Franching: Funny things

Each year I have been posting my final column of the year with funny things my kids have said through out the year.
• Anything camo is mine. Weston
• Don’t worry Mom, Jesus will heal it. Weston
•  I stated, “That’s not worth writing home about.” Allie asked, “What does write home mean?”
• Weston asked if I had the ingredients for sugar cookies, and I said YES, but Why?  “We need to make some for Santa.”  I guess he is ahead of the game this year.
• Did I grow in your heart? Weston
•  First things first, we are making cookies NOW. Weston
•  Be careful girls, there’s a gun in the car. (his bb gun) Weston
•  I like mine dark (chocolate milk,) just like coffee. Weston
•  I know the password to the microwave. Weston
•  “Mom I wish Teddy had a Mom.” said Weston. “Well you are kind of like his mom,” I said.  “Do I look like a bear?” asked Weston.  “Well you are like his dad,” I replied.  “I lose him sometimes you know.”
•  Go in the other room Mom, dad and I are working on an expensive plane. - Weston
•  What did you get dad for valentines?” asked Weston. “Those chocolates,” I replied.  “NO you have to get something cooler - Like a new feed truck.” said Weston.
•  No - not steak - it will make my tooth looser. Weston
•  The only thing wrong with these cookies is they need milk. Allie
•  Do you have any spinach - I feel weak. Weston
•  Weston stuck his tongue out at me, and I informed him he had better stop or that was going to get him in a bunch of trouble.  He then informed me that Jesus would still love him.
•  “Why does Hannah (our dog) want the pigs so bad?” asked the girls.  Well, the are bacon.....(Weston)
•  During Easter Sunday we were doing congregational singing.  Weston could see the communion table set up.  He asked me “When are we going to get to the bread and the blood?”
•  I told Weston go up to the attic and get his Easter basket.  He proceeded to get down on of my grocery bags, and stated, “It’s to small, I am going to need something bigger, and with a zipper too.”
•  Weston has his first loose tooth and stated, I really have three lose teeth, but the third one is hard to find.
•  You are going to have to get a lot better at English if you are going to get me thru high school mom. -Addie

Franching: Music programs

This last week Luke and crew preg checked and calf-hood vaccinated a group of cattle.  The day dragged on, but with some freshly baked cookies and several pots of coffee they pushed through and finished. 
With a second child at home I asked my niece how things were going at her house and she surprised me and said it was going much better than she had expected!
Our out of state deer hunters have not had as much success, compared to years past.  I think there are several factors involved.  The warm weather for one, healthy coyotes, and multiple deer hunters seeking venison.  However the only deer I ever killed was in my parents blue Oldsmobile, making me a non-hunting expert.
A chapter closed for Allie this week.  She had her last elementary Christmas music program.  The kids did well.  I often say that 6th grade is the last time some of the boys will sing. 
Weston got to take a ride on the Polar Express.  The kindergarten classes had a big day building up to an afternoon party where they got their ticket punched and the watched the Polar Express movie. 
My kids are certainly ready for a break from school.  They mainly want to know what they are getting for Christmas.  We got the Christmas tree brought in.  We cut down an Eastern Red Cedar from the pasture.

Franching: New baby

My poor lilacs, they have put out green leaves.  Who can blame them, what a treat it would be if they bloomed.  However, Jack Frost, and Old Man Winter will soon have other plans.  This weekend we went to a live nativity display and the weather was most enjoyable.
Have you ever been to Pratt, KS to see the Lemon Park Lights?  If not, you are missing out.  The display started out small and has since grown.  If you are passing through Pratt this Christmas season, make your way south down Main Street and follow the signs to the park.  There is a grove of lighted trees, a section of snowmen, a sea dragon and wild west show just to name a few.  Enjoy a no admission fee and cars can make as many trips around the park as desired.  Perhaps a drive is not good enough, park your car and take the walking trail through the park and enjoy the lights up close.  Our family enjoyed a stroll through the park, and I am ready to walk through it again next week.
One field of cotton has been stripped, however we won’t know the results of the yield until later. We have one more field that needs picked.
This was an exciting week for us. Behold for unto us a cousin is born, lying in a pack-n-play near Moundridge we found the babe swaddled in his mother’s arms.  Kalib Calvin joined our family last Tuesday. His mother went to the doctor and was asked, “Well are you ready to have this baby today?”  So, she quickly rounded up her things, and made it back to the hospital.  The baby came the next day. He was welcomed by his big brother Lane.  Addie had a basketball game at Halstead, so we slipped over and held the new baby.  Of course, he was very cute and handled all of us holding him.  I just hope he wasn’t a mess when we left.  New babies can get over stimulated when too many people hold them.
I printed off a special Advent calendar for Weston.  It has 23 pieces, each day has a small devotional and he gets to cut a piece that goes into the nativity.  Did you know that Micah prophesied over 500 years before the birth of Christ that he would be born in Bethlehem Ephrathah?
This week we have 2 basketball games, piano lessons, church and one music program.  Thank goodness they are not all on the same day.  Luke plans on checking cows this week too.  One last thought, I am not trying to brag, but we have not one, but TWO roadrunners living at our house.  They are so much fun to watch.  The kids spotted them both this last weekend.