Meals From The Heartland 2016

3/18/16 This semester I was more intentional about having a monthly field trip outing and serve in some way. We had our big field trip last week to all the museums. Today I took the kids to Des Moines to package meals for Meals from the Heartland. This is something that we have done a few times now. It is so important to model for your children what it means to serve and why and who. I want the kids to have compassion for the less fortunate and needy, the ones the bible refers to as,"the least of these". We worked a 2 hour shift with a team of 10 putting ingredients into bags that once prepared will feed 6 people. In the two hours with all the teams helping, we packaged some 61,000 bags. It is a very simple way to serve a great way kids can experience that and participate. I don’t know why more people don’t participate. Jake takes his job very serious and was even cleaning up afterwards.

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Volleyball

Jake went with Karen after school and to the field. My mom, Luke and I went to Jayden’s Volleyball game in Coon Rapids. They played 4 games all losses. They were not having a good serving night and that really hurt them. Still enjoy watching them learn.

Treasures

In the morning we took 3 of our 4 cats to the vet for shots. The 4 th cat decided to wander this morning missing his appointment. On our way out, we passed a rummage sale and stopped. We got some major treasures for next to nothing. The church ladies were so fascinated with Jacob's interest in old radios and televisions. They just adored him and marked the prices way down and gave him some for free. We loaded up on kids books, got some board games, and a few other treasures. Jake ended up with a mini television , an old radio and Polaroid camera. After lunch the boys went straight to the field. My friend Carolyn and her daughter Tabby came to ride horses. What started out to be a chilly day 45, turned out nice and sunny. We had coats on, but it was a great day to ride. We rode through our hay patch and along the waterway near the highway. It was a great way to spend the afternoon.

Dayton Fun Show

It has been cold and windy for the past week, highs of 45. Today the sun was shinning and it got up to 60. There was one final horse show for the season at the Dayton arena. We took Jayden and Jacob while Luke went with Grammer and Po and was supposed to come later. It was a fun show geared for practice and the kids. Jake did really well on Winnie, he rode in walk and trot, barrels, and poles. He did some loping. Jayden did pleasure, milk can, barrels, poles, and a jumping event. Her horse Tex really jumps high for the jump event. Down in the arena, there was'nt any wind and the sun came out. It made for a nice day.

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