Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
a concert in church?
WELS Christian performer, recording artist, and songwriter, Chris Driesbach came to our church this morning, and we had a mini concert. It was quite the treat and the kids and I really enjoyed listening to him. I wish Steve would have been there to hear him as well, but he had to work.
Chris is from Crown of Life Lutheran church in New Orleans, LA. His congregation was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in Aug 2005. It was rebuilt one year later, by generous people and donations, including "Builders for Christ". He has since travelled all over the US performing.
The interesting thing about Chris is that he did not grow up a christian, never went to church, never was baptized, never believed in God, he considered himself a athiest until he was in his mid 30's. He got married and had 2 children, but drove his family away, when he became addicted to alcohol and almost killed himself with the drug. He then realized it was time to change and found Faith Lutheran church,in Anckorage, Alaska where he was living at the time-- took a Bible information class, and many in depth disscussions with his new pastor, sending all of his hardest questions towards the pastor, all of which the pastor answered as he read from the Bible. All the answers to his questions were Bible based and not man made ideas. He truly believes it was the gift of the Holy Spirit that led him to Jesus. He is now at amends with his children as well.
He is a very moving singer and songwriter, and I had to fight back the tears throughout. He gave away his CD's after church with an optional donation. He had a kids CD, and 2 of his most recent CD's, one just having come out in March of this year. So the kids and I were eager to grab them up, with a donation of course.
To learn more about Chris Driesbach, get a CD or find out where he will be performing go to:
http://chrisdriesbach.com/Home_Page.html
I have a favorite song of his already called-- "I Can't Believe It, But I Do"
Chris is from Crown of Life Lutheran church in New Orleans, LA. His congregation was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in Aug 2005. It was rebuilt one year later, by generous people and donations, including "Builders for Christ". He has since travelled all over the US performing.
The interesting thing about Chris is that he did not grow up a christian, never went to church, never was baptized, never believed in God, he considered himself a athiest until he was in his mid 30's. He got married and had 2 children, but drove his family away, when he became addicted to alcohol and almost killed himself with the drug. He then realized it was time to change and found Faith Lutheran church,in Anckorage, Alaska where he was living at the time-- took a Bible information class, and many in depth disscussions with his new pastor, sending all of his hardest questions towards the pastor, all of which the pastor answered as he read from the Bible. All the answers to his questions were Bible based and not man made ideas. He truly believes it was the gift of the Holy Spirit that led him to Jesus. He is now at amends with his children as well.
He is a very moving singer and songwriter, and I had to fight back the tears throughout. He gave away his CD's after church with an optional donation. He had a kids CD, and 2 of his most recent CD's, one just having come out in March of this year. So the kids and I were eager to grab them up, with a donation of course.
To learn more about Chris Driesbach, get a CD or find out where he will be performing go to:
http://chrisdriesbach.com/Home_Page.html
I have a favorite song of his already called-- "I Can't Believe It, But I Do"
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
That's a whole lotta bikes
Today finally came-- The class of 2020 (he he--that sounds so funny),the
3rd Annual 1st grade bike rally. It's been an anticipation for all the 1st graders since the beginning of the school year. What a beautiful day for a bike ride, I was even excited for all the 1st graders of Dassel Elementary. I went down to the school this afternoon to see them take off on their ride down the new path in Dassel towards Spring Lake Park. My excuse for not riding along with is I don't have a bike. I should have just grabbed Steve's, cuz once I walked down there I wanted to ride with, it looked like fun. My idea was just to go down and see this sight, of 80 some 1st graders on their bikes and take some pictures. Hannah of course saw me, and then put on her serious pose. I give the teachers credit for keeping organization !! I thought it would be a mass of bikes and unrulely kids. They were all well behaved and listening. 80 kids went back in school, put their prizes away, went potty, put helmets on, got in a line and were off on their ride in a matter of 15 minutes. WOW.
They spent the whole day learning about bike safety, got free helmets, t-shirts and a prize. 8 lucky kids even won a new bike... those that needed a new bike were put into a drawing. What a fun day, I'm sure when Hannah gets home from school she will be talking non stop about her day.
1st grade teachers giving out the prizes--Hannah is coming up to get hers
There's Hannah ready for the ride
Hannah is in the center of the picture ( purple and pink bike)
Mr Luke Karlgaard ( Hannah's teacher)-- leader of the pack
Hannah is close behind him
3rd Annual 1st grade bike rally. It's been an anticipation for all the 1st graders since the beginning of the school year. What a beautiful day for a bike ride, I was even excited for all the 1st graders of Dassel Elementary. I went down to the school this afternoon to see them take off on their ride down the new path in Dassel towards Spring Lake Park. My excuse for not riding along with is I don't have a bike. I should have just grabbed Steve's, cuz once I walked down there I wanted to ride with, it looked like fun. My idea was just to go down and see this sight, of 80 some 1st graders on their bikes and take some pictures. Hannah of course saw me, and then put on her serious pose. I give the teachers credit for keeping organization !! I thought it would be a mass of bikes and unrulely kids. They were all well behaved and listening. 80 kids went back in school, put their prizes away, went potty, put helmets on, got in a line and were off on their ride in a matter of 15 minutes. WOW.
They spent the whole day learning about bike safety, got free helmets, t-shirts and a prize. 8 lucky kids even won a new bike... those that needed a new bike were put into a drawing. What a fun day, I'm sure when Hannah gets home from school she will be talking non stop about her day.
1st grade teachers giving out the prizes--Hannah is coming up to get hers
There's Hannah ready for the ride
Hannah is in the center of the picture ( purple and pink bike)
Mr Luke Karlgaard ( Hannah's teacher)-- leader of the pack
Hannah is close behind him
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Hannah's "high"
Hannah has gotton a cold over the last day or so, and woke this morning feeling a bit conjested, and coughing like a barking dog. She settled into her morning by sleeping in until about 8:30am, and when testing her blood sugar this morning she was in the mid 60's. It's been awhile since her morning blood sugar was that low. So she ate immediately. Had her take a morning shower to loosen up her chest, and the steamy bathroom seemed to help some, along with just being up and moving around.
I never gave her any insulin for the carbs she ate for breakfast, she insisted she didn't need it, because she was so low this morning and said she felt fine. So I listened to my 7 yr old tell me what to do (yet again).
At lunch time I checked her blood sugar and she was 493. HOLY COW...and she was even playing outside while I cut the grass this morning. I informed her that she will now be listening to me when it comes to insulin doses. Although it could have went the opposite way, and if I did give her insulin, she could have been too low at lunch. It's different every time and getting that happy medium is impossible most times. I expect to see the lows however, it's how her body reacts to the insulin right now, and we've become accustomed to the lows so to speak.
Seeing her that high, kinda shocked me, even though I knew she ate 86 grams of carbs with no insulin, figuring she could be right, that being in the 60's wouldn't get her too high. That high though just reminded me of when she was sick and ultimately diagnosed.
So with the cold, she does have the tendancy to run high and be more tired, plus not giving her any insulin to cover those morning carbs didn't help.
She was struggling with her nose and was looking really tired after lunch, so I suggested she go take a nap, thinking she would never agree to that. Hannah and naps are non exsistant. She is an on the go, talking machine that never quits until bedtime. So I was surprised to see that she did go right up in her bed with her blankie and kleenex box close by and slept for at least 2 hours.
I never gave her any insulin for the carbs she ate for breakfast, she insisted she didn't need it, because she was so low this morning and said she felt fine. So I listened to my 7 yr old tell me what to do (yet again).
At lunch time I checked her blood sugar and she was 493. HOLY COW...and she was even playing outside while I cut the grass this morning. I informed her that she will now be listening to me when it comes to insulin doses. Although it could have went the opposite way, and if I did give her insulin, she could have been too low at lunch. It's different every time and getting that happy medium is impossible most times. I expect to see the lows however, it's how her body reacts to the insulin right now, and we've become accustomed to the lows so to speak.
Seeing her that high, kinda shocked me, even though I knew she ate 86 grams of carbs with no insulin, figuring she could be right, that being in the 60's wouldn't get her too high. That high though just reminded me of when she was sick and ultimately diagnosed.
So with the cold, she does have the tendancy to run high and be more tired, plus not giving her any insulin to cover those morning carbs didn't help.
She was struggling with her nose and was looking really tired after lunch, so I suggested she go take a nap, thinking she would never agree to that. Hannah and naps are non exsistant. She is an on the go, talking machine that never quits until bedtime. So I was surprised to see that she did go right up in her bed with her blankie and kleenex box close by and slept for at least 2 hours.
Walking with Dinosaurs
We went to a show at the Target Center in Mpls. on Thursday night(5-14-09) called, Walking with Dinosaurs--an Arena Spectacular. We were given some tickets from Steve's sister, which she was supposed to come with, along with her daughter, but it didn't work out.
I wasn't sure what to expect, but Hannah was all out excited, as she had a section in school devoted to learning about dinosaurs and just recently did a research project, and she had even written a report, I think it was a class generated report, nonetheless she had it all written out. We've checked out books at the library since then, and even bought some books at Goodwill. When she found out we were going to a Dinosaur show, she was thrilled. Kinda odd for a 7 yr old girl, and I thought she might be scared, but loved it, and it was a good show for all ages.
We got there just in time, as the lights were dimmed, and the music started, it was history coming alive.(or so they say)
The show was very detailed, and it went though all the dinosaur periods, bringing out actual looking, moving replicas of many of the dinosaurs, it was neat to see....they were BIG and LOUD. Yet the part I had to explain to my kids was them claiming it was millions of years ago, and how the world evolved over those millions of years. It's the part of science, that doesn't agree with our beliefs. The kids really enjoyed the show however and we didn't get out of there without buying something...Hannah wanted the program, so she can bring it to her class for sharing time. Good idea I thought, $20 later, hummmm.
We got home a little after 10pm, and the kids went right to bed. Hannah slept the whole way home, and Bailey tried.
Here's some of the pictures I took.
T-Rex and her baby
Utahraptors
T-Rex (see the man- "paleontologist"- in the lower right corner? Size comparison on how big these dinosaurs are)-- they were BIG and LOUD, esp. the T Rex, made us jump out of our seats a couple of times.
Ankylosaurus
Torosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Stegosaurus
Plateosaurus
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Spring has sprung around the Emery house
BLEEDING HEARTS BUSH
I love flowers, I love taking pictures of flowers, I love our flowering trees and wish they could stay like this, I love gardening and planting flowers.
I really really do love flowers. :) he he he
Here are some pictures I took this afternoon, on this beautiful blooming spring day. We have a plum tree, a cherry tree and an apple tree--this is the year for bountiful fruit, I can feel it. The trees are loaded with blossoms. Last year we had just a couple of blossoms on both the apple tree and the cherry tree. I think we got 2-3 cherries and 2 apples. The apple tree is filled with blossoms, and we might get 10 cherries this year!!! (I let u know what our harvest is).
PLUM TREE BLOSSOMS
APPLE TREE BLOSSOMS
CHERRY TREE BLOSSOMS
I am hoping to prune our grape vines, anyone know anything about them? They have started to get grapes the last few years, but they only get so big and then quit growing. I think I need to prune the vines, so that they are not so bushy. Maybe one of these years we'll have grapes.
Our garden is getting ready and hoping to make a few improvements in it this year regarding all the weeds. The raspberries and strawberries are lookin good, and still trying to survive and produce fruit is the kiwi plant and the blackberry bush.
OUR RASPBERRIES
Stay tuned.....our lilac tree is just starting. I love that fragrance, but the blossoms only last a few short weeks.
I love flowers, I love taking pictures of flowers, I love our flowering trees and wish they could stay like this, I love gardening and planting flowers.
I really really do love flowers. :) he he he
Here are some pictures I took this afternoon, on this beautiful blooming spring day. We have a plum tree, a cherry tree and an apple tree--this is the year for bountiful fruit, I can feel it. The trees are loaded with blossoms. Last year we had just a couple of blossoms on both the apple tree and the cherry tree. I think we got 2-3 cherries and 2 apples. The apple tree is filled with blossoms, and we might get 10 cherries this year!!! (I let u know what our harvest is).
PLUM TREE BLOSSOMS
APPLE TREE BLOSSOMS
CHERRY TREE BLOSSOMS
I am hoping to prune our grape vines, anyone know anything about them? They have started to get grapes the last few years, but they only get so big and then quit growing. I think I need to prune the vines, so that they are not so bushy. Maybe one of these years we'll have grapes.
Our garden is getting ready and hoping to make a few improvements in it this year regarding all the weeds. The raspberries and strawberries are lookin good, and still trying to survive and produce fruit is the kiwi plant and the blackberry bush.
OUR RASPBERRIES
Stay tuned.....our lilac tree is just starting. I love that fragrance, but the blossoms only last a few short weeks.
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