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Molly's "Car"

2009-07-28T20:38:00.003-06:00

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 :)

2009-07-23T18:06:00.000-06:00

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!

2009-06-17T22:32:00.002-06:00

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!

2009-06-03T17:27:00.000-06:00

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!

2009-06-03T17:07:00.000-06:00

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

2009-04-10T17:20:00.001-06:00

The Answer to the Trivia Question is Mariah Carey

Trivia Question

2009-04-07T08:12:00.000-06:00

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

2009-03-21T12:08:00.000-06:00

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

2009-02-22T19:52:00.001-07:00

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

2009-02-22T19:42:00.001-07:00

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

Ollie and Sambino

2009-01-12T19:32:00.001-07:00

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

Holidays 08-09

2009-01-07T17:45:00.000-07:00

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!

Christmastime

2008-12-09T21:10:00.000-07:00

Christmas is on its way!! Here is our Tree, finally finished. We cut it down about Two weeks ago, and we finally got around to finishing it. It is around 12 ft tall. Oh, and we had our first snow yesterday. I am so excited for there to be even more snow!

Mama Cita's Birthday

2008-11-28T22:46:00.000-07:00

This weekend was Mom's Birthday! Since it was on Thanksgiving this year, it was and extra busy day. Clayton, Amy, and Sam were there! This was their first time home to Idaho after coming back from Maine. Chris, Carly, Kyle, and Tyler made it up as well. It was a fun weekend.

(We didn't get a very clear picture of Clayton and Amy, and sorry if the pictures are in weird positions. Blame it on blogger.)

Halloween

2008-11-03T18:49:00.000-07:00

Ahh, Halloween. What a fun holiday. I'm not so much for all the candy, but the kids definitely are. This year Abby was a witch. Henry was Hannah Montana. We didn't get a very good picture of him. He even had Molly's Jean Jacket on and everything!

(Sorry, Blogger is being weird with our pictures)

Bugs Bunny's Dream

2008-10-29T16:59:00.000-06:00

We planted our carrots differently this year. Instead of going down the middle of the row with the seeds, we sprinkled the seed across the top of the whole row, so about a foot wide. You geniuses might have figured this out years ago but it really increases your yield about 5 fold. We thinned the carrots while the plants were small to give the carrots plenty of room. Now truly, have you seen better looking carrots? They are sweet to boot! This pile is only about 1 foot of a row. We'll probably get over 200 pounds of carrots this year. Do you want to know the real secret to our garden? WATER. It got watered 20 minutes a day by the automatic sprinklers. We hope we never have to hand water a garden ever again!

Nothing Gold Can Stay

2008-10-29T16:37:00.000-06:00

These are the Skeletons of our beautiful crop of Sunflowers. Just in time for Halloween! Oh well, they were pretty while they lasted.

Snowing!?!?! In October???

2008-10-26T22:22:00.000-06:00

A few weekends ago on October 11, it snowed 6 or 7 inches. No one thought it would really happen, just another false weather report. It felt more like Christmas time rather than Halloween!

*Sorry for this being so late

Tribute to Chacos

2008-10-20T18:48:00.000-06:00

Chacos: The best sandal ever made. They designed it to be comfortable, as long as look cool. Vibram makes the soul, so they have great traction and grip, perfect for hikes and long walks. Now that the summer is over, it's time to put them away and get out the close-toed shoes :( Chaco has recently come out with more of a fall/winter shoe. I have never tried those. If anyone has, let me know how they are!

Meet Rylie

2008-09-07T17:34:00.001-06:00

Rylie is our next door neighbor. She comes over several days of the week after school with Abby while her mom is at work. She's only in Kindergarten, and it is fun to have someone younger than Abby in our house again. It's funny because she really likes peanut butter with celery, and she made her dad go out and buy Adams. She eats a lot of things at our house that her parents could never get her to eat at home, like fresh peaches (she claims they're a different kind.) She and Abby do all kinds of girl stuff together, like nails and hairstyling. We are really enjoying her; she is so expressive and dramatic.

Happy Birthday, Chris!

2008-09-04T08:09:00.000-06:00

We were at the cabin for Christopher's birthday, so we had a little party for him.He said the two balloons he is holding represents the two kids everyone else his age already has. Don't worry, Chris. We know you will be married before you're 35.

Thompson Family Reunion

2008-09-03T19:11:00.000-06:00

The highlight of the reunion was getting 8 of the 10 siblings together! David passed away in 1988 so the only one missing was John, the youngest child. Grandpa Thompson came from a family of 13 children and there is only one child left, Aunt Gerry. She is the 12th child. It was fun to get reacquainted with some of the Thompson cousins. They were never as close as the Smith side cousins. We found out that Dale's cousin Joyce Balmforth recently made a trip to Maine and stopped in at a nearby church on Sunday only to meet Amy's parents, Mark and Marta Sisco. When they learned she was from Idaho, they asked if Joyce knew any Thompson's. She said, "I am a Thompson!" Then they asked, "Do you know Dale and Amy?" And her reply was, "Dale is my cousin!" What are the chances? The world is certainly small!

Oliver and Hazel

2008-09-03T18:47:00.000-06:00

Oliver loves animals. He can mimic the sounds of dogs, cows, and sheep. At the cabin we took him out on the porch to crawl around and Hazel was out there. Usually he is a little bit scared to be up close and personal with big animals, but he wasn't a bit intimidated by our slobbering affectionate dog. Sam, if you were here, you would get equal time on the blog :)

Labor Day

2008-09-02T16:38:00.000-06:00

Every year over Labor Day, we go up to the cabin and chop down trees for the wood-burning stove. Dale had 5 of his 6 sons up this year! Clayton, you were missed! It was a blast. Tyler took the pictures so he's not in any of them. There were also lots of other relatives up there helping. During the same weekend we had a Thompson reunion. The cabin was filled to the limit!

Volunteer Sunflower Garden

2008-08-19T10:21:00.000-06:00

Last year we grew sunflower seeds in little cups in our laundry room window. When they got too big for the cups, we transplanted them into our flower bed. This year, all of these plants came up from last years crop of sunflowers. It was a nice surprise, however, they are infested by grasshoppers and hornets!

LIVER CLEANSE

2008-08-19T08:16:00.000-06:00

We grew a 24-foot row of beets again this year....they are big and healthy and ready to be juiced.

We rarely cook any of them because of the great health benefits of the raw juice. Beets contain iron, calcium, sulfur, and potassium. Their rich mineral content contributes directly to the well being of the liver and gall bladder while building the blood and stimulating the lymph glands. Beet juice is powerful stuff. Never drink it solo! Here is a recipe that we like:

1 apple

3 carrots

1 wedge of lemon

1/4 of a medium beet

Beets also combine well with celery or cucumber juice. We use the beet greens in our green smoothies. All these wonderful vegetables from our garden contain everything we need to stay healthy and free from disease. Each year we have the opportunity to rebuild our blood and cleanse our liver by juicing beets! Sounds better than doctors and medications, huh?

Veggie Dog

2008-08-12T11:36:00.000-06:00

Our dog Hazel loves to eat. She will eat everything we give her! When we are out in the garden we will give her an overgrown squash or eggplant and she will just gobble it right up! Watermelon rinds are her favorite.

Take These Broken Wings

2008-08-05T17:42:00.001-06:00

We were driving downtown in an alley way, out for our daily rounds, when we found Clayton's Wings! A couple of years ago he and a date took some chalk and drew these. Here is when they were first drawn:

Camping Pictures

2008-08-05T17:25:00.001-06:00

Sheep Lake

2008-08-05T16:40:00.000-06:00

Here we are at the Sheep Lake trailhead during our week at the Cabin. Its a tradition in our family to go backpacking once a year. This is probably the most beautiful hike we have ever been on.... Also the longest.

We had to cross the water many times.

Our dog Hazel just loved it up there. She

kept up with us the whole time hiking too.

The Lake was beautiful, and the fishing was amazing.

Almost every cast brought back a fish!

Oliver's Birthday

2008-08-05T09:16:00.000-06:00

We were lucky enough to have Joey and Vanessa visiting on Oliver's first birthday. It was July 20 but we are just getting around to posting these cute pictures. Thanks Clayton and Amy for challenging us to create a blog! We accept your challenge and we think it's going to be a blast.