1st place after all!!!

After a long season of soccer games and tournaments...yesterday the league finals were announced. WNS girl's soccer won 1st place in our league. We did not even know until we showed up at the awards ceremony so it was quite exciting! Not only that, but we were also awarded the sportsmanship award. This was especially exciting to me! I mean last semester we got the sportsmanship awards and I was so proud of the kids...but they did not have a very good record. But to beat everyone and still get the sportsmanship award, was really exciting! I am so proud of the girls!!! The boys' basketball team got 2nd place in the league. It was a good sports season...maybe because of our excellent new Athletic Director ;)

Team pictures at last!

They were pretty excited to make into the final game...they worked SO hard all day!!!

The boys' MS team accepting their first place award!!! They were REALLY excited!!!

Accepting our 2nd place award...we were excited!!!

Here is our team of middle school girls that worked so hard! It was a beautiful sunny day!

Another 2nd Place

With the size of our soccer team this year we were able to fit into to leagues. We had a junior varsity team as well as a middle school team. Earlier in the season we took the JV team to a tournament and got 2nd place. It was an awesome day and the girls worked hard. On Saturday we took our MS teams to another tournament. Last year the boys' basketball team got 2nd place but this year they were able to get 1st. They played well all day and it was fun to watch their games in between ours. Not only did they do well...but so did our team. Last year we placed 9th out of 9 teams :( OUCH! But this year we were able to get 2nd place. We missed 1st place in a shoot out that went to 8 people shooting. It was a close game the whole way. The girls did AMAZING and it was so fun!
....I will try and add pictures soon...internet is SLOW today! :( TIA!!!

One year of love...many more to come!!!

Craig and I celebrated our 1 year of dating on Feb. 28th (Brookie's Birthday). Probably the only time we will ever celebrate our "dating" anniversary, but it was a nice night out. He surprised me with 20 AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL white and yellow roses. Thanks baby! It was a special day for us...LOTS MORE TO COME!!!

LONGONOT TOGETHER!!!

After my many hikes up Mt. Longonot Craig and I finally got to do it together. It was great to finally get to share the time together. We were able to hike up last Sunday with some friends. Now that Kenya is really headed in the direction of peace (PRAISE THE LORD) we are able to get out of the city again, we are enjoying it! Thanks for all the prayers!!!

2-1-1

The Junior Varsity girls' soccer team that I have been a part of coaching this semester is off to a good start. Last year I think our record was about 0-7. So it is exciting to have TWO WINS IN A ROW!!!! The girls are really learning a lot, not only about soccer, but about team work and trusting each other to play their position on the field. Good life lessons mixed in. Of course we always encourage the girls to be a good example of Christ through all of our games. It has been really fun...two more games next week. We will see how they go!

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Story of the tournament...

Today we had a soccer tournament at Brookhouse school. There were 8 teams involved. We were split into two separate pools and we played the first game. The girls started off a bit sleepy but they worked hard. The team we played against appeared like they were not going to be that good (did not really have uniforms, some in pants, some with hats…things like that) but they ended up doing really well. The first game ended 1-1 and we knew we were going to have to work hard. We rested one game and then played the next which we won 1-0. YEA! We rested another one and played again and won that on 2-0…YEA YEA! After the games for our pool finished it ended up that we tied with the first team we had played (with points) so we had to have a shoot out. WE WON THE SHOOT OUT! Which put us directly into the semi finals. We waited one game and then played our fourth game winning 3-0. This then put us into the FINAL game. The girls played hard the whole game….1 minute left and the referee called hand ball in front of the goal (TOTALLY WAS NOT A HAND BALL…EVEN THE OTHER COACH SAID SO). So, they get a free kick….shoot…and our goalie blocked the goal and caught it. WE REJOICE! Referee blows his whistle and calls a re-kick. He had not blown his whistle before the penalty (HIS FAULT) and the girl kicked too soon (THEIR FAULT). So, they got a re kick and scored on the second one. 30 seconds left in the game….we pushed our whole team up the field and attacked hard…but unfortunately were not able to score. It was sad end to an AWESOME day. The girls ended up in 2^nd which was more than we hoped for. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had a lot of fun! YEA YEA YEA! Much better than 7^th place like last year! HA! We have all learned a lot since then…thankfully!

Girl's Soccer Tournament...WHAT A FUN DAY!

Hanging out between games. Trying to find some shade!

Some of the boys came to support the girls also...they had lots of coaching advice too. They are all very good kids!!!

Little bit of coaching during our semi final game.

Our AWESOME Athletic Director came to support the team!!!

Accepting their awards for 2nd place.

We were excited that the day had ended well!!! So proud of those girls!

Crazy Hair Day

CRAZY HAPPENINGS IN FIRST GRADE....

The boys making a "big A"

The girls' practicing how to make a "little b"

searching for living things...

she found some :)

They have clay to play with when they get done with their work...just keeps them occupied and in their seat for a bit longer...messy but so GREAT!

working together on a Bible project...they are good friends :)

working on drawing out the story of the paralyzed man who was healed...they like artistic things

Best looking PE teacher!!! :)

Here is a little bit of what Craig's new job includes...teaching MS boys' PE. I must say I was definitely ok with passing that class off to him! :)

Explaining what happened during the play...and why he is out. Good job teach!

Making sure everything is going as planned!

Little bit of sunshine on rough days...

Pray for Craigo....

Please pray for Craig as he recovers from malaria. He is feeling much better but the last few days have been pretty rough. Things in Kenya continue to be unstable. Please pray for the administration at our school to know what is best for the safety of the children. God is at work...I am sure of it!

Still uneasy..

Just wanting to remind you all to please continue to pray for Kenya and reconciliation and peace. Today at school we had to keep the kids longer than usual due to rallies and violence on the road. Thankfully it clear up quickly and we were not delayed too much. However sports games and practices were canceled. There are going to be rallies again tomorrow possible. KEEP PRAYING!

Getting Ready for the Kids to Come

Writing out the name tags for the kids' desks.

Craig getting the desks ready to stick the name tags on.

Magnetic letters have LOTS of uses..not sure what the kids will think :)

Daylan helping to get the bulletin boards ready!

WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE!

First day of first grade...FOR ME!

Here are a few pictures of the first day back to school. It was a short (1/2 day) on Tuesday and then school was canceled Wed, Thur and Friday so I am excited to start back on Monday. I know it is going to be a fun semester...LOTS OF ENERGY!!! I could use the prayers!

School Canceled

Kenyan Parliament House opened yesterday. Due to this, there are scheduled rallies all over Kenya for today (Wednesday), Thursday and Friday. Schools have been canceled all over the country.
Yesterday, was our first day of school. It went really well and was really fun! I will post pictures soon!
Thanks for your prayers!

Vacation in ZANZIBAR

For my family....

So, I have lots of great beach pictures that I would love to share with you....HOWEVER I am holding them ransom until I get to see some Christmas pictures! HA!!!