Snow!

Well, we actually got snow today!  May not sound like a big thing to some, but for Vegas, it’s pretty rare.  So, we were pretty excited.  It snowed for over 4 hours!  The kids watched out the window yelling, “Snow!”  I let them go out for a couple minutes to see if they could catch some on their tongues, and they enjoyed that.   (A great diversion from school!)  🙂  It didn’t stick on the ground here, but it did in other areas of the valley.  Since I don’t have a battery for my camera, I couldn’t get any pictures.  Plenty were sent into our local news stations, though, and I’ll share a few of them with you.  (Taken from Channel 3 and Channel 8.)

                     (This is what it looked like here, too.)

            (This is just down the street from us.)

The Old Mormon Fort

A couple Fridays ago, I took the kids to the Old Mormon Fort.  We had a really great time.  They gave us a scavenger hunt to do, which kept us very busy, and was pretty fun.  The kids thought all the old stuff was pretty awesome, and they liked learning about what the fort was used for.  It was fun watching them explore and take everything in.  Anyway, we took a few pictures. 

      

The prizes for the scavenger hunt were balloons!  This was very exciting for them. 

By the way, they wave the admission fee (which is only $1 for adults) for homeschoolers, who set up a field trip.

Olympic Trivia

Part of our “Kid Olympics” will be a trivia game.  I thought it would be fun to throw some of the questions out to you all, and see who can answer them the quickest and most correctly.  (I’ll post the answers in a few days.)

Here we go. 

v      Name 5 Summer Olympic Sports. 

v      How many Gold medals has the US won (before the start of the 2008 olympics). 

v      Name 3 Countries that have NEVER won a gold medal. 

v      How many TOTAL medals have been awarded to all countries (before 2008 Olympics)? 

v      Where are the summer games being held this year?

v      The Summer Olympics are every 4 years.  This year is 2008, so when will the next one be held? 

v      What group is in charge of the Olympic Games? 

v      When and where did the modern Olympic Games begin? 

v      Name 2 US cities that have hosted the Olympics (Summer or Winter). 

v      Where will the next Olympic Games take place? 

v      There are other Games that go with the Olympics, for those who can’t compete in the regular Olympics because they are too young or have a physical disability.  What are these two games called? 

v      Where did the Ancient Olympic Games take place? 

v      What awards did the winner of a sport receive immediately after winning, in the Ancient Olympics? 

v      What were the years that Ancient Olympics took place? 

v      When did the marathon become part of the Olympic Games?