Christi and Brodie are giving me a heart attack!

Context:  Christi and Brodie have an unofficial competition about how close to the garage door they can park ... which drives me crazy :-)

So...I come home in the van with the kids to find the "teen car" parked QUITE close to the garage with the following note from Christi ...

I told Brodie that there is no way to humanly park any closer than this, so don't even try.  Of course, he sees this as the gauntlet being thrown down.

Anna's & Brayden's Miss Kansas Video for their cousin

Anna was asked by her cousin, Hannah, to create a custom video of her travels as Miss Kansas over the past year to play at the new Miss Kansas pageant, since Anna had been taking animation classes.  Anna had fun creating it and having Brayden sing in the background.  Enjoy!

The Old Testament in 10 minutes

Ava and her friend Emma presented the Old Testament in 10 minutes at school.

Christmas Recital

Each year around Christmas, the kids do a recital at a retirement home.  It is a delight to see how the residents' faces light up seeing and talking with the kids.  This year, only Brayden and Brennan gave me permission to post their videos.
The first one is "I Have Seen the Light" with Philip (the kids' music teacher), Brayden, and me singing.  How fun it is to sing with my son!  The second is of Brennan on the piano.  I love his little bow. 😊

Christmas Parody

Brayden composed a couple parodies for our small group church Christmas party last night.

Hooray - we finished reading & journaling the whole Bible!

We decided to start as a family reading and journaling each chapter in the Bible back in August 2013.  Having no idea how long it would take, we began in Matthew and finished the New Testament in October 2014.  Then we started with Genesis and finally finished the Old Testament today!
This is a picture taken right after reading and sharing Malachi 4.  

We then announced to the kids what special treat was planned for their accomplishment.  Here is the video of their reaction …

After this, we hopped in the van for a drive to 7-11 where they each ate a donut.  Even Molly (our dog) came along and was given a donut despite the fact that she did not read through the Bible with us.

Brayden's Political Parody

Brayden decided to compose a political parody, so I recorded him singing it. Please do not watch it if you are left-leaning - I did not filter any of his words :-)