Some You Tube clips

Dad W's 60-year-old Lionel train!...

http://youtu.be/BF8xuDDVKHQ

Heavenly Handbells...

 http://youtu.be/mJoD3CHrO3E

The USA by Micah...

http://youtu.be/DRIRzSwW51E

Katie chills out in the refrigerator...

http://youtu.be/r2f8CFE9of8

Claire chills out, too...

http://youtu.be/-lz99SJ3hgE

Jenna's Rice Krispie trouble...

http://youtu.be/-pNx1JCJwQQ

Spirit Week

It's Spirit Week at Grace!  I dread this week, but the girls have done very well figuring out their own clothing combinations. : ) Above is Jenna with friends on Twin/Triplet Day, and below is Claire. 

This day was Wacky/Tacky Day.  Can you tell?  

Even Chad got in on the action.  I told him he shouldn't go in public without his coat on. :) 

PA Christmas

Gpa set up the train he got as a little kid.  Pretty cool!

It was the year of beanbag gifts

Micah got a really cool car!

We went to see a fantastic train set up in their friend's basement.  Wow!

Micah tried out Gma's new big sink

Lots of games

Some playdough fun-- creations above are by Gma

This is what it looked like when Chad packed us up for home.  Quite a trick with our MI stuff and PA stuff-- including beanbags!  We didn't fit in a few large things, but most of it made it. And, boy, were we glad when we got home!

Sandusky hotel

We got a hotel in Sandusky (great deal with Hotwire!) on our way from MI to PA.  It really was a great place for us.  Good sized room for all 6 of us.  Nice hot breakfast.  And a therapy pool to swim in.  It was not real huge, but since there wasn't anyone else there, it didn't matter.  The kids didn't mind that it was not very deep, and it was nice and warm!  Micah LOVED it.  He has talked about it a few times since then!  And this is huge, since he really had an aversion to swimming.

MI Christmas

 Wow!  Do you think they are related?

 Micah, Caleb, Logan, Heidi try out Papa and Grammy's new wagon

Using TV as a babysitter :) while the adults did our gift exchange game

 Levi with me

 Levi with Jenna

 Playing bingo with most of the family

Wingerts in Winter

This was back from Dec 26, the day we were supposed to drive to MI.  Boy, are we glad we didn't!  We heard from Chad's cousin that they sat still for 2 1/2 hours on the PA turnpike that day.