First and 2nd graders ---- Release Time

What a fun, fun group of little ones.  These are our first and second graders that come to Release Time...... John is missing - we usually have 12.  Starting at the top boy with the red shirt and going clock wise....Lane, Yamni, Allie, Jackson, Yakima, Max, Keagan, Rhea, Maria, Morgan, and Seth.    It took us a while to get them in a good circle -- pulled them out and pushed them in  :)   but finally got them set.  Seven of the kids were with us last year and 5 are new 1st graders.  We do a lot of laughing with them, but they listen so good to the lesson.  We totally enjoy them!   Check out Yakima (at about 4:00 spot) - he broke both his arms when he fell from the monkey bars ---- probably the first few days of school.  He says he is supposed to get smaller casts soon.....these go past his elbows.       It was "hat day" at school so several of them were wearing hats.

I do think I have to make a correction on the last blog.   I think I said that 75,000 cattle were lost in the blizzard.... I DID hear that number.  However, now we are hearing a possible 10-20,000.  Still a huge number.  I don't think they have a count --- but are seeing big numbers of dead cattle.......  The ranchers, I'm sure, know what they have lost.....the media just does their own thing.

Some of you say that it's strange that this blizzard didn't make the news......I talked with a man (DISH network) from New Jersey and he had heard about it --- so it must have been out there.   We do sometimes think that they just forget about us out here    :)  :(

We continue to enjoy our work.  Working with young kids seems to keep you young  :) --- I saw that in my own mother as she was a 1st and 2nd grade teacher.   So hopefully we will "stay young" for a while longer.   Thanks for keeping us and the young people in your prayers!!!

Gary and Barb