Graduation Class of 2013

My side of the family, except my dad who was at home napping!!

Brandon graduated from high school May 11, 2013.  We had an open house with the Tweetens at the Stromsburg Civic Center.  Most of our family was able to be there for his graduation.  We are very proud of him and are excited to see what God has in store for him in the future! 

Awana Clown Night

Every year at Awana there is a clown night.  Chelsey loves to dress up in her clown costume every year just like "Rusty the Clown".  Courtney used to like clown night also and had to get in one of the pictures this year!!!

Spring Break

We went to Vail Colorado for spring break.  Paul & Steve joined us and the guys went skiing and the girls went ice skating. The kids enjoyed the hot tub and had fun jumping in the snow and running  back into the hot tub. We stayed in a condo owned by a family we are friends with. We went back to Denver on Saturday morning with very bad roads in the mountains but made it safe.  We had fun swimming at the pool in Denver.

 

Halloween

 Chelsey carving her pumpkin

 Brittney carving her pumpkin

 Courtney carving her pumpkin

 Chelsey & Brittney on a hayride

The girls with Grandpa Jack, doesn't he look cute?!

Look at all the candy I got!!!

Brittney & Chelsey are the only ones left young enough to go trick or treating!!  We started off by going downtown to the annual downtown boo.  The girls got a lot of candy there and played a lot of games.  We also went on a hayride and had hot dogs and s'mores.  We then went to the nursing home to trick or treat and Chelsey was so excited to go to the Free Church to go to truck or treat.  Instead of awana they decided to do this but the kids were also able to say verses and since Brittney's book is really hard she said some verses to her leader.  We then went around to some friends houses and always fun to go see what mask Grandpa Jack is going to have on.   Courtney told me that she is going to get a mask out of his collection and hand out candy with him next year!!  We missed our friends Kendall & Zoe this year as we have been trick or treating with them for a bunch of years!!  The girls got a lot of candy and are able to share a lot with their sister and brothers!!!

Volleyball

 Parents Night

First Varsity Game

Courtney did a great job this year in volleyball.  She started the year playing on the "C" team (Freshman) and JV.  She improved so much this year and did a very good job.  She had quite a few kills this year but unfortunately I didn't get any of them with the camera.  She was able to be on Varsity for the last game of the season due to some of her teammates bad choices and was actually able to play a little bit and get 2 kills that night. She may be short but she sure can jump!!  She had a great season and these pictures are just from the games throughout the year.  The varsity girls made it to the final game in districts and then lost, if they would have won they would have made it to state.