Many of you have been asking me when I was going to add a new entry.  Well, here it is.  Would you like to know what an 11 year old boy who lives on a 4,000 acre prairie does?  Here you go:

I went to the bison auction last week.  My dad sold 30+ bison to people all over the state.  Most of them went to slaughter but some of them did got to other farms. 

It was really windy that day and my sister said that it stunk.  I thought it was really cool. 

I hepl my dad with feeding the bison and elk some times.  There are times when I go up to the visitor's center to hang out with my dad while he is at work.  I like the VC because it has alot of room to wrestle with my brother.  Sometimes my dad tells us to be quite.  We have to be careful because there are visitors that come in to see the park.  My friend, Tony (aka antoniochef) lives close by.  We like to play swords outside. 

In the summer we play in the creek that runs next to my house.  Sometimes in the spring, when it rains alot, it rises fast.  When the water is down, it is fun to walk up the middle of the creek and look for snakes and other creatures. 

Thats all for now.

Matthew

Hi my name is Matthew.  I am eleven years old and my mom set up this for a home school project.  I am studying astronomy from a new book, "Exploring Creation thru Astronomy".  I really love this book.  I have learned that the colors of the rainbow are made from the sun.  Did you know that the biggest volcanoe ever found is located on Mars.  You can fit the states of Nebraska and Kansas in the crater.   There is a canyon so big you can fit the entire United States in it. 

My dad is the superintendant at Prairie State Park.  I live on the park with my family.  I help with the bison and elk herds we have on the park.  We have a herd of 130 bison.  My favorite thing about bison is that you can use bison poop for frisbies.  Did you know that bison poop was used as fuel for fire in the pioneer times.  I also like to watch them stick thier tongues up their noses. 

My very best buddy in the whole world is my black lab named Robert the Bruce after my other hero, Robert the Bruce. I call him Bruce.  He loves to chase my sister's cat.   

It is funny to see him chase her because she winds up chasing him.  My sister gets mad at my dog. 

I also take piano.  I have been taking piano for only a year and a half.  I really like it.                                                  

Well thank you for reading my first blog. My mom just told me that I have to go to bed.  Until next time..........this is NBC News Washington.