Walking in the Woods

Yesterday the SUN was OUT!!!! Glorious, Gorgeous, Magnificent, FIERY ball of LIGHT!!!!
We loaded up the kids and adults and off we went to Schmeeckle Reserve, a 280 acre sanctuary that protects natural habitats of Central Wisconsin.

As we walked along one of the trails Matt spotted this beautiful Barred Owl. The owl sat for the longest time allowing us to admire and photograph him before he spread his wings and flew back into the woods.

I almost forgot!! We had a family talent show on Christmas night! Clara and Lorelei did a beautiful ballet/modern dance routine, Wilson played the violin, Michael's piano selection was enchanting, Harlow sang us a Pajama Song in his PJ's!  Zia did an improv dance routine to one of her favorite songs and Jonathon and I did a little routine to Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off".

Shake it Off!!

Beth

Beth Ann (Stuart) Parr

October 28, 1954 - December 24, 2012

Beth's Prayer

(as written on Caring Bridge)

I pray our Heavenly Father pours out

His extravagant love and blessings all

over each of you - for whatever it is

you need in your life.

Missing Beth. Always in my heart and never far from my thoughts.

Special Delivery

Yesterday we helped deliver the boxes of food and bags of toys to the families. What a well run organization. BootStrap has been around for over 30 years and not one paid employee!!! Since this all took place inside an airplane hangar the delivery cars and trucks were lined up by family # and color code, when drivers names were called they brought their vehicles around,drove inside, parked by the matching color-coded sign and were loaded up by the Boy Scouts. Our Ford explorer was packed with bags and boxes for three families and off we went! We delivered to families nearby one another and then came back to the hangar for a second load and three more families. We took a quick break and had some homemade chili and pizza and chatted with other volunteers. At the end we left with packages for two additional families that we will deliver today as they were not home this morning. This experience was a wonderful reminder to be thankful for all our many blessings including the food we eat,the clothing we wear, the homes we live in, the cars we drive, toilet paper, soap and so many other things that are easily taken for granted when you've always had them.