Monthly Archives: July 2009

This will be brief because we are on the run today.  This is the last day before Jorge, Mari, Grandma Conchita, and the kids head back to Mexico.  We have places to go and things to do–mostly involving shopping, eating, … Continue reading →

I get off from work at noon today to go hang out with our family visiting from Mexico.  The really good thing about hanging out with my brother-in-law Jorge is that we like to do the same things when we … Continue reading →

This is just a place holder while Christian sends me the pictures.  Every one has been having a great time with the visit of Tios Jorge and Mari, Grandma Conchita, and Primos Jorgito, Valeria, and Brandon.  Pictures in a bit… … Continue reading →

Our family from Mexico spent the whole day shopping yesterday.  I think all the women were very happy with that.  I am not so sure about Tio Jorge and all the kids.  It is really great to have them here.  … Continue reading →

It is hard to respond to comments properly and write substantive posts when life gets very busy.  That does not mean I am not going to try.  I was out of town on Friday, so I appreciate the post Kelly … Continue reading →

Three cheers for Dad and Christian! The cat tower is now complete and our kitties are very satisfied with the end result. I think it looks like a nice piece of abstract art/furniture. Very functional! I would put up a … Continue reading →

Christian has a good amount of knowledge about computers.  Last year, in seventh grade, he set up a computer that is currently in use at North Carolina State University for a research project in the Agricultural Engineering department.  You can … Continue reading →

We are not trying to do something big like Troy and Youngin.  All we are trying to do is finish a silly cat tower.  We got most of the stuff we needed, but found we are lacking one more part, … Continue reading →

I think we are going to lay out next years homeschool program this afternoon.  All the family is coming from Mexico next week, most of us are leaving for Oregon shortly after that and it dawned on me that we … Continue reading →

To my highly esteemed and greatly treasured 97 Betty Blonde subscribers: We have one whole year’s worth of Betty Blonde comic strips behind us! One whole year’s worth!  One year of no skipped days, lots of cheesy jokes, a good … Continue reading →

We did not finish the cat tower, but we got the first two towers up.  The cats were so pleased we thought we would put up a picture anyway.  We are getting close, but we ran out of rope for … Continue reading →

Kelly has drawn her Betty Blonde comic strip every day, faithfully for an entire year.  If you look back through her comics, you will note that the drawing in the strip has improved dramatically.  Kelly works closely with Christian on … Continue reading →

Christian participated in the Duke Talent Identification Program for students in the seventh grade.  He got high enough scores on virtual every section of the test to qualify him for state honors.  Here is the link I wrote right after … Continue reading →

The project Troy, Christian, and I are working on at the NCSU Ag Engineering lab with Dr. François Birgand now has a blog.  We will discuss the project and track its progress over there.  Kelly will have an important Betty … Continue reading →

We did not met our goal to finish the cat tower last weekend, but we did make some good progress.  We have the carpet on all the platforms,* but we have a little more finish work and quite a bit … Continue reading →

My cousin Neil sent me some articles today.  The first four images contain a description of our grandfather’s grandfather, Stephen Jenkins, who was the scout on the first wagon train that took the really rough southern route of the Oregon … Continue reading →

I spent more time with my cousin Neil, my mom’s twin sisters second boy, than any of my other cousins.  We spent countless hours at our Grandma Jenkins house on Mosby Creek, not too far from Cottage Grove, Oregon.  We … Continue reading →

I have been looking forward to this weekend for about three weeks because we have no parties, picnics, swim meets, concerts, or any other planned event on the schedule.  We surely have a lot to do during this “free” weekend.  … Continue reading →

We will always be grateful to XXXXXX XXXXXX*, one of the teachers at Kelly’s last government school.  She and the principal of the school, XXXX XXXXXXXX* (recently retired), are the ones who finally convinced us that it would be good … Continue reading →

I sent in our order to Sonlight for next years curricula this morning.  I fell a little nostalgic because this is our seventh year and the first when I did not have to buy a core curriculum.  The cores are … Continue reading →