My Take on Homlessness (by Annie)

Last year on the mission trip I went on in Portland I had the opportunity to help some of the homeless people of the city. Seeing all those people, (including some families with young children) it really drove home to me just how lucky I am to have a roof over my head, let alone a nice T.V., wii, computer, iPod and plenty of clothes. I had never really realized just how many families, let alone all the singles, there are out there that have no place to live, and no access to a constant food source. It made me realize just how incredibly spoiled rotten I am. I mean, yeah my parents had told us many times that we were spoiled, but I didn't realize just HOW spoiled we were until I saw it first hand. All in all, I doubt I will ever consider my self lacking in any way ever again.

Spring (by Annie)

Of the many things that are different down here, what I think the biggest one is is that spring comes so soon. Out in the North West spring arrives in mid-to-late March, while out here we have had a couple of weeks already where the weather was in the 70s all week. Although one down side to that is that we have to stop using the dryer and start hanging things up on the line, (when the weather is nice enough that is). I have a feeling that I'm going to freeze these next two weeks when I am out on the west coast. Although it is a little annoying that every thing is getting all green, every thing that is Except for the grass!! Oh well it wont be to much longer and even the grass will be green.

spring by sarah

I am sooooo glad it's getting warmer. I know it's still February but the flowers are starting to bloom, and we saw an ice cream truck the other night. It has been a cold winter and I'm tired of the snow. I am defiantly ready to have some warmer weather. I mean we moved to Alabama for crying out loud, I thought it was suppose to be warm down here. Probably the only thing about spring that I don't like is that I get really bad allergies and I'm not very good at taking pills. (It wouldn't be so bad if SOMEONE would fix my air cleaner"ah-em"). But I can leave my windows open now without freezing and am loving the fresh air. What was really cool was we ran the AC in the car yesterday. SPRING IS COMING!!!

Like Annie my favorit subject is reading but unlike Annie I have many second favorit subjects. The first one I'll talk about is Math, one of the main reasons I like math is because it's easy and I can get it done fast if I want to. I like the numbers and the patterns and the puzzles. My other favorite subject is probably science. I love all the stuff I'm learning about biology and how it is so totally impossible that the big bang theory is true. I like learning about cells and genetics and all that cool stuff.

My Favorite School Subject (by Anie)

My favorite school subject is reading, but I since I have been told that I can't blog about that, then I'll just have to write about my second favorite subject which is history. The reason I like history is because through it I can go any where I want in history and the world for free, and without leaving the house. For instance I'm reading The Three Musketeers for school right now, so I've been learning a lot about 18th century France. I also enjoy reading about Elizabeth 1st and how she helped England win the war with the Spanish. Another favorite time period of mine is the Revolutionary war. I like reading about all the things the civilians did to help the colonies win. All in all I like history the most because I can read about all the things that people have done in the past.