Snippets From The Horken House

Whoa!  Where have I been??  All the excuses that come to mind seem so lame so I will spare you.  Mmmmm......I sort of have one that might work......we switched from a PC to a MAC and when we transferred our pictures, I felt like 10 years worth of pics got thrown into one barrel.  That may be an exaggeration but I became emotionally frozen when it came to sending out my blog.  How's that for drama??

Every Friday night during the summer we have live concerts on the plaza.  Sometimes we take the grandkids along.  Here Josiah and Hannah are playing cards while listening to the music.  

At the end of the school year, one student's art was chosen from each grade and is framed and hung in the hallway for a year.  Both Eliya and Hannah were chosen this year.  This is Eliya's self-portrait.  (age 12)

Here is Hannah's artwork.  (age 9)

 Josiah and Grandpa's favorite past time- playing pool.

Dave and I had a wonderful time with our friends in Branson, MO.  Another couple invited us to stay in their lovely home while we enjoyed the sights and sounds of Branson.

We stopped in Albany, GA and spent some time with my sister and her family.  Here we are with Tina, our niece and her husband Kim.  They are missionaries from the Philippines and were home for a time.  It was a joy to get caught up and hear all about what God was doing in their lives and ministry.

After Georgia, David and I traveled to Englewood, Florida and spent two weeks with my siblings.  This is my brother, Roger and I.  (Roger was getting prepped for a Nascar weekend so thus--the beard!)

We enjoyed two wonderful weeks of sunshine with Roger, LeeAnn and Tucker while Nebraska experienced a bitter cold winter.  Only thing we would have changed--is that we would have stayed longer.  We got in on the cold when we returned!!

Jagger just completed his first year of Middle School.  We enjoyed watching his basketball games.  (He's the one in the white.)

Teagon will be a senior next year.  He did extremely well on his ACTs.  Teagon loves to read books, which is dear to Grandma Karol's heart!

Jade will be a junior next year.  We enjoyed one of her Spring track meets.  She also plays varsity volleyball, is a cheerleader and is on the dance team.  And somehow she manages to study.

Jagger, Dave and I enjoyed riding our bikes across the Pedestrian Bridge in downtown Omaha.  You can stand in both Iowa and Nebraska at the same time!  We had a lovely time that day riding along the river front and down through the Old Market district.  There are fun things to do in Omaha!

I am teaching Hannah to cook this summer.  Every Wednesday night she comes over and we make a recipe.  She copies her recipe and puts it in cooking notebook.  The school year is too busy for such things so we are making the most of the summer.

We have had some cousin kick back times which are always fun.  We are gearing up for our week at the lake real soon, so next time I will post those pictures.

We had some unusually warm weather in March so Jagger and Eliya went fishing at Halleck Park.  Great fun!!

Well, I hope that has brought you up to date of what has been happening at the Horken House since the beginning of the year.  I promise to do a better job at my blogs now that I know that it is possible!!

Love you all,

Dave and Karol