Just Some News

Happy Birthday, Dad! I told my kids that it was my dad’s birthday on Friday and that his birthday present was their pictures. We took a few minutes after chapel and before our spelling test to take pictures to send. Conveniently enough, we also took a full staff picture, so I was able to send that as well.

Friday night Julie and I hosted the Johnstons and Sternhagens at our house. Sternhagens brought wings and salad, Johnstons brought juice and garlic bread, and we all split the cost of pizza. It was really nice to be able to host, even though we are still without an oven, and our house isn’t quite the epitome of kid-friendly. Still, a good time was had by all. After pizza the kids were taken home and put to bed, and the adults went out to see a movie. Just a nice night.

Today, Julie found a TV for our house! There is a store down the road where people sell things they don’t want anymore. Though we have the TV, we are still struggling to get the DVD player to work with it. I can’t find the input channel! Ah, frustration.

And the last little bit of news for the week… I got a cold last week Friday. I was super stuffy/sneezing over the weekend and had a sore throat Sunday. My voice got lower and kind of left me during the week. Always interesting to lose one’s voice, add to that the fact that one is in charge of 29 very loud, rambunctious 7- and 8-year-old. Oh, and try to teach them songs for a class play when you can’t sing above an A, the harder you try, the softer you get, and the CD player can be overpowered by 3 people singing. Lord willing, I heal quickly. Choir sings for church tomorrow, and my class needs to keep plugging away at that play.