Christmas Chemistry.... The Mystery of the Christmas Cookie

A Special Cake for a Special Uncle

Art Class

Mom taught Terrific Tuesday for our homeschool co-op. We painted snowmen on canvas. It was fun! My friend, Sarah, from Atlanta was there too!

Bethlehem Tree

Mom loves nativities. The MS Museum of Art has a display called The Bethlehem Tree which features over 150 nativity characters from the 18th century. She said she had to take us while our friends were here. It was really cool!

Twin Painting

While at the Mississippi Museum of Art, we visited the gift shop. My friend found this poster and said, "Hey! Look it is Tanner." Everyone was shocked at how much it looked like me. It is kind of weird to find a painting that looks so much like you.

Christmas with the Spiveys

Thanksgiving Fun at Grandma & Grandpa's

I Love Elvis!

Garage sale today!today!today! my house

Gone

We had to cut down one of the big trees in our backyard. See how it was rotten in the middle?

We don't like cutting down trees, but at least we will have firewood and we won't have to sweep leaves out of our trampoline anymore.

The Way Jackson Used To Be

Blacksmithing, basket weaving, fabric looms, wood carving, painting techniques, home tools...
They showed us how they used to do things during the Civil War days in Jackson at "Old Jackson" day at Manship House. I loved making butter!

My First Cooking Contest

OH MY WORD!!!!!!!!!! I just won my first food contest. I made white bean chicken chili and I won the whole contest I got a trophy and every thing. I os the best feeling ever to win my first food contest!!!

Making My Chili

Little Guy's White Bean Chicken Chili

Ingredients
5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
3 T. butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
16 ounces salsa
4 cans Great Northern Beans (15 Oz), loosely drained
2 cups Mexican Blend Shredded Cheese
4 ounces green chilies
8 ounces frozen corn
3/4 c. sour cream
1 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper

2 teaspoons cajun seasoning
12 ounces chicken stock
salt And pepper

Directions
Melt butter in large skillet. Add garlic. Brown chicken breasts in butter and garlic. Remove chicken and cut into bite size pieces. Add pieces of chicken to the crock pot. Add salsa, green chilies, chicken stock and spices to the crock pot. Stir to mix. Add beans, corn, and cheese and stir again. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. About 1 hour before serving add sour cream and stir.

Serve over rice or Fritos and top with more sour cream and cheese. Yummy!

This week I went to a answers in Genesis program where they they showed the science of the earth in two ways.Fiction and non Fiction. there were two classes that showed the same thing.The first class was for elementary the second class was for high school.We went to both of the classes to me out of the both the high school class was the best. It had some physics,some geography,and some science.But all the first class talked about was the dinosaurs and how old the earth was. This is probably weird coming from a eight year old but I like high school physics more than I like elementary science.Physics just really interest me.

European Car Show

I went to the car show this weekend at the Renaissance mall. My friend went with me. There were so many cool cars there. Mom gave us coupons for free hot chocolate and cookies at Barnes and Noble. Dad let us go to the Apple store to play on the computers and iPods.

Washed By The Water

Today was a special day.
I was baptized!

I became a Christian a few years ago when riding in the car with Mom.
Mom and Dad talked to me about being baptized, but I wasn't ready.

But, now I am.