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One of my favorite classes I took this semester was sewing and home decor. I completed two projects, a crew neck and a bear. As you can see above, I chose a green plaid fabric, but for a fun reason. When I was little, those were the color of my sheets. So on the ear, I embroidered the year I was born and my name. I really enjoyed this project and overall it turned out very well. I hope to continue what I learned about sewing into my future, and hopefully I can continue to use these skills!

In our Practical Living class, our group that consists of Raegan on the right, Karissa in the middle, and me on the left, baked three different recipes. I chose to bake blueberry muffins, Karissa chose avocado toast, and Reagan cooked potatoes. Our group worked so well throughout the semester, and baked some pretty delicious dishes. A couple things I learned throughout this class was to soak your fruit in flour prior to baking. The blueberry muffins I baked turned out so good, and I give all the credit to that tip! I would also recommend cleaning as you go. For example, if you mix brownies in a bowl, as soon as you finish pouring the batter into the pan, soak the bowl in the sink. Throughout each of the recipes, we found this tip to be very helpful.  One of our favorite recipes we baked were the hot cocoa cookies. We made these for a Christmas cookie bake-off. We even won the contest that some of the teachers judged! Overall, we learned some very helpful things during this class and I can’t wait to apply them to my future into college. Below I will put my blueberry muffin recipe, which my group and I gave a 10 rating, which we would highly recommend using!

”To Die For Blueberry Muffins”

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

3/4 cup white sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 egg

1/3 cup milk

1 cup fresh blueberry

1/2 cup white sugar

1/4 cup butter

punch of cinnamon

Instructions:

Step 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Step 2. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder. Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and add enough milk to reach the 1-cup mark. Mix this with flour mixture. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.

Step 3. Optional: To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking

Step 4. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown

For instructions to this recipe simply click the link below!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/6865/to-die-for-blueberry-muffins/

 

 

For my video editing project, I decided to do a video of both my cousins and I’s 16th Birthdays. I everyone who went on both vacations for pictures and videos, edited them, and put them in the video. This was quite the process becuase I had to match the pictures and videos to the beat of the music. As you watch the part on Turks and Caicos, you will hear what my cousin Dylan thought about his 16th birthday! Throughout my half of the video, you will learn about the different islands we went to and what we did there.

I really enjoyed creating this video. Not only to look back at in the future, but my grandparents to, who took us on the trips. I plan to continue making videos for my brothers 16th and my other cousins. I’m not sure if we’ll be able to go this year, with the virus… but we are hoping to do my brothers birthday next year! I will either be continuing their birthdays on this video, or making a new one for their birthdays. Either way, it will be really fun to look back on in the future!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I did a book report in my World History class over the book American Sniper.

I made this memorial to represent Julius Caesar.

This year in Intro to Visual Arts we have done many various projects. Some of which included ink and this project, line art, etc… I focused on doing different things that express who I am in this project. Like the big city on the bottom, the pastel colors, and the ocean waves. Using these different techniques, helped this project to in a way come to life. We started by sketching on one square, then traced on the light box, then mirrored it 4 times. Overal, I think this project went very well. I liked the outcome and the colors I chose to use! My favorite part was coloring my final (traced) outcome.

 

This year, in my introduction to the visual arts class, we have learned many new types of art as well as many new techniques. This was one example of somthing I made. We were given objects to look at with a light source and were told to sketch what we see using different types of charcoal. I started by drawing what I saw, followed by filling in the light sources with white and “blending” and “shading” with the charcoal. Then I filled in the background to make it look like the objects are sitting on a table.

 

Ashlyn DeBoer

Mrs. Duitsman

English 9

15 August 2018

I Wish My Teacher Knew

         I wish my teacher knew that I’m an athlete. Everyday I look forward to volleyball after school, followed by lifting on some chosen days. Other days I have club volleyball at Nebraska One. This is one of my passions that I enjoy doing throughout the school year. Although some days get a little long, I always work my hardest to complete homework, study for tests, and have a successful year.

          I wish my teacher knew I love photography. Ever since I got my first camera, I loved capturing the beautiful sunsets at nights, the crazy waves in the ocean, or even the clouds when they look like cotton balls in the sky. Anytime our family gets our picture taken, I can’t help myself but wish that I was that person capturing the moment when our family is together.  Last year, I got my first camera that prints a picture when it is taken. That was definitely one of the best gifts I got. Though not all turned out perfect, I love being able to display them in my room instead of always looking at them through my photos app on my device.

    

Ashlyn DeBoer
Mr Kristalyn
English 8
27 Mar. 2018
Unexpected Summer Day Drops
Today was one of those times when you walk outside and your popsicle melts in a matter of seconds. A couple of friends and I had been planning to go on a long bike ride, up to this pool, located a few miles from our home here in Colorado Springs. We planned to go through the mountains, down through the valleys, then we’ll enter the beautiful Garden of Gods. All day I’ve been watching the clock go tick tock, tick tock… But then the time finally came. The time I get to leave the boring and go on this exciting new adventure. I look out my window and see Channel with her pastel blue bike, Saige with her bright orange bike, and Chloe with her darker pink bike. We start on 16th street and ride up to the top of the block, when suddenly we feel a breeze coming on. I looked up at the sky and noticed a build up of dark, almost scary looking clouds. Drip, drop, one by one raindrops started falling. Then it started getting harder and louder. Some would say it was raining cats and dogs.
By the time the storm hit we were about 8 miles from home and stranded with not one building or car around. We peddle and peddle as fast as we could until we heard a strike of lightning. We knew we had to find shelter as soon as possible. We all got off our bikes and started running to the nearest building like there was no tomorrow. It wasn’t til about dark, nine o’clock to be exact, til we found a small gas station with no cars parked outside of it. But it was not your ordinary gas station. The sign was half lit, the open sign was constantly blinking, and the paint on the building was chipping. Hesitant to go in, we walked inside and talked to each other. It took about 2 hours til the storm slowly but surely started clearing up. That’s when we decided to hold off til sunrise, then go and find our bikes, and finish our adventure down to the Garden of Gods. My friends and I never in our wildest dreams would of imagined such a small bike ride turning into such a scary, some would say dangerous experience.
By time I arrived home early the next day, I noticed multiple police cars parked outside my house. I ran inside yelling,
“I’m home, I’m home!” I noticed my family in tears. I asked them,
“What’s wrong?” They looked up at me with the biggest eyes and overwhelmed me
with hugs, kisses, and the words,
“We missed you so much!” I asked them why they were so worried and they replied,
“You were supposed to be back yesterday. After the first day went by we started worrying, but by the second day we couldn’t take the anxiety of the thought of losing you.” Words couldn’t even describe the emotions I felt as they told me this.
“I would have called if I had service,” I told them.
My mom put her hand over my mouth and said, “You’re here now, and that’s all that
matters.” I finally felt relaxed, and that was all I needed to hear. “I have been waiting to go down and tell these officers to leave for the longest time, and that time has finally come.” We all looked out my window and watched the police cars leave one by one.
I whispered into my father’s ear, “What do you think about that old time movie and popcorn?”
He replies, “I could use that right about how.” We all went downstairs, played the
movie, and I could see in my families eyes a sign of relief.