Volleyball!

Katie and Jenna are both in the middle of their volleyball seasons (less than 3 weeks to go).  It's been a lot of fun to watch them!  Both have learned a lot and have definitely enjoyed themselves.  Last night, Katie's team played (quite well!) Heritage, the team that's undefeated.  The first time Katie played them, the score was something like 1 to 25.  Yikes. Last night, the girls were thrilled to have improved quite a bit-- I think the score was 17 to 25 on one of the games.  

Field Day

Yesterday was Field Day at Grace.  Fun to have a different schedule.  Fun for me to get to know Micah's classmates better.  But, boy!  It was a hot day.  The elementary did all their outdoor activities before lunch, but still, near noon I think it was about 85 degrees, esp hot when the sun came out.

Micah's got a really nice class, but they are a bunch of 5 year olds.  Several tending to cry and almost all are worried about the other kids not doing what they are supposed to.  Didn't help that his teacher was sick-- I'm sure that threw them off as well.  

So!  It had it's fun moments, but it was also a difficult day.  For several years I've tried to stay FAR away from field day because the girls didn't handle things well when I was around.  I think next year, I may try that method again. :) 

Micah got hurt at least 3 times.  And he really was hurt, because I saw them happen.  He finished his crying pretty quickly, tho, and was ready to play again.  They all were QUITE ready for lunch and a video at noon!  And I am quite sure the sub didn't earn enough that day.

Papa's Farm Talk

This past weekend, my parents were here.  On Monday morning, my dad was the guest speaker in Micah's kindergarten class!  They are learning about different occupations, and farmer was the first one.  (Since then, they've done pastor and dentist)  Papa and Grammy worked together to get some photos together and then Papa explained them to the 5-year-olds.  Chad watched the whole thing.  Guess it was kinda funny hearing my dad try to explain "dilemma", "mechanism", "no-till farming". :)  The kids must have really enjoyed it; because afterwards most of the class raised their hands saying they wanted to be farmers when they grow up!

Later in the day, Grammy read to Micah's class and to Claire's class.  What else did we do on their visit?  Went to Jenna and Katie's 3 volleyball games Friday pm, visited with Chad's parents and Jer and Dani, introduced Papa and Grammy to Sweet Frog, mom and I played some piano/organ, discussed how to revamp my flower beds, visited with a family from church, went to church, Cracker Barrel, started Chad and Claire's bday seasons.