Hi everyone!  Sorry I'm so late in posting.

On my birthday Gram came over and we went out for some time together.  Later everyone went to the library and out to eat.  After that we went to Siesta Key Beach for a sunset.  It was nice but the water was cold.  Mommy and Daddy gave me a Purity Ring for my 16th birthday.  Daddy read something to me then gave me the ring.  The ring symbolizes a promise to stay pure and be pure for my future husband or if I don't get married.  So that means I won't be dating and that may seem weird to some people but not dating also means that when I get married I can give my husband my whole heart and not have any regrets.  The ring has a pearl and two small diamonds on either side of it.  It's really pretty.

I bought a serger a few months ago.  I haven't done anything "real", just checking it out. 

In school, I am currently working through Algebra 1.  The course I am taking is really nice.  I watch a video for each lesson that teaches the problems that I will be working on.  I like math, so I think it's kind of fun.  Janna loves the song that plays before each lesson.  Another thing I have been working on is Sign Language.  Jaimee and I are the main ones learning it but I think that everyone has learned a little.  We watch videos from the library, my favorite series to watch is called Say it With Sign.  Jennifer watches the shows with us sometimes.  She got scratched on something and she started doing the sign for hurt.  One of my favorite signs Jen does is 'the bear catches the food'.  We've also been trying to teach Janna a few signs.  She knows the sign for eat and Daddy (sort of).  She can't do Mommy though.  Most of the time if we tell her to do Mommy, she will say (sometimes sign) Daddy instead.  Well, we'll have to work on it.

Ever since we have been to the Kennedy Space Center, I have been really interested in the space program.  I've read books by some of the astronauts and the one I am currently reading isn't by an astronaut but the first flight director, Chris Kraft.  We have been able to see a few shuttle launches while we have lived in Florida.  The most recent one we saw was really cool.  We could see it really well and even see the two rocket boosters fall off.  Jennifer enjoyed seeing the rocket.  There was another launch that has been scrubbed a few times, but it is supposed to launch sometime in July.  I signed up to get email updates from NASA to keep informed.  Mommy asked me "You're not going up are you?"  (Space lingo for going up in space.)

We went to a book sale for a home school group this month.  We had a table to sell some things.  We didn't sell much -- we sure had fun shopping though!  I got some books and a few other things (most of them were added to my 'space' library.)

I'll finish up this entry with a recipe.  It is a very easy and healthy snack. 

2 TBLS raw almond butter

2 TBLS or more of ground golden flax seeds (I love flax seeds so I use a lot.  You can grind them up in a coffee grinder.)

Raw honey to taste

1 apple

You mix the almond butter, flax, and honey in a bowl.  Then cut up your apple into slices and dive in.

Jennifer came up and asked me for my favorite apple mix and told me that it needed almond butter, flax seeds,  and honey (counting on her fingers as she says each thing.)

Well, that's all for now.  Bye!