Colonial Days 2011

Here is a video of Kimmy's Colonial Days performance at school. She was an apothecary (closest thing she could get to a colonial chemist). Sorry about all the background noise. A room full of 5th graders gets a little noisy.


Some Pictures:
Music in colonial times:



The apoethecary:




Colonial school (her friend Makenna second from left):



Quill writing:

Colonial Christmas:

Giving her speach:

This one speaks for itself:

Our colonial star:

2010 Christmas Recital

Here are some videos from today's Christmas recital.

Leah and Kimmy playing "Away in a Manger" with Makenna and Ella Kregel

Leah playing "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"

Kimmy playing "Ding Dong Merrily on High" and "Here I am to Worship"

2010 Spring Piano Recital

Here is a video of Kimmy's performance at her spring piano recital. The first piece is Linus and Lucy with her friend Makenna Kregel. The second piece is Canon in D (from memory). Enjoy!

DARE Graduation

OakRidge Elementary had the 4th grade DARE graduation today. One student from each of the four classes was selected by vote of their peers to read their DARE essay during the graduation ceremony. Kimmy's classmates selected her essay as the best in the class. Here is a video of Kimmy reading her essay at graduation.

Lip Sync 2010

The Oak Ridge Elementary Lip Sync performance was last night. Click below to see a video of her performance. The video shakes a little (my first attempt with a new video camera).

Snow, Snow, and More Snow

Well, we finally dug out from our 14 inches of snow over the weekend without any school delays. However, we are now set to get another 12 - 18 inches Tuesday night. I'm running out of places to put the snow. At least we got in some good sledding on Sunday before the Superbowl.

Carrie (She really wasn't injured):


Kimmy:

Leah:

Our New Additions

After weeks of window shopping, the girls have adopted 2 kittens. Their names are Jodie and Pippi. Jodie is the black and gray tiger stripped tabby, and Pippi is the black and brown calico one. They are staying with their foster family until we get back from our Christmas trip, but everyone is quite excited about getting them home.