on their trip. 

I took some photos down below, the photo of our blue family car does not seem as close as mum backed up but it would have only taken halve a second said mum, we were so lucky. The truck driver came over and apologised and said the only way it could have happened is because I was going to fast he explained. Have you ever been so lucky? Do you drive a truck? If you do be careful because anything could happen even if you don't expect it.

New Plymouth

On the 6th of Janurary my nana, myself (Jorja) and my sister (Madaline) went up to New Plymouth we we went to the swimming pools and done some shopping as most nanas do!!

Madaline and I (Jorja) went in the indoor pool at New Plymouth we got there and got dressed in the changing rooms then jumped straight in the pool we had been in the water for an hour and then the waves came on, the waves are so fun!! Madaline and I hopped on a bogie board and played around after we had went swimming we went to get a ice cream as they has a cafe there Madaline and I both got goodie-goodie-gum-drops. As we left there were lots of cars coming in and the pools were getting packed. We were glad to leave as it would have been crowded.

Also on Wednesday we went for lunch at sun world, sun world is a Chinese restaurant and you can pick what ever you want. Aswell we went out to the valley and we went to rebel sports hoping to find a peak hat for our tennis torduments. Myself and Madaline my sister play for a club called Okaiawa, we have been with them for about 3years now.

Also to finish off we went to centre city. We went to farmers and tried to find my sister Madaline a birthday present as her birthday is coming up in Feburary. After we had finished our day in New Plymouth we headed home as it was getting late. Have you been to New Plymouth? Have you been to the swimming pools? Let me know in the comments below!!

Hawera grass Courts Tennis Tournament

Here is a picture of my certifacates up above.

On Sunday the 27th of December 2015 myself {Jorja} along with my sister Madaline played in a tennis tournament in Hawera. The tournament was for all ages from 10 years which is my age and to 16 years of age. One boy who was there and he was 16 years old in the best in New-Zealand for the 16 year old's . Myself {Jorja} and Madaline my sister have been playing tennis for the club Okaiawa for 3 years now, you may have even seen my post about the Okaiawa parade which we came second in the placing but if you haven't here is a link to the post.
http://jorjasauroa.blogspot.co.nz/2015/12/the-okaiawa.html

My first girl I faced was a great tennis player and came to the tournament because she wanted rankings from the game for the asb classics in Auckland. She was great!! We played one set up to nine and she beat me 9-0 she won. Also they came all the way from Wellington to come to this day so she was really serious about it. Well as me I drove 15 minutes from our house. Hawera is located in south Taranaki, New Zealand. 

I played five games including a game of doubles that I played with my sister (Madaline) we lost 9-7. I got runner up in the ten year old girls. But also...... I had 4 games in the 12 year olds and I'm only ten I got moved up into the 12 year olds as there were only two ten year old girls. 

I also got a lot of stuff I for winning the plate for the twelve year olds and getting runner up in the ten year olds. I got adidas pants, $10 and soap also the certifacates of course. Do you play tennis? Do you go to tournament? Or even watch tournaments? These are questions I am asking myself!! Let me know in the comments below I love hearing from you.

The Okaiawa parade

On 20th of December 2015 my family traveled to tennis practice in Okaiawa a ten minute drive away tennis practice was at 10:00 and finishes at 11:00 a hole hour but after tennis practice we gathered our stuff and traveled back to home to get ready for the Okaiawa parade, as it is getting into Christmas now it was a great time to have it.

You may have even come along to the day it occurred? But if you didn't that ok because I think there will be plenty more parades coming up. Including the Opunake parade. YAY!! The reason why we went to the Okaiawa parade was because our family along with mums friend Shellie Baylis's family helped out make a parade for the Okaiawa tennis club that myself (Jorja) and my sister (Madaline) plays for. We also have been playing for three years now and this is our third year.

We made the float minions themed because the actual theme for the hole parade was cartoons and we done minions which is very popular right now . Also they have made 3 movies out on DVD at the moment including despicable me, despicable me-2 and also a hole movie that is based on the minions called minions which is a funny!! Have you seen any of those movies??

Also mums friend Shellie Baylis made there own family float but they were disadvantaged because they won last year at the Okaiawa parade but there family is very talented and chose to do the cartoon movie Shrek. There are also some photos down below of the float Shrek themed. Everything you see in the photos of the floats down below has been hand made using tools. The characters on the floats have been totally made by hand and materials like wire and doing paper mache-ay then painting over top in the colors of the characters, don't they look amazing!! I think they do.

The characters Madaline (my sister) and I (Jorja) played was the two girls off the despicable me movies I played as the girl who loved unicorns called Angus and Madaline (my sister) played Margo the tall oldest girl.

Before the trucks, cars and vehicles started moving we got judged and who was the winner .............. The winner was the flint stones another popular cartoon movies there float was made by the local Okaiawa social club then second was ........ The minions to the Okaiawa tennis club. That's us I said to Madaline, they gave us a certificate that said second then third was ....... The fires trucks made by the Okaiawa fire fighters. 

The parade began moving on the road at 10-past-1 it was slow moving as it would be dangerous if you went fast with people standing up on the floats. After the parade had finished mr-wippie the ice cream man was there and my nana who had been watching the parade in Okiawa took us to get a ice cream and I got a bubble gum ice cream. Then mum took us home it was a great day in my opinion!!! Did you go to the Okaiawa parade? ,or have you gone to any parades yet? And where? These are all the questions I am asking myself comment below and let my know. I love hearing your comments and reading them.

Have a very Merry Christmas

Merry christmas to the hole wide world!!! Christmas is only four sleeps away including today Monday the 20/12/2015. I hope you get everything you want and spend The special christmas day with your family!!! There is no better place you can be. Everybody who rang up santa claus or maybe took the time to write him a letter. I hope it reaches the North Pole in time before he rushes off all over the world and leaves ths North pole to visit every single house in the world and full up kids santa sacks. I hope everybody has a very merry christmas and a happy new year. HoHoHo!!!!!

Ed Sheeran

The weekends just passed my mum (Vicki) and her friend Shellie went up to Ed Sheeran. If you dont know who Ed Sheeran is, he is a famous worldwide singer and proforms songs all over New Zealand, Ed Sheeran was singing in Auckland at the Vector arena. Also the same weekend that has just passed they also had the AcDc concert but some people in my class at Auroa Primary School said it didnt go as well as planned. Also I dont think it changed the amount of people going to the Ed Sheeran concert because mum (Vicki) said you were touching the other people next to you, it was squashed!!! Also while mum was away she done some shopping, she also got myself (Jorja) and my sister (Madaline) a wrist band from the Ed Sheeran concert. Along with a book where you start from the 1st of Januarary next year and you have to draw a picture and write the date everyday of the year because I love drawing. Also a cool cat wallet and a owl pen because I love owls. Did you go to the concert in the past weekend either if it was in the AcDc or Ed Sheeran? Write a comment down below and let me know if you enjoyed it!!

This is a pictue of the wrist band that I got from my mum (Vicki). The photo of the wrist band I took on my arm in my bedroom.

Here is the picture of the owl pen, the book where you have to write a drawing in everyday and the beautiful cat wallet.