Marnie Plays Again

 Marnie was able to perform again with the elementary school play. She has a great time attending practices and performing with her friends.

Wedding Singer

There is nothing like hanging out with performing teenagers for a month. I feel younger already! It was a delight to work with Mr. Ronning and Mr. Morash who run the music programs at the high school. I can't believe how many hours they put into each performance. We practiced 8-10 hours a week after school for a month, and then really shifted into high gear. Every night the show was amazing. Unfortunately I couldn't see some of the action because I was glued to my sheet music. Calvin was so fun to watch!

Fixing Katie's dress

Katie bought a cute dress over the Holidays, but it needed a little fixing. So after she left for school, I found some brocade that matched and added some extra to make it more modest. My friend, Laura, said that doing this kind of fixing makes her happy the kids have all moved away.

But when Katie's birthday rolled around on the 21st, she was thrilled to get it back.

Vacation Art Projects

Did you ever do special art projects during your school holidays? Well, I did this year since I had Katie to help. I've been working on painting a wholecloth quilt, but it's slow going. So here she is helping me move through this wallhanging while watching the Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged. Maybe, Maybe Not!

Merry Christmas

What a wonderful Christmas we had together! Everyone was applauding like each gift unwrapping was a great accomplishment. Howard even pulled out his Sunny-D to celebrate with class. We hadn't put any presents under the tree until T-2 days. We served the usual dishes: orange rolls, berry delight, and green bean casserole. I think there was a turkey, too.

Marnie turns 11

For Marnie's birthday party, we had a few girls come over and play. Usually her party has mixed results as the 19th of December is pretty crazy. But this time was had a good group of girls and they had fun playing in the chocolate fondue!

Last day of Seminary before Christmas

Katie flew in on a Thursday night flight and was excited to go to seminary with us in the morning. She'd also scheduled herself as a chaperone on a history class trip to SAM (Seattle Art Museum). Without a car, she did amazingly well getting around to see all her friends.