Happy 14th Birthday Jeremiah!

 How fun to have a half day of school on a birthday.

He got together with a buddy to play basketball in the afternoon.

We went to Chinese buffet for dinner.. YUM!

Jeremiah picked out his birthday cake - ice cream Oreo cake.

YUM!

Silly April Fools!

 I usually don't but I couldn't resist.

That's carrot sticks inside a 'glue stick closed' Swedish fish box.

Nathanael took his box upstairs and ate it quietly.

Adley held the box a little funny - thinking something was funny, opened the box and gave me a face. Then he put the box in the fridge...with the carrots inside.

Jeremiah brought his box back downstairs and said 'these tasted good' but left the open box with carrots inside on the counter. 

:)

Monadnock Youth Retreat 2025

 Was AMAZING!!

We got up there about 7pm on Friday night, got some game time in. (9 square in the air - a BIG favorite with our crew.) We were the RED TEAM!

Then to the Sanctuary for Games!

One of our gals had a bucket covered with Vaseline - and everyone in the audience is throwing mini marshmallows at her 'bucket'. Our leader, Adley, was chosen to throw the mini mallows that miss back to the audience to get tossed back to the bucket.  (We didn't win this challenge - the Green Team bucket had more stuck mallows. :) )

Then a fantastic Worship & Message!

Saturday Morning! After Breakfast some Games/Worship/Great Message

Go Red Team!

Then back to games - I found my people here a lot. :)

And some afternoon mini-golf.

Sanctuary Time

Sunday Morning after breakfast on our way to Sanctuary time.

Nathanael was picked to do one of the challenges.  He was first and did great. 

He had to flip a quarter from his elbow and catch it....easy.  Then 2 quarters...no one could.

(So Much Fun!)

SNOW

 We got a nice little 4 1/2 inches of snow - and enjoyed a little sledding.  Looks like winter!

Nathanael's Grades

 Term 1 completed for this guy too. Another great job.

Adley 's grades

 Term 1 is in the books. (That's 3 A's and 2 B's....the numbering is funny, but it's color coded. 😜)

Happy New Year!

 We went to a party with lots of friends from church, and came home around 11:30 and watched the ball drop. 

Since we didn't have time for our usual movie, added some silly games.

Counting down the new year!!

🎊