Emily’s Etiquette Dinner

In May, Emily decided to make an etiquette dinner for her final in cooking. We got out the china and crystal and set the table very nicely. We had spaghetti, rolls, pumpkin bars, frosting, and beans. We had milk and water for the drinks. It was very delicious. The littler children got to sit at a little table we got from the princess room downstairs. Emily taught us a little bit about etiquette manners. It was very fun!    

 

By Rachel age 13

Swimming in the Canal

We enjoy swimming and playing in the canal on hot summer days. We like jumping off the edges of the canal. It is usually cold, so we need to get used to it. Some of our conversations go like this…

“I’ll jump in if you’ll jump in” “I can’t promise that” “It’s too cold” “I’ll jump in and then you jump in.” We test the water with our feet. Sometimes we just need to count to three and jump in.

We also like floating down the canal on our tubes and life jackets. It is fun swimming in the canal when you get used to the water.

By Rachel age 13

Jonathan’s Mice

One day I was reading a mouse book. I wanted to make a mouse cage. I wired it together and then I put it in the detached garage.

I went and got a special mousetrap and put food in it. I put it in the barn for a mouse to come. I came back a day later and checked the mousetrap. There wasn’t a mouse in the trap the first day. I forgot about it and a couple days later Crystalynne and Joseph looked in the trap. I had one mouse. Dad tried to put it in the cage, but it got away. I felt bad.

Then I put the trap in the barn with food again. A day later there were two mice. We got one put in my cage and the other got away. I put the trap in the barn again, and two days later I caught four mice. We got two baby mice moved into my cage. The mommy mouse and a baby mouse got away. 

Then I put the trap in the barn again and a day later I got a big fat mouse. Dad got some gloves. It almost got away, but Dad caught it and put it in the cage. The next morning I fed all my mice in the cage.

The next morning I came to feed them, but all of them were gone. There was a hole in my cage. We looked in my big water bucket and there was a dead baby mouse in it. The baby mouse must have climbed up, fell in, and drowned. We threw it outside.

By Jonathan age 8

Getting Trees From the Old Church

A little while ago we were able to get some of the pine trees from the old church. We are planning to make furniture and do a bunch of other things with the wood. We cut down the trees and loaded them up. We also got to play in the trees. We got a video of the tree falling.

Most of the church has been torn down now. They have a fence around the church, so that nobody comes in. They will be building a new church.

Rachel age 13

Girls camp 2012

This past week I got to go to girls camp. The theme this year is happily ever after. Our ward made up a skit and performed it for the other young women in the stake.

On the last night of girls camp we had a stake dinner. They put food in the middle of the table. We just ate with our hands.

During girls camp we also did some rope courses. That was pretty fun. They also have a lot of candy. We usually stay up late. On the last night, some of the girls stayed up all night and played pranks on the other girls.

When I came home I was exhausted. I am glad to be home after a long week of girls camp.

Rachel age 13

Chain Sawing

The old church had some trees that they were going to throw away. So we got the trees and took them to our house and started to cut them in to firewood. My dad and I started to chainsaw the wood. He had the 20-inch blade and I had the 12-inch blade. I hated it because the chain was dull, and it was not that powerful.

The next day I asked my dad if he would let me try the big chainsaw, and he said yes. It was hard to control, but I handled it. My dad let me cut a few logs, and this was the first time I cut with the big chainsaw. I liked the big chainsaw a lot better than the little one.

 

Now we got half the pile done, and we have a little trailer that is pulled by our four-wheeler. We put the wood in the trailer and haul it up to the barn. We stack the wood in the barn so the wood won’t get wet and will stay dry in the winter.

Joshua – Age 10          

Joseph, the Lawn Mowing Man

I like to mow grass with the lawnmower and have some fun. I like to lawn mow around the trees. Sometimes it runs out of gas. I go get Dad, and we put gas in the lawnmower. Dad starts the lawnmower up for me, and I mow some more. I have some fun. It is hard to push up and easy to push down. I like to lawn mow the orchard and be the “lawn mowing man.”

   

Joseph – Age 5