Upcoming Science Fair.

Our homeschool group has a science fair annually, which we have decided to enter this year. We all want to do something different. Amy and Hannah want to research yeast. I want to build a rocket, and explain how they work. Yesterday, I began to write about how they launch and what interested me in rockets. My interest stemmed from space shuttle failures. For example, in one failure, a piece of foam from the Space Shuttle External Tank during take-off, no bigger than a brief-case and about two pounds in weight hit the wing of Columbia, causing a hole 18 inches in diameter. During re-entry back to earth, this hole created friction, causing a high amount of super-heated gases to enter into the shuttle wing. This caused the Columbia to disintegrate in the air shortly before landing.

I absolutely can’t wait for the science fair. I’m so excited!

ALS

3-15-13

2013 Spring Concert

This year Amy and I decided to play our duet from our aunt’s wedding, Cannon in D by Pachelbel. Long  before our time came to play the duet, I was shaking in my shoes. It felt as though the ground was shaking. When I told dad, he said that being nervous before an audience is normal, and over time, I will become more comfortable. I’m wondering what king of solo or duet I’m going to do next year.  After our recital, we had our annual going-out celebration - this year we went to a Mexican restaurant. The celebration was fun.

It was awesome day!

ALS

3-12-13

Our Family's Birthday's

Our family has a lot more birthday's than most families.  For our birthdays we make a desert and have a special celebration with our friends, or go somewhere special.  Here are all our  family’s birthday’s:

                1) Aubrey on April 13^th

                2) Amy on August 12^th

                3) Caleb on January 19^th

                4) Hannah on June 23^rd

                5) Kailey on November 12^th

                6) Lisah on June 24^th

7)Gracie on March 4^th

8)Joshua on March 1^st

9)Mom on May 30^th

10)Dad on October 10^th

Dad says, “If we want to try to have a birthday in every month of the year, we will need to have at least four more babies.”

ABS

02-08-13    

 

 

Drawing Lessons

My mom is very talented with drawing. She decided to teach us how to draw also, so she bought a drawing notebook for all of my siblings and me. That same day we had our first drawing lesson and learned to draw a few pictures.  Her first lesson included showing us how to draw with a grid. This requires you to draw squares on your art board and squares on your picture.  Then, you can transfer the picture from each square to the art board.  Dividing the picture in pieces makes it easier to draw.  Here is a picture of our first day.

ABS

02-21-2013     

ZitZits

For these past months dad has been thinking about wearing zitzits because God says in Numbers 15:37-40,  “Again Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners. And you shall have a tassel that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of Yahweh and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your Elohim.’” In  Deuteronomy 22:12 God says, “You shall make tassels on the four corners of the clothing with which to cover yourself.” So we started out by buying a special type of thread from CreateForLess.  I’m excited about making them, and they are not hard to make.

We just want to obey God and do what he has commanded us to do.

ALS

3-1-13

Baby Goats

On January 13^th 2013 our goat patches had 3 babies. Caleb was feeding the goats when he found patches in labor.  He ran to the house and shouted, “Patches is having babies!” That surprised us all.  Everyone excitedly ran out of the house, and sure enough we had three healthy baby goats.  We have 2 girls and 1 boy.  We are probably going to name them Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Allspice.

 

ABS

01-16-2013

 

Caleb's b-day

Last Saturday was Caleb’s birthday.  We made cupcakes the day before to share at family sports day.  At sports day the next day, we ate lunch.  Caleb loves basketball, but he became sick.  Before he went to bed, he even threw up.  That was not a fun way for him to celebrate his birthday.

ABS

01-24-13