Our family happenings http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:48:00 -0500 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:48:00 -0500 Great Response from Rachel Campos-Duffy in this clip from "The View"... Were you shocked that Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize? http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/737631/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:48:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/737631/ LifeReport April 02, 2009   Science Matters #1: Dr. Oz explains to Oprah and Michael J. Fox why embryonic stem cell research is dangerous and won't cure Parkinson's, but Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell research will! Supporting documents: - Downloadable PDF of successful adult stem cell treatments of Parkinson's patients, including a study where the patients reduced 83% of symptoms! http://tinyurl.com/dkgxxg   More information on iPS research under #1 of article: "9 Things the Media Messed Up About the Obama Stem Cell Story" http://tinyurl.com/c7w9bb Click here to see the entire Oprah segment: http://tinyurl.com/chft8g   More stem cell info at http://StemCellAnswers.com   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/677202/ Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:28:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/677202/ Here are some great pictures of this year's Lego Mindstorms Challenge held at Wichita State University. Jeremy and Johnny's team won First Place!  Also Jeremy and Johnny won the 'My Own Creation' contest with their entry of WALLE. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/672996/ Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:23:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/672996/ Here is page one: ---------------------------- Here is page two: ---------------------------- Here is page three: ---------------------------- Here is page four: ---------------------------- Here is page five-- Pictures from Jenny and Joey's Summer Pilgrimage: ---------------------------- Here is page six-- Description of Jenny and Joey's Summer Pilgrimage: There is is... finally! We will keep it in March for a while then move it back chronologically to December 2008 in a month or so. This is a nice way to look at the pictures up close... HOLD DOWN YOUR CTRL BUTTON WHILE SCROLLING YOUR MOUSE (makes it bigger or smaller) Enjoy! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/672873/ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:03:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/672873/ Jamey and Jessy just love these Kid Build It workshops at 2 of the local home improvement stores.  Thanks Daddy! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/672867/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:43:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/672867/ We all still can't believe it but our Tiger Scout, Jamey, won 2 trophies on Sunday at the Pinewood Derby. Jamey is a Tiger this year and as our youngest son he has watched many cars get built over his short life. His siblings (even his sisters and older brothers) like to make 'outlaw' cars even after they have moved on from Cubscouts. Jamey struggled with his 'theme' this year... really wanting Walle but Dad just couldn't see how to 'make' his ideas into a car (and follow the rules!)  He then switched to Star Wars as he just watched episode 4 (his first Star Wars full length movie) and loved it. The light saber car they made was just perfect for him. Dad says he was the most patient of all his sons in his jobs. He painted it all by himself, did the nail sanding, etc  He really got caught up in the 'making of the car'. He had definate ideas on how he wanted the shaft to look (stripes, button and switch).  Having the car 'light up' was so important although he understood he couldn't race it with the light on incase it caused a malfunction of the race timer.  Happily, the other scouts thought it was as cool as Jamey did and voted it BEST OF SHOW for the Pack!  Our big surprise is that the aerodynamics didn't hurt his speed and he came in SECOND PLACE in the Pack races.  Actually, 3 cars tied for first repeatedly and eventually the timer showed a hair of a difference and winners were determined!  Jamey was so thrilled! Here are the pictures of our family at the Pinewood Derby.  Here is a close up picture for all you scouts... Jamey's Star Wars Lightsaber Pinewood Derby Car Be sure to check out last year's: Johnny's Star Wars X-wing Pinewood Derby Car Jeremy's Star Wars Landspeeder Pinewood Derby Car (Outlaw) http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/645588/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:13:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/645588/ www.vimeo.com/2503167 Please go to this site for now. I will upload later to this blog. Enjoy! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/631308/ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:27:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/631308/ http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/622100/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:00:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/622100/ Our Boyscout troop and families went to Alabaster Caves for some fun that could have been an episode on 'Dirty Jobs'  See the pic below   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/620749/ Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:17:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/620749/ Wonderful, wonderful, performances by all of the Wichita Homeschool Warriors Robotics Team!!! Thank you for your support and prayers. We are so pleased to have these results to share! Kansas BEST 2008 Game Results (hope we got it all noted right): *BEST Award: Wichita Homeschool -- 1st Place; Circle High School -- 2nd Place; Rose Hill High School -- 3rd Place *Robot Game Award: Wichita Homeschool -- 1st Place; Ambassadors for Christ -- 2nd Place; Andale High School -- 3rd Place; Goddard High School -- 4th Recognition *The Spirit AeroSystems Top Gun Award: (most points in a single prelim round) Wichita Homeschool *The Cessna Teamwork Award: Wichita Homeschool -- 1st Place; Andale High School -- 2nd Place; Hutchison Tech Center -- 3rd Place *The Sportsmanship Award: (voted on by all the schools) Wichita Homeschool -- 1st; Place Circle High School -- 2nd Place; Rose Hill High School -- 3rd Place *BEST Plane Art (decorate a plane) Hutchison Tech Center -- 1st Place; Wichita Homeschool -- 2nd Place; Circle High School -- 3rd Place *The LSI Most Robust Design Award: Ambassadors for Christ -- 1st Place; Wichita Homeschool -- 2nd Place; Andale High School -- 3rd Place *The Boeing Creativity Award: Andale High School -- 1st Place; Ambassadors for Christ -- 2nd Place; Wichita Homeschool -- 3rd Place *The Hawker Beechcraft Craftsmanship Award : Wichita West High School -- 1st Place; Rose Hill High School -- 2nd Place; ? -- 3rd Place (missed this in the notes) *Close up of Jeremy and BEST official with 2nd Place Plane Art http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/613702/ Sun, 2 Nov 2008 01:38:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Marshall/613702/