We are to celebrate our small successes here..1. Last year I lost my Father in October so Christmas gifts really were not done properly. This year I vowed to get them done prior to Thanksgiving. I am done!!!! Yes you read that right I am done!!!2. Not only did I finish my shopping but I also wrapped them! I know, I know ...you are thinking she is crazy...but it is true everything is finished.3. My daughter plays the harp and has been asking for a new floor harp for about a year. I knew if I took my time and went on e-bay I could get something pretty good. Well that is my 3rd accomplishment!! I was eyeing it for a week right down to the nail biting last 10 seconds when I threw in a higher bid in order to safe guard myself against another bidder. You could hear the screaming in my house a block away as my ebay account read how would you like to pay? "We won!!" shouted the kids!! Great fun and I walked away with a beautiful harp for my daughter. I feel pretty darn good!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Yummy Truffle Dessert for Sunday dinner

Church Dance

Father and daughter dancing ....

Everyone cutting the rug... What fun!!!

Four little boys tuckered out at the end of the night. Great time had by all!!!

This was our Fall Fest and silent auction...We also ended up with a Christmas dinner at the rectory with the Pastor. What a wonderful way to bring in the Christmas Season.

All Saints Day

Saint Joan of Arc, Saint Francis and Saint Steven came for a visit on All Saints Day.

Science

This is Kerry's scale model of the ocean floor. Notice the basket sponge and tube coral. I love it!! Check out more projects on http://www.lapazfarm.wordpress.com/

Science Experiment

A guest post by : Kerry

There are no pics this week because the camera is not working. Today I did an experiment on whale blubber and how it keeps them warm. I figured out that it keeps them approximately 29 degrees warmer. (Fahrenheit of course) The experiment I used is as follows.

First since I only had one thermometer I put it in an empty cup for 30 minutes in the freezer. During which I put cotton balls at the bottom of the second cup. After the 30 minutes were over the thermometer read 0 degrees Fahrenheit. After placing the thermometer in the second cup I filled it up with cotton balls and poured 3/4s oz. of cooking oil in the cup. After being in the freezer for the 30 minutes the thermometer read 29 degrees.

Whale Blubber is like the cotton balls and oil it keeps the whale or in this case thermometer considerably warmer. I also did a reserach paper about whale blubber finding that it also stores food and energy. Blubber is a multi-purpose fat it gives added metabolism as well.
When Mom's camera is fixed I will take a pic of my lab report.

1. I finally found a coffee table. I have been looking for a year. It gets even better, I found it at a Thrift store!
2. We have been trying to get our house enthroned to The Sacred Heart of Jesus and The Immaculate Heart of Mary with other homeschooling families. Our schedules never would cooperate...finally we did it on Monday. It was a long day but well worth the wait. Fr. Jose is a very holy priest and we were all blessed to have him enthrone our families and homes to Our Lady and Our Lord.






3. Since we were having Father come to enthrone our home we cleaned top to bottom even the closets were cleaned out. So, not only is my home Blessed it is CLEAN!!