Quiz January 2014

In the pews waiting for Awards Ceremony to start

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Then we decided we needed a serious picture of the team. This is what we ended up with.

Rob came into the Sanctuary and wanted to be in the picture too so we have another one... this is actually the complete Team Lapeer #13 (at Hillsdale)

Max's Individual Finals Awards - he got 3rd!!! He also got 1 quiz out and 1 quote ribbon. I got to watch the scorekeeper on his finals round. It was pretty cool! I need to become a score keeper (and a Quiz Master someday!!!)

Allison's Individual Finals Awards - she got 2nd. She also got 1 quiz out and 1 quote ribbon. I didn't make it to Individual finals this month. It wasn't such a great month in terms of familiarity with the material.

Our team did better than we thought we had done - we placed 2nd in Senior Teen Vet A Division. I got 2 quote ribbons, one for this month and one for the month I wasn't there, October, Matthew 1-5. 

It was a great Quiz overall and we all had fun :) Can't wait for next month!

Dissecting a Flower

In Biology the other day we dissected a flower. Here are some photos I took:

The flower that I dissected was one of these pink ones. It didn't seem to have any Sepals, which was a little bit odd. But, they may have been directly attached to the base of the flower in a way that we couldn't see them. 

Didn't really do much to the petals...

After the petals were off, I was able to see the inside of the flower. 

The first parts that I dissected were the Stamens. They had liquid inside. They support the pollen. 

The above is what they look like when they haven't been dissected. 

This was cool - got to see inside the "fruit" part of the flower to see the cells that would become seeds. 

Some quotes from the book I'm reading: Jesus>Religion

December Bible Quiz

Check out my friends' mom's blog for information about our most recent Bible quiz!!!

http://bluebarnbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/12/december-quiz.html?m=1

97 miles

Out of the 97 miles on our new van, I drove about half!!!! 

Last Day of 2013!!

New Year's Eve Ball

Milk and Cookies

Our trip to Florida

Caroline and I on the flight from Atlanta to Pensacola

My Aunt and Uncle's house :)

The awesome staircase in the house we stayed at 

Millie, taking a nap

Caroline and Sadie

Max and Millie

One of my favorite parts of Chtistmas each year - sorting gifts with my cousins and bro #santawashere

The house we stayed in 

#familytimes in my Aunt and Uncle's upstairs (from left to right: my dad, my mom, Kristy, Pat, Papa, and you can just see Grandma Clara's head sitting in the red chair) 

Our last view of the Florida house

Family on the Red Train in DTW 

Merry Christmas! 

Cool photo of Landry's neon sign

We're both on the wing, look down and keep on singing

Words, nor even a photo, can not do justice the view from an airplane wing. The beauty of creation is evident. You see the world from a bird's eye view. The clouds are indescribably amazing looking. It suddenly becomes evident how much more of a bigger picture there really is. We are not the center of the universe, and seeing the world from this view brings humility into perspective. 

The other thing I learned while riding the plane is how extremely appropriate it is to listen to Owl City while riding a plane. So many of his songs mention flying, skies, stars, clouds, etc. :)