First Place

This past saturday Jordan was one of a handful of kids who were chosen to go to AWANA Bible Quizzing. There is a written portion of the test, of which he only missed one question, and a part where they are asked oral questions and have a choice of A,B,C. They must then hold up a paddle with the correct response. Jordan didn't miss any on those. He and his partner, Ashley, took first place.........It was awesome. He has such a talent for memorizing scripture. I wish I could remember half of what he does.

I'm back

My darling husband saw how hard I was taking the fact that my camera got stolen. He lived with my camera withdrawl for over a week and tonight surprised me with a new camera. Is he awesome or what? I didn't know how I was going to make it through Jordan's birthday tomorrow without a camera. Oh the pain.....LOL

Boo hoo

As you can see it has been awhile since I have posted on here. Well, reason is,is that my camera is gone. I left it in the van on a Tuesday afternoon when we went to the park and I took some pictures of the kids on their bikes and skateboards. A couple of days ago, I realized that I had not brought it in. When I went to get it it was gone. We get these crime alerts via the telephone every once in a while and low and behold last night there was one about locking your car doors at night because there has been a rash of items being stolen out of cars in Forest Hills. I am so bummed out about this. It will be awhile before we can spend the money on a new one. So for now I'll try and write once in a while. Thanks for putting up with me. Lisa

New city slogan

The newest slogan in town.........

Super Duper Bowl

Couldn't let the steelers go to the super bowl without a superbowl party! My brother Len and his girlfriend Lori came over to help us cheer on the Steelers......No shortage of good food......... Dig in.......Things get tense in the 4th quarter..........we had our share of doubters

but we held our ground and kept the cheer going.....

In the end we ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!

The Pop Rocks Steelers song

Piratefest

Time again to show our support for our beloved Pittsburgh Pirates.....It's Piratefest.
You can buy today's jerseys or........you can see all the uniforms from past years
You can see the 1979 World Series trophy or.........Wait in line 2 1/2 hours to get Freddie Sanchez's autograph (very important to an almost 9 year old)

Or have the Pirate Parrot do what every adult in Cody's life has dreamed of at least once........(LOL)

Good-bye christmas

Last night was the final farewell to christmas in our community. It was the annual christmas tree burning. They collect all the trees from the neighborhood and pile them up, then the fire department lights a torch to them! It's a nice community thing. They have hot dogs, hot chocolate, popcorn, and cookies.

Tom and Jordan enjoying their free cookies and cocoa......

Here's our trusty fireman starting the blaze.......

Gettin' cold.......time to go. But not before Jordan threw a few snowballs at the fire. He started a trend. Some high schoolers were standing near us and they saw him throw it and then started taking bets as to who could reach the fire with a snowball. It was pretty funny. Like "hey that little kid didn't get in trouble let's give it a try".

We took Jordan to Red Robin first. It's a gourmet burger place. Tom got a gift certificate from a customer for christmas. We discovered that a burger is still just a burger no matter how it's made! Cody went to an overnighter at church.

inauguration

A couple of different views of the inauguration............

In Legos........And from space........

death and taxes

Your tax dollars at work. Want to see how we spend our money check out this site http://www.wallstats.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/WallStatsDATlarge.jpg

president Jordan

I thought that with the upcoming inauguration this would be a good writing assignment for Jordan "If I were president"....... Here's what it says: I would change the law around. I would make a rule that noone can buy or sell guns so people cannot kill each other. And that port authority transportation (the fliver for the elderly) sould only be 50c. I would end the war in irag and bring the souliers home to many of them are dieing. I would lower taxes for the tax payers. I would mack shore that banks do not go bankrup. I would send soldiers to fight in war cautiously. And send more doctors. I would do the best to my ability to help and protect our nation.

Out of the mouths of babes!

HERE WE GO STEELERS

Steeler nation is rocking tonight. Next stop TAMPA.....

STEELER SUNDAY

GO STEELERS!!!!!!! I GOT A FEELING.......PITTSBURGH'S GOIN TO THE SUPERBOWL AGAIN.......
Cody is at a friends house overnight so that's why he's not in the photos.Yes my shirt is very old!

game snacks

Got a new cookie recipe off the computer. Gooey Sugar cookies! Instead of yellow cake mix, I used strawberry.

I was recently diagnosed with diabetes so I could only have one. But it's fun making the stuff. Jordan helped bake them so it was even more fun.

light snow?

So Joe Denardo (okay he isn't on the news anymore) said that we were going to have light snow overnight.........Just wondering......Does this look light to you? And it's still snowing!

house of cards

There is this neat website called "think". Each week it gives kids a list of supplies, (like 2 straws, 3 pieces of paper, a stick of gum and 2 paperclips, the task is to build a bridge that can hold 5 pennies). This weeks challenge was to use a deck of cards and build a city, that's the only instruction they got.....So here is the solution that Cody and Jordan came up with....
They realized that if they folded the cards they could get them to stand better and go higher. pretty neat I thought. Good using your noggin!!!!! Here's a link to the website if you are intrested. http://kidswhothink.blogspot.com/

Revolutionary war lapbook

This year I discovered lapbooking. It is a study of one particular subject and you refold a file folder and add all the information that you learn. Then you can go back and read about it anytime you want. Cody just finished a big project on the revolutionary war . Here's the lapbook he did....

The front cover..

Boston tea party ect....
minute men........
I think he did an awesome job and it's something they can both look back on and learn from.

snow day

So homeschoolers don't really get "snow days" (I guess everyday is a snow day!) but we had a big snow storm and Dad promised to take the kids up to the high school because that's where all the great hills are...
Of course Dad had to try the "super sled" as it is aptly named at our house!What is a super sled you ask..............Well, last year Tom was out on his route and he found 2 sets of skis out for pick up. Of course he brings them home. Instead of using them as they were supposed to be used, he screwed them to a center (seat) board and voila' a super sled.You should see how fast this thing is!!!!! In the background you can see Tom sitting on Jordan's snowboard and coming down the hill. I am not sure who had more fun.....

geography

I found this great geography site. It's called statetris. It plays like tetris but instead of little squares coming down to build a column there are states that come down and you have to put them on the map at the right spot. Great for kids. (or adults that want to see how much you remember from elementary school!)

http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/usa/