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

January Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello guys! I hope you had a great January and a great beginning of the year! I had a blast, in some ways. Me and Sam love to go sledding. We have a two seater sled that is perfect for us. Sam and I love to play in the snow. We built a fort and we have lots of snowball fights! We got a ton of snow this month. It was great, but I'm ready for some sun and grass!

My family and I love to play games. We play many different games that are so fun! One of my favorites is Mandalorian Monopoly, which I got last Christmas. I also play Scatergories, Settlers, and much much more! I love to play games with my parents, and I'm fine with playing with my brothers. Sometimes their a pain but its all good fun.

I go on walks with my family a lot. We walk down paved trails but sometimes we will go off the beaten path to explore the woods around our house. I'm not much of a fan of walks, but they are ok. Chowder is always so fun on walks, and on the paved trails I can ride my scooter, which is always fun.

The one downside to my month was that I got injured! I hurt my knee playing soccer and was out for a couple of weeks. I couldn't do any physical activity, so basically I couldn't have fun. I went to the physical therapist and worked with him for a few weeks. I got all fixed up, but I'm still taking it easy and not at my top condition. I hope I can go back to 100% soon!

Well that's my month in a nutshell. There was a lot more small but fun moments that didn't make this months letters, but I'm having fun. I hope you are staying safe and that we can go to normal soon! Bye!

Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

December Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello. I hope you had an awesome December. I sure did. Christmas was a blast like always. On Christmas Eve Mom held a lesson on what's really about and she wanted us all to remember why we celebrate Christmas. I went to bed awaiting Christmas, but I couldn't sleep. After a while I went to sleep and woke up on Christmas day! I got two Café Rio gift cards and lots of goodies in my stocking. I got airpods, laser tag, Mandalorian Monopoly, and some nice clothes. I loved spending Christmas spending time with Sam and playing lots of Laser Tag! On Christmas day we made a big breakfast and and some relatives came over. The food was fantastic!

I also had lots of fun on New Years Eve hanging out with my family. We did our annual cake wars on New Years Eve. I stayed up till twelve and ate lots of junk food! We had a nice dinner to say goodbye to 2020, and we toasted to a better year next year. Mom wanted me to focus and the good things that have happened this year. Sure this year has been rough, but it has brought me closer to my family. I also see now how lucky I am to live in a great home with a great family.

That is the end of my year and this book. I hope that when I am older I will read these books and treasure them. I always complain about having to write these, but I see now that they are important and special. I have had a great year and I hope you will have an even better one next year! 

Bye! Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

November Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello! I have had as great a month as anyone can get right now. I've been hanging out at home nearly all day. My family does puzzles, game, and watch lots of shows. I've been finding ways to spend the day, but I still can't wit for all this to blow over.

I had a great Thanksgiving with my cousins, The Sintays, and had a nice break from school. The Sintays and I had a great time playing all types of games. We all went to this cool park and had a lot of fun there. The Thanksgiving feast was delicious as always, and we had a lot of extra turkey for leftovers. 

I decorated the downstairs Christmas tree this month. Me and Sam decorated the tree all by ourselves. We also put up our Christmas lights and decor. Our Christmas tree looked beautiful after it was fully decorated, and I'm finally getting into the Christmas spirit! 

Well that was my November in a nut shell. But there was still so much more. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving, and I wish you a Merry Christmas. Bye!

        Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

October Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello! I went on a hunting trip with my dad and friends. We didn't get anything, but it was fun to camp with my dad. I shot a gun and a bow and arrow. I ate some yummy food and enjoyed hunting.

I went to St. George and found these awesome caves that I explored pretty far down. There was a ton of graffiti and glowsticks. I stayed in an awesome house with some friends, and they had a private pool! I swam, played pickleball and ping-pong.

I carved some pumpkins for Halloween. My pumpkin sucked, because I cut it's entire face off. Sam helped scoop the guts out of his pumpkin, and dad carved the pumpkin. We put candles in the pumpkins and made jack-a-lanterns.

Sadly, My soccer season ended. The last game of the season was confusing. To sum it up, the other team forfeited. The just started walking off. I had no clue we won for a bit.We ended undefeated. We won all of our games, except two games which we tied. I am so excited to start indoor season. 

As you know, it's halloween. I dressed up as Napoleon Dynamite. For halloween I still went trick-or-treating. I got a lot of candy. I went with some friends. I also had a party at my house. I left in the middle of it because none of my friends came. Just little kids.

Bye then. I hope you had a good October. I hope you'll have an even better november. 

Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

September Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello. School has been pretty fun. I'm progressing a lot in band and art. I'm doing good in math, language arts, and science. I get free lunch which is pretty nice.

I went up to our neighbors ranch for a day and I rode a mule. I had smores, I read my book, and I rode on the four wheeler a lot. It was really fun. I loved making the campfire. Then I got some delicious smores. 

I rode my four-wheeler with Sam and Chowder up the canyon with the rest of my family. When the trail got harder, we walked up. We found some rocks and climbed up the canyon wall. It was really fun to climb. Chowder climbed with me.

 I have had a nice month. I hope you do too. Bye,

Love, Kyle P. Barnhisel

August Letter

Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello! I have had a great month. I started middle school this month. My school is really cool. I have to wear a mask, but otherwise it is okay. I have lots of fun classes and friends. I can't wait for the end of school though!

WE FINISHED OUR BACKYARD! It looks so cool with the water feature and rock wall. We are still doing minor things to finish up, but the main part is in. It looks so much better then when we first moved in. It took us only one year since we moved in to put in our downstairs and our backyard.

This month me and my soccer team played two tournaments. We the first one in a landslide, easily destroying team after team. I got a pretty cool medal and I had a lot of fun playing. The next tournament was much harder. We had some pretty close shaves. Some of them we only won by one. But, we made it to the finals. I have never had a closer shave. We started out early and got up ahead by one. Then, near the end, they scored and tied it up. We went into overtime and scored pretty quickly. but then, they scored in the final minutes and tied it up again. So then we went to P.K.s. We scored our first three and so did they. Then both of our teams missed. Then our player scored and the other player missed. It was then my turn. If I scored this penalty kick, our team would win. That's a lot of pressure. I set it up. The goalkeeper got in position. Then I shot. I went for the bottom right corner but the goalie dove that way too. But the shot was too fast. It skimmed off his fingers and went right in to the bottom corner. We had won the tournament. We celebrated pretty wildly. After, My family celebrated at Red Robins.

Well bye.

 Love, Kyle Patrick Barnhisel