Reformation Day/Halloween

Every fall on the class day closest to October 31, my Church History students are encouraged to dress up as their favorite person from Church History for Reformation Day.  Each person who dresses up gets extra credit, then everyone gives a short speech (in character) and we vote on the class favorite.  This year five of the students came up with a group costume -- they came as the USF Theology Department!  It was seriously funny, and their speeches (in character) were pretty much dead on!

The Drs Gregg

The Drs Foster

The Drs Hiigel (Once we got class started and I was lecturing about whatever we were talking about, I happened to glance over at Addy (aka Dr. Hiigel), and she was paying very close attention while thoughtfully stroking her mustache.  It was hilarious -- I lost my place in the lecture from laughing so hard.)

The Drs. Hitchcock.  I  have exactly those shoes.

The USF Theology Department (with Dennis on the far right!)

And here's everyone who dressed up!  They are (from left to right): Pope Gregory the Great (he didn't want to be pope so everyone had to look for him! :-)), Eve, Dr. Foster, Dennis Thum, Dr. Hiigel, Dr. Hitchcock, Mother Theresa, Andy Mineo, the apostle Paul, John Knox, Martin Luther, and Dr. Gregg right in the front.

That same day is, of course, Halloween.  It was the first Halloween that Z did not go trick-or-treating!  Instead, he went to youth group at the church and had a super fun time.  Eden did go trick-or-treating -- she was dressed up as a wood elf, complete with ears, flower crown, and bow and arrow.

 

She got SO MUCH candy!!

Amah's Birthday

Yesterday was Amah's birthday.  She, Papa John, Henry, and Joyce (Lisa's friend and neighbor) all came over to our place to celebrate.  She requested apple turnovers instead of a cake, so that is what she got!

Lots of Life

Well, life proceeds apace, whether I keep up with it on the blog or not.  So here are a few snapshots from the last six weeks!

We went out to lunch on Sunday to a restaurant that had a chocolate fountain.  

Oh joy!  So much fun!  Such a mess!

Z is 100% disgusting.

Z edited this picture of Eden to make her a member of Ghengis Khan's army.

And he edited this picture of my dessert.

Nathan took Eden up on the roof with him to clean gutters and she loved it up there!  

She keeps begging to go back up.

Nathan had a birthday - 41!!

Z's homemade birthday card

My book came out!

And we have a zillion bunnies.  They are sure cute, but we would sure love to sell them!!

Grandpa and Grandma came for a visit and we went to the apple orchard.

The look on everyone's face is so typical of right now.

And Z and I made a sour orange pie.  It was yummy!

49

Last Saturday was Mom and Dad's 49th anniversary.  

Congratulations to them!  It was a pretty good day!

July

Well, July seems like a long time ago now, but it was a lovely month while it lasted.

We sold the last two bunnies to Faith and Katy.  I believe Faith named the brown one Peter and Katy named the black one Oreo.  They seem to be doing great in their new Kansas  home.

I'm not sure when this was taken, but it seems to represent pretty well the lazy days of summer!

Fourth of July and we must do sparklers!

We went to Kansas for the grandkid trip and of course Phin and Belle loved playing together.  Yaya and Papu took six grandkids (Charis, Quentin, Z, Katy, Eden, and Faith!) all the way to Colorado for four days.  Wow.  They had a fantastic time.

Meanwhile, back in Kansas, we got to see Liz and Leya!

The children came back to Kansas and continued having fun together.

We caught a frog.

And Z had his 11th birthday!!  I made the cake, but Charis did the decorating, and it looked amazing!  In 5th grade Z started a club called "Pandas=Orcas" so this cake was meant to commemorate that.

Opening presents.

And  Quentin and Z took on Caleb and Penkie in ping-pong: