He Won The Race

I had to share this story: Sunday was our Sunday School Picnic. Like always, the kids had races. They race by grade. Boys with boys and girls with girls. Danny joined his Sunday school age boys for their race. They were a third of the way down when I realized what was happening. The boys let Danny have the lead and let him keep it the whole race. Was he pumped when he WON! He was pumping his arms up and down saying, "I did it!! I did it!! I won!! A day later and he's still smiling! Karen K. got these pictures and when I showed them to him he started laughing and said, "I smoked them!" I started crying as soon as I realized what the boys were doing. That was pretty impressive for those age boys to give Danny this special gift! Thanks boys!

Danny Gets New Specs

May

Sisters Weekend

We had a great time in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin this past weekend. The weather was a bit chilly but we didn't have to go out in it much, anyway. We pretty much hung out in the condo catching up and laughing! (Here we are in the traditional "Tormanen" pose.)

Danny's Conference Report

I went to Danny's conference tonight. It was "student lead". The kid's a "trip". He is so comfortable with his teacher as he's had her for three years. He evaluated himself with this Conference Report. He read the top to me but instead of "your child" Danny, he said, "your teenager" Danny. (Mrs. Hutchen's said he wanted her to change it as "I'm not a child, I'm a teenager." But since she didn't, he just changed it as he read it to me!) On #2 he gave himself a straight face. "Sometimes I can't read my own writing. I need to work on that." And on #4 the teacher commended him for being so honest. I'm not sure why he gave himself a sad face for #10 as he does like school.

I was actually quite proud of his conference. His teacher commended him on his maturity and how much he has grown since he came in sixth grade. She moved him up a reading level and he is meeting the challenge. He is ready and so excited for high school next year!

*I stole the picture from Gretchen. Note the gold medal. He even wore it in the hay bales in Minnesota. Actually, Sara's Will asked him to bring it there. I think Will was as excited as Danny with the gold medal. When we saw Will for the first time, the very first words out of his mouth were, "Danny, did you bring your gold medal?" He wanted to try it on. Danny did share and let him.

Farm Country

We had a great time visiting the kids and grandkids in the northern farm country. We had beautiful weather. It sure is a pretty area and I can understand why my girls love living there. It was a short trip. We were there for just three full days. It was perfect except the doggone dog got sick so I ended up bringing her to the vet two different times. A very severe urinary tract infection! Other than that we pretty much just chilled with the family.