Football Camp

Chris has never been super sporty, but he has played baseball and soccer several seasons. Recently his interest in football began building and he asked if he could go to football camp this year. To my surprise, there was a football camp offered at our local middle school for $30 for the week long camp. I guess for that price we can try it out! (Chris is sitting on the far right of this picture in the olive green shirt.)

Needless to say, Chris is loving it! He is taking it well that the other boys have played before, some for several years, and has taken their encouragement and suggestions without offense. I have to say that people are much nicer here in general. We have been impressed that most people here are slow to criticize and very positive. I can learn a lot from the people here and hope that I do not come across too negatively.


Getting adjusted to the humidity with his asthma is his greatest challenge. He needs his inhaler if he is going to be active, especially with the humidity, something he is not used to. In Arizona, he only needed his inhaler once in awhile, usually if he was sick with something else.

The homeschool laws here state that homeschool students can play with the school district in which they live. My biggest dilemma is that I will be working some days and will not be here to get him to practice. So, there still may be a hindrance to him playing.

I also found a couple of homeschool sports leagues. We will be going to a meeting about their teams next week. I'm hoping that their practice times will be manageable with my new job. Mike works way too many hours to be of any help chauffeuring kids around and we have not found any other homeschoolers with boys close by.

Wipeout!

Our city has a pretty decent public pool with a surfing/boogie boarding feature called "The Huna". Our kids tried it out, but I only got one on video. :-( We invited some families we have met to come too. It was pretty fun, but public pools here costs a LOT more than the ones in Arizona. So, this will not be a daily or even weekly event.

Christian is one of the only active young men in our area, so we have not found him too many "dudes" to hang out with yet. But, I don't think he is complaining.

Marshmallow Canons

Chris LOVES making things. He says he is leaning towards becoming an Engineer. I think it would be an awesome career, based on his likes, dislikes, and abilities. He and his friend took apart the Marshmallow Guns he made the other day and made this...

Summertime Projects!

Summer brings a lot of changes for most families, ours is no exception. We typically take June off as a family break from the regular home education schedule. This year we have already traveled to Arizona and Sam is home with us for the next few weeks. Everyone just seemed itching to do some personal projects so we made a trip to Wal-mart and Lowe's to get some supplies and here is what everyone is doing.

Duck Tape

"I don't believe in much, but I believe in Duct Tape." ~ Miles on the final episode of Lost.

Duct tape is amazing stuff! I seriously think everyone needs an abundant amount of it for emergency preparedness. We have been making luggage tags, purses, book bags, wallets, etc. Mike was so surprised that my book bag was completely made of duct tape. He just couldn't believe it!


There are a lot of cool colors out there for Duct Tape. Here are some of the plans we used for our first projects before we started doing our own designs. Duct Tape Woven Purse and Cute Duct Tape Purse

Marshmallow Guns and Nunchucks

Chris has always loved making weapons, including wooden swords and shields. He made three different models of marshmallow guns to determine which design worked the best. Another tip he told me was to stuff the handles and the butt of the gun with TP to make the air pressure higher inside the gun.

The nunchucks are solid wood from a piece of dowel he had already. I was a little concerned about having him practice with these in the house. I wish he would have used a softer substance!