Our weekend turned out to be a really nice one. Mary got home in time for a taco dinner and catching up a little before Matthew and I headed off to Holland for the Nykerk competition. It was nice to have Mary home and listen to her stories and adventures. So proud of her, she has been running a mile 3 days a week! How awsome. As the semester is coming to an end, she will be writing a play as her final for her freshmen American Family class. She has some really cool ideas, now just has to put them on paper!
While Mary attended a surprise birthday party and Jeff was at a Habitat for Humanity concert, Matthew and I went to Holland for the popular Nykerk Cup competition. We arrived 45 minutes early and was just barely able to find a few seats together. The show started nearly 30 minutes late so they could find everyone a place to sit, besides the aisles and doorways! They even had younger people sitting on the floor in front of the judges! The show was excellent as always. Matthew and I thought the the Class of 2013 pulled ahead in points, but in the end, the Class of 2014 were declared the winners! Guess we should be happy the Even Year won since Sarah will be an even year graduate, next year! However, many of her friends are 2011 grads and were coaching the 2013 team, so we were kind of pulling for them. You could probably find out some information on the Hope site or maybe even see and here some of the perfomances on You Tube.
Sarah is doing fine. We had a late night snack at Burger King and then enjoyed some brownies that Sarah baked. They were delicious! She has been super busy at school and just finished her season of high school football at Zeeland West HS. She was sad when it came to an end. Although the fall sports are finishing up, Sarah will continue to help the HS trainer until the end of the semester. I received report from her this morning that she got a 91% on her test from last week! Yay Sarah!
Mary and I talked for several hours after I got home from Holland. It was fun just to talk and watch stuff on YouTube together and have a lot of laughs. We even stayed up to witness the time falling back from 2am to 1 am.
Church and Sunday School was great. My lesson went better than I expected and the kids choir sang "El Shaddai" just wonderfully! Good tone, good diction and good pitch! Kudos, girls! Mary and Matthew got some shopping done before we enjoyed lunch together at Applebees. Brandon and his dad picked Mary up by 3 pm and got back to Ann Arbor safe and sound.
Bowling was great too. Jeff bowled a 213 last night and had a 550 series! WOW! I had a good game of 138. Our team won 4 points last night and will remain in first place! We had our regular McDonalds meal afterward and then enjoyed apple pie dessert at home together! Yum!
Today I still need to go grocery shopping, work on the computer and maybe even walk the trail with Jeff. Kids Choir and Chimes tonight. This week, we look forward to Matthew's induction into the National Honor Society and Mary's UM Women's Glee Club concert on Saturday! I can't wait!
Guess that is all for now...Have a great day!
Gracie
PS: You can watch the GHS vs Muskegon Football Game by clicking on the Watch GHS Events link to the right. Maybe you can see the snow falling!
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