Trip to Mt Rainer

AJ had a trip to Mt. Rainier on Friday. Here are some pictures she got with her cell phone. Amazing how well they turned out! I can't tell you the name of what she's looking at here, just know they were all either on the way up there, or while she was walking around.

Culinary Arts, Ay?

Hey home-skillets, i wanted to post a link to an article about Bothell HS and their culinary classes:
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/north_king/bkn/community/41000889.html
Im gonna be in that class in a couple years! I cook at home and I like to mess with recipes and make them my own, and thats how a few people in the article got into culinary arts too. Its going to be a little challenging, especially with orchestra and all my classes with the new school and everything.
Oh!
I applied for honors English for next year, and they will let us know who will be getting in before spring break so Im looking forward to that, fer shure, yo.
Apparently, because Im in Core 1 Math right now, I will have to take Core 2 next year, and not Core 3 [honors math]. They dont have anything for over the summer to learn all of Core 2 so i can be in honors for tenth grade, but if I do well in class, my teacher might be able to recommend me for honors as a junior.

Well so anyway -coughcough- thats my news for this week about school, besides that for the time being I have STRAIGHT A's!!
So yeah, AJ, as far as I know, has good grades too, but she doesnt tell me anything anymore.
haha ok bye
-CJ

Spring concert

AJ recorded this for us. Her hands were a little shaky, and some whispering was going on, but you still can enjoy the concert. Good job AJ and CJ!

Spring Concert = Click here!

Honor Roll

Excellent job CJ! Sh had a GPA over 3.5 and we're very proud of her!

You're Eating … What? - 1 - Men's Health: Slide Show - MSN Health & Fitness

You're Eating … What? - 1 - Men's Health: Slide Show - MSN Health & Fitness

Want some dead bugs with your dinner? Well, that's just one of the freaky ingredients involved in making some popular processed foods. And while all seven of these sound incredibly icky—though presumably used to help make your food tastier or look better—some additives are decidedly more disturbing than others. Here's what you're eating—which may inspire you to start contemplating those ingredient labels a lot more closely.

If people are bothered by it, why don't they just speak up? "Hey stop putting artificial bug coloring in our food"! Back it up with some, "I'm boycotting your food until you change it", and manufacturers will listen. It's worked before, Google it and see.

Indubitably

The sentence that my mom (hi mom!) had me practice was a simple but effective way to get me to enunciate clearly. What they're supposed to be trying to say is...

Indubitably, that is specifically, though not particularly a necessity. 

I said this when I was.. what was it, 10 years old? I never forgot it, and trying to teach it to a 14 and 13 year old seems impossible. 

Late conversation heart post.

We forgot to post our experiment in making our own conversation hearts. It was a fun and definitely, silly time for us. The only problem we ran into was not rolling out the candy thin enough, so that even after about 5 days, the candy still was not dry in the middle of the thicker hearts. It was kind of eww. Other than that, the rest were fine, and if we make them again, we'll use more flavors than just vanilla.