Molly's "Car"

Molly drives this car around for her job with the duck race. For those native to Idaho Falls, the Duck Race is a big fundraiser event held every year at the river. You "purchase" a rubber duck and are given a number, or some sort of identification as to which duck is yours. All of the ducks are released into the river for a big race, and the winner takes home this car! There are tons of other prizes too, like 1000 dollar cards to Sam's Club, and all sorts of other miscellaneous items. Pretty cool, huh? So get on it! Go get YOUR duck today! You may just become the proud owner of this car...

Good Song :)

Need a good song? Try out Daylight, by Matt and Kim. I bet you'll like it!! (Oh by the way, this is Hank. As you can probably tell, I do most of the posts.)

I'm Home!

Hey guys! I'm Back! With tons of awesome pictures and memories. This Trip to D.C. was the funnest place i have ever gone! It was so neat to see all of the famous museums and houses and monuments and things around the town. My feet definitely hurt! And i lost my phone on a roller coaster! Here are a few pictures of the many that i took... Thanks for listening! (haha)

Me Rockin' Out at the White House

Original Ruby Slippers

Reese Witherspoon!! (You can't see her very well here, but i promise you it's her. She was filming a movie at the park.)

Famous Reflecting Pool Shot

The Lincoln Memorial

D.C. Here I Come!

                          
Hey Guys, its Henry here. On Saturday the 6th until Tuesday the 16th, I am going to Washington D.C.! I can't wait. It is a trip with the school. We will be going to many places like The Natural History Museum, The Air and Space Museum, The Lincoln Monument, Jamestown, Busch Gardens, and much more. We might even get into the White House Tour. I'm so excited!! I can hardly wait till Saturday. Mom's letting me take the camera, so I will come back with loads of pictures. I will be sure to post some!!

                                            

                           

Congrats Molly!

   

Molly's graduation was on May 27th from Hillcrest High School. We are very proud of her. She has loved it at Hillcrest. Way to go Molly!                

Trivia Question Answer

The Answer to the Trivia Question is Mariah Carey

Trivia Question

                                     
Here is a Little Trivia Question to boggle your brains today: Which modern-day artist is the only one to receive more platinum albums than The Beatles? Tune in sometime in the next week for an answer.

                                    

Choco Chewies

                            

For school, Henry had to invent a recipe using the list of items they use in the pillsbury cookoff. He made something called choco chewies. They are surprisingly good! Here is the recipe (you can substitute the junky instant pillsbury things, of course.)

Ingredients:

1-2       Tubes (depending on desired amount of crescent dough) of Pillsbury Butter Flake Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls. 8 oz. (8 ct.)

1         Pkg. of Pillsbury Refrigerated Chocolate Flavored Chip Cookie Dough. 16.5 oz. Roll

1         Tub of Baker’s Real Milk Chocolate Dipping Chocolate. 7 oz.

 

1.Preheat oven to 375º F.

2. Divide each crescent roll into 3 or 4 parts.

3. Roll cookie dough into ¾” balls.

4. Wrap 1 piece of the divided crescent roll around a ball of cookie dough. Be careful to fully cover the dough, and seal seams.

5. Place the crescent-covered balls onto a jellyroll size cookie sheet.

6. Bake at 375º F for 8-10 minutes, or until the crescent dough starts to brown.

7. After cooling down your newly baked creations, trim any excess cookie dough that may have oozed out the sides.

8. Melt dipping chocolate and drizzle over the top of your Choco Chewies as desired.

     

National History Day Project

                                          
Hey guys, it's Henry here. I have just recently finished my History Day project on Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Uncle Tom's Cabin. This has been a very lengthy project. It is a grade for my G.A.T.E./History class. First, I collected 400 facts on notecards about her. I made a process paper and an annotated bibliography, and then made this project. It looks like a giant book. We started out with 5 pieces of plywood that were 5 ft. tall. We wallpapered the inside pages, and for the covers we used a cloth similar to leather. For the title, we had Jackie Merrill use her Vinyl Lettering machine to cut it out. Everything on the project had to be backed with colored paper, and that took a while. On Friday the 27th, I take it to be judged at Rocky Mountain Middle School. If I get 1st or 2nd in my group, I move on to State. If I win first or second in my category there, I take it to Nationals in Washington D.C. I'm glad it is almost all over with!

           

Abby's New Bangs

Abby recently got her bangs cut. She has never had bangs this short. Here is a picture:

Ollie and Sambino

Abby got a new Wagon for Christmas. Sam and Oliver sure liked it!

            

            

Holidays 08-09

This Christmas was a blast. We had everyone home, all 14 of us! Every year, we draw names and get a present for the name we drew. This year, the rule was that the gift had to be home made! Here are some of the pictures of the gifts that haven't been shown on The other Thompson Blogs:

                                I (Henry) drew Clayton and made him this hat.

                  

                       I also made a scarf for Mom

                  

                            Clayton made this Awesome painting for Abby

                

New Years was great too. We went up to the Cabin, but unfortunately, forgot the Camera!!

Chris came up with Carly, and Kyle with Kina. The married ones had to go home :(. 

Here are some more cute pictures:

    

Every morning Hazel comes in for a chew bone. One morning she didn't finish, and we came in to Skipper chomping down on it!