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My Daughter, the 3rd Grade Champ

June 6, 2011 in Family, Guest Blogger, True Stories with 1 Comment

I’ve always enjoyed writing.  It’s an outlet for me…cheap therapy.  My daughter has an interest in writing also so I allowed her to be a guest blogger.  I figured that writing encourages good habits and maybe she will even develop a skill that will pay for her college.  Lexi wanted to write and tell everyone about a very exciting event which happened to her today at school.  So here is her story…

 

“I was one of the top ten spellers in my third grade class so I was able to enter the third grade spelling bee.  Some of the words I had to spell were:

Important
Above
Something
Either
Breakfast
Damage

I was in the final round of the spelling bee and the other person had to spell the word breakfast, but they got it wrong so I had to spell that word as well as the word damage to win.  I spelled both words right and won the spelling bee.  Everyone clapped and cheered and all the teachers (and my parents) were proud of me!”

Guest Blogger: My Son, Ty

November 11, 2009 in Guest Blogger with 0 Comments

Since today is Veteran’s Day, I wanted to share about my Grandpa, James Anthony Hogsed, when he was a soldier in Vietnam. At age 19, he was drafted into the Army. His friends didn’t get drafted, so he was all alone. Grandpa had his training at Fort Dix in New Jersey. At age 20, he spent one year in Vietnam from January to December of 1970. He was a combat engineer in the Army. He was in the mountains near Cambodia. My Grandpa got a bronze star which is the 3rd highest medal you can get. He flew in planes and helicopters in Vietnam. He lived in a tent and a “hooch” which is a building that sleeps 6 people. Grandpa says that being a soldier was hard in Vietnam. After Vietnam, my Grandpa came back to Fort Watuka, Arizona. He was in the Army for 2 years and in the National Guard for 1 year. I am proud of my Grandpa for serving his country.
Ty will be giving this presentation at school today. He called his Grandpa to “interview him” for this story.

I’m sure Ty would love to read your comments if you want to leave one!