The Sphinx and the Pyramids

The Pyramids were built in 3000 BC and the largest one stood about 450 ft high and was about 750 ft square. The largest pyramid was built by King Kheops. The pyramids and the Sphinx are located 12 miles below Memphis. There are three pyramids in all. A few thousand years ago the pyramids were very smooth and no one could get to the top but then in 650 AD the Arabs took control of Egypt and destroyed the smoothness of the stone.

The Sphinx was built around the same time the pyramids were built. It was built by King Khephern the successor of King Kheops. It is 70 ft high and 240 ft wide. The Sphinx's face is 13 ft tall and was built to resemble the face of King Khephern. The stone tablet on the front of the Sphinx tells us the story of the sphinx built 3000 BC

The Pyramids

The Sphinx

The Pharos

The Pharos A.K.A The Lighthouse of Alexandria is almost 600 feet high and was built around 305 BC. On the inside of the lighthouse there was a ramp for people on donkeys to climb up to the top. The light could be seen for 30 miles at sea. The lighthouse was built entirely out of marble and was one of the largest buildings at that time. It stood for over 1600 years but in 850 AD the Mohammedans who were living there had a very greedy Caliph and when a Christian spy told him there was "known" to be treasure underneath the lighthouse he destroyed the two upper stories before he realized there was no treasure there. And then in 1375 an earthquake destroyed it and it took 100 years for the blocks to be hauled away. Here is a picture:

Halicarnassus

Halicarnassus is located in Asia Minor ans is home to one of the greatest tombs ever. In 250 B.C the king of Halicarnssus was named Mausolus and he was a good and kind king. His queen Artemisia ruled after him and built for him a tomb that would be the most magnificent monument Greek genius could fashion. She sent for the most skilled sculptors, architects and artists in Athens and soon the tomb of Mausolus began to rise. The tomb is about 140 feet high and is crested by a marble chariot of the king and his wife. The tomb was destroyed by earthquakes in 1404, but in 1859 archaeologists found pieces of the chariot and the columns.

summer wrap up

This past summer I have been really busy with Baseball, vacation my 12th birthday, boyscout camp, camp outs and family camp!

My baseball team ended up in first place in our league and we had a really good season.

For vacation this year we went to : Lake Anne which is in Michigan, Lake Erie, Ocean City NJ and then I went back to lake Erie for a camp out!

For my birthday this year I turned 12 years old! My mom and dad gave me my own computer and they also activated my phone number! We got to go see a Cincinnati Reds game and they won!

This the first year our boy scout troop got to go the Woodland Trails Scout Reservation scout camp! We had a blast at camp and we had another boy (Joe) come and stay with us with his dad (Rob). We each got 5 merit badges and I got the Honor Camper Award!

A few weeks after I left Lake Erie I was back up there with my boy scout troop! We went tubing, fishing and swimming. While we were up there we saw someone we would have never expected to see there. 

It was Joe and his dad Rob!!

A few days ago we went with all of our church to Family Camp! We had a blast there and we had a youth service Sunday morning with plays and songs. Every year at family camp we rent golf carts and the little kids love them! This year at family camp we played ultimate frisbee, baseball and basketball.

Here are some pictures:

Boy Scout camp

 This is a fort we had to build for a requirement!

 The sunset at camp.

 This is what one of the instructors carved!

Lake Anne

 Sleeping Bear Dunes

 The view was amazing!

 More of Sleeping Bear

 Pierce stocking 

This is right after I climbed up it in 8 minutes!

 Lake Erie

 Yummy ice cream!

 Awww How cute

 This is the Great Wolf Lodge water park where we stayed for a few days.

 Woah!

Ocean City NJ

 Ocean City has tons on cool thing to do on it. Here is a Ferris wheel.

 This is the entrance to one of the amusement parks.

 Say hello the worlds biggest elephant : Lucy!

Lake Erie fishing trip

 These are the three walleye the dads caught.

 The sunset at Lake Erie.

 This is a dead catfish we found.

Family Camp

This is Family Camp.

Baseball time!!!

The past few months have been really busy because my brothers and I have been playing baseball! My team is ranked 2nd best and some of my cousins are playing too. I am a pitcher and a shortstop and really like playing baseball. The season is almost over but it has been a lot of fun! Here are some pictures of me and my brother:

 This is me pitching. 

 I just hit a triple! yes!

This is me leading off second with my cousin next to me.

 This is my brother Ethan batting.

Ethan is a pitcher and a catcher.

Boy scout camp out

This past weekend I went on a camp out with my boy scout troop. We had a lot of fun and we even got to play baseball! For our meals we had: Hamburgers on Friday night, Breakfast sandwiches on Saturday morning, Cooked PB&J for Saturday lunch, Tacos on Saturday night and doughnuts on Sunday morning. My dad even came down and spent the night on Saturday night! Here are some pictures:

This is what we had for Friday night: Tacos!

We also had corn with our tacos.

Mmmm corn taco!

My troop likes it....

 This is what my dad and our leaders had!

 Here is our fire (it got pretty hot!)

This is a turtle we found on our way to play baseball.

Our trip to our dad's work

Yesterday we went to our dad's work and he gave us a tour of his work. He is an architect and his company's name is Moda4. It is a very small company and it only has 5 people. Here are some pictures:

This is their meeting room and it has a well in the middle of the table and it is filled with Legos.

This is us working on building our Legos.

This is what you see when  you walk in the door.

This is us with our dad in the front of his work.