Sus was invited by the International Baccalaureate biology teacher to help judge the freshman science fair. She had a fun morning. Some of her favorite projects were: 1) observing if earthworms respond to color, 2) seeing if snails survive freezing temperatures, 3) growing sprouts in a vacuum chamber, and 4) measuring the growth of plants exposed to different music (classical and R&B were the best). Continue reading The IB Science Fair
After two months of rehearsals, Jenny played Miss Andrews in It’s A Wonderful Life. She had a handful of lines and did them well . . . “I’ve got $242 here, George Bailey, and $242 isn’t going to break anybody!” She is cutting up in costume here with some of the girls who played in the crowd scenes. She is second from the left. Thanks to her drama teacher for the photo. Continue reading It’s A Wonderful Life
The subject of Christmas usually can start a good conversation about Christ, but I felt like a runner screeching to a halt at the first hurdle. Our conversation went on to the subject of bugs. I backed up and raced forward to try the hurdle again. Continue reading The Hurdle
Ben definitely enjoyed his advanced circuits lab this semester. The final assignment was to design and build an advanced device with a team member. Ben and another student received an A for their metal detector. We hope you “techie types” enjoy the photo. Continue reading Ben’s Metal Detector
“I lost two pounds.” Jose is a big man and he was looking right at me when he said this. I was mulling over what to do with this information and later was VERY glad I did not congratulate him. As a plumbing supervisor, he was not talking to me at all, but to his two assistants who were testing our house’s water pressure! We were expecting a team of plumbers to come and replace all our pipes, so I made some brownies the day before and had them on the kitchen table with some tracts. Those brownies were a … Continue reading Goodies and the Good News
We had our house totally re-piped this week. On Saturday, we will have fourteen holes patched, then we can start painting and moving things back. The boys will want to sleep in their room for the Thanksgiving holiday! There IS a bunk bed under all that STUFF! Just about every room has piles of things we had to move out of the way. We expect for this spot to be transformed! We’ll replace this pile with a beautiful Christmas tree on November 25th. If you would like to read a story about how we were able to share our faith … Continue reading The pipes are in!
