Claire

Mark and I were in the middle of a home improvement project in our basement the other day when all of a sudden we heard a man's voice upstairs calling our names. The next thing we saw was a girl dressed like a crazy Colt's Fan and her bus driver Russ. Russ, a huge Colts fan had decked himself out on Friday to hype up the game. I guess he decided that he'd have fun with the last two kids on the bus. So he dressed them up in his wardrobe and brought them in the house to show the parents. Needless to say, we were quite surprised! Claire has loved Russ from the start, she even asked to invite him to her b-day party a few years back. We reminded her how blessed she is to have Russ as her bus driver and friend. We all have memories of our bus drivers, but mostly Mark and I's aren't this fond. What great memories she'll have to tell her kids about Russ and his Big Old Bus (what we like to call it around our house). And now to the part where we like to be proud parents. Claire got a letter a couple weeks ago saying that she had artwork that was chosen to be part of an art expo at Saint Joseph's College. Yesterday there was a ceremony to recognize all the artists (grades 1-4 with 8 area schools participating). We were so impressed with the professionalism that was given to the kids and their art work. We were also very proud when we arrived to her schools section and her art teacher greeted us and said that Claire actually had two pieces chosen. Her "jungle" themed one is pretty hard to make out in the photo but the the "repetition design" shows up well. Thanks Mr. Geleott for being a great art teacher and inspiration to Claire. Isn't it fun to see the talents that the Lord has blessed your kids with?