Sleepovers with the Megster

Meghann and I had a sleepover...... yay!
 that night we marathon'd How I Met Your Mother, and we jumped on the trampoline until 1am! Plus, the deal with the bandaids was that Meg had a pimple she didn't like, so she wanted to cover it up with a bandaid, so I put some on my face too so she didn't feel so left out :)

And the 'war paint' was from earlier that day during History Class, haha.

boyfriend :)

This is Austin. 

we've known each other for so many years now, and one day I just thought whats there to lose? so we went for it. He was my first kiss. He holds my hand and makes me smile, he keeps me up all night IMing and we have fun. I love this kid.

Recent Pictures!

I got some recent pictures of myself, 

Just wanted to share! :)

International Dinner - Brazil

Once a month, a local homeschool family will host an International Dinner / Potluck. Each month has a different theme as well, and for September it was Brazil! The kids learn about the culture, fun facts and traditions of that country.

And each family who attends will make a traditional meal of that country to bring for the potluck. We made a delicious rice dish that I was very excited for! Everyone will grab a plate, and sometimes before or after food the kids will put on a presentation about that country and such.


Usually afterwards the adults get to chatting and the kids wander off outside! Sadly, I did not get any pictures of the food, but I got pictures of some of the kids playing a game on the trampoline!

By the time the night was over, about 8 families showed up and there was at least 14+ kids!

Weekly Field Trip - Wolf Creek Indian Village

Every Friday the homeschool group goes on a field trip, and this weeks pick was "Wolf Creek Indian Village & Museum" I was pretty excited about this one! I love learning about cultures in general, but Native American culture is something that has always interested me. I find it rather fascinating :) First my friend Meghann got dropped off at our house that morning just after 6am, and we left by 7am. (It's about an hours drive.)

It was very cold that morning... and while driving through the blue ridge mountains we entered a thick fog as we traveled to higher elevations.

 Our "tour guide" took us back to where they re-created an Indian village.
Using artifacts and knowledge they had of this place, they were able to reconstruct what a Native American village would have been like when they lived here over 500 years ago.

Some of the demonstrations were even interactive - we learned how to make arrow heads out of rock, and even how to sharpen tools the Native Americans would have used.

I thought it was awesome! Especially because it's like we got to reenter that time period and experience what life is like without our cool gadgets and electricity.

observing some of the pointy weaponry

 Inside the homes and buildings, it was rather dark, considering there is no light source other than the doors, or any light that could pour through the cracks.





Alongside the village is a creek, and alongside the creek are many walking trails, it was so much fun to 'get back to nature' and go on a hike.

example of pottery

 

 As you can see, we got to have symbols drawn on our face, Joshua picked a bear paw print!

One of my favorite bits of knowledge was learning about the foods and how they would preserve them the winter months, also ^^ how they used turtle shells to calculate months!

After this fun morning, once afternoon arrived we all went to the picnic area and had lunch! I sat next to my buddie Meggie and we ate goat cheese sandwiches! I then said bye to my boyfriend, since Meghann & I were heading to our bestie Jessie's house for a girl's night! I didn't get any pictures, but we had so much fun watching movies and hanging out, listening to music in our pjs! :)

Ruh-roh...

Clear the roadways and the sidewalks, Leah is behind the wheel!

Weeeee just wanted to share that! :D