Yesterday we went to tour a chicken barn in the area. The owner said that if you lie down and clap your hands the baby chicks think that you are their mother, and will come to you.
Andrew with the chicks :). In just a few short months we’ll have chicks in our yard again, but not nearly this many!
Yesterday while we were in the city, I tried out a few banjos. I settled with a used one that’s in great condition.
It is an open- backed Epiphone 5- string banjo that I found on Kijiji. It’s fun to learn to play! It’s interesting, the last two instruments I’ve gotten (banjo and mandolin), were from some pretty “unique” characters!
Now I can play a real banjo, instead of having to edit a picture of me. Last year while researching and writing up a report about banjos to convince dad, I edited this picture together:)
Watch this 1 minute movie where quintuplet Micah will play Amazing Grace for you, playing all 5 of his instruments at once! Warning: I will not be able to do this in public:)
Hopefully soon I can add another instrument!:)
The Creation Celebration is a family friendly conference that occurs in the end of Feb./beginning of March every year in North Battleford, SK. A lady organizes it for Creation Science of SK (CSSI). This year was our 2nd year to go. Here are some of the events!
We performed What Glasses Are You Wearing? and In the Beginning God. Josh gave a speech about the downfall of North America. We also sang a number of songs as a family.
On Saturday we did memory verses. Andrew recited Psalm 100. I recited John 1:1-14
Jesse recited 1 Peter 4
and Josh recited Romans 1:16-32.
These are some of the medals we received for doing speech arts, family music and Scripture recitation. Everyone that recited scripture also got vouchers to spend at the CSSI book table!
Anyone that plays an instrument practices with the orchestra and then performs the hymns which were arranged by the conductor.
And then is Bible Quizzing! There were four age level groups. The group Andrew was in joined the group I was in for a few quizzes. Everyone received numerous prizes from the prize table for their involvements in quizzing! It is “non-competitive” to encourage everyone to be involved.
Levi’s up to bat! The older kids group was a little more, uh, animated (competitive??) as you can see…
There were also tables of science experiments and projects.
The whole idea behind the day is to play godly music, memorize scripture and be able to speak well in front of others to share your faith. We had a great time and hope to go again next year!
I know this is quite out of season, but a few people have been asking us how the carrot washer works. So here is a list of steps.
Step 1- Plug in and start the engine and water hose.
Step 2- Dump the carrots in the chute. The carrot washer has an angled slope to the other end, so the carrots usually go there by themselves.
Step 3- Quality control sifts through the carrots at the other end, cutting spots off.
Step 4- Grab the tray of carrots that has filled and set it on the ground and quickly place a new tray for filling. Go through steps 2- 4 again if the carrots are not clean enough!
So, here is a short video. Usually we have three people on the carrot washer and go a lot faster than shown here. Sorry about the quality of the video.
