Matt's Hockey Mania

Recently me and my hockey team had a end of the year party at my house because the season had ended. But before the party, we all went paint balling at a place called Point Blank Paint Balling. Paint balling is you have a gun that shoots little balls that are filled with paint inside of them. It is really fun because you are on a team and you go in to the woods. There are bases in the woods and you have a flag at your base. You have to try to protect your flag from getting stolen. Then some other people on your team go and try to steal your opponents flag from their base. It is kind of like capture the flag! Since I went with my team, next time I go, I will know what to do! Trust me if you are scared that the paint balls are going to hurt, they do just a little bit! Unfortunately I had to find that out the hard way. There are also other games you play like shot for shot which hurts. What that is that one team lines up and the other team lines up about 20 feet away so they are face to face. First one team shoots at the other team then both teams move in a step. The the other team shoots at them, then they take another step closer. So who ever can take the most pain and stay in the longest wins! I have always wanted to go paint balling because everybody talked about it so much and it sounded fun. There were a couple of other games we played but those two were my two favorite.

Paintball Gun

After paint balling everyone came to my house for a get together (party). It was really fun because me and some of my hockey team played man tracker in the woods. Then the day was over and everybody had to leave!

I think everyone should go paint balling one day and experience it since it was so much fun!

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There are many mountains in B.C. that are probably really good for skiing, snowboarding and even snow shoeing. But my favorite one that I have ever been to is Mount Washington. It is located on Vancouver Island and is about a forty five minute drive from Comox if you take the highway. When you are just starting to drive up the mountain you can see all of the hills, people skiing and snowboarding down, you can see the chair lifts taking people up. You just cant wait to get up there!

Once you get up to the lodge you just get so excited you just want to strap on your skis and get up there as fast as you can! When I am on the chair lift I always look back and see how far we are going up and see the people at the bottom of the hill. When you get to the top of the hill there are lots of runs. I usually go on the eagle chair and ski down all the runs on it. I always go on a black diamond because I think they are the best! After about 3 or 4 hours of skiing I go down to the loge and there is a mini concession that has warm food to eat and drinks. Then after the long day we leave and go home.

Now that I have told you about my favorite place on vancouver Island, if you want to you can tell me what your favorite place is? Thanks for reading!

Have you ever heard of the word pysanky? The reason you probably havent heard of it before is because it it is a word from the Ukrainian. They are eggs except they can tell story’s by using symbols. Some symbols including horns, rams, ladders, and also the sun and many more. I will tell some meanings of the symbols below!

Wheat: Wishes for good health and good harvest

The sun and stars: Life, fortune, and growth

Pine needles: Health, stamina, and eternal youth

Ribbons: Ever lasting life, and water

My egg

Pysanky Egg

This egg that I made has symbols on it that represent me. Like the horns on it represent strength and leadership. This other pysanky egg is made by a professional. Surprisingly other eggs like this one here don’t actually take very long to make!

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Hello everyone,
Since I love dogs and have two of them, I thought I would do a post on 10 of my favorite dogs! So lets get started. Oh, and after you read make sure to tell me what your favorite dog is even if it’s on my list.

1. Golden Retriever

2. Black Lab

3. Labrador Retriever

4. Siberian Husky

5. Samoyed

6. German Shepherd

7. Beagle

8. Dalmatian

9. Rottweiler

10. Bernese Mountain Dog

Thanks for reading!

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