Spring Break Trip

Grammy and Papa are celebrating 50 years of marriage this coming summer on June 6, 2019. To celebrate, they arranged for a trip to Colorado over spring break this last March. With record snowfall in the Fairplay/Breckenridge areas this winter, we were in for an interesting trip. Needless to say, we were thankful we decided to take the 4-wheel drive truck!

Our cabin was awesome, but we had a 20 min. drive up a mountain to get there. With so much snowfall, we passed stuck, snowbound vehicles every time we went up or down! Thankfully, that was never our story.

Even with some elevation sickness and tricky roads, we did enjoy plenty during our stay: downtime, digging a sled run (thanks to Chelan) and sledding down it, exploring in waist-deep snow, a gondola ride in Breckenridge, first time skiing, and an anniversary celebration complete with a slideshow of over 500 pictures!

After a treacherous drive through the "great bomb cyclone of 2019," we made it to Denver and stopped for the night on our way home. We were never so thankful to stop driving as we were that day! We even had a pretty good time at the hotel with Grammy, Papa, and Dollie that day.

Thank you Mom and Dad for a memorable trip and for making it 50 years together - through all of life's ups and downs!

Comments

Pre-Christmas Surprise

On Dec. 22, I woke up to Caiden not feeling well. In fact, he said he hadn't ever felt the kind of pain he was experiencing that morning. Reluctantly, I made an appointment. Long story, short - it was good he complained because he ended up having his appendix out that afternoon! It must have been at the very beginning stages and thankfully hadn't burst. So, we were in and out of the hospital by midnight that night. Maybe the worst part about the whole thing is that his wisdom teeth surgery had to be postponed since it was supposed to be the very next week. He'll go back to school minus an appendix, but still having his wisdom teeth until February 16! Pre-op Post-op

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!

July Highlights

July was a slow, meandering stroll through mid-summer. Slow as it was, there were some highlights: Lots of raspberries to pick - what a delight! Kenya continues to grow and learn how to take walks: Delaney loved her week at Camp Menno! Delaney and Jenna attended the KSU Volleyball camp: All 5 of us were in the SAME place at the SAME time to attend a beautiful wedding! Cambry found success at the Marion Co. Fair one last time with 4 purples and 1 red on her photos. Two of those purples turned into a Reserve Grand Champion and Grand Champion in her respective classes. Fun fact, as an assistant, she sat with her future art professor as he judged photos! Delaney and I were "guest readers" at the little kids' Splish Splash Party at church: Last but not least - the Paris Olympics started! We watched the opening ceremony at Vanessa's. I took an olympic flag fruit pizza to share with everyone: Next up: a busy month of transitions!

Days With the Duerksens

Search This Blog