Simpson products field trip

Today we went on a field trip to a Simpson products place and I am going to tell you a little bit about what we learned.

This is a picture of us in the car on the way there.

These are the seat belts that the drivers use to stay locked in. The next picture will be of what the driver would look like if he had all of the seat belts on.

They also have a HANS device which stands for head and neck system to protect the drivers head and neck. This is a picture of me wearing the HANS device.

We saw some people sewing parachutes together too. A picture of a parachute:

They use a parachute for drag racing. We saw the layers of a helmet too and the girl who is in charge of that is named Dora. Here is me with the shell of a helmet on and the helmet when it is finished on me.

We saw the helmets when they were painted too. They come in all different kinds of colors.

 

The guy who was in charge of the painting was named Sandiago. 

This is a picture of Bill Simpson, the owner of Simpson products. He had made a fire retardant suit but no one believed him so he put on the suit, put gas all over him, and lit himself on fire for 5-10 seconds to prove it. I had an amazing time and we even got goodie bags at the end.

Spring Break

 For my spring break I went to New Orleans, LA. A lot of my family were there too! We all slept in my Mima's house and it was fairly small. On the trip there, we went with my Aunt's family in their car. We got Buc-ees on the way too. When I got to my Mima and Papa's home, I was greeted by my Mima, two cousins, Aunt, and Papa. That same day, my mom's cousin came and visited for a while. The next day, we went to a Saint Patrick's parade and had a lot of fun. Before the parade we went to a party that was fun too! Before the party, we had breakfast with one of my moms friends. The day after that, we went to two parks, a restraunt, and had ice cream and snow cones. After that day, we went to the zoo. The last day we were there, we went to the bowling alley. After bowling we just dance to our favorite songs and I learned the wobble. On the way back to Mima and Papa's house from the bowling alley, we listened to Joan Jett. I also did some sewing with my Mima from time to time. On the way to go to my home, I watched Big Hero 6 and we got Buc-ees again. I had a fun filled Spring Break. Here are some pictures.

The Toyota Tundra Plant

Today in homeschool, I went on a field trip to the Toyota tundra plant. Here is some information about it.

It takes 20 hours to make one truck.
Before the workers start working they stretch for 6 minutes.
Up to 3,000 people work one shift and since there are two shifts a day, 6,000 people work a day.
The workers can build about 430 trucks in 8 hours.
The robots do most of the painting on the trucks.
There are 4 coats of paint on each truck. In order they are ED, Primary, base, and clear.
The workers have a robot they call Zilla because it can pick up 1500 pounds.
There is only 1 Toyota tundra plant.
The workers work 10-11 hours a shift.
About 50% of the workers drive a Toyota.
The workers are starting to produce Toyota Tacomas.
Most of the Tacomas are made at the Toyota tundra plant.
The rest of the Tacomas are made in Baja California which is actually is in Mexico.
When a worker needs help, they pull a white string and music sounds out through the plant.

Now for the pictures me and my mom took.

Thanksgiving break

For thanksgiving break we went to our friends Kari and Michael's house in Louisiana. We stayed there for four days and had a lot of fun. They live next to train tracks so we smashed a few pennies. They also live next to a park. At the park we found a cool bench. It is shaped like a Saturn ring aitnd it spins. We turned it into a game called the ring of fire. In this game you stand on the bench trying to knock people off and the last one standing wins. My sister cheats by laying down and holding onto the bench. That night we met with a friend named Scott bourgeois. The next day it was Thanksgiving and we went to my Mima's house. Our cousin's, aunt, and uncle were there too.The thanksgiving food was great. Our family and friends played outside a lot. At the end of the day we built a fire and watched football. The day after that we have family pictures taken by my aunt and went to my mom's friend named Zach's house. We also had a big get together with my mom's high school friends. I had a lot of fun. The last day we went to our friend Abbie's house to play. Her son's were named Falcon and Clay. Her husband is in the band 311 and his name is Aaron. After that we went to my second cousin's sweet 16/cancer free party and had a blast. Her name was Berkeley. This trip was awesome from the start.

There are more pictures I just don't have enough room to put all of them on.