This and That

Danielle brought home her winning handwriting paper this week. It was important to her to point out that what appears to be an uncleanly erased "g" after the word "handwriting" in the second sample is actually just lettering that's showing through from the front. I am impressed. Some of the words look nearly perfect. She did a much better job than I could have. I still have trouble with my cursive "r"!

The tablets the kids received for Christmas have been big hits. Danielle had to have some xrays taken a couple weeks ago and spent her time in the waiting room video chatting with Tyler.




I think this is probably the only time of year when it is an advantage to be an albino squirrel!

Last week we had dinner with a guy who used to be a teen in our youth group when Ron was a youth pastor. He was a freshman in high school when we last saw him.  He is now a youth pastor at his own church, is married, and has three young children. We hooked up through Facebook and have kept up with each other somewhat over the past couple years but finally met face to face last week. It was so neat to visit with his family and to see how God has blessed his life. We met at a restaurant and ended up being seated in their meeting room by ourselves. It was perfect. The restaurant had a magician that entertained our kids, but our friend's kids were young enough to be a little wary. One of his tricks involved finding your card and then sticking it to the ceiling. We had noticed cards on the ceiling when we entered the restaurant, so the kids were eager to see the trick. The magician did a good job, and now if we ever go back, the kids can find their card.

Danielle played a great basketball game today. Her team played the only undefeated team in the league and finally lost in double overtime. It was an exciting game - both teams knew they were playing for 1st place. (Which  means a trophy, which is pretty cool when you're 9!) Maybe we'll beat them in the post season tournament.