Last week we went to the five Browns concert at the philharmonic. These five siblings were home-schooled & all play the piano very well. They play classical music on five grand pianos. Most of the songs they play together, but they play some separately. I was very impressed by their skill, & would recommend them to anyone who appreciates the classics!
This year my family went with our cousins to the cornfield maze. It was a lot of fun! For the first time in ten years my mom actually won. So she was mas grande happy! I saw many people I knew while in the maze( mostly home- schoolers!). I hadn't seen my cousins for awhile so it was cool to see them again.
Last week I went to a volunteer graffiti removal. We went with BEST ( one of the homeschool support groups we're in). We finished a wall within an hour & a half!
Later that day I walked to my friend Justin's house & we hung out until we needed to leave. We were going to another friends house to play some football. We played for around four hours! After the game we had pizza & I taught Josh some self-defense "moves". After that we went to Cameron's house for a "sleep-less over"! That night we played 4 risk games! :D
After church last Sunday we went to our friends the Goodbars house. Mr Goodbar and Brannen are in my Boy Scout troop and of course all of the go to church with us. Brannen and I had a nerf gun war. Brenna his sister and Billy ran into her room and slammed the door because we snuck up and attacked them. Then we went outside and played soccer. We aslo played with Brennas whip. Lastly we walked to a lake close to where they live and rode around in a paddle boat. First Brenna and Billy paddled. Then Brannen and I climed over them and they went into the back of the boat and we paddled. It was awesome.
Ricky Dave
I joined Boy Scouts about a month ago. Last week we went to Kearney Park for a camp-out. W hen we got there we put up tents and set up camp. Then we played games (assassin, flashlight tag and mafia) Apparently the group does something random on each camp out. This time it was taking our shirts off while playing the games. The next morning we went around Kearney park and picked up trash. After that we directed traffic and handed out programs. When we were done we grabbed some lunch and watched the battle. Then the parents arrived to pick us up. My family and I walked around and checked things out. We also toured Kearney Mansion.
Ricky V.
The Jr. High boys had the option, and I signed up for it, to sing in a program called "Real Men CAN Sing!" Yes we can sing, wow! Who would've guessed it? Well it's very hard to get guys my age to sing well because our voices are changing. I give credit to the people who have to run this program. Anyway we will sing at Fresno State later this month. We are practicing hard for this and also for the Christmas concert.
Rickydave
River Park Bible Church has an awesome Jr. High Youth Group. In it we play some crazy games. For example we play a wild game of dodge ball. In the Jr. high room we play ping pong, fooseball and air hockey. These are available if you come early or stay a little late. We have a lot of goofy fun but we also really get into studying God's word. I really like it all.
Eric David Vincent
We had a blast at the All Church Fall Picnic last weekend. They held it at Woodward Park on Sunday right after church. It was crazy hot and just the day before we were at the same park for our homeschool groups Kick-off. Anyway it was cool. We played volleyball, yes again, football, ultimate frisbee, and the extremely messy egg toss. We go to a huge church, so you can imagine what a mess that was. Dad teased that he didn't want me to ride in the car on the way home because I got egg junk thrown at my back. After the egg toss we got ice cream bars. We saw a lot of our friends that we got to church with, duh. But also friends that are in Boy Scouts and that we homeschool with.
Eric David Vincent
We are in a art co-op with BEST. We have been drawing for the last few weeks. It was interesting seeing what my friends chose to draw. Some of them are really good. The co-op only meets twice a month for 2 hours each time. So we do other art stuff on our own at home. We also go to museums. Basically we are learning Art History and Art Appreciation in an Art Survey unit, well that's how it was explained to me anyway.
Dave
This year my brother and I joined the yearbook committee in one of the school groups we're in. We had our first meeting Monday, we discussed the plan for the year & decided who would do what. We signed up for quite a few different pages. We are also part of a community homeschool newspaper called Flame. We have regular columns we write for that. So we will have a busy schedule in that regard. :D
Billy
For the last two weeks I have played at a messianic congregation! It has been really interesting, I got to see many different Jewish traditions. We played for the two feasts of Rosh Hasshanna & Yom Kippur! Otherwise known as the Feast of Trumpets & the Day of Atonement. I learned Hebrew songs and played Hebrew style music on world percussion instruments. As a bonus this synagogue has a "potluck" every night after service!
Billy
Every year CHEFA has a back-to-school Kickoff. We sign yearbooks, play volleyball and badmitten, eat food, hang out, & race "rubber ducks" in the creek that runs through the park. (Woodward Park) Our ducks didn't do too well. This year was cool because I got a yearbook (because I'm in high school)so I could get people to sign it! CHEFA gives out yearbooks from the previous school year in the fall of the next school year. I got to see people I haven't seen all summer so that was also fun :D
Billy
My family has started going to Riverpark again! We used to go but then we moved to Coarsegold. So now that we are trying to move to Fresno we decided to go back. This church has major ADD. I am in the high-school group & there are activities every week! They also teach a lot, its not watered down. I am enjoying the youth group & the sunday school. I plan to join the high school band called project 100 :D
Billy
This year I am taking a physics class. Its hard but its not crazy hard! The weird thing for me is it's like taking two math courses instead of a science & a math course. I like taking the class because I like doing the labs in a group setting.
Billy
We went to Yosemite with our homeschool group. We hiked Sentinel Dome. It was a good hike. We had a great time with our friends. We saw a few deer and a badger den. My family loves to go and see God's handy work...so this hike did two things. We got to enjoy God's play ground and the friends he gave us.
Dave
YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Bembe started again!!!!! Poor me, I had to take the summer off...feel my pain. Anyway I'm happy that I get to start playin my djembe on a regular basis. The day I came back my teacher gave me 6 new parts to learn, yikes! Luckily none of the parts were crazy hard, so I learned them by the next day. Friday we play in a Synagoge...its always some new angle with my instructor!!
Ok so I am in a school group called BEST. The youth group had a school is starting swim thingamajig. It was lots of fun! I got to see some friends that I hadn't seen for the entire summer! We ate, swam, played fooseball, and other games but generally just hung out!!!Then three days later they had another party for every grade in the school, babies all the way up to alumni and of course parents too. At this party we played volleyball and had a giant slip and slide, which my parents made.
We went to Yosemite on Sunday. We were invited to swinging bridge. We were with two other families. Its an awesome swim hole!!! After that we went up to Glacier Point. I only have one word. WOW! While we were there we saw a Mama Doe and her two little fawns. That was sooooo cool! You typically don't get to see the little guys.
Eric
I started back in choir after being out about four years. It's good to see all the people I haven't seen in a long time. I am relearning what kind of singer I am. My friends are varied in their voices, but I think I'm Bass and so do all of my friends. We will see where the choir teacher sticks me. I am also relearning my music reading homework. Anyway I am enjoying choir and visiting with my friends very much.
Eric
