Good VoiceThread on Anti-Bullying
Sarah: One of my students created this excellent VoiceThread about stopping bullying. I thought you’d enjoy this and might want to share it with others.
Animal adoption resources and VoiceThreads
Rachel, I’m thinking the following resources would be of interest to you since you are very interested in animals and helping animals.
Pet Finder is a website that shows pictures of animals available for adoption.
The Social Animal is a website and group created by Emily Garman of Oklahoma City to promote adoption of pets.
Several of my students at North Texas have created VoiceThreads about animals and animal adoption this semester, so this got me thinking about these issues. Perhaps you and Sarah could create a Zebra Print show talking about these resources?
This is a VoiceThread one of my students did about adopting dogs.
This is another Voicethread a student did about adopting cats.
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Rules of the family dance competition
I’m not sure when this is scheduled to begin. I don’t have a costume (yet.) Just saw this today on the girls’ whiteboard / easel. I’m glad hair is required. That may rule grandaddy out, however, from formally entering.
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iGrow Santa: Amazing Hair Growth!
9 days ago Rachel started watering her iGrow Santa. His hair growth is amazing us all!
After Thanksgiving Rachel is considering giving him a haircut. She is talking about giving him a mohawk. Stay tuned for mor iGrow Santa updates! 🙁
Sent from my iPhoneWe didn’t win any Creativity Awards
Award winners for the Creative Oklahoma Student Creativity Contest were announced today. Alexander, Sarah and Rachel didn't win anything in any categories. 🙁
PRIZE WINNERS:
Overall Grand Prize Winner: Brian Andrew Powell, Grade 11, Teacher- Tillanie Franks, Yukon High School
Grand Prize Winner (7-12): Chandni Raman, Grade 8, Teacher- Jill Willhoite, Oakdale Elementary School
Grand Prize Winner (K-6): Lincoln Hawks, Grade 5, Teacher- Asheley Ransbottom, Northern Hills Elementary
2nd Place Award: Olivia Woolverton, Grade 7, Teacher- Jill Willhoite, Oakdale Elementary School
3rd Place Award: Sharon Thompson, Grade 5, Teacher- Tina Valentine, Angie Debo Elementary
1st Place (9-12): Joseph Horton, Grade 10, Teacher- Tammy Parks, Howe High School
2nd Place (9-12): Brent Hill, Grade 9, Teacher- Tammy Parks, Howe High School
3rd Place (9-12): Katie Redman, Grade 12, Teacher- Trina Jones, Chickasaw Young Artist Studio
1st Place (6-8): Julianne Haney, Grade 7, Teacher- Jill Willhoite, Oakdale Elementary School
2nd Place (6-8): Bennett Cook, Grade 7, Teacher- Jill Willhoite, Oakdale Elementary School
3rd Place (6-8): Angelina Feronti, Grade 8, Teacher- Krystal Hays, Summit Middle School
1st Place (3-5): Tatum Jolly, Grade 4, Teacher- Janet Batson, Springer School
2nd Place (3-5): Elizabeth Choate, Grade 3, Teacher- Stephanie Threet, Konawa Elementary School
3rd Place (3-5): Bryson Deloney, Grade 3, Teacher- Beth Rucker, Will Rogers Elementary
1st Place (K-2): Reginald Self III, Grade K, Teacher- Cindy Jackson, Kennedy Elementary
2nd Place (K-2): Yousef Alrumaizan, Grade K, Teacher- Cindy Jackson, Kennedy Elementary
A mysterious message
Shelly hasn’t been able to explain this yet.
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Yellow Cards
A nice thing that my church does is we have a concept called yellow cards. What you do is you get a yellow card and write either an encouraging word to ….. or write on the prayer chain. Also in the bulletin they have a special section just for the people who need prayer. I write about one yellow card a week.
One of the people that was in the bulletin multiple times was Kent Wilson. He is a very kind man. He used to help my mother in JAM, a program we do at our church for preschoolers. But he injured his back. It all went downhill from there. He got very sick and was not doing well. So every Sunday I would write a yellow card just for Kent.
But sadly Mr. Kent died. I got very emotional, that I kept on crying and crying. But what got me to stop crying was well I just thought well I know that Mr. Kent is in paradise, and I know he’s loving it! A few weeks later at Gathering (a weekly Wednesday night fellowship dinner) Mr. Kent’s wife walked up to me and said, “All of your notes that you sent Kent just touched his heart and my family and I really appreciate that.” That touched my heart. Every time I think about Kent I burst into tears.
Since that happened I write yellow cards constantly. Just for Kent.
Halloween 2010 Costumes
We had some pretty good looking trick or treaters in our family this year! Rachel and I were in Manhattan, Kansas for Halloween. Shelly posted two photos of Sarah and Alexander in their costumes, so we were able to see them when we were in Kansas, even if we didn’t get to trick or treat together this year.
Sarah’s Fine Arts Camp Underwater Self-Portrait
This is a self-portrait Sarah drew in the summer of 2010 at our church fine arts camp. She's underwater! 🙂
Sarah’s GPS British Accent
This is a video of the Children's Sermon on November 14, 2010, at First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. Linda Birsner shared the message, and 5th graders Josh and Sarah played the roles of the lost motorist and GPS unit. The quality of Sarah's British accent is reflected in the question of at least one older lady who asked the pastor afterwards, "Is that little girl really from England?" 🙂
The Best Pork I’ve Ever Tasted
This video is an interview with Dr Brent Benkelman, as he supervised the final preparations of the 120th pig he’s cooked in his life. Brent co-hosts an annual pig roast potluck for friends in Manhattan, Kansas.
See more photos from my Flickr set of this weekend’s festivities, which included the disappointing loss of KSU to Nebraska. It was a great time of family fun, despite the football loss!
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Jack O’Lantern Carving Fun
Each fall our family looks forward to carving pumpkins into jack o’lanterns in advance of Halloween. This year we did it pretty early in October, and unfortunately the weather was so warm the jack o’lanterns molded before Halloween! These were our creations this year!
As you can see, lots of fun was had by all.
This was Alexander’s design, which was a stormtrooper from Star Wars. I thought this was a very creative as well as challenging jack o’lantern!
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Wes and Bradley
It was great to see my good friend and college roommate, Brad Ball, in Memphis this past September. I was in town for the Martin Institute’s fall conference.
I’ve uploaded more photos to a Flickr set for the weekend.
Family fun at Furrs
Sometimes the best photos are candid shots. These were a few pics we took in September on a Sunday when we went to Furrs downtown. I’d won a Furrs gift card and we used it well. Yum!
