Kitten Education

It's important to start early with kitten education. If you wait to begin reading to them, they lose all interest and start chasing each other around the room. We find they like books such as: Puss in Boots, The Lion King, and Cat in the Hat. However, leave the television off, or they will be distracted and learn nothing.

Vancouver Temple Open House

We made a little day trip to see the temple on a gray, rainy day (is there any other kind?) and loved to see inside the new Vancouver temple. Frazier is missing because he got to visit the previous weekend. It's decorated in Arts & Crafts Style with long linear stained glass, green and blue throw rugs and dogwoods carved into everything. The wood moulding is all very wide and dark. Although it is a small temple, the open house was bustling for weeks. Border security finally called to find out what was going on because 1 in 3 cars crossing into Canada were coming to see the new temple!

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.