Kerr Christian Homeschool Academy

The last few months of 2015 were a busy few...... A  joined the robotics teams with one of the local homeschool groups.  The team spent the fall semester learning how to program in RobotC, how to program a virtual robot to pickup blocks, move trees, identify colors, put out virtual fires, and rescue "people".   They also built a robot using Vex and Hexbug products.  The competition challenge this year is to play basketball.  There are balls located on a ramp and around the playing field board.  The objective is to get the balls into either the goal for 3 points or over the scoring line for 1 point.  The team wanted to build a launching robot so they designed and built a catapult robot with a scoop.  Also included in the actual building and programming of the robot is record keeping  and documentation of what the team has done. The team finally finished their robot late in December and we had our first competition just before Christmas. ...

Our next birthday this season had a Star Wars theme.  The cake was a Millennium Falcon rice krispie shooting the Death Star (a crumbling cake).      

September brings with it the beginning of birthday season at our house. This year, the first birthday of the season was a Night at the Museum theme.  The cake was Ahkmenrah's tablet.                    

After a very exhausting trip to the star party, we came home at a relaxing summer!  We spent the summer swimming and relaxing and just enjoying our time off! And then I woke up......... The summer started off great.  We had our normal activities of VBS and history camp at the Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum.  Unfortunately, the youth orchestra didn't happen this year - which may actually have been a blessing for me.  There was a few make up piano lessons and violin lessons.  We joined the local country club for their summer membership and spent several days (because the rain had different ideas) playing at the pool. And then the bottom broke!   The kids and I went to my parents house and helped organize, go through, and set up for a garage sale.  Much of the items belonged to my grandparents and great-grandparents.  There are boxes and boxes of documents and pictures that still need to be scanned and organized.  These ...

The reason for our trips out west?  The Texas Star Party .  This was our 6th visit to the star party.  I've decided that I like the later May ones because it's slightly warmer at night than April and the days aren't as hot as in June. We've had several RV spots over the years.  We've settled on spot 6 as our favorite because it's on the same side of the road as the lower observing field which means there aren't any rocks/roads to cross in the middle of the night (driving on the ranch at night isn't allowed, the roads are still rock and hard to walk on after dark) and the kids can just walk a straight line from the RV to the telescopes. During the day, there is a picnic area that the kids like to use as their play area.  It is across the road from the RV but that wouldn't change if we were in another spot. Fortunately, our "neighbors" know the kids are there and are careful when they do drive.   S being silly after taking small ro...