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Sunday, October 27, 2013

2013 NC State Fair





  This past Thursday we went to the NC State Fair:
Dad is always interested in the tractors of course   =D


watching the sawmill work was pretty cool
Daniel in a duck blind



shooting at the pellet gun range

 The ventriloquist show was neat and hilarious! This guy was really good!


The King Action Sports Stunt Show was quite amazing! It's crazy the stuff they do on the those bikes!





The Cowboy Mounting Shooting is a show we always enjoy, probably our all-time favorite fair event!



Tuesday, September 24, 2013

U.S.S. North Carolina

   Yesterday we took a field trip to see the Battleship North Carolina in Wilmington. The ship was quite impressive and so large that it would have been easy to get lost if it hadn't been for the tour markers.
   The battleship was commissioned in April of 1941, and used in World War II. The people of Wilmington saved it from being scrapped and transformed the vessel into a memorial to the North Carolinians who gave their lives in WWII.












Saturday, September 14, 2013

I had to get in on the fun

     Several friends (namely LeahAmber, and Megan) have recently done posts of old pictures. So I had to get in on the fun too. I laughed and cringed as I found these old pictures:


Mrs. Hutchins, Donut Day at our house.... LOL



Leah--she's so little! =D
and Beth is too!




Ninja Nathan
Haha... gotcha, Megan!
Daniel and Caleb

Haha, get a look at that face!

Youth Orchestra

These ones are from a field trip in 2009... Man, were we all young!


Ha Ha!


Tabitha!


Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Wow, it's August . . . no, it's almost September!

    I know that this post is way overdue, but it's better late than never, right? (Seems like I'm always saying that when it comes to blogging... )  The summer flew by super-duper fast (like usual) and August caught us by surprise... like we thought it wouldn't be on the calendar this year...? Thankfully Mom had ordered our books plenty early, and we dug into school on the fifth.

    We are into our third week of school now. Daniel is in third grade, Bethany's in eighth, and I'm in twelfth. Yes, my last year!! I don't know whether to be excited or sad...



Daniel's favorite subject is art. When Mom decided that they would do art every Monday, Daniel asked if on Tuesday they could change "art day" to Tuesday, and on Wednesday change it to Wednesday, and on Thursday change it to Thursday, etc. etc.  =D


pre-algebra obviously isn't a favorite

   Beth's favorite subject this year is history. She has U.S. history (my ultimate favorite) and I am SO jealous! =)


I'm not sure I really have a favorite this year because I don't have history, and Business Math is rather boring, in my opinion. My only video class is Spanish, which has been rather interesting. Unfortunately, no one else in the house speaks Spanish and I get some weird looks from time to time. But I guess they are hearing some weird words.  =)



And then some big news for Daniel...    A few weeks ago he bought the first gun of his own from a man in our church, a bolt-action Savage 270! He was pretty excited, and had to call Pap right away. =)  The gun is a little big for him right now, but he'll grow into it before too long. We haven't been able to shoot it in yet because we can't shoot rifles behind our house (too many close neighbors...  the city ruins so much fun).

a proud gun-owner