News From the Clows

Category: Family

  • Chalk Art

    I agreed to participate in Rebekah and Julia’s school’s Chalk Art competition last Saturday so I could be with them and their friends. We made a practice drawing at home. Then I found out there would be prizes to the top entries. Hmmm… Now I wanted to win. We didn’t win, but I did achieve…

  • First Day of School

    Today is the first day of high school for Rebekah and Julia. Rebekah starts her senior year and said jokingly “Last time I have to do this” (pose for picture).  She is taking 4 AP classes and 1 Honors course. Julia starts her sophomore year. She is taking her first AP class (World History) and…

  • Quest for Higher Education

    Rebekah is a “rising Senior” so we are getting slightly more serious (see photo) about looking at colleges. This one, and the one we visited 10 days earlier, boasted how students could hang hammocks in the palm trees on the quad. (ooh!) Rebekah is having a hard time deciding what she wants to study. She…

  • Mission Trip for Rebekah

    Last week Rebekah got her Driver’s License. She did really well. She was nervous and so were we as she drove to the mall by herself the same day. But today we are stressed again. Rebekah left this morning on a 10-day mission trip with her school. Thirty students and three adults will be working…

  • Minion Birthday Madness

    Our family really likes the movie Despicable Me and are now quoting parts from it. Rebekah’s birthday was a couple of weeks ago. She got a Despicable Me Minion Madness video, and Holly made these for her class, out of Twinkies and cupcakes. (see picture) If this would have caught on a year ago, I…

  • So how was your sabbatical?

    I just finished my one-month sabbatical. It was great, but let me be more specific: We are studying the Westminster Shorter Catechism questions in my Sunday School class, and I could really identify with the first one, which is: “What is the chief end of man?” (Answer is to glorify God and to enjoy him…

  • I like it Black, but not like my Dad’s coffee…

    I am slowly becoming addicted to coffee. Holly argues that one cup a day doesn’t mean “addicted”. I have tried enough blends and roasts to say confidently what I like and what I don’t like. What is interesting is how much emotion is attached to a cup of coffee. The “aha” came to me when…

  • Lamb for Easter

    Holly made Lamb cupcakes for her friend’s 2nd grade class. I’m not sure if the students understood what Jesus meant when he said he was the “Lamb of God”. They did understand chocolate cake and marshmallows!

  • Reconnecting after 27 years

    Holly spent one of her college years studying in France. Her host family lives near Grenoble. Holly was able to reconnect with her “mother” last September, and had a great time. Her host “sister” contacted Holly soon after that and setup a time to visit our family. We are having a nice time this week…