BEAUTIFUL BABIES IN THE SPRINGTIME

Here are some recent photos of the ever growing grandkids.

"I'm going to get those toes Ethan!"

pretty flowers!
She's starting to reach for things...noses, glasses, earrings...

He has the most angelic smile!

His brother on the other hand, just looks like he's ready to...! sweet girls

and handsome boys...
another girls shot
The little ones

City Wide Garage Sales are our FAVORITE outing!

It's the MOST wonderful time of the year! I simply couldn't live without this!

trying on shoes
Hannah in open-toed sandles??? WITH HEALS!???
These crazy blue-fuzzy houseshoes are sure difficult to walk in! No wonder they are selling them! They are defective!

gathering the loot

Mommy found this for me!

and mommy found this for her!( It's a good thing Samuel was avaiable with his trailer.)

The living room just keeps looking nicer with every new touch!

Even Dan found something he needed.

Whew- I'm sure glad I found this...just in time! Garage sales can wear a body out!

Working Hard At What They Do

At this present time, many from our family have been putting a lot of effort into various activities. This is just an update for those who are interested in what we've been up to lately.

SARAH

First, Congratulations to Sarah, who placed 3rd in the Senseny Schneider piano competition, in the primary division. She received an honorable mention. Thank you also to her teacher, Rebecca.

CHRIS

Chris has been very busy, putting every spare moment into finishing his 10-year basement project! This is his last room to finish, the bathroom.

After running all of the electrical, plumbing, venting, sheetrocking, endless tape, mud and sanding, it was finally time to prime the walls and ceilings.He then painted the walls.
In order to run the drain line for the shower, he had to rent a jackhammer, and bust up the concrete to put in a drain-line extension, then run the drain line which will be under the shower. He then finished the ceiling-

texturing and putting up the light and vent fixtures. This week, he laid the flooring and... installed the toilet. It is now fully functional! Soon, we'll have another shower as well.

Obviously, this is still a work in progress. I'll update you once he gets a little further. We are all anxious to get another bathroom!

HANNAH
Hannah has employed her time much differently! Here is her project:
She's been working with her and Samuel's dogs, training them to do tricks.
EMMI

Click here to watch Emmi do her latest trick...

DIXIE

Click here to watch Dixie's latest trick.

Another of Dixie's tricks, Hannah took her down to the end of the block, and taught her to stay. I'm glad there wasn't any traffic!

and our big boy, BANJO He just watches the girls do their tricks, but he is a beautiful dog.

The boys (Daniel and Samuel) continue to build their lawn business, working every morning and most evenings. Samuel is also taking 14 hours at Butler County Community College, and Daniel is taking 17 hours at Wichita State. Both are facing finals in the next couple of weeks. Daniel continues to work for Masco Inc. as the accounts receivable manager, which is an internship position from Wichita State. Samuel is still busy with his dog business, and small engine repair. He's having to adjust to writing term papers...a job he has decided is NOT his favorite thing.

Charity should finish her 3rd grade year in about 2 weeks.

I'm simply holding the fort. Clean clothes, sack lunches, proofreading term papers, scheduling, taxi service, teaching school, shopping, cooking, church music and occasionally, garage sales!

The DRAMA

MAKEUP! Yes, that is HANNAH putting on makeup! It goes well with Mrs. Tucker's costume, and that HAT! Don't you think? The other girls didn't have it much better...
The production was a joyful experience for all of the kids and adults involved.

Hannah and Sarah played the prelude music, as well as music for the scene changes...all of those old 1800's favorites like:

"I've been workin' on the railroad", "Red River Valley", "Home on the Range", and "Shenandoah".

Hannah and Kristin (the girl on the far left) were overly concerned with collecting money for their individual charities...and were quite competitive about it as well.

All of the ladies decided it was much better to minister to the "motherless child" in their own community than to spend all of their efforts ministering to distant ministries.

Samuel and Sarah playing the music during the intermission. In the end, all agreed that serving others where they live is a ministry worth their efforts.The entire cast The musicians (and stage manager)

It was a treat to participate in the play this year at Grace Baptist Church. Congratulations to the cast, crew, directors and others involved. God was honored by your hard work, and ministry.

Click to hear an excerpt from "I've been workin' on the railroad".

Easter Photos

My computer has been on the blink, so for an early "Mother's Day" present, I received a BEAUTIFUL new computer! Now I can pick up where I left off on the blog!

Besides the "Easter Basket Caper", we enjoyed our time with family, as well as "family to be" for Easter this year. The guys spent some time playing basketball. (that is Chris laying on the ground in the shade...he's the official observer)Our best guess is that he couldn't get up after he....
We took some "grandparent" shots...

...and some family shots.
Dan and Rebecca with Esther and Ruth
Dave and Rachel with Ethan and JonathanDaniel and Amanda
Daniel enjoyed having Amanda and her family join us for some of the festivities. Charity hunted eggs while the adults searched for hidden bags of goodies, each bearing his or her name.
Dave got his annual box of "peeps". No Hannah, that is not candy! Chocolate! At least I could find mine this year! Last year.... Now, which is the treasure...the bag or the boy? There it is! Samuel's bag was mostly gone by the end of the day. Our newest "seeker"! Welcome to our family hunt, Amanda! See Sarah, that was not so hard. Even the babies got a bag of goodies... But I have a feeling they had some help eating their candy this year.
Chris read the Easter Account from the Scriptures, then we sang a couple of songs together.We hope your day was filled with celebration and gratefulness to God for providing a way for lost sinners to be reconciled to God.

Hallelujah! He is Risen!