All Dressed Up for Church

I think I see glimpses of a sweet little smile emerging! 

Little Lady in Purple

I couldn't resist posting my new favorite picture of Eleanor looking like a little lady in her pretty purple ruffles.  The clothes for babies these days are so much fun!

Being adorable is a lot of work.  Time for another nap!

Baby Eleanor Blessed

Another trip to Wisconsin, this time with Keith, to enjoy the blessing of sweet, little Eleanor.

She took an immediate liking to her Grandpa.  He thinks she's pretty special too!

She is so fun to hold and cuddle.

And to shop for.  I couldn't resist this hot pink

ruffley top

and matching ruffle bum pants!

On the day of her blessing, Eleanor wore this little blue dress

which I wore as a baby.  It was made by my mom's neigbor

and is still so precious!

This is how it looked on me way back when.

For the blessing Eleanor wore the blessing gown that both Katie and Diane wore when they were blessed.  It was made by my mother.

She was just perfect during the blessing her daddy gave her,

not even a peep!  Since it was stake conference, the blessing

was given in the bishop's office after church. Both grandpas

and many friends were in the circle as well.

Three generations!

Sweet family.

This cute little heart locket was given to Eleanor

by her Grandma Wood.  The tiny gold ring on

her finger was loaned to her for the day.  It was

worn by many other family members on their

blessing day, including Josh's mother.

Welcome to our family, sweet baby, we love you!

Headline of the High School Current Events Page

Current Events

CONGRATULATIONS DECA WINNERS

• Jansen VanderMeulen was elected State DECA President.

With roughly 60 teams competing in each event:

• Eric Schenk and Andre Stegner placed in the top three in one case study analysis in Sports and Entertainment marketing
• Freshmen Brenda Ortega and Patrick Milstead placed 14th and 17th, respectively.
• Seniors Brooke Hess and Lauren Atkinson placed 14th in Sports and Entertainment.
• Brady Conijn placed 19th in Accounting.
• Juniors Callie Waldschmidt and Katelyn Doggett placed 21st in a 30 page Business Plan event.

Hurray for Eric and Andre!  They each got called up on stage at the awards ceremony at Maydenbauer Center in Bellevue to receive a medal for their accomplishment.  Eric has since learned that the award was actually for doing so well on the written test.  So cool!