Jason has been playing "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" lately. Hope you enjoy it!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Our neighborhood fox
For a couple of months now, we have seen a red fox traipsing around our property, but in the past week, he has decided he likes our deck and roof! Today the kids caught him in the act and took the following pictures from inside the house. We don't know if he would hurt us, so we are staying behind glass to look at him. Enjoy!
He climbs up on the shed roof.
Apparently, it's a comfy place for a nap!
(For those of you who don't know this, we can see the mountains from our living room windows! At least in the wintertime.)
Time to move along...
This picture proves he walks around on our roof in the front too!
I darkened up the picture above, so you could see the footprints on the roof better!
He climbs up on the shed roof.
Apparently, it's a comfy place for a nap!
(For those of you who don't know this, we can see the mountains from our living room windows! At least in the wintertime.)
Time to move along...
This picture proves he walks around on our roof in the front too!
I darkened up the picture above, so you could see the footprints on the roof better!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Valentine Week Happenings
On Tuesday evening, Teri Johnson, from the Berthoud Historical Society, came to our Johnstown Historical Society Members' Meeting and reenacted Jenny McCarty for us. Jenny was Dr. McCarty's wife in early 1900s and was an influential person in Berthoud. Berthoud and Johnstown had many connections in the early 1900s and Dr. McCarty took care of people's health needs in our area before and during the starting days of Johnstown. It was a very interesting program.
On Thursday, the Johnstown-Milliken Homeschoolers got together to play board games and decorate cookies (our tradition for February's activity). Everybody had a good time. In fact, everybody was so busy having a good time, we forgot to take very many pictures! Here are the three that Emily took:
Some sweet, shy girls playing a game.
Janet holding Honor Peterson.
Kelly and LeighAnna Kaus, Bonnie Peterson
On Friday evening, Rowen and Janet went to the CHESS Homeschool Valentine Banquet.
Beth was a server for the meal. Here are the servers and the young lady who played beautiful harp music during the meal.
This is a picture of us after we got home from the Banquet.
Beth enjoyed being a server.
On Saturday, we went to Cheyenne to shop at Sierra Trading Post. We dropped off Jason and Emily at the M.'s house and when we returned there, we ate supper and visited with their family. We had very yummy elk stew, cornbread, and salad.
Here are Jason and Daniel M., doing what they do best--computerizing! They are both extremely good at Blender and like to compare notes on their creations.
Emily and Amy M. enjoyed their time together and played the piano and violin together. It was fun for them to visit in person, as they usually can only talk on the phone.
Sunday evening, at Federal Heights Sunday School, the story was David and Goliath. Steve Cunningham was Goliath and used these drywall stilts to be very tall. He was practicing walking on the stilts before the children arrived. This picture was taken right before he grabbed the wall for support and the clock got broken!
On Thursday, the Johnstown-Milliken Homeschoolers got together to play board games and decorate cookies (our tradition for February's activity). Everybody had a good time. In fact, everybody was so busy having a good time, we forgot to take very many pictures! Here are the three that Emily took:
Some sweet, shy girls playing a game.
Janet holding Honor Peterson.
Kelly and LeighAnna Kaus, Bonnie Peterson
On Friday evening, Rowen and Janet went to the CHESS Homeschool Valentine Banquet.
Beth was a server for the meal. Here are the servers and the young lady who played beautiful harp music during the meal.
This is a picture of us after we got home from the Banquet.
Beth enjoyed being a server.
On Saturday, we went to Cheyenne to shop at Sierra Trading Post. We dropped off Jason and Emily at the M.'s house and when we returned there, we ate supper and visited with their family. We had very yummy elk stew, cornbread, and salad.
Here are Jason and Daniel M., doing what they do best--computerizing! They are both extremely good at Blender and like to compare notes on their creations.
Emily and Amy M. enjoyed their time together and played the piano and violin together. It was fun for them to visit in person, as they usually can only talk on the phone.
Sunday evening, at Federal Heights Sunday School, the story was David and Goliath. Steve Cunningham was Goliath and used these drywall stilts to be very tall. He was practicing walking on the stilts before the children arrived. This picture was taken right before he grabbed the wall for support and the clock got broken!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Ransom Notes CD Release Party
We went to the Ransom Notes CD Release Party in Boulder last Saturday evening. The Ransoms are a sibling group. Amanda, on the left is 22, Michael is 18, and Amelia is 15.
Michael is Jason's cello teacher, and Amelia is Emily's violin teacher. In some of these pictures, Amelia is playing a mandolin. She also plays guitar. This evening they were playing bluegrass music. They are amazing musicians and have been playing together for at least six years. They are teaching our kids using the Suzuki methods.
They also sang with some of the songs.
These are amazing, sweet, polite, talented kids.
We really like them!
Michael's 18th birthday was last week, so his family
surprised him with this birthday cake.
He was successful in blowing out all the candles.
His sister, Amanda, is at his left side.
This is a movie clip of one of the songs they did.
I love it how they have fun while they play and smile at each other!
This movie clip is of the song "Catharsis." It is amazing!
Michael is Jason's cello teacher, and Amelia is Emily's violin teacher. In some of these pictures, Amelia is playing a mandolin. She also plays guitar. This evening they were playing bluegrass music. They are amazing musicians and have been playing together for at least six years. They are teaching our kids using the Suzuki methods.
They also sang with some of the songs.
These are amazing, sweet, polite, talented kids.
We really like them!
Michael's 18th birthday was last week, so his family
surprised him with this birthday cake.
He was successful in blowing out all the candles.
His sister, Amanda, is at his left side.
This is a movie clip of one of the songs they did.
I love it how they have fun while they play and smile at each other!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
A Visit with a Dear Old Friend
Many years ago now, Rowen and I had the opportunity to have regular short Sunday services at Cinnamon Park assisted living facility in Longmont. Rowen's Sunday school class helped with the services for several years, and at some point, it ended up that our family did the services. Rowen and I were involved there for 17 years. The people who attended the services changed from time to time because when people's health changed for the worse, they weren't allowed to stay in that facility. One very dear lady who was there for several years was Marjorie Mikels. Before we quit going there, she had been hospitalized and then placed in a different facility. It was a while before we got back in touch with her, but somehow we found out where she was moved. We have written cards and letters to each other for several years. Marjorie is nearly blind and can't read what I write to her, but someone else reads my letters to her. Her Christmas card expressed her desire to see us again. We have been wanting to go see her, but were waiting until we were over the colds and coughs that have plagued us since Christmas. Finally, this past Saturday, we went to see her. We were going to Boulder and Longmont is on the way, so we stopped and visited. I had called ahead so she knew we were coming and waited near the door for us. The helpers there allowed us to use a private dining room to chat with Marjorie.
It was so good to see Marjorie again and we enjoyed a nice visit and a time of prayer with her.
Marjorie could not get over how big our children are!
We were all dressed up because of the next place we were going, which I will blog about next time.
Thankfully our friend, Mike Durkee, was with us to take the pictures of us with Marjorie!
It was so good to see Marjorie again and we enjoyed a nice visit and a time of prayer with her.
Marjorie could not get over how big our children are!
We were all dressed up because of the next place we were going, which I will blog about next time.
Thankfully our friend, Mike Durkee, was with us to take the pictures of us with Marjorie!
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