Brown-Eyed Handsome Man

Today was one of those, "where did the time go?" moments.  Today Caleb had senior pictures, so here is a sneak peak for the grandparents.  Isn't he handsome!!

young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand Daniel 1:4

Homeschool High School Softball

As if two games yesterday weren't enough, Abigail had two more ball games tonight.  Tonight's games were with the home school high school team, CHANT.  This is still off season for them but they keep playing through the fall so they are ready for spring ball.

 

The girls have played four games and are undefeated.  They play every other  Monday night, which is when my ladies Bible study group meets.  Tonight was the first game I was able to watch her play with this team, and they lost!  Abigail said I can't come to any more CHANT games.  Silly girl! 

 

This team is really good and with Abigail being one of the youngest she generally plays center field.  But she loves that she gets to practice with older, experienced catchers.   

Teach me knowledge and good judgment
Psalms 119:66

Sunday Scrimmage

This afternoon Abigail's select team took on an afternoon ballgame.  Her Southern Force team had a double header scrimmage in Old Celina. 

 

Notice the pink shirts?  It is breast cancer awareness month so her team had pink jerseys made.  Abigail caught for the second game, during the first game she played short stop and center field. 

 

With it being a scrimmage they didn't keep score but both were good games. 

 

 

Jr. / Sr. Campout

 

 

This weekend a group of our home school friends took off the Gungan's grandparents for a campout.   They enjoyed shooting their bows and target practicing.  The property is a great spot for fishing and hiking. 

 

The boys camped outside and the girls got to stay inside with Grandma.  One of the kids asked Richard on the way to Paris, 'what kind of Grandma do you have?'   Caleb answered for him, 'The over the river and through the woods, great cook, kind of Grandma.' 

 

There was a game of capture the flag played out on the property and the only kid to get lost was the Eagle scout. Spencer may have gotten a lot of good natured teasing for that! 

 

Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes. Numbers 10:31

Timber

For the grandparents, I know this isn't a post about those grand babies but it was a big event for the child who does not like change!   On Monday we had 30+ mile per hour winds that literally twisted and tore the large tree in the backyard into three sections. 

 

The tree trimmer tied the split tree and he and his crew began yesterday cutting it down.  He said it looked like there was some sort of disease in the middle of the tree that weakened it.  I have no idea how tall the tree was but when it was all said and done they hauled off 26,000 pounds of tree! 

 

I'm really going to miss all that shade on the back of the house! But don't worry Granny, the two large trees are still in the front yard so you can find us!

 

You will cut down every good tree  2 Kings 3:19

6th Floor Museum - Behind the Scenes

Every other month the Sixth Floor Museum's Youth Advisory Committee gets together to plan up coming events.  Here is a behind the scenes look at the October meeting.  The kids met with their advisor, Ms. Ani to sort through the applicants for additional committee members.  The Committee has ten members and are looking to add four more members from the forty applicants.

 

These kids serve from various high schools all over the metroplex and are generally referred by teacher advisers to the program.  The Youth Advisory Committee also serves along side the Sixth Floor Museum's Teacher Advisory Committee.  There are a lot of volunteer hours served behind the scenes by these young people.

 

But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. Luke 22:26

Homecoming Deep in the Heart of Texas

 

Tonight was the high school homecoming.  Last night was Home School Athletic Association's homecoming football game.  Most homeschool teams play area private Christian sport teams, because in the state of Texas home schooling is treated as a private school.

 

Tonight was the homecoming dance, along with 650+ other home schoolers!   The kids met up with several of their PEACH friends for dinner before the dance.  The dance was held at the North Texas Automotive Museum and Event Center in Richardson, TX. 

 

Caleb and Abigail saw friends from their English Country Dancing group.  Abigail ran into several of the girls from her Homeschool High School Softball team.  There were also quite a few kids that will be participating in graduation ceremonies in the Spring. 

 

From all reports they both had a great time!  Don't you love Caleb's bow tie?  After all , bow ties are cool!

 

a time to dance  Ecclesiastes 3:4

Sweet Sixteen

Sweet 16 never looked so good!  Tonight the kids celebrated Hannah's birthday.  They enjoyed hanging out with each other.

 

Later in the evening they watched the ultimate chick flick, Princess Bride and played a little trivia.

 

Aren't those sweet smiles!

 

Gracious words are a honeycomb,
    sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.  Proverbs 16:24

Glenn Beck's Ruby Slippers

Today Caleb took Frankie with him to a taping to the Glenn Beck television program it was program focusing on history leading up to Beck's Miracles and Massacres Museum.  The event will include over $50 million worth of artifacts! 

 

Some of the artifacts were onstage for the studio audience to see, including the flag that actually landed on all of the beaches on D-Day.  There was also one of Abraham Lincoln's hat, a hand-marked script from Orson Wells, a letter written by Mother Teresa.

 

Caleb was impressed by a New Testament Bible that was all written in because it was owned by a linguist who hand corrected the grammatical errors.  The Bible's owner was J.R.R. Tolkien!   Frankie's favorite was one of the three remaining pairs of Dorothy's Ruby Red Slippers from the Wizard of Oz movie!  Guess who knew the answer to, "What color were the shoes originally in the books?"  Oh that would be Frankie!!

 

And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne.  Revelation 4:3

JFK Living History: Pierce Allman

Today’s LivingHistory Program featured former WFAA-Radio program director, Pierce Allman.  Mr. Allman was one of the first journalists inside the Texas School Book Depository after the assassination. He is believed to have encountered Lee Harvey Oswald leaving the building.  Allman ran into the book depository to phone that the President had been shot as a man believed to be Oswald was running out of the building.  Mr. Allman is the voice you hear narrating the museum's audio guide.

Allman told the audience today that there was no doubt in his mind that Oswald was the shooter acting alone.  Allman recalled that fateful day in Dallas, when he was a young newsman, at the corner of Elm Street directly across from the Texas School Book Depository, to see the young first couple.

“They turned the corner and (closes his eyes) boom!” he recalled.  To Mr. Allman, it's as if it happened yesterday.  “If I go to the site, it's forever 1963,” he said. “I can hear it. I can see it. It's a memory that stays with you forever.” Fifty years later, a day still frozen in time.

Mr. Allman took the time after today’s program to take a photo with Caleb and another member of the Sixth Floor Museum’s Youth Advisory Committee and a teacher advisor. 

Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless.  Ecclesiastes 3:19