Week in Review

Hailey's learning to read and write

Loving Math!

Good Work!

Field Trip to Storied Firearms:  We also went on a very interesting field trip to a local gun shop called Storied Firearms.  First Cherie took us around the fully restored train depot that had been moved from Dumas, TX.  She talked about how the building was moved and some of the historical aspects of the 1931 building.  We saw the cigarette burns on the ticket window from when the ticket master would put his cigarette down, and we saw the segregated waiting rooms.  After that Carl pulled out the guns and gave us a lesson on the history of firearms.  They had examples of percussion guns (1700s) all the way up to Colt revolvers (1860s).  Of course they had modern firearms as well.  He even let the kids hold a gun that was worth somewhere around $17,000, a dragoon.  Then the owner of the store, who is a competitive Cowboy Action Shooter, talked to the kids about the fun and excitement of competitive shooting sports.  All in all, the kids learned a great deal and had a great time.