1st place in the season

Daniel's Sat. league team went undefeated in the regular season play, only to lose the first game of the tournament - that was a hard loss and a hard lesson in the life of an athlete! 

Daniel and Co.

These are some of Daniel's classmates/buddies (the boy in the middle is an MK to Italy) 

Champions

Joshua's (front middle) soccer team took first place in the 12-14 yr.-old division. This is a Saturday city league. 

Soup, salad, and sandwiches in cooking class!

Joshua's 7th grade cooking class invited their parents to join them for lunch. They prepared potato soup, fruit salad, toasted ham and cheese sandwiches, and rice krispie/ice cream dessert. It was really good.....and lots of fun!
Josh and Mom at the "dining" table Josh gets our drinks from his cooking teacher.
 

Race for Education

Daniel's and Becky's school (K-5) had a fund raiser - they ran/walked for 1 hour! Daniel and the boy behind him (a 5th-grader) tied for overall laps run for the whole school - 26 laps, which is
6 1/2 miles!!!!!!!
Becky shows her card with the holes punched for number of laps she completed! She tied for overall laps run in her first grade class - 18 laps!!!
Daniel, along with his teacher and two girls from his class, who won awards for most laps in their 3rd grade class.

Becky with her classmates who won awards for the most laps in their 1st grade class.

Look - it's snow!!!

Yes, we had a tiny flurry on Thursday and the kids were sooooo excited! Can you see that tiny, little white dot on the brick???? That's it! 

End of tennis season party

Joshua finished the school's tennis season with 6 wins and 2 losses. He is the first boy on the left in this picture. (these are just the 7th graders on the team) He did a great job! 

Fishing

A friend from church takes Joshua, Daniel, and Becky fishing!
 

Quick trip to Michigan

Ken's brother, Steve, and wife, Anita, along with grandbaby, "Bela" which means beautiful!
Three generations of Collins' men! (Steve, Joshua, Ken, Daniel, Dad Collins) We also had the opportunity to visit our supporting church, Immanuel Bible Church in Saginaw 

Becky's field trip!

Becky's first grade class took a trip to the local apple orchard. We (Susan went along) saw animals that live at the orchard, as well as bees that help pollinate the orchard, and also had a chance to help pick a few apples too!
Becky (pink) and a friend aren't quite sure they want to pet the goose!