Aug. 11, 2008 Busy Summer Activities
The summer has gone by so fast! The kids have had some incredible opportunities this summer. Justin and Heidi are part of our church's student choir. This year the group went on choir tour to Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and New York City. Choir tour gives them opportunity to sing at different churches and events but they also do outreach work. They had the opportunity to participate with Rock the Block Teen Challenge outreach in Queens. See more at http://www.rocktheblock.org/ They had an amazing time getting to know the staff and working together on the outreach. Along with singing and ministry they took some time to have fun and sightsee. They got to see Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. In New York, they saw the Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero/Twin Towers, Trinity Church (National Treasure ), Central Park and prayed in Times Square. I'll try and upload a few pics.
Beth went to the National Home School Alumni Reunion in Kentucky. This year she was the sole representative of the Cardoza family. She carpooled with friends and had a good time. Earlier in the summer she was a counselor at Camp David of the Ozarks which provides summer camps for children of inmates. She had a great bunch of girls to work with and had a good week.
Kimberly's summer consisted of Stained Glass Theatre, health issues and surgery. She had her gallbladder removed on the 8th of August. It was an outpatient surgery so she was home Friday night. She came through it well and is still recovering.
In March, Justin competed at the Assemblies of God District Fine Arts Competition. He received invitation to go to Nationals in three categories, Human Video Group, Large; Songwriting; and Graphic Design. The National Fine Arts Festival was just last week in Charlotte, North Carolina. He went with a group of students from our church and they had a great time. Just to participate on the National level means that the students ranked in the top 10% in the nation. Justin ranked Superior in all of his entries. We're proud of him. |
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Jun. 21, 2008 TWO broken arms!!!
My grandson, Micah, fell/jumped off the trampoline last night!! His arm is broken, too. Thankfully it is a small break at the wrist. His trip to the doctor only lasted one hour. Two four year olds with broken arms!!! Ian is Micah's uncle. : ) Ian will be 5 in August and Micah just turned 4 this month. |
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Jun. 13, 2008 Bria & Justin Jun. 13, 2008 Bria & Justin at Jesse's wedding. Justin was videographer, Bria was a bridesmaid. May. 29, 2008 Waiting in ER May. 29, 2008 I went to take a picture before he got wheeled off into the OR and the anesthesiologist ran over and said, "Wait, he needs to have his hat that is just like mine for his picture." May. 29, 2008 Dad is ready to bring him home. May. 29, 2008 Ian's broken arm
Saturday evening we heard a scream and a cry from the library. We ran in to where the boys had all been gathered on one chair at the computer. Ian, 4 years old, had jumped off the back of the chair. It was obvious to us that he had broken his arm.
We brought him to a walk-in clinic after first calling to be sure they could do x-rays and set a broken arm. When we got there the staff was great and gently took x-rays. The x-rays showed that he had a broken elbow that would require surgery. They placed his arm in a hard splint, gave him a shot of morphine for the pain and sent us off to the ER.
The poor little guy had to have *closed reduction surgery* which means that they had to manually arrange the bones and the fragment and hold it all together with pins. His arm was put in another hard splint and he was kept overnight for observation. He had a lot of swelling the first couple of days but it is gradually looking better every day. The doctor is a little concerned about possible nerve damage. He has not been able to bend the first joint on the index finger yet. The doctor said there isn't really anything to be done but it is a little too early to tell. We are praying for full function for the entire arm, hand and fingers.
Now that he is feeling better and a little more like himself, the trick is to keep him from climbing things or hanging precariously by his good hand or getting rough with his brothers!
Observations and comments from Ian:
I asked him why he jumped off the chair and he said rather sadly, "I thought it would be cool."
We got in the car to take him in and told our two older daughters to take good care of the other kids, we didn't know how long this would take. Ian said, "Yeah, don't let them jump off of any chairs."
As I was buckling him into his booster seat in the car he said, "I hate it when I break my arm." As if this was something he did all the time! |
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May. 14, 2008 Astronaut Ian, asleep before he could get his burger May. 14, 2008 serving our customers May. 14, 2008 Cool hippie beads. (Okay, cool hippie string) May. 14, 2008 Some of the wait staff at Jack's Burgers May. 14, 2008 Unit Celebration - '50's & '60's night
We try to wrap up some of our units from the Tapestry of Grace curriculum with a
unit celebration. I gave the kids a choice. We live near a resort area
where there are all kinds of '50's or '60's shows. I let them choose between
going to a show or doing our own celebration at home and surprisingly, they
all chose to do our own at home. So we created a "Jack's Burgers". We
thought about carhops but my driveway is gravel...they couldn't use skates.
We thought about the patio but it turned out to be a cold day. So we turned
our home into a diner.
I actually gave the kids a choice. We live near a tourist area
where there are all kinds of '50's or '60's shows. I let them choose between
going to a show or doing our own celebration at home and surprisingly, they
all chose to do our own at home. So we created a "Jack's Burgers". We
thought about carhops but my driveway is gravel...they couldn't use skates.
We thought about the patio but it turned out to be a cold day. So we turned
our home into a diner.
My dd, Heidi, & I prepared all the food a little ahead of time. The wait staff seated
our patrons (older, married siblings and their families along with mom & dad).
They took orders and served the food. The kids created a cool '50's looking
menu. The menu consisted of hamburgers, corn dogs, fries, water, milk and
root beer floats. I got to enjoy sitting in the *diner* while Heidi and her
wait staff did all the serving. We had an oldies radio station streaming
online. Oh, and we all including our guests dressed for the era. After we
finished our root beer floats our guests wandered through the school room
looking at the kids' work displayed on their desks. It was a lot of fun and
came together relatively smoothly with a minimum of planning. |
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Mar. 21, 2008 Brian & Stacey Mar. 20, 2008 Dallas pictures
Here is my online album for the Dallas geTOGether. Copy and paste this into your browser:
http://picasaweb.google.com/RickLoriCardoza/DallasGeTOGetherMarch2008 |
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Mar. 5, 2008 Dallas geTOGether
My dear husband totally blessed me and kept things together here for the weekend in early March while I drove to Dallas to spend four days with 30 wonderful women. Many of these I have known for almost four years but have never met in person. This was the first (annual!!!) Tapestry of Grace LooseThreads email list get together.
I drove to Tulsa on Friday to pick up Marsha (the only one that I had met before but just briefly) and we continued on to Dallas. When we arrived, there were several people that had also just arrived and we found each other immediately. All afternoon as we all trickled in we became great entertainment for the hotel lobby staff. I'm sure they thought it quite interesting how we ran up and hugged each other as if we had known each other for years and THEN introduced ourselves.
We had women that drove, and women that flew in from all over the country......Alaska, Hawaii, Maryland, Texas, Michigan, Louisiana, South Carolina, Oklahoma, California, Washington, & Missouri.
What a great time we had fellowshipping, laughing, eating, going without sleep, eating chocolate!!!
On Sunday, we had a brunch planned at the home of one of our moderators who lived in Dallas. The owner of the list, Dody, had just recently handed the list over to someone else because her youngest son would be graduating soon and she had become a realtor. Unknown to her, we had all been planning for months before this to bless her. We gave her a GPS system to help with finding her way around Alaska as a realtor, a scrapbook with memories from the families on the list, and a beautiful quilt made from frabric that ladies had sent in. She was totally astonished that we pulled this all off without her ever even getting a clue that we were up to something. Oh, and that was even with the *extra* surprise of socks!! Everyone brought a new, cute pair of socks to give to Dody all weekend long. She had no idea why we were doing this but thought it was funny. It wasn't until Sunday when we were about to giver her the surprises did we tell her that we were about to "Bless Dody's Socks Off"
Slowly, the group trickled down so that by Sunday night there were only twelve of us left. Then on Monday most of the rest of us caught planes or drove home. Thankfully, everyone made it home safely.
I'm going to upload pictures as soon as I can.
I came home to my wonderful family and gave lots of hugs. I got to sleep fairly early and jumped right in to our routine on Tuesday. Such fun!!! |
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Feb. 3, 2008 Another homeschooler for Mike Huckabee
We had the privilege of seeing Mike in person on Friday night. There was a great crowd there on a cold, Friday night after a snow on Thursday.
Mike had some good things to say and, of course, was humorous. MO votes on Tuesday. We're pulling for him! |
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Jan. 30, 2008 Jason's family |
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