Project day at the Elementary School

The other day we went to Ben's school and saw some of the hard work the kids have been doing on their "Expeditions" this year.  The third graders have been studying the Plateau Indians and the area in which we live.  Ben's informative poster of the "Plateau Indians and their Environment" was very detailed. 

Great job Ben!

Congratulations Myranda on a great 1st year!

Myranda's first year of High School is coming to an end quickly.  We are so proud of our little girl!!  

The pictures below are a couple from the awards ceremony the other night.  Myranda received several awards based on her great grades and overall hardworking attitude at school.  They included one for Art, one for volunteer work with the FCCLA group, the Presidential Academic Excellence Award, and a special one from the high school for maintaining a 3.8 or higher gpa... she has a 3.92!!

Way to go Pumpkin!!

A new nephew!!

Congratulations to Kat and Geoff and Welcome to the world, Walter James Marke!

There is nothing like a baby boy, and I am so happy that you have a son as well as your beautiful daughter to bless your little family.  We are very glad that he is healthy and you are both doing well.  This song is for you!

Today David decided to try his hand at home made cheese!

He made mozzarella and some ricotta.

He estimates he got about 2 lbs of mozzarella from 2 gallons of milk.  The ricotta is made from the left over whey, and he only got a bit.  I am going to find something yummy to make with it though.

He read that the whey left over after the ricotta can be used to make mysost "whey cheese" that is eaten in Norway.  I guess it is sometimes called gjetost.  He also read that it's one of those things that you either really like or really hate... so we will have to see!

We had a torrential rainstorm a few hours ago.  Even some hail.  When we left to go get the kids from the bus stop we noticed the creek was absolutely swollen and muddy with the run off.

Bear Patch!

Ben received his Bear patch at cub scouts last night.  He also earned a gold and two silver arrow points for extra achievments. 

Way to go Ben!!

We are hoping that his cubscout den can get together a few times this summer and do some fun things.

Here is a bonus pic of the creek last night after we got home from the Scout meeting.  The snow melt really has it rushing.

Ugh

Remember the truck that we only recently got back from the shop, with all that body work from the roll down the ditch into the tree?.... Did you know there were only two panels that didn't need painted from that wreck?

What panels were those you ask?  The two doors on the drivers side.... which now sport an imprint of the deer that ran into the truck while I was on my way to work.

/sigh