Monthly Archives: June 2008

We have lots of pictures this morning. First of all, we are very proud of cousin Dayanita from Monterrey. She and Lorena’s cousin are the same age, go to the same school, and just celebrated their graduation from sixth grade. Our understanding is … Continue reading →

We all started drawing again last night. We are still working on the Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces book by Carrie Stuart Parks. I think we will be on it for awhile. Kelly was the only one who finished her drawing yesterday and … Continue reading →

Here is an amazing article that starts out by saying:A new study has linked vitamin D deficiency with an increased risk of death, especially from cardiovascular disease, in the latest evidence of the important role the vitamin plays in human … Continue reading →

I heard the author of a new book titled Thrilled to Death in an interview on the radio on the way to work this morning. He said that if children are not bored when they grow up, they never have the … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday Bryan. Seeing Bryan turn fifty has gotten me to thinking again of the importance of enjoying one’s age. It is a lecture that I often give to Christian and Kelly. I am more thankful now than ever that God created time … Continue reading →

First thing this morning, I popped over to my buddy Eric’s blog and read his latest post on how he and his wife Audrey picked their new baby’s name. It is a great name. I highly recommend you check it out and … Continue reading →

Last night was a very interesting night. Christian and I went to a swim meet at a YMCA north of Raleigh while Lorena took Kelly to her piano mini-camp. There are four other girls in the camp with Kelly. They are about the … Continue reading →

I have been wracking my brain to figure out a cool new project for the summer and I finally think I have found one. I think we could make a great youtube how-to video in the process. We have a little Dremel … Continue reading →

Now that the research reports for the year are complete, it is starting to feel like homeschool is finished and the summer has arrived. Kelly has one CLEP test to finish before we are really done, but that should not take … Continue reading →

Kelly and Christian have finished their annual homeschool research reports. You can read them by clicking the images:

We really had a wonderful weekend. It was full of parties, sleepovers, swim meets, etc. For the record, Kelly became completely enamored with face painting when we went to the library, Christian got three firsts (100m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, and 100m butterfly) … Continue reading →

Proverbs 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.Kelly is having several girls over for her birthday party this evening. They are going to swim, eat … Continue reading →

Bryan and I started our weight loss competition on February 1 of this year. Lyle joined us in mid-April. So far, Bryan is down 50 pounds, I am down 23, and Lyle is down an (adjusted for his late start) 22. I have … Continue reading →

The GPS for the volcano computer came yesterday. We have been making good progress on the system as a whole. We finally got Debian Linux running on the system with the right kernel patches so that we could talk to it via … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the “official” last day of homeschool. We still have a couple of minor things to clean up–Kelly has a little math, they both have a little bit of reading, the reports are finished, but need to be formatted so … Continue reading →

We found this photo waiting for us when we returned from South Carolina this weekend. Congratulations to Eric, Audrey, and all the kids for their beautiful new baby girl. They picked a great name, too! America Laverne. I am starting to figure out the … Continue reading →

My friend, Evan from work has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University. He will be marrying another Ph.D. Electrical Engineering student from Duke in a couple of months. She is hispanic and going through Duke on a fellowship she received … Continue reading →

Other than the posting of Kelly’s report on the Lost Colonies and Christian’s report on Artillery, this will be the last post of the 2007/2008 school year. It has been a great year. Kelly is well prepared to move on from Junior … Continue reading →

I just got a call in from Eric. It is a baby girl–8 lbs. 10 oz., 21 inches. Congratulations to Eric, Audrey and all the kids! As soon as I can confirm the babies name and get a picture, I will put it … Continue reading →

My buddy Evan and I continue to work on the volcano computer. We now have a solid specification for the first item we are going to send out for testing. I am writing about it here right now so we can have … Continue reading →