shfr.usShafer Family (and Friends)
Greetings and welcome to the Shafer Family site. Herein, as we are fancied, members of the family perhaps might chronical events of interest to ourselves. Enjoy, and please feel free to comment.
News at the Shafer Haus
October 22, 2008
Well, fall is in full swing here. The few sunflowers that survived our two windstorms that were back to back are heavy with seed. So exciting. I'm anxious to be able to put them out in the winter for the birds. :-) Xander's doing well in second grade. He *loves* his teacher and his new classmates (6 new kiddos have joined his class). He now has *3* sets of twins in his class! All fraternal, so it is easy to tell them apart (they really look not much alike). One set of boys, and two sets of girls. Seriously, how often do you get 6 out of 21 kids being twins in a school classroom? He won the limo lunch again this year. He's having a hard time deciding who to take this year. No Madi in class, so it's not easy picking one of the other girls. Apparently, he's decided it has to be a "date", so he can*not* take a guy friend with him. *sigh* He has also learned to ride his two wheeler without training wheels! We're stoked about that, and have gone on a family bike ride already. :-) 4.2 miles. He's loving soccer again this...Read the full-text of the News at the Shafer Haus entry »
Prayers for one of my best friends please
May 5, 2008
Please pray for one of my best friends and her family. She just found out today that her brother died in a kayaking accident in Costa Rica yesterday. This is out of the blue for everyone. Please pray for Brandy, her husband and three children, her mom and dad, and her other two brothers. Thank you....Read the full-text of the Prayers for one of my best friends please entry »
Xander's Accomplishment Last Week
May 5, 2008
Two weeks ago, Alexander was assigned a poem to memorize and then recite for his class as part of the school Speech Meet. 6 students are then chosen from each class to then recite in front of a panel of parent judges this upcoming Friday, and Alexander was one of them! They ended up with a tie for 6th place, so there are 6 girls from the class and Alexander reciting this Friday. He was so excited to have made it in the top of the class. His poem is: Little Talk by Aileen Fisher Don't you think it's probable that beetles, bugs, and bees talk about a lot of things, you know--such things as these. The kind of weather where they live in jungles tall with grass and earthquakes in their villages whenever people pass. Of course we'll never know if bugs talk very much at all, because our ears are far too big for talk that is so small. He's also made the "100 Club" at school two quarters in a row. They get a coupon for each 15 mintues that they read at home (practicing his poem and when he memorizes his Bible verse each week also...Read the full-text of the Xander's Accomplishment Last Week entry »
