http://highlandshomeschool.homeschooljournal.net Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:40:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do you like this page design better? What’s that? Oh, the font is too small? Yes, I know, but I can’t fix it…so hold down the ctrl key and move your mouse wheel up (or down) and the font will get bigger on the page. I’d really like for it ... http://highlandshomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/18/grandma-buell/ It’s so cool, to be back to school, where mama rules, and you have all the tools, to learn and be free, and stay home with your family! Oh…..the school room is clean and dusted, books are back on shelves, and the smell of dry eraser is in the air! Technically ... http://highlandshomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/18/back-to-school-4/ Today at church we talked about the great commission and what we can do as mere mortals to go and take the message. (It’s in Matthew 28:16-20.) Basically it’s this: Go-Make-Baptize-Teach-Obey. We are to go out and make disciples of all nations baptizing then in the name of the Father, ... http://highlandshomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/17/go/ Well, all of the cadets had to come home early because of the weather. They spent Friday night getting snowed on, but the real rain started about 4am. There was torrential rain, thunder and lightning. They did get a few items checked off the SQTR list when the rain slowed ... http://highlandshomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/16/rained-out-gsar/ Ok, I felt really guilty about taking a hot shower this morning. The temp. for us today is 52/45, where Joel is about 45/35, light rain/snow. I hope his tarp held out and he didn’t get wet inside the tent. We're supposed to go to the Peach festival, but I ... http://highlandshomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/16/saturday-4/ After spending almost all day yesterday gathering items for Joel’s search and rescue training exercise (hereinafter referred to as SAREX), we finally have everything. Now the next time he goes he will just need more MRE’s and maybe a rain tarp for the tent (more on that later.) He was ... http://highlandshomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/15/gs-and-sarex/ OR – Lakeside amusement park turns 100! Now, 100 is pretty old, Denver turns 100 this year, the capitol building in Denver was finished in 1908 and a little amusement park called Lakeside was born 100 years ago in Lakeside (of course), Colorado. It used to have a covered bathing ... http://highlandshomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/13/safety-gear-is-for-sissies/ Here's the link. Budding philanthropist makes splash for a tailless dolphin The Denver Post A 6-year-old girl from Highlands Ranch made a visit to an aquarium in Clearwater, Fla., on Friday to drop off $45 she had raised for a dolphin that lost its tail two years ago. Grace Carberry painted marine-life portraits ... http://highlandshomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/12/grace-in-paper/ Good thing I bought that orange bag at the citrus tower. We had to unpack 12 lbs worth of stuff and put it in that bag to check. I didn’t realize you could only take so much weight per bag. But we had 6 people and 2 carry-ons allowed a ... http://highlandshomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/11/home-again/ Well, what do we do….we missed the Frank L. Wright architecture, Wordspring Bible translation center, Mcd’s and Kelly springs park, so we decided to have breakfast at Mcd’s and then go swim at Kelly park. You might be wondering why I had Mcd’s on the map, well it’s not just ... http://highlandshomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/10/the-last-day-at-last/