Barnards Feb 2015

Merry Christmas! Better late than never, right? We had a great holiday. We had our traditional Christmas Eve Chicken Cordon Bleu dinner and program with the missionaries.

In December, our stake put together a nativity event for the community. I was in charge of the children's room. We had crafts, coloring pages, costumes and a photo booth. It was a lot of work, but so worth it.

This new year has been just as busy as the last. The kids are continuing to grow and do great things. Emisha found out she is one of 5 freshmen who made it into select next year. Select is the highest/best singing group in the school (comparable to madrigals.) The group is amazing and has a great reputation for how good they are. She is so excited.
Abby joins the rank of teenager this Friday. Yes, we will have 2 teenagers in our house. She is very excited.
Matthew won his middle school National Geaographic Goegraphy bee. He competed against 6th, 7th and 8th graders. He is on the schools Science Olympiad team as well and will go to competition this month. He was asked to be the piano player for jazz band next year. Go Matthew.
Blake is super busy getting ready for woodbadge. He is the quartermaster for the course. And, he is training for 3 50 mile bike races this spring. I go riding with him when the weather is okay, but it sure is hard to keep up with him.
I was released as cub master and am now the primary chorister (again.)

Happy Valentine's Day from Matthew and the rest of the crew!