The Texas Renaissance Fair

Yesterday, on October 28, 2008, I went to a Renaissance Fair in Texas with Andrea, Shayne, Brian, Jaden, Jared, Uncle Tim, Auntie Debbie, Tara, Nikki, Joey, and my dad.

Renaissance Singers



Andrea, Shayne, and Me

The first thing we did when we got into the fair was go and watch the jousting. It was a show of a joust to the death. In the joust were Sir Henry and another knight whose name I don’t remember. We were supposed to cheer for Sir Henry and boo for the other knight. One of the people helping to set up for the joust came up to us and asked who would like to be the lady whose honor Sir Henry fought for. When Shayne said she would, he gave her a knot of ribbons to put on the knights lance. In the end Sir Henry lost and the other knight won.


Sir Henry entering the arena!

After the joust we started on our way to watch another show when we saw the elephant ride. All my life I had been wanting to ride on an elephant so I asked my dad if I could go and ride one. He said yes and me and Andrea went and got on one of the elephants.
While we were riding I looked back and saw the elephant behind us reach over the fence and grab a coke and eat it, bottle and all! It was really funny.

Me and Andrea on an elephant



After we got off the elephants, I saw a maze close by and decided I'd try it out. When I got into the maze it took me forever for me to find my way out. After a while I heard someone shout, "Follow her!" I looked over and saw a girl who had already finished the maze and had come back to help others find there way out. I followed her and she led me to the exit.

Me on the Bridge at the end of the maze

After I got out of the maze, we went and ate lunch. After Joey, Robin Hood (Brian), and the Sheriff of Nottingham (Jaden) had finished there lunch they played sword fighting. It was so fun to watch Brian and Jaden fighting Joey.



I Fought the Sheriff!

After lunch, we all went to watch the cannon show which was very boring and loud. After a while my dad came and got me to go and see the bird show, and Shayne decided she would like to go to.

The Red tailed Hawk

At the bird show, there were vultures, hawks, and an owl. One really big vulture started to chase the lady that was helping with show because she had shown it a piece of chicken. When she gave it the chicken the vulture ate it in ten seconds!


10 Second Meal!

Later, when the show was over, me, Shayne, and my dad went over to the pony ride and I got on the biggest one there was, which could easily be mistaken for a horse, and Shayne got on one of the smaller ones.


Me riding a pony

After the pony ride, me and Shayne got on a type of swing that looks like a boat were two people can get in. There were two ropes that were used to make the swing rock.

Me and Shayne on the boat swing

Later on, I bought a funnel cake for me and Shayne to share. I had the funnel cake on my lap and when I took it off, my dress was covered in white powder from the cake.
After we finished our cake, we were walking along when came by a whole bunch of people playing with some sort of stick that are weighted on the ends. You can toss the stick around by using one or two other sticks that aren't weighted. We stayed there and played around for a while until the others came and we started to leave.
Playing with weighted sticks

On our way out, we passed by a shop that was selling "baby dragons" and I really wanted to get one so my dad got a blue one for me and I named him Puffle.


Me with Puffle

All in all it was a good day, and I had a lot of fun.

The Renaissance
(1300's-1500's)

Wealth was pouring into Italian cities from different businesses and commerce. This gave people time and money to support art and to learn new things. By the 1300's, many smart people were sickened by how learning had fallen since old times. Everyone missed the wonders of Rome and Greece's ancient glory. They wanted a rebirth. This is what caused the Renaissance, which means rebirth. People were finally starting to come out of the darkness of the Middle Ages and into the light of learning.

Thanks for attending! Hope you enjoyed your time! Here are a couple of updates! Thanks to Sam & his helpers in carrying the show the other week. Lots is going on behind the scenes, trying to keep the Klub rolling. Keep us in your prayers. We'll try to keep going until Christmas! Any ideas for a fun Christmas event? Let me know!



The Tortoise & the Hare!























SMILE!

COURAGE

Hi Kids! It's Uncle Mark!
Do you remember what our subject was last week?
That's right- COURAGE!
The Little Wolf taught us all what courage is about! If you're tempted to fear, if your tempted to give up-DON'T! Take COURAGE! Even if your best friends tell you it is impossible, the seas are too rough, tie up in port, you're too small, too young, too...whatever; if you have courage God can help you to do it! "I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me." (Ph 4:13) "Be strong & of a good courage, fear not" (Deut. 31:6) This is our memory verse for the week! (You can listen to it by clicking on it in the "TUNES" player on the right.)

Read also about the courage of Queen Esther in "The Book of Esther" & how she didn't fear the king to save her people. Do you know any other stories in the Bible about courage? Or maybe you have one of your own. Have your parents help you write it up & we will put it here on the blog for all to read!



Leslie & her boys, Kevin & Brandon.







Chad & Cathy acting out "The Wolf & the Cobra".







Our cute little eagle-Ashely.










Enjoying the skit!









The King of Persia (Brian)
giving Queen Esther the "thumbs up" with his royal scepter!










Deb, Cathy & Noelle
helping with the younger group.



Thanks for all your help at the Klub!




STORIES & ACTIVITIES!























CONTEST!!!!!!













Bring one of these in colored or completed & we'll have a surprise for YOU!

Perseverance!

Well, summer is over, school is back in session, & we're ready for another exciting year of Klub adventures!!! Hey, Sam is back, too!

We played & sang & hopped & hooped around,
& were even "Indians for the Lord"!









Here are a couple of bananas for the Lord!
(Lindsay & Shayne)








We made Indian head dresses,
Brian scouting from a tree.








shot some buffalo (Andrea getting ready to take a shot)



Steve & Kenny





& took aim at bears & raccoons.



Alan & Adrian





And, of course, had a good story on Perseverance, about not giving up when learning a task; a good lesson for all of us as we start our new school year & grades!

Oh, did I mention we had a visit from two frogs?









I hop, I mean, I hope to see you next time!

Vacation Time!

Hey, have you done anything fun & interesting this past summer? Vacation, witnessing adventure, something around the home? Send it in (jteacher39@gmail.com) & we'll post it up!
keep it to 4 pictures. Even a short video clip is fine. Hope to hear from you!
Mark

Neighborhood clean up story by Andrea

On the morning of July 8^th 2008, my sister Shayne, my friend Casey, and I went with Auntie Lily on a trash pick-up adventure. It was originally supposed to be our exercise time (we walk around the block in our rural neighborhood) but we decided to take a large black garbage bag & pull wagon along just in case we saw any litter on the side of the road. We played a fun game where all of the glass bottles were bonuses. Whenever someone picked something up they had to tell everyone else what it was and if it was a glass bottle they would yell “BONUS!”.

Well we hadn’t gone very far up the street when we saw Lea, our neighbor, driving toward us in his little golf cart with his dog Katie. He had seen us as we had walked past his house and decided to see if we needed any help. He had also brought more bags to put the trash in. We decided to tie the wagon to the back of the cart. We then put the trash in the back of the cart and took turns riding in the wagon. About half way around the block the heat was almost unbearable! So most of us piled into the golf cart and I rode in the wagon, but we were still on the look out for trash. Whenever one of us saw a piece of trash we would tell the driver (Lea) to stop and we would all hop out, pick up the trash, and put it into the bag. Once we got most of the way around the block we decided to just drive the rest of the way home to escape the heat, as Auntie Lilly had already picked up most of the litter in that area the day before with my little brothers Bryan and Jaden. As we drove up to the dumpster we all hopped out and threw the bags into it. We thanked Lea for the ride and headed for the shower to get clean. It felt good to have done our part to help keep our neighborhood clean and looking nice. We love you all and thank you for listening to our story.

–Andrea Lynn Forsberg age 11--

(Casey and Shayne helped me

Write this too.)

OC Camp 2007

Here is a slide show Michelle did of the 2007 OC Camp in Blanco! How about a post from YOU!
(Turn off the mp3 player in the top corner!)

News from Shani

Hi, My name is Shani and I live in San Antonio with my Grandma.On June first my mom ,in Dallas ,had a baby girl.(Emily Lavina) She is super cute and fat. I helped my mom after she came home from the hospital.In the picture are my two uncles :Victor and Martin;grandma holding the baby and myself.

On the last Sunday of the month we go to a fellowship for families.We turned some of my stuffed animals into puppets and uncle Victor made a puppet stage.We practice the story of A Man,A Boy and a Donkey. (about doing what is right) the children had a lot of fun and afterwords they took turns with the puppets.We are practicing "The two little kittens",next.

Lots of love, Shani

PLEASE SEND IN YOUR TESTIMONIES to the address in the Welcome section.

Collage of Winners!

I tried to include a part of everyone's picture they colored. Sorry if I missed yours. See if you can find the piece that you colored!


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Rewards!

This weeks Klub was on the subject of Rewards! There were a lot of good stories to choose from (see below), but we chose the story of "Helping the Stranger". This was about a king that searched out & found a couple that was deserving of a reward. And reward him he did!





We had a guest appearance of Bill, from Monterrey, as the King! Thanks Bill!







Some of the kids made crowns, to go along with the verse: Be faithful & I will give you a crown of life. Revelations 2:10
tanks for your help, Auntie Lily!







Alan & Kenny with their crowns!











Jaden with his crown!





The older children made Origami crowns. Here is a link to more origami to try. Be sure to use square paper for your projects. Rewards to those that bring a sample to the next KK meeting. (At the park, by the way.) Origami in action!

How about a reward for those that bring a origami sculpture to the next KK!







Lindsay, James & Marie's granddaughter, joined us for the activities this week. Here she is with her paper puppet.








Speaking of Marie...Thank you, Marie! She supplied us with some delicious snacks! They keep us happy & healthy during our KK!

Hope to see you at the next one!


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