Jenna goes for the gold

I will be the first to admit it I don't know a lot about science Olympiad. I done know that Jenna has been working before, after, during school, and ever evening on building, planning, and making items for 4 different competitions at district science Olympiad. She and her partner worked all day and did their best and they came home with the gold medal for junk yard challenge. This is where they have a list of items they put in a box and bring to the completion. Once they get there they have 20 minutes to build whatever the judge tells them, then they have 2 minutes to test the object they built and then they get judge. It was so cool to see them start to finish and then walk to the stage and get the award. They will be going to Raleigh next month for state now. Check back to see how they do.

graduation

Jonathan and I went down to Raleigh to see his best friend graduate for highway patrol school. Michael would go down on Sunday evening and not come home until Friday night for 30 long weeks. But I feel safer that he is out there protecting us nerves yes but very proud. The ceremony was unbelievable...it started out with a bag pipe playing as they marched in, we heard speeches my favorite was the way they cook a special cake, they took the oath, and walked across the stage. Very emotional. 900 people applied, 60 made the class, and 38 graduated. To protect and serve!

In the circle

Jonathan and I were trying to come up with something to do on his weekend off that we have never done. So, after some research and thinking we came up with the idea to go to Nashville. I was told I had been but I was little and I don't remember it. So we booked a hotel suite for downtown and planned the weekend. What could we stuff in only a weekend? Now I picked the weekend that the NCAA basketball play offs and it was raining so it was a little busy, rainy, and a sea of orange was everywhere. We started our Saturday off with the the redneck bus tour. It was a great tour, learned about the city, answered all the trivia questions right, and stopped and had a drink at the Whiskey Bond Bar. After that we went to tour backstage of the Grand Ol Opray. That was a once in a lifetime opportunity. We got to come in the back door like the stars, see all the dressing rooms, and then walk on stage. As I stood in the circle in the middle I got cold chills. The circle of wood is from the original Ryman. To stand where Hank Sr, Elvis, Johnny Cash, and countless others was amazing. Sam didn't want to leave the circle. We can now say we have sang on the stage of the Grand Ol Opray, it was happy birthday with a group but we did it. After the tour we walked over to hang out and eat dinner in the Operyland Hotel. The plants, waterfalls, the dancing fountain, and the little shops were neat. It is so hard to believe that they rebuilt it and Grand Ol Opray after the flood ruined it. You would never know it now. Then it was back to the Grand Ol Opry to see the show. We saw Blake Shelton, Band Perry, Brad Paisley, but what made the night was Little Jimmy Dickson. To be part of the longest running radio show that was way to cool. After our long day we went back to relax and plan our last day. Sunday we started out at the Country Music Hall of fame. Rows and rows of golden records on the wall, to see clothes the most famous people have worn, and see how music has changed thru the years. Then it was down stairs to see the faces of the hall of fame. In the middle of the circle room you can stand and be surrounded by the best of best. " when the circle be unbroken by and by Lord by and by" Then we headed to the science museum to play. There was 3 floors of fun. We flew rocket bottles, climbed the tree house to see the city, did a computer image to see what Jonathan will look like when he is 70, saw how much we weighted on Mars, and flew weight less like the astronauts. Then we had to head home. We will be back to country city there is so much more we want to do.