Book Contest

The kids have been working on some original artwork and story writing over the last week. They are entering a writing contest in which the national winner for each grade receives a laptop. My kids are all convinced that they will each be winning their own laptops! lol. Anyways, I am posting their books here. The hardest part of the contest was staying inside the word limit, which was based upon their grade level. None of kids wanted to end their stories once they arrived at the limit. So, here they are... (click on images to enlarge them).

David's Story

Katherine's Story

Jonathan's Story

I hope you enjoyed them. It was fun to see their artwork develop alongside of their creative writing.

Photo Update...

It's been too long since I last updated. I will try to post a few pics. I now have a new camera that I love so I hope to have more pictures to share. :) Also, check out our video on the last post. It was put together by my sister Amy during Christmas.

Christmas time

Christmas time
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Here is a video my sister Amy made from our Christmas gathering. It is a pretty good update on the kids. Enjoy!

Catching Up

Jonathan's 8th birthday- Oct. 2, 2008

Mia's Birthday, too.

Thanksgiving

Uncle Micah

Aunt Amy

Grandpa and Grandpa Thompson come to Visit...

SNOW

Christmas Time

We had a little fun yesterday with the camera...the girls and I decided to do a picture copying one of myself with my older sister. These dresses have survived the many years of wear- even after my younger sisters wore them. So here you are:

Heather and Brooke almost 30 years ago

Little Brookie

Little Gracie

Katherine

My two princesses

Lots of love!

and tickles

Hope You Enjoy....

Ohio Trip

We went to Ohio over Labor Day Weekend to visit Jeffrey's parents. On the way through Kentucky we stopped to see the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. We have been studying the Underground Railroad, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War this semester. Small trips such as these are really fun reinforcements of what we are reading at home.

Guess who is President Lincoln?

David looks more the part of Lincoln as a boy

We also got to see Jeffrey's brother and sister-in-law, as well as their little boy, Alex. This was the first time we got to meet Alex.

Regan and Kent

Alex and Regan

Alex trying to keep up with the big cousins

We had a very pleasant and restful visit after many busy summer weeks. Here are some pictures from our day at the zoo.

Everyone rode the carousel this year without any fear or arms holding onto mom and dad.

The zoo was busy, but the animals were quite active, which made the experience very entertaining. Our favorites were the monkeys, apes, and polar bears.

This ape seemed to like having it's picture taken.