Christmas in Pictures

Christmas Eve at Church - my most favorite night to be at church - every year! This year, Caiden was a shepherd, Cambry sang in the children's choir, and Delaney was part of a class poem and song with the other children, ages 3-first grade. Cambry and Delaney also shared a German Advent poem during the children's sharing time. Delaney recited it in English, then Cambry said it in German. I was so proud of them for getting up on the stage yet again. They didn't even seem nervous, which is quite something since there were around 500 people in church that night! My sister-in-law videoed the girls (thank you, Trissa!):

Shenanigans after the program - sometimes the adults just take too long talking to people!

Christmas Eve at Grammy and Papa's:

new tools for the toolboxes

Dad made this for Vanessa - for one of her
climbing plants in front of their house

new Barbie closet

Addi is being a very helpful older cousin!

How many adults does it take to undo
Barbie's packaged hair?

Royals Fans!

She finally got that purse from
Keith's!

Then came the food!

Christmas morning at our house:

pink volleyball!

new slides

dolphin cruiser - she got it all built that day!

Delaney is all about the Barbies this year! She played
with this camper the ENTIRE day!

Finally a bike big enough for him!

Cambry's "Odd Squad" shoes!

We have had a low-key, quiet, mostly healthy Christmas so far (after being sick for almost a whole week, Chelan got better just in time). We look forward to celebrating a little bit more when Chelan's brother and family come from California next week - if they can get here! We are expecting quite a winter storm in the next few days!

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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...

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!

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