Awards

Last Friday we attended another Granger Wrangle Roundup. It is an awards/recognition/praise the kids time. They always recognize kids with Perfect Attendance, Good Citizenship, and Straight A's. Then they give PE, Music, Art Awards. Kylee got to stand up for Good Citizenship and Straight A's. We are very proud of her. She also got the Kid With Character Granger Wrangler award for her class for this 6 weeks. We were so proud of her. She truly works so hard to be the best she can be! Her teacher wrote the following and it was read at the assembly:
Kylee is my Granger Wrangler because she exemplifies the meaning of character, respect, and citizenship. Every day she strives for excellence-she is a dedicated student and a wonderful classmate. Kylee has a kind and gentle spirit and is always willing and wanting to help others in need. I am so lucky to have Kylee in my class. Kylee you are one amazing Wrangler!
We think she is too!!
She also got recognized for her Reflections Writing! She wrote a story about the theme Together We Can. She won First Place in Primary Literature and qualified for District Competition. I also found out that she won 3rd place overall for the whole school. She worked very hard on her story and was very proud of it. The title was Camping Together and it was a fictional story about 4 girls named Ava, Bailey, Anna, and Rachel that go camping together and all the ways they work together to make their trip better. There were some funny parts in it and it was 3 pages long.
Kylee really does have a true love for school and would love it if we let her be involved in EVERYTHING!!! She thinks it is all great and fun!

Family Retreat 2010-God Rock's

God Rocks..Family..Fun..Friends..Guitars..Play..Marriage..Parenting..Rock Hunt..Paint A Rock..Take A Hike..Mentoring..Food..Play..Games..Gym..Smores..Steps..Hayride..Bunk Beds..Friends..Basketball..Cold..Breakfast..Sing..Guitars..Praise God..Greater Things..Milk Jugs..Giving Tree..Family Communion Time..Thankful..Friends..Fun..Family...God Rocks..Goodbye!
All these words describe what we did and I could write pages on our trip. This is my most favorite small group thing we do. We are blessed with an amazing small group and the most wonderful people in our small group. This time is a chance for us to get away and have fun together. It was great and we can't wait for next years retreat!

Feasting

We have already been feasting and it is not even Thanksgiving yet! We had a yummy traditional Thanksgiving meal at Kylee's school. This is a big event at her school so we got there early and had fun with Kylee. Charley didn't get to make it because he had taken the whole day off before for the veteran's day programs but he did eat lunch with Kylee this Monday to make up for it. We sat with our friends the Daytons. Then this past week Charley and I got to feast with Katie at her school. This is also a big deal at her school and we are served by the church ministers and staff and preschool workers. It is neat to see them serving and all helping each other out. Lots of neat people here! We also sat with some of our friends and had fun visiting. Lots of Feasting, Lots of Fun! I am so thankful for both of these schools and the amazing people at both!

Veteran's Day Programs

On November 11, we were blessed to be able to attend two veterans day programs. Between Charley and I we have lots of family that served in the Armed Forces or are serving in them right now. Charley took the day off work to be able to make it to both programs. We went to Katie's first and enjoyed special songs about veterans. There were several veterans being honored at the program. Katie was beaming by the fact that we came to the program. Then we got her out of school, had a special lunch, and headed to Kylee's school for her program. Her program was the big 2nd grade program of the year. They had tons of wonderful songs they practiced and performed. Kylee even had her first speaking part and did great. She spoke loud, slowly and clear. (Katie asked me when Kylee finished did she speak slowly. We had worked very hard on that). The whole program was so sweet that I teared up a little. These kids knew those songs well! We of course had heard all of them for weeks so it was great to see them finally performed. There are lots of 2nd graders as you can see somewhere around 150. It is the biggest grade at her school. The whole school (around 700 kids) came to the performance so it was a packed house. I think everyone really enjoyed it and we were so proud of Kylee and all the 2nd graders. We loved watching both our girls shine at their programs. Way to Go Kylee and Katie!