2010 Cloud County Fair Results!!!

We live for the fair judging! The kids have always loved entering their hard work in to the fair, and receiving ribbons. It helps that they also collect money for them! :OP But here are the stats: Bethanie had 8 entries and she had 5 blue ribbons, and 3 purple. Matthew had one HUGE entry, the solar system diorama, and he got a blue ribbon! YAY! Way to go, kids!! I am so proud of you!!!

K12 Curriculum is here!

We got Matthew's 6th grade curriculum and there are TONS of nice things with it!!!

Some of the things include: 6 teacher manuals, 2 novels (has to read 4), Tom Sawyer & Secret Garden, English Language book, 6 US History books, language skills book and literature book, American history student book, earth science books, 1st and 2nd semesters, lots of other types of books, a rock and mineral kit, and a science project box. There are world and US maps, that are HUGE, a beach ball globe and it is so exciting to see these things, and *I* don't have to plan his curriculum!!!!

Fair Week!

Fair week is here once again! The kids (Matthew and Bethanie) both really worked hard on their projects. Because Matthew was pulled from school last year, we only did one project, but it took us a LOT of time to paint it properly and put it together. He created a Power Point of the Solar System, and made a diorama of it. He did an awesome job! So that is his one entry. Bethanie had 8 entries. She always takes great care in her work. I hope they do a great job with getting nice ribbons! It make them so happy and me so proud of them, even more than I already am!!!

BeThAniE's OuChiE...

SoMeTiMeS...

I wish I could see myself through the eyes of others. If I could, I wonder what I would see. Maybe I don't REALLY want to know.

KiD's CoLLeGe...

This is the second summer that our local Community College has done a really fun 4-day summer day camp. It is for K-6 grade, and the kid can sign up for three one-hour classes. Matthew signed up for some really neat things, but ended up dropping out of it the first hour, and didn't go back. I was really sad because I knew he would have a good time if he would just give it a chance. But Bethanie went, and she took: Fun with Flowers, Paper Mache' and Bedazzled. She painted some pretty flowerpot and watering cans, made a paper mache' pirate hook (the theme was Pirates), and then made some very pretty jewelery. Oh, she also made a flower topiary. I am really impressed with all the neat things they can come home with. The cost is very minimal, too. $15 plus a free T-shirt, and 4 days of college.

Madison said she cant wait to go to college. :P

AcCePtAnCe...

At some point, people are going to have to accept me for who I am on the inside, not what they perceive me to be on the outside. Just sayin.

JuLy 4TH...

We had a ton of fun for the holiday! We went to Jeff's parents house. My parents, brother and his family, our family, and my in-laws were all there. We also invited a Senior Missionary Couple in town to join us! It is their first holiday away from home, and they had nothing else to do. We had so much fun! We ate a ton of food. I made pies, pasta salad, and chocolate chip chocolate home made ice cream. That was just what *I* brought! We had a fish fry, yum-yums, potato salad, chips, grilled baked beans, jell-o salad, devilled eggs, and vanilla homemade ice cream.

My brother brought his Harley and took me for a spin. It was my first time ever on a Harley! I singed my leg a little bit on the muffler. OY! But it was worth it.

We had some really great family pictures taken by our friends. That means a lot to me considering so many of my family members were there! We did miss out on Jeff's brothers and their families though.

The town really showed up in the firework display! They were EVERYWHERE we looked. One really neat one was someone across from where we were were sending off some sort of balloons with flames in them. They were really neat! The kids had so much fun and it was almost 11:00 pm before they went to bed. We were all exhausted from having so much fun together!

The funny thing was that it had been raining, and hard, for a LONG time. Delphos, where my parents live has been flooding. I am a little concerned about the water level in proximity to my parents house. It is still raining!!!

So, just wanted to share about our holiday. :O) I hope everyone had a good one too, and was safe!

HaPpY 4th Of JuLy!!!

We are having a family fish fry tomorrow at Jeff's parents house. We will do some kid pack fireworks, and eat lots of food. :O) Hopefully the weather will cooperate. This picture collage was from the ball field show tonight. It was nice. The kids enjoyed themselves. Happy 4th every one!