Macro Fauna

Grasshopper Nymph (He was about 1/4 of an inch)

Male Cardinal

Swallow Tail

Female Cardinal

"Ooo!!! I can speak whale! BWAAAAWOOooooo" ~Dori (Blue Tang)

Sea Anemone (say that five times fast :)

I used to call these "Yadybugs"

Water Strider

Coi in the Japanese Garden

Swallow Tail

Anole

All of these photos, and the ones below, were taken in Fort Worth, at the Botanical Gardens.

Macro Flora

Thank you Uncle Mike for letting me borrow your Macro Lens! :D

This one makes me want to yawn :)

Gymnastics

My older brother Tyler (age 22) is in the process of owning a gymnastics gym called Jenny's Gym. Jenny is a sweet lady (around 24) who has a husband and three little ones of her own to take care of, and no longer wants to run the gym. It is VERY small, but with a good manager, and God's help, I think Tyler can make it a go. Owning a gym is something he has wanted to do since he got into Tumbling about 7 or 8 years ago.

Jenny's Gym had the very first Homeschool Gymnastics class yesterday, and I am now an official gymnastics teacher! I'm so excited! I did Tumbling for 5 years, until I hurt my back in an unrelated incident, and could no longer do high impact training. I loved Tumbling SO much, and I'm so glad that I will at least be able to teach it :D

The teachers will be rotating, and yesterday I had the 3 to 5 year olds. They were absolutely darling! One of the 5 year olds, his name was Matthew, called me "Coach". Oh! My heart melted! I love being called Coach! I had five kids in my class, two were 5, two were 4, and the 3 year old was the only girl. Three of the families that came were from our church, and I have had the pleasure of babysitting most of their kids. There were 19 kids in all. A great turn out!

We learned front rolls, and cartwheels, then on the mini tramp we learned straight, tuck, and straddle jump. I think they had fun. I know I sure did! Here's to hoping I can teach the older kids just as well :)

Please pray that Tyler will have a booming business, and that he will earn enough money to help get the gym out of debt before he becomes the "Official" Owner.

~God Bless,

Amy K

This is a video of Tyler training in 2008. Since then he has gone on to Nationals several times, and just this year he retired from competition (by choice).

Snow

These were taken last month, I wanted to post them before I have a blowout of floral pictures. :)

What do you think?

Movie "The Hobbit" Nearing Production

One of my favorite riddles, from one of my favorite books.

An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
'That eye is like to this eye'
Said the first eye,
'But in low place
not in high place.'

Answer:
Sun shinning on daisies which are growing in a field.

Texas Snow!

It snowed on the 9th!

Who doesn't love snow?

(in small quantities)





When we came home from church, my friend Allison Rose, and I made snowmen! She said that she had never made one before, so (since apparently my brothers think it's too childish) we made three! The faces are made out of Sweetgum balls (a kind of seed that falls from the Sweetgum tree), and I brought out silly scarves and hats so they wouldn't be under dressed. :) We had lots of fun, but there wasn't much snow on the ground after we finished. Haha! Take a look!

Job 38:22-30

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Ballerina Drawing