A Blog and Web Site About The McDougall Family
Katie and Desire’ spent much of Friday (Sept. 25, 2009) at Jefferson High School in Boulder. They helped decorate the floats, and get ready for the homecoming parade and game. Desire’ took a video of the parade and here it is. – John
Read MoreWe had a very fun and eventful Labor Day weekend. We started out camping at our favorite campground. All was great until around midnight when the owners of our neighboring camp arrived at their camper, started their generator and partied until the wee hours of the morning. Katie, Desire’ and Ana were trying to sleep […]
Read MoreI did my first computer animation. I decided I would like to try animating part of the Mandelbrot Fractal. Our computers run on Ubuntu Linux; and I used the following software to do my little project: I used “Fraqtive” to display the fractal screens. I recorded each screen shot seperately using the screenshot utility that […]
Read MoreA couple of Sundays ago, Ana was crowned as an Honor Star. The Stars program is part of the Assemblies of God girls’ club. To be crowned as an Honor Star, Ana had to fulfill a rigorous set of requirements that involved a lot of Bible reading, and memorization. Ana will also be crowned at […]
Read MoreJ.J. graduated from preschool on May 22nd . They had a nice little ceremony that lasted about thirty seconds and here is a video of it. They also had a inflated bouncy toy to play on. Click on a picture to see a larger view. Enjoy! John
Read MoreWe just picked up “Come What May” from our local Christian Book Store yesterday. We have been anxious to see this film since before it was actually released. “Come What May” was made by homeschoolers, Advent Film Group, and Patrick Henry College. This is their first film, and for being their first, it will touch […]
Read MoreI love a good “under dog” story. Here is a true one that is incredibly amazing. Susan Boyle, an unmarried, unemployed Scottish woman, was on “Britain’s Got Talent.” The judges were cynical, the audience was laughing at her, and there were a lot of eye rolling. That all ended about two seconds after she started […]
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, we finally bit it and purchased a new TV. We got a nice 42 inch Phillips High Def TV. Wow, what a change from our old 20 inch model. We have been enjoying seeing some movies in a whole new light. Some programs are quite different when the picture is […]
Read MoreAd Nauseum: Latin term used to describe an argument which has been continuing “[to the point of] nausea”. Our snow is now no longer a point of fascination. It has turned “monumental.” When I posted my previous entry, we had eight to ten inches of snow. Now, several hours later, I plowed one more time […]
Read MoreWe were reminded today that it is still winter in Montana. And, it is not over until it is over. We received over a foot of very heavy wet snow. It was very difficult to plow, which I had to do twice during the day. Click on a picture to see larger views; click the […]
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