Monthly Archives: January 2005

The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray. We planned to do our first RealScience-4-Kids experiment this weekend, but it just did not happen. We did, however, have a great weekend. On Saturday, we went out to breakfast at Carl’s … Continue reading →

Christian, Kelly, and I are going to do a chemistry experiment on Saturday. I purchased the RealScience-4-Kids program from Access Research Network. The premise behind this program is that the students do real experiments with a hypothesis, experimental design, data gathering, analysis … Continue reading →

We have a new baby in the family. This morning my sister-in-law, Minita sent pictures of our new niece–Kelly’s and Christian’s new cousin. She was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico to Jorge and Mari on January 26, so the baby is … Continue reading →

It is a funny deal. I write computer programs for a living and the quality of the coffee really does not have a great impact on the amount of coffee I drink. When I write programs, I drink coffee. I generally try to … Continue reading →

Our friend, Bryan Joyce called last night to get my sister’s telephone for one of their mutual friends. During our conversation it came up that an old friend of Bryan’s who is a member of our church had moved to the … Continue reading →

In 1962, a book titled Silent Spring written by a woman named Rachel Carson was published. Its premise is that the use of DDT to control bugs is evil because of all of the things it kills that she believed it … Continue reading →

Yesterday, the kids had a very busy day. They got a little bit of a late start, so all they got done before they went to their swimming lesson was their piano practice. We are at about week twenty in their thirty-six … Continue reading →

On the way home from work on Friday, I called Grandpa Milo. He was over at the coast with Uncle Doug and Aunt Sheila. They invited us to come over and spend the night with them in a condo at Depoe Bay. I … Continue reading →

Last night, I walked Kelly through the steps required to make a post. In addition to that, I showed her how to link to another URL, add an image, and highlight text in a post. She took down a lot of notes … Continue reading →

The purpose of this effort is to provide a platform for the kids to learn how to develop and maintain a website and blog as part of their homeschool program. It will also be nice to have a platform for them to publish some of their written work and art. Continue reading →

This is the first test post for our new homeschool/life blog.