Outstanding Mental Attitude Award!!!

Tonight we attended the Interdisciplinary Cooperative Education banquet.

  This is a class that seniors are allowed to take if they would like to work 

during part of their senior year even if they are planning on attending college.  

Jordan has been completing classes for his senior year, working, attending the 

youth group at our church, as well as Young Life, a Christian group that meets 

weekly for high school youth, going on a mission trip to Haiti, playing 

basketball, volunteering, helping with his brother and sister along with 

several other things. It's been a busy year!!

Jordan was blessed to be in class with SEVERAL people who could have easily 

received this award!  The teacher stated that Jordan received the Outstanding 

Mental Attitude Award  because "no matter what happens he always has a 

positive attitude in the classroom and at work, completes all of his work and 

brightens every ones day".  We are very proud of you Jordan and know that 

your scholarship will help towards your college education at IWU this fall!!  

Congratulations to you and all the awesome seniors you have been able to

 spend your last year of high school with!!

My Lil' Chef!!!

There are several things that I love doing with Gabriella, however cooking 

together  has to be towards the top of my list!  I love her excitement when 

she runs to get her princess apron! The fact that she needs to know what 

were cooking and what order we are doing it...and the sheer joy of just 

spending time with each other!

Gabbie likes to taste everything we cook...and even those things that haven't 

been cooked yet!  We were busy in the kitchen fixing dinner for our very sweet 

neighbors who were in a car accident a few weeks ago.  I have to tell you how 

much we love our neighborhood and the community we live in because if there 

is a need, it's not a matter of if people will come together and help, it's a 

matter of when can we get on the list to serve because there are so many 

people who come forward to help one another!

Yep!  She ate a few spoonfuls before it was baked!  If our neighbors are 

reading this, she took the spoonfuls out of our pan...not the pan for M & M:)

For dessert we made one of our L-O-N-G time family favorite recipes. Like a 

friend of my mom's made this pie when I was in grade school and it is now 

one of our kiddos family faves!  We call it the Hershey pie as it is made with 

Hershey chocolate bars!  I will post the recipe soon as it is an easy, yummy 

pie that is perfect for summer!!!

Together we prepared three pans of mostacholi, one of which we froze to use 

for a later date, two loaves of garlic bread, two salads and two Hershey pies!  

And yes, later that evening my girlfriend and I went for a long walk to burn of 

some much needed calories that were consumed that evening:)