So as you know, I'm not a frequent blogger. But now that school is out I thought I could catch up. This is the first day of school for Katee. She is in the sixth grade this year and she has Mrs. Petersen. She just recently had the honor of being the Student of the month. Her teacher sent us a great letter which sang her praises for what and awesome student she is. Because of this honor she got to go to Chuck E. Cheese Pizza and play games with the principal, Dare officer and other children. It was a great day.
Grandma Marion had her 8o something birthday. She still has a sharp mind and a quick whit. She loves and cares for her family deeply. We especially are grateful that she prays for us 3 times a day. We need all the help we can get.
Grandma Marion had her 8o something birthday. She still has a sharp mind and a quick whit. She loves and cares for her family deeply. We especially are grateful that she prays for us 3 times a day. We need all the help we can get.
Katee started having parties this year and inviting boys to it. They swam in the pool even though it was cold outside. There is a nice group of kids in our neighborhood and they like to play together. I'm glad they can all be friends.
Katee's 12th birthday was fun. We took her to breakfast and they sang a fun song.
Jamie made Katee's cake. She has been teaching herself how to work with fondant. She is really good.
For Halloween we made apple monster mouths with almond teeth and caramel tongues. They were really good.
Carrot fingers coming out of the dip.
Eyeballs which were pumpkin chocolate chip cookies dipped in white chocolate and decorated.
It was pretty fun to have family over and party together.
My nieces Brianne and Sarah holding their little sister Corinne and their 2nd cousin Alia.
Katee dressed up to do a dance to Thriller at her school.
Jamie and Nick were pirates and they dressed Alia like a parrot to sit on their shoulders. Alia was really into waving her arms at the time which was really perfect for a parrot because it looked like she was flapping her wings.
Jamie made Alia's costume. She is so talented.
Katee was a pink girl for Halloween and her friend was Little Red Riding Hood.
Erik celebrated his birthday at our house when they were here at Thanksgiviing time. We gave him a Geo Trax train set and he loves it.
He is 3 years old now and he is so cute. We love all the big words he can say and how he is so expressive. We think of him as our freekin genius. We also celebrated Sandy's birthday a little late. It was wonderful to have them for Thanksgiviing and we enjoyed every second.
We recently had our family Christmas party. Mom made these snowmen for our centerpieces.
Neal's family is getting bigger all the time. He has 4 grandchildren now. They are so precious.
Mom and Dad are still in their prime. We enjoyed them telling some of their Christmas memories from when they were young.
Neal took pictures of all the families. He has a professional set up with back drop and everything. I'm looking forward to getting our pictures back from him. I will try to post them here. Hannah sang a beautiful Christmas song and Carol accompanied her on the piano. Hannah has a beautiful voice and will be able to do much in life with her talent.
My brother David and his wife and family are now in Utah. It is awesome to get to see them and their beautiful girls. They sang a song and Michelle did the sign language for it for the talent show. Zack and Delta are the newly weds of the family. They are so cute!
Random picture, but it shows my talent. I set up a projector and lap top to show a slide show of Christ to the song of Mary Did You Know sung by Donny Osmond.
I think we know who this funny person is.
David's kindergartener, Bethany, isn't she cute. Thanks Katee for taking these fun pictures of the party. You do a great job.
So I think that catches us up for now.
