Upward basketball

This year I am playing Upward Bound basketball for my first time. We really like this league. We learn a Bible verse each week and work on fundamental skills and sportsmanship. Our second game was on Sat. Grandma Colleen and Grandpa Vern came to watch. I have played the Savannah league for 4 years and have done the Savannah basketball camp for three years. It is very fun to play basketball.

Johnnycakes

Last night we had Johnnycakes for supper. We had read about them in a Civil War book of how that was the only thing they ate on a regular basis. They look like pancakes but they taste like corn bread. We also had fried turkey that I shot last spring and green beans. It was good.

Mu-Shim-Do

This Spring I am taking group home school classes. We have done it before. We just have not done it for a while. One of the classes I am taking is mu-shim-do (it is a type of karate). My brother and I are both taking the class. We get outfits (my mom thinks they are CUTE and I think she is crazy). It is very fun and I really like it. I am also taking Intro To Theater and a Spanish class that my mom is teaching-- so she made us be in it :-(

Mrs.DeLapp and the MS Walk

This is Mrs. DeLapp, my music teacher from 1st-5th grade when I went in for my extra classes at Minnie Cline. This picture is from my third grade "RATS" program. Mrs. DeLapp is a good music teacher and is very funny.

I found out that she has MS, and so now I am walking for her! :-) I invited her to join our team, and she said she might! Mom decided that if she was going to help me train anyway, she would just walk so that Patti, who helps in my dad's office, wouldn't have to walk alone. We have others who have joined us, too. If you want to walk with us or donate to MS, here is the link:http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/KSGWalkEvents?px=6086904&pg=personal&fr_id=10260

MS Walk

Dad has put together a team for the MS Walk on April 4th, and I am going to do it, too. I think two other people that I have asked are joining our team! I hope others will, too. I didn't know anything about MS before, but I have been reading about it. I am going to have an MS "sponsor" who has MS who will write to me and that I will hopefully meet. I am raising money as part of the walk. If you want to help, the website is:
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/KSGWalkEvents?px=6086904&pg=personal&fr_id=10260
Mom is helping me train to get ready and she said that we are starting tomorrow--it is supposed to be a BEAUTIFUL day--so I think that will be the perfect day to get started.

Science Fair

Last night there was a Science Fair for the homeschool group and my brother and I were in it. I did a project about teeth and how they rot when you put them in coke and apple juice but the teeth in the milk were healthier then the others. I won third place in the fifth and sixth grade division. As my prize, I picked 4 six inch sandwich coupons from Subway. My Aunt Donna and my cousin Eli came by and I explained my project to them. One of the judges said that he judges the middle school public school science fair and that he was amazed at how stiff the competition was at ours and the quality of the displays. That made me feel good.

A Visit from a Baby

My Uncle Kevin and Aunt Trena came from Houston and brought my cousin Eliana (she is ten months old). She is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute. She likes it when someone will hold her hands so she can walk. She loved going up and down the stairs. I was the only one that she would let hold to read with her.