November Letter

 Dear Family & Friends,

Hello everyone! I had a great November. We started it off at home. We had a few visits from relatives and friends, including my cousin Craig. If I spelled that wrong I'm sorry. We had one night where I made snickerdoodles, and then our bishop brought brownies, and then our neighbor brought more sweets, (my stomach was pretty upset after that).

We then made the ten hour drive to our cousins house in New Mexico. First we stopped in Mesa Verde, which was a lot of fun. We then made the rest of the trip to their house in Los Alamos. We played lots of board games, we watched movies, and we played lots of smash. We also had the turkey bowl which was really fun. We ate lots of pies and had a nice Thanksgiving dinner. It was also my dad's birthday and he got this really cool drone that is really fancy. I got to fly it a bit and it was really cool. We then made the long ten hour drive back.

That's all for this month. I hope you all are safe. Bye!

Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

October Letter

 Dear Family & Friends,

I went on a walk up the canyon. It was pretty fun. I found a cool walking stick. It's cool that I was able to just walk like five minutes to this wonderful walk.

Since it's October, we had to go to a corn maze, and there's no better place than the corn maze just a few minutes from us. We went through the corn maze, fed animals, played on hay stacks and slides, and played giant chess. We also played corn hole. We had a great time and also visited a cute little shop with lots of old antiques.

For the first time ever we went to a place that might be a new tradition. It's this really cool Harry Potter castle. We drank butterbeer, had a little mystery competition, ate a meal, and did an escape room. There was this real cool raven that could take your money and put it in a box all by itself. It was really spectacular. They also had live owls there.

And of course, there was Halloween this month. I decided to dress up as dead Napoleon dynamite and go do a little trunk r treating. I also met up with some friends and we had a fun time walking around.

Well that's all for this month. Bye!

Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

September Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello. This month was fun. I went to the carnival at Payson Days and rode a few rides. I went on the merry-go-round to get Sam the courage to ride and then he rode every ride he could. I rode a swing that was pretty crazy and we got some good food.

I also went to Swiss Days up in Midway which was really cool. We watched the parade, hung out with my dad's friends family, and jumped on some jump houses. We also got some nice treats and a breakfast. We watched a guy yodel and he was really good.

Me and my friend Max got to ride in a limo to the BYU / Utah game where BYU finally won! We ate a cougar tail and some popcorn. It started raining really bad but luckily we were under a roof so we didn't get dumped on. We celebrated a bit because BYU won and then went home.

I am a slave and had to wash the Jeep. Not really anything interesting here.

It is getting beautiful up here. The leaves are turning beautiful colors. So, umm... ya. That happened.

Well that's my month. Stay safe! Bye! Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

August Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello everyone. I hope you all had a great august. I went to a fair but there wasn't really anything to do there. I got some food and looked at some cars with my friend Sam and my brother Sam.

I then went and watched a firework show that was pretty cool. There was some really loud and big fireworks. They had lots of spectacular fireworks and a cool finale.

School... I'm going in to 8th grade, I attend Salem Jr. High, my favorite class is P.E.

I then went to a TOSH risk assessment where they tried to find out what was wrong with me. It went well and there is nothing serious. I just need to get a little stronger. 

That's it for me. Bye! 

Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

July Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

    Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful July. I sure did. My July started out with the Fourth of July of course! I had a ward breakfast at my neighbors in the morning. We had all kinds of yummy breakfast food. Everything tasted awesome and I had a lot of fun. After that I had a family party with lots of my cousins. It was pretty fun, even though I wish there was more relatives my age! I played with lots of toddlers, (more like lots of toddlers played with me), and ate some good food. The toddlers had lots of fun with me, I'm not sure what the game was called, but it was somewhere on the lines of hit me with anything they had at there disposal.

    The saddest thing that happened to me this month was that Brandon left us to go on a mission to Arkansas. We brought him to the MTC, said our goodbyes, and then poof, our happy family of six feels like it has been cut down to five. I am happy for him that he has gone on a mission and I feel like he has been a big example to me my entire life. I am seeing him over zoom, but I still miss him. I can't wait to see him face to face in two years.

    We have some cool hikes near us including one called the grotto. Its a nice hike up in the mountains and at the end there is a waterfall that's really cool. We drove up to the hike in the Jeep dad just bought from our neighbor. I liked the hike and I had a lot of fun.

    Me, mom, dad, and Sam went on a trip to beaver with a couple of our relatives. I stayed in a condo, but my aunt stayed up on top of the mountain in her trailer. I spent most of my time up at camp or driving around on my four-wheeler. Sam had a lot of fun with his cousins, and I had lots of fun on the rides. We spent a couple of nights their and I had a lot of fun. We drove to a waterfall that was really cool and we drove to many other cool places on our four-wheelers. I hope we can go up hear another time.

To end off this awesome month, I had a soccer tournament. My team played really well and ended up winning the whole thing! The medals where really cool and it was fun to play again after taking June off.

Well that's my month in a nutshell. I hope you are all safe and enjoying life. Bye! 

Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

June Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a awesome June. My month wasn't that busy, but I had lots of fun. My family and I went to this cool place that had an arcade, a bowling alley, and a restaurant. The food was awesome and I had lots of fun bowling. Sam had lots of fun to! 

I had the chance this month to go to a very big nation wide soccer tournament. I went with the older team in my club as a sub. I played quite a bit and played pretty well. We made it all the way to the championship, beating out Montana, Oregon, Idaho and many more high ranked teams, only to get destroyed in the final by Arizona. They were really good and I learned a lot from playing them.

That was my uneventful month. I hope you all are safe and healthy. 

Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

May Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great month with lots of adventures! I sure did. To kick off my month, I had a lovely mothers day. It was a very peaceful and nice mothers day. I love my great mom! I couldn't have had a better mom.

My brother also graduated from high school this month. You might be thinking that this doesn't really have anything to do with me, but I did get to ride in a sick limo to the graduation! It had a drink and snack bar and it was really cool. I also rode the limo to olive garden, where i enjoyed yummy pastas and salads with my family. Congratulations Brandon!

Sometimes you don't have to do anything special to have a fun memorable experience. For example, a simple picnic in my back yard. It might seem insignificant, but it is pretty special when you have the sounds of a water fall around you as you eat, along with the peaceful mountain scenery, and a full happy family to share it all with.

I am loving summer break and am already trying to make the most of it before school starts again. I have plenty of friends and lots of fun activities to do. Lots of fun stuff is opening up again and I am completely done with masks. I hope you all are safe and healthy, and I love you all. Bye! 

Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

April Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

    Hello everyone. I had a great April. I hope you did too. I had lots of fun on Easter. I had some friends come over and I got a little candy. We had a small Easter egg hunt and Sam loved it. Even though some of his friends kept sneakily taking his candy, (and me).

    I had a Easter party at grandma Chris's house. There was some pretty good food, and I had fun with my cousins. We also tried to catch a rabbit that had been tormenting grandma and grandpa for a while. He hid under a shed though, and we didn't catch him.

    I went on a little family trip to the San Rafael Swell. We drove around and looked at some sights, including petroglyphs and dinosaur footprints. It was pretty fun, though the drive was long and boring, looking at the magnificent cliffs and ancient petroglyphs.

     Sam just barely started soccer. Me and Brandon had been playing with him for a while. He registered for a local little league. He's so cute in his soccer jersey. He's pretty good, but he's a little timid. Its still super funny to watch him play with his soccer team.

    One of the main highlights of this month is my birthday! I had two different birthday parties, one with my soccer team and one with my friends. One of the main highlights of my birthday was me getting a phone! I had lots of fun at my birthday parties, and I had a great day!

To finish off this April, I got quarantined. Eric got covid and that resulted in me getting quarantined for two weeks. To make the quarantine better, we went on a camping trip in our new trailer. My dad saw the trailer while we were on our way to the San Rafael Swell, and before I new it, it was in our driveway. Me, Sam, Mom, and Dad went camping in capitol reef. Its about a 3 hour drive from our house, but it was well worth it. We got to our camping spot on Thursday, and we left Saturday. We did some fun hikes, and ate some good food. I missed my dog, and I guess he missed me, because he was crazy when I got back. I had a great time camping.

That's my month in a nutshell. As I mentioned earlier, I got quarantined right at the end of the month. I'm doing fine, and It will be over before I know it. I hope that soon we will be able to go back to regular life. But until then, stay safe and healthy. 

Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

March Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello everyone! How are you? I am feeling great. This March was awesome. We went on a pretty tough hike. The view was fantastic at the top of the hike. It was very fun.

Sam had his birthday this month. He just turned 4. We had a party with all his little friends. He was so excited to blow out the candles on the cake. He played some fun games with his friends, and he got lots of new toys.

We are finally starting to have some warm weather. We had a family light-saber fight which was pretty fun. We have been do a lot more outdoor activities now that the snow is melting away.

I guess I spoke to soon. We got two big blizzards back to back, and now we are back in winter. I built Sam a snow man, and we played in the snow. The snow just keeps coming. I think after this snow their won't be any more big snowstorms.

My brother just barely got his mission call. He was called to the Arkansas mission. We had tons of people over at our house and we had a little party after. The party was pretty fun.

Chowder got shaved nearly bald. He doesn't look nearly as cute as when he still had his fur. School is going fine right now. Bye! 

Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

February Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello! This month was great. I started the month off with a soccer tournament in St. George. I hiked a lot with my family and explored lots of fun places. I love climbing on the rocks in St. George. The soccer tournament went pretty good. My team won most of our games and got to the finals. The tournament ended on a pretty sad note when I pulled a hamstring and we lost in the finals. We ended up placing 2nd. I had a very fun trip of hiking and exploring with my family.

Chowder loves to play in the snow, but he hates what comes after. He always gets really wet and snowy so he usually is stuck outside for a while, tied up on the tile for a very long time, or he has to take a bath. He loves to roll around in the snow and prance in the snow. He also loves to eat snow! 

It was my mom's birthday this month. We had a little party, with lots of cakes! We made a nice dinner and we sang happy birthday to mom. Sam screamed so hard because he didn't get to blow out the candles, and he naturally got his way, so he got to blow out some of the candles.

That was my month in a nutshell. I am having a nice time at school and at home. I hope you are safe and healthy and that you had a good February. Bye! 

Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel