Duckkkks

We got three new ducks, because we thought that our other duck might feel a bit uncomfortable being the only duck in the neighborhood. Although by now the one duck probably thinks she is a chicken. So here are the new ducks, one yellow and two brown, posing for their photos.

Leaf Pictures

Mandy said that I needed to have a new post so I took some pictures and did some editing with Picasa.

Friday we had a snow day, and Abe, Pete, Sam and I went to the dam at eastlake to go sledding. Abe got a really good shot of me going over the little jump we made. We didn't make the landing big enough though, so I landed on the ground, which hurt, but we had a lot of fun!

Ice Fishing

Every year Abe and I go to the lake after it is frozen and collect lures, hooks, weights, etc. that people have got stuck in the trees. This year we also went ice fishing. Peter was old enough to come along this year so we brought him.

We made 2 holes in the ice which was between 7 and 12 inches thick with an ax and hatchet. The fish apparently don't like liver ether, so we didn't catch any.

Mandy wanted me to make her a sign that said "Hold Fast, Stay Pure", because some of us at Christian Youth In Action, (CYIA) wrote this on our hands. So this is the sign.

Pneumatic Potato Gun

I recently made a pneumatic potato gun. It is made out of PVC pipe and uses air pressure to throw potatoes. some days it works well but sometimes it decides not to work. The first time I used it today it worked but when I tried to video it it wouldn't go. when it works it works well though. here are some pictures of it. 

I am planing on putting bigger place to put the air. This was all I could afford at the time. I didn't follow any plans so it's not perfect.

Mom let me have some old potatoes to lanch.

The end of the barrel is sharpened so that the potatoes fit and not let the air go around them.

I use a broom handle to shove the potato into the barrel.

I use an air compressor to put air into this.

 This doesn't have anything  to do with the potato gun but I thought it was a good picture of Nathaniel.