"I Like to Sleigh Ride, I Like to Sleigh Ride" - December 2010

Sammy's up first!

Nathaniel's turn!
Ellie's turn!
Abbey's turn!

Mommy's turn!

Shane and his Dad!

Shane and his Mom!

Shane and Sarah

Shane and his Dad

November Recitation Pictures

Abbey

Palden, Keaton, Emily and Abbey
Dawson, Zack and Carson

Nathaniel's 8th Birthday - November 14, 2010

Nathaniel's Stitches (Dermaplast) - Novermber 2010

While playing outside in the snow at the school Nathaniel came in contact with the wrong end of a small plastic snow shovel.

Ellie and Abbey in front of the backdrop in the room while Nathaniel got glued up.
My beautiful girls!
Nathaniel "post-op" a few days later on his birthday.

Mrs. Hager's Birthday - November 1, 2010

Sam and I had the privilege of accompanying Abbey and the 1st grade class at Petra Academy as they went to the local dairy farm. it was a beautiful day and the kids had a great time. Here are a few photos.

They started out listening to the farmer's wife Mrs. Klompien as she told about how the dairy farm worked.





Then they went to go see the animals. Sam latched on to one of the little girl's hands as they walked.













They all got to see a calf which had just been born but had not stood up for the first time. We have a video of it trying the first time but then settling back into the straw.





I think their favorite part was a toss up between bottle feeding the calves and getting ice cream at the end.

Practicing with Borrowed Chimes

I was able to rent these chimes from Hope Lutheran Church for my music class. I brought them home to practice with them over the weekend. (It's great to have a large family at times like these) :-) After an introductory lesson we worked together for about ten minutes on this song to get to this stage. (BTW Abbey has never read music before!)