Luke is officially finished with Kindergarten!
Here are a few pictures from the graduation ceremony…
Luke receiving his diploma from Mrs. VDT
Grades K-2 singing
Kindergarten Graduates
Levi, Lanae, (Mrs. VDT) Luke, & Collin
All-School song
Luke at the party afterward
Here’s a video of the Kindergarten portion of the program,
as well as one of the whole school singing Psalter #306. Enjoy! : )
The creature making those awful noises during the night was…
a red fox.
Evidently this is typical of female red foxes looking for a mate.
It’s known as the “vixen’s scream.”
The second part of this YouTube video (at around 30 seconds)
sounds exactly like what we heard.
We are pretty sure this fox has made her den under a pile of brush we are
planning to burn. Looks like we won’t be burning it anytime soon.
Paul talks about setting up a “trail cam” so we can watch for baby foxes. : )
We never dreamed we would experience wildlife like we have since we moved here!
We’ve seen deer, foxes, snakes, ducks, geese, a great-horned owl, a muskrat,
and more all within 100 yards of our house. Pretty exciting stuff for us city folk. ; )
It’s amazing to see the power and beauty of our God in the creation around us!
During the night we were awakened by loud, awful sounds behind our house.
The noise continued for several hours, and I recorded this through our bedroom window.
Any guesses what creature we have living in our backyard?
We figured out what it was… will post the answer for you tomorrow!
Here’s a glimpse of what we’ve been up to lately…
Cousin Tyler & Ryan, ready for their naps
Grades K-2 field trip to Oak Grove
(Luke is on the far left and Evan is just to the left of Mrs. VDT)
Ryan really likes turtles, so he just had to have his picture taken by this one
Doing some exploring out at Arrowhead Park during the barn open house
All dressed up for church
Ryan, Luke & Kara enjoying the front porch swing
This boy likes to play ball. A lot!
He doesn’t even want to take his hat off at naptime! : )
Last Saturday was a beautiful day for Hull’s annual 5K
Thanks to my Dad (Perry) for the pictures! : )
Our kids spent the day in Edgerton today, visiting the PR school there.
Here are a few videos from the chapel service. My apologies for the amateur videography, and the fact that I only got the last few lines of the older kids’ number.
Ryan was being exceptionally uncooperative at the time. : /
Yesterday was Kindergarten Round-up day here.
Kara has been counting down the days, and was so excited to go to school! : )
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade singing “Oh be careful little tongue what you say…”
Kara & Kate listening to Mrs. VDT read the “Very Hungry Caterpillar”
They made all kinds of cute crafts, including caterpillar headbands
Luke was pretty excited, too!
Time for snacks… yum! : )
Soon-to-be Kindergarteners - Alex, Kate, & Kara
with this year’s Kindergarten class – Lanae, Luke, Collin, & Levi
It was pretty special having 2 kids there!
Can’t believe how fast she’s growing up…
Love you, Kara Brielle! : )
Just catching up on pictures from the last few weeks…
never a dull moment over here!
Fun in a box
This boy is good entertainment, let me tell you! : )
Here he is in his church clothes with a baseball hat
and a pirate sword, just having a good time!
Ninja Luke
Wearing a patch is the new cool thing to do around here.
(Well, it was anyway… until Mom decided they were
too expensive to be handing out like candy. ; )
De Jong family Jeopardy hosted by Paul for our Classis visitors
(Rev. R.Kleyn, Rev. C.Spronk, Uncle Marvin, D.Terpstra & S.Van Drunen)
Dressing up at the Visual Arts Center
Making Papa Murphy’s “Mini Murph” pizzas
Building the arch at the Washington Pavilion
This was quite a feat… Ryan knocked it over 3 times before we finally got it done!
Guarding a virtual soccer goal at the Pavilion
Digging for dinosaur bones at the Pavilion
Jumping fun at SkyZone
Ryan helping with the dishes…
We cut a few holes in a garbage bag to try to keep his clothes dry.
It didn’t work at all – he was completely soaked! : )
Reading the paper just like Daddy
Say cheese!
Actually, what Ryan says is, “Send one to Daddy!” : )
All ready for her pre-kindergarten check-up…
she got 4 shots and was very brave! Now she’s
all ready for Kindergarten Round-up on Friday : )
“Can I help with the dishes again, Mom?” : )
