Nov. 3, 2008 November Video
| I've added a link to a stirring video that I watched yesterday. I encourage everyone to watch it. The link is located to the right side of this page, down at the bottom under links or you can copy this link into your browser: http://tinyurl.com/6qjzak |
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Sep. 10, 2008 Come What May
Justin just came back from Virginia to see the premiere screening of "Come What May", a film from the new film company, Advent Film Group. AFG is working in association with Patrick Henry College. They did a great job with this movie. It is the story of a student attending Patrick Henry so that he would be able to compete in the moot court competition. Here is a link to the trailer: http://www.adventfilmgroup.com/Home.html
Justin had the privilege of meeting the cast and crew and then spending some time Sunday with the director at a film class. He is excited about the possibility of an internship in a few weeks with AFG. The first segment will be in marketing and distribution. He would go for training and then work from home. |
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Aug. 27, 2008 Gone to Egypt!
We're on our second week of school and we're off to a good start. We've been accomplishing a lot every day and yet some of the kids are still finished early. Hmmm...maybe I need to add some more... or just let them enjoy a sense of accomplishment for a change. We've gone back to Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Redesign which starts with Ancient Egypt.
We've hit the road running on writing. Because we were part of a co-op last year we did limited writing at home because some of them were involved with writing newsletter articles, working on the yearbook and creative writing at co-op. We are using the Tapestry of Grace assigned writing assignments along with Writing Aids this year. We've already done the assignments for week 1 and week 2.
We've also done some fun hands on activities. Jonathan, Kaitlyn & Ian made Egyptian paddle dolls last week. On Friday we made cookie dough maps. The object of the maps was to show different landforms. Heidi, Timothy & Kaitlyn worked on one while Andrew, Jonathan & Ian worked on another. Some of the landforms included volcanoes, rivers, waterfalls, canyons, valleys, plateaus and lakes. We used a sugar cookie dough. Chilled it, then formed the maps. They used icing and sprinkles to color lakes, deserts, and forests. We took pictures before putting them in the oven because baking them alters the shapes. The high mountains looked like eroded hills after baking.  Of course, the fun part is eating the maps after we show them to Dad.
Heidi and Andrew are going back at Spanish this year. They started Rosetta Stone Spanish Level 1 last year so they are continuing on with that. It would be nice if we could practice speaking it more.
Heidi and Andrew are also going to be blogging on a weekly basis. So far they don't want the blogs open to the public but we'll see. I would like their writing assignments to get posted on their blogs along with their comments about their school progress. Just setting up blogs was educational for them because neither of them spend much time online.
My camera is being held hostage by the office people in the basement. Seriously, the camera is in use by the drywall business for the time being so I lack pictures to put up. |
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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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