Sophie was so excited to go to her band concert that she forgot her music and instrument... Thank goodness for big brother Alex (and Kermit) to the rescue. This arrangement may have cost Sophie $5 or allowing Alex to sleep one night with Archie. Guess which one she chose!
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| Band I 7th graders ready for a great concert. |
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| Wait, does Sophie have her music now?!? |
| "Pride of Parade" |
| "Primeval Stormfront" |
| "Spy Games" |
Alex and Sophie were asked to help with an announcement at church. Someone's immediate response was "no way, I'm not doing that". Guess who it was?!?
| MCC comforter announcement trio |
Alex drove all the way to Colorado to attend snow camp with the church youth at Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp. Did he pack snow gear? You bet. Did he actually wear it? You'll see...
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| Maman is dropping off Alex at church for camp. Stay calm & carry on: the stuffed animals are in charge of her office now. |
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| Welcome to the Rockies! What a view! |
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| Making friends during lunch. |
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| 6 kids. 5 with long pants. Who is wearing shorts?!? |
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| Alex came home with some scratches on his legs... |
| Tubing in shorts... |
| Night tubing is fun too! |
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| Singing together. |
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| Rainbow group: Alex, Stephen, Paul, Thuy, & Sarah. |
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| Game time. |
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| Snow angels: look at the bottom right hand side for the one in shorts... |
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| Yeah for Snow Camp! |
Kansas City won the Super Bowl! The family photographer fell asleep before the end of the game and fireworks woke her up...
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| The entire city is wearing red. |
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| Last football game... |
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| Made Vietnamese lemongrass chicken wings: yum! |
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| Papa watched with his most fervent follower: Archie. |
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| Alex watched with his friends. |
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| Alex, Tucker & Ian having fun! |
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| Winning means no school on Wednesday for the parade! |
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| There were just a few people gathered to greet the Chiefs... |
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| The WWI Memorial survived the invasion. How about that?!? |
A friend gifted us with tickets to go see My Fair Lady.
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| Back to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. |
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| Sophie is SO excited to see a Broadway musical. Can you tell? |
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| Found a ballerina hippo at the gift shop. |
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| Beautiful London settings for this play (and they made fun of the French a couple of times). |
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| Squishmallows Wendy & Hans came out to enjoy the musical too. |
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| Fun during intermission. |
It's February, so there's got to be another snow day.
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| It snowed all night: no school again! |
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| Back to the big hill before others wake up. |
| Sophie loves snow days! |
Another year has passed and someone has a birthday. Sophie is out of town this weekend and Alex is working late. Time to celebrate anyway!
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| Thai food the night before. |
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| Sophie is going to Hesston College with the church youth group. She has her birthday cards lined up. |
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| Morning yoga at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts with Isabelle. |
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| Great view of downtown KC & exercise. |
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| Dinner at Stéphane & Sook. Eugène made me a beautiful card. |
| Birthday wish. |
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| Received tons of fun messages and cute cards. Some cards were given timely. Others had to be requested before midnight. Find out which child we're talking about here... |
