Monthly Archives: April 2005

Quality Corners had is having its most profitable month ever this April. We have could very double our sales next month while we increasing our margins. Our margins are increasing now because we are getting economies of scale in general … Continue reading →

Lorena thinks she did OK on her College Algebra midterm last night. She has been pretty discouraged about this class because it is so difficult. It will be great if she gets a good grade. She is very smart and … Continue reading →

On Thursday I have to fly to San Jose to visit a company named Western Digital for ATS. This is the first time I will be away long enough that the kids will have to do two days worth of … Continue reading →

I did not get home from work yesterday until about 6:30 PM. When I got there the kids were playing. Kelly had done just about all of her work, but there were a bunch of things Christian had not finished. … Continue reading →

The following is an image of Christian’s and Kelly’s last chemistry experiment from RealScience-4-Kids. They set the experiment up on Saturday, the day before the picture was taken. In this picture, they are sitting waiting for breakfast on Sunday morning … Continue reading →

Estamos muy animados tener a Mina aqui en Los Estados Unidos. Especialmente porque ya puede decir que ha estado en la tierra prometida de Oregon!!! Este noche, Lorena habia planeado tener una fiesta de algo se llama Pampered Chef. Es … Continue reading →

We went over to Heather Eblen’s house last Sunday for lunch after the fellowship meeting on Sunday morning. Heather’s computer is on its last legs. It is about 13 years old and loaded with memory, but just does not have … Continue reading →

Sandra Ramey will be coming over tonight to lead a Pampered Chef party that we will host at our house. Our neighbors across the street, Gina (the mother of Hannah, Jacob, and Halley) along with Alexa who owns a couple … Continue reading →

Kelly received a “Superior” grade at her recent piano adjudication. Continue reading →

Yesterday I downloaded the newly released version of a program called FreeCiv. It is a strategy game Christian likes to play on the computer. With the new release, I found versions for both Windows and Linux. FreeCiv is a game … Continue reading →

Kelly finished her spelling for the year by finishing the “I” list in Spelling Power. According to the test I gave her after she completed the list, she is now spelling at a grade level of 11.7. Christian is still … Continue reading →

I thought this was a great picture of Christian demonstrating the crystal radio we finished building last Friday while Kelly was off at her friend Skyler’s birthday party. We got the kit from The Xtal Set Society. The radio worked … Continue reading →

Lauro, Jr. sent us a couple of great photographs of Kelly and Christian’s cousins, Dayanita and Laurito. I loved the one of Laurito appreciating his birthday cake! That is Dayanita playing with the doll off to the right. We had … Continue reading →

Lorena planted tulip and daffodil bulbs both in front of the house and in the planter in our back patio. As you can see, they are fabulous! There are more pictures over in the gallery here. Christian’s crystal radio set … Continue reading →

Lorena took Kelly and Christian to swimming class yesterday. Then in the evening, we went to our Wednesday night bible study out in Jefferson at Steve and Elena Meyer’s home. There was time and to spare for both of the … Continue reading →

I cannot believe I did not remember to write in my blog yesterday. That is the first day in a long, long time. Everything seems to be going well. The biggest new thing is that we got our biggest order … Continue reading →

Lorena got Kelly some new clothes with her birthday money and a new shirt for Christian. When they got dressed for meeting on Sunday, they looked so nice, we thought it would be good to take a few pictures. I … Continue reading →

The kids were scheduled to take their standardized tests next week, but then we found out that we cannot take the tests due to a prior conflict. They are also scheduled to play in the piano festival. I decided to … Continue reading →

Now that Joe and Lyle are heading off, we have started our Wednesday night bible studies again as the gospel meetings have been shut down until this fall. We went out to Steve and Elena Meyers house in Jefferson. It … Continue reading →

Kelly got caught up on all her reading yesterday, but got behind in a couple of other things. They did experiment #4 in their RealScience-4-Kids, but did not answer the questions after the experiment. It was an absolutely great experiment … Continue reading →