Hello, again, hello....

Neil Diamond pretty much summed up today's post. Our computer crashed, and took with it all of our usernames/passwords because I didn't have the forethought to NOT save them on said computer. Lesson learned.

This is just a brief, newsy update, for good measure:


Happy Spring! We
hope you are both doing well! It has
been such a busy month since we last wrote you—the weather, sickness, church
activities, Bible study, school, 4H, etc. have all kept us hopping. We’ve had warm weather, snow, rain all in
repeated cycles. The other day, we had
snow on the daffodills, even.
The girls have been sick with a
yucky virus for a couple weeks, but other than the lingering cough, they seem
to be on the mend at last! Casey has had
it, too, but not as badly. We decided to
just observe Spring Break during the girls’ sick weeks, so that gave them
plenty of rest and “down time.”
Katie, Anna, and Gracie all
participated in the region’s “Awana Games,” where delegate students are chosen
from several of the local churches’ Awana Clubs, and the compete against each
other in different relay and team games.
They all did well. Our church
placed 2nd, and Katie (who also helped on another team that didn’t
have enough teammates) placed 3rd with that team, so she came home
with 2 ribbons. J
Everyone is still in our study on
Paul and the acts of the apostles, though we’ve all missed the last couple
weeks due to sickness. We’re looking
forward to getting back to it next week when (Lord willing) everyone is well
again.
4H is new to us this year and
keeping us busy…Katie is doing baking, and so far has done her lesson on
biscuits. Her next lesson is muffins, so
she’s looking forward to baking more on her own. Her county fair entry will be either
biscuits, muffins, or quickbreads, and she hasn’t decided which to enter
yet. Gracie & Anna are doing sewing,
and we took a field trip recently to the fabric store, so they could learn
about patterns, fabric, etc., and they each chose their project that they’ll
sew and present at the county fair. Anna
is making a pair of shorts, and Gracie is making a skirt. Everyone is so excited, as you can imagine!
Well, that’s all the news for us
right now, but the girls made some lovely new artwork for your refrigerator
art! J
We love you so much & hope
& pray all is well with everyone.
Give the family our love & hugs, and we look forward to our next
time together!

Love,
Casey, Shauna, & Girls