Happy 18th Birthday, John!

Somehow 18 years just flew by and today John is THAT old. Since I can only partially remember my life without him, I guess that makes sense, but, WOW!
Anyway, enough about ME, even though it is MY blog, Happy, Happy Birthday, my sweet sweet baby boy...you are the love of my life and being your Mom has been a highlight in my life!
I can't wait to see what the next 18 years of your life will bring!

Big Spectator Day!

We had so many sports to watch yesterday that the kids wore their MSU shirts to church! There just wasn't any time to change in between the MSU Women's "senior" day game, getting home to watch the MSU men's game and the Olympic Hockey game at the same time---we were all very exhausted by the end of the day!!!
Both MSU teams won and we were thrilled for the Hockey team and the way they played, but we got nothing else done yesterday!

Crafty Snow Day

Meghan and Matt gave these great piggy banks to the kids for Christmas that came with paint and brushes,etc. I pulled them out last week on our snow day and they had so much fun painting them and sitting together talking about the snow and missing school..it was great! And the banks turned out really cute, too!

Election Day!

Since December, our dear friend, Mrs. Reinmann, has been running in a 4-way special election for county commission in our district in East Lansing. It was a very fun campaign and election for all of us and our family enjoyed many aspects her race. While Lee didn't win the election we are all extremely proud of her run and more importantly, proud to know her and call her friend.
All of our kids were involved in one way or another. Pasha voted for the first time---and I was moved to tears as he signed in and I "illegally" took his picture.
John and Pasha and their friends campaigned at the polls until dark. They also spent time putting out yardsigns on week-ends. It was really fun to see all these 'budding' activists...

Whitehills Science Fair

The Whitehills Science Fair had been postponed twice because of weather and snowdays. It was held last Tuesday night and we all went to see the fabulous projects the fifth and sixth graders have been working on for weeks. The other highlight of the evening was the bake sale in the cafe...Nolan and Alex were VERY happy to go there!!! Great job Abbie, Ryan, Aidan and Nolan! You made us all proud with your projects!