Winter Wonderland

I bet you all have been wondering what's going on at the Beall household in the last 22 days since my last post, haven't you? Well, we're just trying to keep our head above the water...literally! I'm convinced that this is the strangest winter ever! We've been hit with so much flooding around our area over the past few months. We even have a pond in our front yard and field beside the house. (Actually it is a snow-covered skating rink right now!)

So, I normally just blog about the happenings of the kids, but when I was looking at the pictures on our camera I came across one that I wanted to share with you. Other than being a mom and wife, I think my next most important "job" is leading worship at Mill Creek. I am so blessed to have an INCREDIBLE team.

We have a girl in the church who lives in a group home in Rochester. She has been our biggest fan! Over the last year, her parents have been trying to find a new home for her that would be a little closer to family and a little more challenging for Jenny. They recently found out that there is an opening for her in a home in Indianapolis, which is where Jenny's sister & family live. So, she will be moving soon to the big city. We will miss Jenny dearly, but are excited for her to be closer to family. Here's a picture of our Worship Team with Jenny a few weeks ago:



Front Row: Jenny Archer (biggest fan!)
Middle: Kim Beall (worship leader & keyboard), Mark Lewis (sound), Julie Hiatt (vocals)
Back Row: Allen Sayger (vocals), Ryan Gady (acoustic guitar), Arturo Rangel (electric guitar), Eric Backus (drums), Rick Van Cleave (bass guitar), and Jason Shafer (electric guitar)


Next, I wanted to share a little of Mason's writing with you. His teacher says he is an excellent writer, and I just can't believe that he is already writing in Kindergarten! Here is a little illustrated story he wrote:



If you can't understand it, it says, "My Grandma used to have a hamster." How cute! I love the spelling "yos" for "use"...he's so smart!



On to the grand finale...Makenna's debut performance of the "Pledge to the Flag" at the Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball game last night. Her preschool and the Mentone preschool all lined up along the baseline and said the pledge. Of course there were two different groups saying the pledge at two different times (on top of each other), but it was still good. I was very proud of Makenna. Here are a few pictures of the moment:







And here's while the class was waiting to go in...





Just a note...Makenna is not the smallest one in the class, she is actually surrounded by kids from the older class!

Until next time...