Family

Redneck walk in the country

What do Rednecks bring home from their walk?

Beer cans, empty buckets...and snakes!

Turkey...mmmmm

Benjaman killed his first turkey in Capitan, NM! Yay! Well Done! Let's eat!

Great Horned Owl?

Ben and his friend, Nick, startled a bird out of a nest and it dropped this baby onto the rocks. Being curious boys, of course, they brought it home. Bo called The Santa Fe Raptor Center. The lady came to our house to get it and said it was a Great Horned Owl. She said the boys saved it's life. It's probably only 2 weeks old. They have a full grown male GHO that was imprinted so it can't be released into the wild. She was going to see if he would feed the baby so it's won't get imprinted and can be released into the wild. He was such a soft little ball!

Confirmation

Benjaman has been Confirmed in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. That means that he spent 1.5 years learning about the faith and the vows that were made at his Baptism. Confirmation is a re-affirming of the baptismal vows. He has now agreed to keep those vows himself. We are so proud of him!

New 'do

Well, after 4 years, I finally grew my hair long enough to donate to Locks of Love. Locks of Love uses the donations to make children's hair prostethis. These children lose their hair for any number medical reasons. It has to be at least 10 inches long in a pony tail. Jaclene, my hairdresser for 12 years, separated it into 2 pony tails to cut. I haven't made it home to measure the pony tails yet, but will post pics when I do.



Here I am after the cut. My hair has some serious re-training to do! It doesn't want to hold any syle! Poor Jaclene spent 20 minutes just trying to get it to do anything besides lay there! Maybe it was depressed! LOL

On the other hand, my head feels 20 pounds lighter! Now to re-grow it back to a respectable length. lol

Crazy Friday Homeschool Speech and Debate Tournament
Speech - Benjaman tied with a 4 year competitor for 1st place with his Original Oratory on hunting
Debate - Benjaman filled in for a 4 year debater and his team won 1st place
General - Benjaman won "Most Improved" in his speech and debate club

This is Benjaman's second semester in the Say It With Class speech class, based on the Toastmasters model, and his first season debating. He loves it. I guess that's no surprise to anyone who knows him!

This spring he will be competing in Los Alamos, Farmington, Albuquerque and San Diego.

ps. Go here for a comparison on how much Benjaman has grown since February 2008. He's growing up!