There really hasn’t been anything major going on right now, just a few little things so this will be one of the ‘catch up’ blog posts.
Basketball:
This week is State basketball for boys and, unfortunately Milford didn’t make.
I did take some pictures of Ken and his 9th grade team during the regular season.
Coaching this team was something he truly enjoyed. He loved working with the boys, the spirit of the game and just being a part of the whole high school basketball world. I think he also liked working with Tony. Coaching kind of forced him to keep a schedule, plan his day and/or week ahead of time, get up early, go to bed late and then do it all over again the next day and he was responsible for washing the boys’ uniforms. He did a good job with everything and still had time to do the afternoon dishes for me. He’s hoping he’ll be able to coach again next year but there are two or three teaching positions at Milford that are opening up and one of those could be filled by someone who wants the Freshmen coaching job as well. Tony did ask Ken if he would consider coaching the Reserves, but he really prefers the Freshmen. Ken may get to help with a team camp over the summer but that’s up in the air right now s well. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens in the months to come.
Annie and Zelda:
It has been cold, very cold for a long period of time this winter so the dogs have been eager to come into the house. Ruth especially likes to claim her place in front of the wood stove. While Zelda has a little bulk on her, Annie is just skin and bones. She gets fed quit a bit but she is constantly running so it’s hard for her to keep any weight on. Actually, that seems to be a trait of Setters because I remember Ruth was just as thin until she got older and then when we had her spayed. Since Annie and Zelda have more or less grown up together Annie likes to curl up next to Zelda to keep warm or use her as a pillow. During the day they have to be kenneled, (I can’t image what the basement would look like if they spent all day down there). We have a heated water bowl in the kennel by the chicken coop so they spend their days together in there. I think Annie appreciates having Zelda there to help keep her warm. We bought them each a new dog bed and put in there. It wasn’t a day or two and they had them completely torn apart. For a while after that all they had was a piece of carpet to lay on. When it started getting really cold I put another heavier bed that I had made out there. So far it’s still in one piece although they have drug it outside a time or two. Unfortunately they got crazy one day and tore the little door off so now the cold wind can blow in on them all the time. Guess they’ll just have to put up with it.
Baby Quilt:
Mark and Chris were expecting grandchildren numbers 15 and 16, Kyle and Delen expecting a little girl and Josi and Justin expecting a little boy. Ken and I have always though a lot of Josi, she is a hard worker who had some tough times with her ex-husband so we were very excited for her and Justin. I wanted to do something special for her so I made this rag quilt for their baby. It has blue minke fabric on the back which is very soft. The front is made up of fleece blocks with flannel used as the batting. I really enjoyed working on it. Chris said that Joci claims this is her favorite blanket.
Visits:
We love having Emma and Margaret come stay with Grandpa and Grandma, and its even better when Aaron and Kalie stay too. Just ask Ruth . . . all rules go right out the window when Aaron is home and she seems to know that and takes advantage of it.
We were supposed to watch the girls in late January while Aaron and Kalie went out with Mark, Jordan, Cody and Autumn, but the Waldman’s babysit cancelled on them. We were so disappointed that we made these videos and sent them to the girls that Saturday. (It was supposed to be a single video for Emma and Margaret, but as I told Aaron, our movie making skills aren’t the best.)
The third video is of Emma watching our videos. (That was so great of them to make this video.) We watch it every once and a while when we need something to make us smile.