Choir Debut

Maren has joined the Cantus Choir (four and five-year olds) at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids. She has loved singing for as long as we can recall and we wanted to encourage her and also have her spend time with a music teacher.

Watch for her excitement at spotting Bunny, Grampa and Uncle Jay in the audience, and seeing Daddy at the end of the video.

The Cantus and Carol (third, fourth and fifth graders) Choirs sang "Forty Days and Nights" by Michael Bedford. Here are the lyrics:

Forty days and nights he stayed, forty days and nights he prayed,

All alone, yet unafraid, Jesus in the wilderness.

Jesus went to fast and pray, faced temptation ev'ry day.

From God's love he did not stray, may we follow in his way.

Forty days and nights he stayed, forty days and nights he prayed,

All alone, yet unafraid, Jesus in the wilderness.

Gearing Up for Soccer

Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Spring Soccer practice starts March 23. Hopefully there will be no snow on the ground! I don't know who is more excited, John who played himself for many years, or Maren, since she got new pink and black gear.

Spring Break!

Spring Break for the GRCC Laboratory Pre-School, that is. Maren has a week at home and lots of time to play with her best friend Maddie as we share child care with her family this week. John had the girls today for lots of fun in the SUN and snow (and we are hoping the sun melts the snow, we are officially sick of winter).