Master Club Regionals

Yep--it's that time of year again! We've been practicing and studying since January. Molly competed in several relays and individual events, entered her jewelry into the craft competition, and did a missionary biography presentation.

Here she is doing her Old Testament Bible Sequence--she had to put 20 stories from the Old Testament in the order they appear in the Bible.

She did her missionary biography on Amy Carmichael, missionary to India.

She decided to use my camera to take a bunch of pictures of herself. Silly girl.She placed first in 3rd - 4th grade craft!

Here is the East Side team L to R:
Dale Chancey, Molly, Kendall Allen, Rhoda Nelson, Christopher Cook, Madison Hartley, and Bryce Smith.
They all did a wonderful job!

Snow!

Well, just like last year, our big snow happened in March! It's almost like winter is trying to give one last big push before spring comes along hot on its tail. It's supposed to be 60 degrees on Wednesday!

We had nearly 8 inches! It's been years since we had that much snow. It started Saturday afternoon and snowed all night. The sun came out on Sunday morning, and it was so beautiful! It quickly began melting the snow, even though the temperatures were still below freezing. I took this picture in the afternoon, after much of it had melted off the trees and fences. And today, Monday, it's still hanging around in the shady places, because it is barely supposed to get above freezing again today. We didn't have much time to get out in it, although Molly took the opportunity to go roll around in it some Sunday afternoon. But she wasn't dressed appropriately at all, so I made her come in and take a warm shower and change.

OK...now we've had our snow. Bring on spring already!

Happy birthday to Kasey!

Our kitty is 3! Her birthday is actually tomorrow, March 3rd, but we like to celebrate it on the 1st, to go along with the rest of the birthdays in our family. Lee's is June 1st, mine is August 1st, Molly's is September 1st, and Adam had to be a little different. His is on October 11th.

Molly had been begging for a cat for some time, and a lady that Lee works with had a kitten that she was giving away. She was about 11 weeks old. When we saw that she was black and white, I suggested a name like Oreo, but Molly already had a name picked out--Kasey. With a K. I have no idea where she got that name, but if that's what she wants to name her long-awaited cat, I guess we'll live with it.
Kasey has quite a temper, and she will let any violator know when they have crossed the line. She hates to be picked up when she doesn't want to be picked up. And we all have the scratches to prove it! She is only voluntarily affectionate to mom. She barely tolerates Molly's constant attention and being dragged around like a rag doll, even though she is certainly vocal about it. She likes to lay in the office chairs, sit in the window sill keeping a lookout for birds and squirrels who dare to venture into the backyard, and play with any string that happens to be lying around. She has been known to reach into Mom's sewing drawer to find strings and strips of fabric to play with.