Christmas Programs

December brought an abundance of music. Delaney's school program was delightful! Her part of the program featured the third graders doing some special things since they were the oldest for that group. Delaney even filled in last minute on the jingle bells for a sick classmate, and did a fabulous job! We were happy to see her up there as she had missed 3 days of school previously with a fever (and even fainted during one of their practices - quite the excitement)! Thanks to Mr. Wiens for the first three pictures - it turns out I couldn't see Delaney during the whole program because she was right in front of Mrs. Brubaker! :)

green bell in the middle

Best friends - Quinli and Delaney

Delaney's teacher, Mr. Wiens

Caiden's music concert was also excellent this year. I don't think I had been to a high school Christmas concert since I was in college! The choir is very large this year, and it appears Mr. Unruh expects much from them. It definitely showed during the concert. I even got up on stage with other community members and parents to sing the "Hallelujah Chorus" together - a long-standing tradition at our high school!

Proof I was on stage (second row, talking to Rachael Burkholder who
is turned around)

Comments

Surprise!

Well, I sure don't get surprised very often, but Saturday night was a huge surprise to me! I thought I was heading to Hesston for an AGCO Christmas Dinner with Chelan. He told me we needed to drop something off at Ben and Tina's house (my cousin), first. Okay, no big deal! While we were there, Ben said they were about ready to go out for dinner, did we want to come along? Surprisingly, Chelan thought about it and wanted to do it (clue #1 that something was up). I kept saying that we couldn't skip out on his dinner, but Chelan insisted that going to Wichita for dinner would be much more fun. I even said, "This seems like something you had planned!" However, I'm always up for dinner in Wichita, so I agreed, reluctantly!! We enjoyed a meal at Hangar 1 Steakhouse and I thought that was the end of it. But, on the way home, Chelan asked if we could go by the new arena since the inaugural concert was there that night -- Brad Paisley! I thought it would be f...

Spring Art

While Mrs. Schmidt was away on maternity leave during the spring, Mr. Novak (from Hesston) filled in for her. Since Cambry has her first 3 class periods in the art room, she got to know him very well and he mentioned several times how he appreciated Cambry's artistic style and way of thinking. He even let her paint a little bit on his own pieces! Cambry took several pieces to the WSL art festival in April. She came home with a first place finish in the graphic design category and an honorable mention in the computer design category. We are so thankful for the instruction she has received over the last 4 years in Goessel. Now, on to Hesston College with Professor Cross!

Off and Running!

A month into the school year and everyone seems to be clicking along . . . at least for now! We caught up with Cambry today, now in a room of her own for the very first time! She is enjoying her esports team, particularly making the social media posts and taking pictures for the team. She gets some Rocket League time in as well! And she has access to the art building pretty much when she wants it! Caiden is doing his thing at K-State and at athletic events again. And Delaney is trying to do every possible activity available in high school. Of course, her top priority is volleyball, and right now, her team is 2nd overall in 1A-1 and recently won their home tournament for the first time since 2017! And, Kenya is growing like a weed!

Days With the Duerksens

Search This Blog