Storytime

I love this: It's bedtime, and Dad is reading to his future hunters the story, "The Dancing Deer and the Foolish Hunter".

We Have a Violinist

Jace came home one day and said he wants to be in the 5th Grade Orchestra! So as soon as we could leave the kids home with Jared ( about a week and a half later), we went to the music store and rented this violin. He can already play the beginning of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star!" A friend in his orchestra class taught him.
He remembered playing with his Grampa Gilland, and he also took a bit of piano lessons from his Gramma. So I had to pull this out:I made this a while back for my parent's music room. Jace is 5 years old, playing a violin duet with his Grampa Gilland, then listening to them both, then making music with his Gramma Kimmy, who is a talented pianist and teacher of many years.

Hurray for music and talent in the genes!

Jace's First Soccer Game of the Season

Dribbling away.

The game didn't turn out the way Jace would have liked, but it's the fun and experience that counts, right? Daddy went exploring with the kids while I got to sit back and enjoy the game. It was so nice to have Jared with us during the game. When I told him it would be great if he could work his schedule so he could be with us for all the games, he just laughed at me.

The End. The key to good photography is getting the best angle. At least I had it right for Kyle's shorts that he put on backwards.

It's a Monarch Poo-pa!

Kyle found it one day on our green bean bushes, then lost it. The following day, Lance found it again, among the same green bean bushes. He was so excited to have "the one that found it" privileges. They used a timer to take 5 minute turns with the "poo-pa", as Kyle called it after we looked at and learned about the life cycles of a butterfly.

Taking Turns