Kansas City Weekend

 I remember Brett's first day of Kindergarten at St. Elizabeth's---is it possible he is graduating and on his way to high school?  Rachel and Kyle had a pre-graduation party for grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.  Then, we all went to St. Elizabeth's for graduation!

 Last week, Brett had received one of the special Sports awards.

"RUSSELL HYNES AWARD. The winner of this athletic scholarship is:

An 8th grade boy who is an athlete who plays above his ability.

A player who never quits.

A player who brings the best out of his teammates.

A competitive player.

A person who out-hustles others.

The spirited, motivated player who always gives 110%.

A coach's dream because of his desire to excel."

From Rachel:  brett's volleyball season ended last night & those words above rang true for him out on that court every single game. really for him with every sport he's ever played. he gets to keep the trophy for a year, will get his name engraved for 2016 & will present it to the recipient in 2017. so proud of you brett patrick twenter!!!

 Saturday morning, Rachel and I headed to Arrowhead stadium where Libby and Kyle were participating in Girls on the Run, a 5K race.

 Those are a lot of activities for 24 hours!  Thanks for such a great weekend!

First Communion

Above is the display for Libby's First Communion with some family photos made in February and a new painting Rachel painted to go with her newly painted walls. Congratulations, Libby.  We are so proud of you!

Easter in KC

 First, we visited Rachel and family.  We watched while the kids dyed eggs before we went to Rebecca's for a Easter egg hunt.

 The next morning, Roman was asked to "organize the eggs".  His mom wanted him to "nest" them to put away, but . . . .well he organized them!

Kansas City Visit

 While on our way to Texas we made a quick (fewer than 24 hours) visit to KC to visit.  We saw Casey's film Rudderless and even got to freeze it to get a snap shot of Kyle, Rachel and each of the three kids who were extras.  It is a wonderful movie---funny, sad with an interesting music mix.

After the kids got home from school, Libby showed us all of her extra credit from a zoo trip, we celebrated Brett's birthday and got him all ready for a Scout camp out! Then, it was off to Texas to visit!

Christmas Eve Before Presents

 We all met at Platte Woods Methodist for worship, occupying two rows.  Then we went back to Lewises' for festivities beginning with a dance "competition".

The Metallic Girls

Taco Boys

The Judges

A Surprise Entry

The Winner!

An early gift of Great-grandma Louise's dolls

Cleaning up to get ready for presents

Traditional Family Photo