Grant is now 7 & 1/2 years old and enjoying a great year in first grade at Stayton Christian School. Although reading is a challenge for him, he says that it is his favorite part of school. Thanks be to God for a great teacher that is filled with patience and understanding. Grant started the year doing the AWANA program at home and has since decided that he wants to attend the weekly meetings and is doing great with his Bible memorization. For fun he likes to draw, write stories, play educational computer games, and ride his bike. Grant is a “golden retriever”, always making sure that everyone is taken care of and loving those around him.
Lydia turned 5 this past November and is in PreK at Stayton Christian School. Her class is combined with the kindergarten, so Lydia is learning a lot. She is starting to sound out words and loves to write. Her first word that she wrote was “watch”. On her own, she sounded it out and came up with “wotg” (pretty close phonetically). She loves to play with her dolls and stuffed animals. Anything that has a princess on it she thinks needs to be on her year round wish list. Rules and regulations govern how Lydia plays and relates to others. Towards the end of the summer, she learned to ride a bike without training wheels, but I am sure that she will need a refresher course once summer rolls around.
There have been several fundraising efforts that the kids have taken a part in lately. One afternoon during the summer they went door to door asking for spare change and pop cans to purchase gravel for a local small business owner that could not afford to fill the holes in her driveway. They raised $55 and were able to help spread the gravel themselves. During the month of October, they raised over $1300 through Biking for Bucks to support their school. This was a fundraiser that Poppa J and Granna sponsored and matched. Poppa J biked 798.6 miles to Half Moon Bay, CA and the kids raised pledges and donations. Currently they are giving from their weekly “commission” to support a pastor from Haitti and a teen from our church that is hoping to go to China for three weeks this coming summer. It is wonderful to see their enthusiasm to raise money in order to help others and show God’s love in tangible ways.
At 2 & 3/4, Riley has such a great sense of humor and attitude (both positive and negative). He loves to make you laugh and the most popular way is by allowing his sister to dress him up as a princess or ballerina with make-up and fingernail polish. If left in a forest, he would be able to survive easily. He is very resourceful and can get into anything if he sets his mind to it. For Halloween Riley dressed up as Charles, the newest addition to the family (a 4 year old beagle). At one point he was on his hands and knees chasing Charles around the house. It was sight to see!
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