"What My Grandma Dottie Means To Me"- by Katy Moffatt age 9

“What My Great Grandma Dottie Means to Me”- by Katy Moffatt age 9

My great grandma Dottie is 82 years old and lives far away from me in Santa Maria California. I am 9 years old and have been faithfully writing to her for almost three years. My great grandma’s birthday is January 1st, 1925. My birthday is January 2nd, 1998. I think it’s special that we are almost born on the same day. I was born at 4:42am, so my mom says I can blame her for not being born on grandma’s birthday.
My grandma and I are such good friends and I love that she always returns my letters. She tells me what she’s been doing, who she’s beaten in Rummy-O, and even shares recipes with me. I started my own recipe box for when I have my own kitchen. My mom let’s me borrow hers for right now.
I also love grandma’s hugs. My best thing I’m doing is that I am planning on visiting my grandma for our birthdays this year. So far I have saved $85.00 for my plane ticket. Most of the money I made babysitting for people. I can’t wait to see her and ride on a plane! We are going to have a lot of fun together. I need to practice playing Rummy-O though, because my Grandma is really good.

“Narration of Adam and His Kin” by Gracie Moffatt- age 6

(This has been transcribed by Mom.)

My mom has been reading me this book called “Adam and His Kin” by Ruth Beechick. The book is about Adam and his life, and his children and grandchild’s lives.
Back in the beginning it was very dark and there was no light except the light in God’s heart. He was so great he wanted to share his joy and love inside of him with someone, so He made the earth and animals. He made small creatures that crept on the ground and all animals that walk on the earth.
Then God thought all his joy was not out yet. He decided to make something very special to him that he would love dearly. So he made man in his own image. God named him Adam. The man was lonely so God put him in a deep sleep and made woman out of his rib. Her name was Eve.
When Eve was in the garden she saw the serpent. The serpent had wings, for God had made him the most beautiful animal of all.
The serpent said, ”Did God really say not to eat of this tree?”.
The woman said, “We can eat any of the trees in the Garden except this tree, for it is the tree of Good and Evil”.
The serpent said, “God doesn’t mean this, he knows that if you eat from this tree you will be a god like him.”
So Eve listened to the serpent. She knew when she ate the fruit she had done wrong and she was scared. She went to Adam. Adam ate the fruit too so she wouldn’t die alone.
God was sad and angry. You must leave the garden and never come back. God guarded the garden with two angels. The angels had flaming swords in their hands and four faces. One face was a lion, the great beast of the field. One was the head of the man. One was the face of an ox, and the last was the face of an eagle. The angel could see in all directions.
God sacrificed an animal for their sin. That was the first death they had ever seen in their lives. Adam and Eve were very disappointed in themselves. They tried to make a home for themselves as good as the garden, but it never was.

"Papa Bob"- by Jack Moffatt

My Papa Bob is my dad’s father. He died this year from cancer at the age of 82. I am thankful that he knew Jesus though because he is in heaven right now. I’m pretty sure he’s “avoiding blondes” because right before he passed my Grandma Shirley, who was his wife and has dark hair, told him to wait for her in heaven and to “stay away from the blondes”. My mom and dad told me my Papa Bob was always joking around. My mom said he had a joke for every day of the year.
My Papa was an engineer and served in World War II. I would like to know more about what he did and what it was like in the war, but he didn’t like to talk about it. Probably because it made him sad. Grandma gave me his pocket knife and compass and they are really important to me. I wish I could remember more about him, but my mom says I’ll get to hang out with him in heaven. I bet he’s making a lot of friends and I miss him a lot.

"The Myth of Theseus"- by Jack Moffatt age 11

There once was a prince of Athens named Theseus. His kingdom was under a cruel rule set by King Minos of Crete. Every seven years a ship with black sails would enter the port of Athens. The King of Athens was forced to give seven young men and seven young women to King Minos’ ship. Then ship would then sail to the island of Crete where a terrible death awaited them. King Minos kept a horrible monster called the Minotaur under the palace in a maze called a labyrinth. The monster had the body of a man, the head of a bull, and the teeth of a lion. The whole city of Athens lived in fear of their young peoples’ fate.
Prince Theseus had a clever idea. When the ship came to get the people, Theseus went as one of the seven men. He planned to kill the monster himself.
When the Princess of Crete saw Theseus she decided to help him. She gave him a knife to kill the monster, and a spool of thread to use to find his way out of the maze. That night Theseus was thrown into the labyrinth. He went around and zigzag until he came to the monster. He threw dirt in his eyes and jumped on his back stabbing him. He did it! He killed the Minotaur. He followed the thread out of the labyrinth and set his friends free. He even married the princess and took her home to Athens with him.

The End

Jack's Book List

Eragon- Christopher Paolini
"A fantasy, action/adventure about a 17 year old boy named Eragon who is chosen to be a Dragon Rider and fight the evil King Galbatorix. There was always something exciting happening and a lot of action. Eragon's character starts out as a simple farm boy and through the book changes into brave hero."

A Series of Unfortunate Events- Lemony Snickett (All 13 books)-
" A very long series of books about three ophans who try to find out what happened to their parents. Disapointing ending and very difficult vocabulary made this series not my favorite. I would say,'Don't waste your time'."

Inkheart- Cornelia Funke
"Very good book about a girl named Meggy and her Dad who can read people out of books. This causes havoc for everyone, and it's up to Meggy and her dad to fix the problem. I liked how exciting and easy to read it was. I also like other books by this author. She has agood imagination."

The Thief Lord- Cornelia Funke

Dragon Rider-Cornelia Funke
"Halfway through at the moment."

Ivanhoe- Retold from Sir Walter Scott's original
"This story is a great legend from the days of 'Robin of the Hood' and 'King Richard the Lionheart'. I need to read it again as I have forgotten most of the story."

The Bully of Barkham Street- Mary Stolz
"Taught a lesson about what a bullies life is like. It's got some kinda sad parts, but overall I liked it because it made me understand why someone would be a bully."

Peter and the Starcatchers and Peter and the Shadow Theives- Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
These two books go together. The story of how Peter Pan was made. Liked these very much because the characters had many adventures and were always in risky situations. I liked their explanation for how Peter Pan became Peter Pan."

Katy's Book List

Little House in the Big Woods- Laura Ingalls Wilder

Thee, Hannah- Marguerite De Angeli

Classic Starts “Anne of Green Gables”- Lucy Maud Montgomery

Gracie's Book List

Christian Liberty Nature Reader- Christian Liberty Press
“Loved, loved, loved this book because it is so interesting to learn about all the bugs and animals in the world!”

Fairy Realm- Emily Rooda
“I loved this book too! Sometimes I pretend there is a secret door in my room so I can go to a fairy world.”


How to Count to a Million- David M. Schwartz
“Kinda of interesting to show how big numbers are, but I liked the pictures the best.”


Puss and Boots- Hans Christian Anderson
“This book made me laugh because it was sooo silly.”


The Mouse and the Motorcycle- Beverly Cleary
“I’m still reading this, almost done. I’m not sure why Ralph would leave his motorcycle in the laundry though. That wasn’t very wise.”


The Tale of Despereaux- Kate DiCamillo
“So far my favorite book besides the bible. I read a chapter and then mom read me a chapter. That way it was fair, but I like my mom’s funny voices that she does.”


The Tale of Peter Rabbit- Beatrix Potter
“Pretty good, but I don’t know all those English words. Better when mom reads it with an English accent, that’s funny.”


The Wizard of Oz- L. Frank Baum
“Kinda scary because I’m worried tornados might come to Idaho, but dad says they can’t. The illustrations were AMAZING!



The Bible- God

"I really like when my mom reads it to me. I can read a grown-up bible now. Also mom's been reading "Adam and His Kin" to me and I did a narration onthe first two chapters."

We've moved!

We have moved! For those of you who may not know, we haved moved into our good friends house in Eagle and will reside here for at least the next 2 years while our friends are in China. Rather bizarre, I know, but what a blessing! The house is fantastic as well as the location. We are thoughoutly enjoying living here.