Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Today is Grandpa's birthday! A few of us went and surprised 

him at the restaurant he goes to every morning for breakfast.  

The waitresses sang with us and he enjoyed all the attention! = )

Fun at the Bounce Zone

Joanna and Carter had fun going to the Bounce Zone 

with Aunt Rachel while they were home for Thanksgiving.

It's one of their new favorite things to do! = )

Wordless Wednesday

The Sound of Music

    It was nice to have Aunt Mary here for a visit last week. 

We really enjoyed seeing her again!  It worked out
for some of us to attend a play, The Sound of Music.

It was performed in a theatre named after Lydia. :)



Happy Birthday David!

David turned 18 on Monday.  We celebrated early and

went disk golfing on Friday.  It was a gorgeous day! 

One of the last for Michigan. :(

We had some real talent among us!

 Then there were some who were not so fortunate.... 

 Tab spent most her time climbing trees. :)

We had friends over later that night for dinner & games.

Dad says he has a hidden talent

we never  knew about. :-)

 Just for the record... don't put powdered sugar on

birthday cake!  It doesn't work out so well

 when you blow out the candles. :-)

  

Emily's way of staying warm. :-)

 Jeremy & Matt were quite competitive

  in the game of lightening!

 They both ended up winning!

Weird, Wild & Wacky

We had weird, wild & wacky night 

with the kids last week in class.

It was so fun to see the different 

things they came up with.

Quite creative! :)

John is such a great brother!  He helped Joanna

fix her ponytail since she only had one hand.

Notice the tongue- must be a concentration thing. :)

Missing the Huxley Family

The Huxley family has moved back to Florida for

the winter. :(  We always have such a great

time together.  We're going to miss you all!!

Church Activity

We had a bonfire, hayride and games last Sunday

night after church.   It was pretty chilly so the

bonfire was a perfect way to get warmed up!

Dad stayed busy taking everyone for rides.