Ethan's Viking Adventure

(For school Ethan had to make a brochure about a space trip. Here are some of the highlights.)

It is called "Viking Mission Adventure Tours." Participants will visit the Moon, Saturn, and the constellation Aries. Exciting activities include bunjee jumping in the moon's craters, ice skating on Saturn's rings, and playing board games while listening to Greek and Roman myths. Participants should bring warm pajamas clothes, snacks and DVDs. Don't worry - - oxygen will be provided! For this amazing trip the price is only $200! It's all to pay for fuel, oxygen and the spacecraft itself. The chocolate mints on the bed are complementary! It's highly recommended to wear space diapers.

Sounds like fun!

An Astronaut and Red Riding Hood

Spaceman Spencer

From Astronaut and Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Ellie

From Astronaut and Riding Hood

Taylor was funny enough without dressing up

From Astronaut and Riding Hood

You can see a few more pictures at our picasa site

Happy Halloween

From the Daw cousins!

Beanie, Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Beanie Girl! Hope you have a wonderful new year!!!

Gingerbread Men

Or, the men of ginger. Weston was "studying" the gingerbread man story at school, so we decided to make gingerbread men with Omi (Ginger) while she stayed with us.

There are two recipes you can use. Click here for the one Omi and the boys made. The recipe that Weston got from school is easy and fun, too:

One spice cake mix

Two eggs

1/3 cup vegetable oil

Mix together and then roll and cut out shapes. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Makes about 2 dozen small cookies or one very large gingerbread man!
They bought white frosting, with sprinkles on the side, and used chocolate chips for eyes and buttons. They helped make the mix, bake the cookies, and finally decorate and EAT them!

Thanks Omi for all the fun!

At the Beach, By Ellie

We were at the beach for vacation. We found shells and we were catching fish and we were holding some. On that day, before that when we were at the beach earlier, there were some fish on the waves coming, but they were already dead.

I found so many shells. I liked it at the beach.

"Penguin" Woods, by Ethan

Yesterday I went golfing with my Dad. At one hole I hit a ball by a water hazard. It hit the water and then bounced off onto the land. Then I had to get past a sand trap. I hit the ball and it bounced over the sand trap and rolled onto the green. The ball was about 25 feet from the hole and I putted it and it made it in! The hole was a par 3 and I shot par! I felt awesome! I'm also taking golf in p.e. at school. At p.e. my friend Nick and I have two superstitious clubs. One is a 7 iron with "Foxx" on it, and we call it Mr. Foxy, and the other one has a bunch of blue paint on it and we call it Mr. Bluebird. We both take turns using the clubs. I really enjoy it.