And the winner is….

Here are some of our awards! I am sure I am leaving something out..but I will try and catch it all!!!! Chloe won 3rd place scrapbooking, Platinum Good Samaritan, Bronze Advanced Puppets, Bronze Advanced Speech, Bible Bowl Finalist.

Blake won Advanced Puppets, Platinum Good Samaritan, SPEECH FINALIST, Bible Bowl Finalist.


Camye won 1st place Scrapbooking, 2nd place photography, Platinum Good Samaritan, 3rd Place puppet team!!!!

Our 8th grade bible bowl team….FINALISTS!!!

Blake was soo proud to be a speech finalist. He was up against some FABULOUS competetion. They were sooo good!!! Even though he didnt win, he held up his finalist trophy. Being a finalist meant he was top 6 of about 15-20 other 5th grade boys!! He was soo excited about this, he would like to participate in Advanced Speech this next year!

Chloe recieved 3rd place in Scrapbooking. She did an awesome job and is looking forward to next year!!


Camye recieved 1st place in Scrapbooking, which means for the next 3 years she will be in Winners Circle Scrapbooking with all the other First Place winner!!!!


Camye recieved 2nd place Photography!!!WOOHOO!!!! Gooo Camye!! I will post her picture later! I just need to find it….

3rd place Washington, PA!!!!!!!!!!WOOOHOOO!!!!!! These kids deserved this. We were soooo hard on this and to actually place in our first year of puppets!! I think is WONDERFUL!!


Priceless…

Our Bible Bowl team…8th grade team!!! With 5th grader on it..:):)

Chloe, Blake and Camye were all 3 Platinum winners for Good Samaritan.

Lads to Leaders Nashville Convention 2010

Lads to Leaders and Leaderettes Nashville Convention 2010 was sooo awesome!!! This was our first year to have a banner and Chloe and her friend Abbie Lippincott got to carry it in this year!!! I think the banner looked great and matched our shirts great!! Here is a picture of the kids that attended!! I am not sure why it is so small!! But adding pictures with my dial up takes me soooo long!!


This year we had 2 puppet teams….8th grade team performing America’s Got Faith.

And our award winning 3rd grade team….

Paul and his best bud Levi!!!!

Part of our group on the way down at a rest stop!!! Lots of fun all weekend!! at an awesome resort Gaylord Opryland Hotel!!


Cant wait till next year…but for now I am retiring for several months.

Menu Planning Monday

Long weekend…but beautiful weather!! I love Spring!! It is raining today but I LOVE the rain too. I just love 4 seasons. I love it here in Pennsylvania! And its not even green yet…other than the grass which stays green all year!!
I know my blog has been boring lately without any pictures. But I bought this new and fabulous camera!!!! And keep forgetting to ask my hubby how to put the new pictures on the computer. As soon as I remember to ask….I will post new pictures.:)
Here is my menu:
Monday- Ozark Sloppy Joes and Swiss Almond Floret Bake
Tuesday- Cheesey Rice and Broccoli Casserolle
Wednesday- Homemade Pizza
Thursday- Baked Potato Soup
Friday-Leftovers
Saturday- Panhandle Beef Brisket, Mashed Potatoes and Veggie of choice..Hot Rolls

My First Blog Award

Here are the rules For the “Beautiful Blogger Award” and “One Lovely Blog Award” you need to:Thank & link to the person that gave you the award.Pass this award on to some fantastic bloggers you’ve recently discovered.Contact the Bloggers and let them know they’ve won.
State 7 things about yourself-
1. I am a planning maniac.
2. I am a christian.
3. I am in love with my husband.
4. I love my children.
5. In August, I will be starting my 10th year homeschooling.
6. I love to read.
7. I love bubble baths.
Now I would like to pass this on to:

Homeschool Co-op Classes 2010-2011

We had our planning meeting last night!! First I want to say how blessed to be able to belong to a group that gets along soooo well. I appreciate that sooo much!!!

Here goes:

k-1st grade– Paul will be a Kindergartner!!

Story time J.Drilak Five Senses H. Hamilton
Gym—–Full year —–P. Costello
Phonics Fun S Barkey Nursery Rhymes Literature Pockets ME!!!
Art P Costello Science: Flora And ?? M Ruffing

2nd-3rd grades

I actually do not have a child in this group!!! Only one though!!

4th and 5th grades– Camye

Literature- Full year- G. Stahlman
Geology- K.Cornelius Pioneer Days- S. Barkey
Gym——–Full year
Natural Disasters- T. Bairen Intro to Speech R.McClowsky

6th-8th grades -Blake

Revolutionary War/What is America- Me, S Barkey and H Hamilton/ Recent Hist. K Ford
Literature——Full year—-G. Stahlman
Natural Disasters- T. Bairen Health/Cooking- T. Bairen
Gym Chemistry- A. Page

High School- CHLOE!!!!!!!!!!! Can you believe it? This co-op is designed for homeschoolers and makes it so easy to homeschool in high school.

Debate A. Hillberry/ Economics L. Bodine Ethics- J. Dullis
English- Full Year—R. McClowsky
Biology Lab- Full Year–K. Ford or Life Skills- Full year D. Shrump
Yearbook-Full Year- D.Shrump or Young Men After God’s Own Heart or Young Women after God’s Own Heart-ME!!!!

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated on teaching Young Women After God’s Own Heart?? PLease..I beg you.

Menu Planning Monday

I know 2 blogs in one day…but I am lucky to even get to that today.
Monday- Chicken Pot Pie
Tuesday-Spaghetti
Wednesday-Chicken Penne Pasta
Thursday- Out on the town for a hot date!!
Friday-Pizza
Saturday- Dinner with Kenny’s work
My mom is coming up this weekend to help with all the babysitting!!WOOHOO!! I need a break!!

Sorry my menus are not more creative than they are..I have “puppets” on the brain..I am starting to talk like them. 23 days and counting!!!!>…………..

Menu Planning Monday

March has arrived!! And only 20 days until Spring!! Which means this snow will melt away…although I dont really mind looking at it. It is beautiful. And we do keep getting more and more. There is a chance of snow Wednesday…I am thinking not.LOL!! We will see.
Yesterday at church, a great friend loaned me a few cookbooks. So a few of my recipes come from those. The cookbooks were The Lady and Sons Too (Paula Deen) and Top Secret Restaruant Recipe and these days I am up for anything new.
Here it is…
Monday– Potatoe Ham Soup (need a dessert for a funeral dinner on Tuesday) Maybe my Mamaws Blueberry Fluff recipe
Tuesday– Meatloaf, mac n cheese and green beans
Wednesday-Chicken Florentine
Thursday– Leftovers
Friday– Homemade Pizza and Bowling Night
Saturday-Chicken and Dumplings

Crafty Fun at Homeschool 4H

Today was finally a day out…everything has been cancelled all month!! But 4h was a go today! Blake is taking a Herpetology class…which I did not know what that even meant but it is the study of Reptiles. As much as I dont like reptiles, his class is awesome and has great field trips in the future. The class is also making a lapbook (great for the portfolio). Camye started Jewerly making class today!! And it was awesome!!
Above is Camye and her friend Ashlee, waiting for it to begin.

Camye made a beautiful keychain where we learned all sorts of different techniques. Yes her lips are chapped and she wont quit licking them!!

Cute as a button!!!Notice her cute ring ..Ashlee made her an adorable rosering made out of pipe cleaners!!!

Chloe our Heart and Home 4h President, she did an excellent job today! She is finishing a course in Rocketry. It was a 2 semester class.
A great day to be OUT of the house!! Now hoping and praying co-op wont be cancelled in the morning…doesnt looking promising..4-6 inches tonight!!! and more in the morning!!

I have been bitten by a …CRICUT!!!!

Isnt this beautiful??!!! This is my Cricut!! I love it!! I have been wanting one for a while now ever since I used a good friends to help with my kids L2L scrapbooks. Only they are done..and I need to get back to my scrapbooking.
By the way..Joann Fabrics has this on sale for $89 until March 6th. Regular price $199.99!!!

It comes with one cartridge and it is soooo awesome!!!