Wrestling!

 We tried something new! Nephi tried out wrestling! We have been trying to find an option for Nephi to wrestle and after looking for a couple years a private opportunity just fell in our laps. Levi actually was having a casual conversation at work and ended up talking to a man who runs a private wrestling facility and used to wrestle for Purdue. It was perfect! 

I see us doing this for several more seasons. He does have loads of cheerleaders that come to his events and wait FOREVER. 

 

Magnet

Youth Theme - Walk With Me

Clairana's Creation

 Each year our ward picks a theme and the talks in Sacrament go along with the theme. 

This year we are studying the Old Testament as a whole church. Clairana actually created a drawing that we turned into a magnet for the yearly theme. 

Our Youth Theme this year is Walk With Me. 

Choir Concert

 Clairana, Coraline, and Cabella all did choir this year with the Tippecanoe Youth Choir. 

This year they performed American and patriotic music in honor of our country's 250th Anniversary. 

https://youtu.be/OINJVoY4QWw

I only took one photo after I searched everywhere for the teenagers and FINALLY found them after the show.

Tobogganing and Sweetwater

Youth field trip for church - Fort Wayne. Tobogganing and vising the large well known music retailer - Sweetwater. I was AMAZED at how much they let teenagers touch and try out - even give out different mouthpieces to try out different instruments. 

Coraline gets to join in too! 

 Electric Violin Tryout!

 

 

 

 That is Nephi in the front. 

 

Roller Skating Field Trip

 Nephi with Lotte

 Bella with Lotte and friends

 Lotte having a meeting while sitting in the locker - we have determined that she likes small spaces (lucky me) 

 Friends!

 Nephi and C with Lotte

 Cecily with her buddy 

 Awwh bigs with the baby! 

 

Ice Skating Field Trip

 I took the co-op to ice skating! The kids had a great time, and the weather was really nice. This is the only picture I took....

 

Lollipop Concert

We went to the symphony - The Firebird - Stravinsky

 

 We treated Pappy and Bubbe to come along with us! 

 Coraline's violin teacher was playing, this is her hugging her little granddaughter. 

 

Youth Temple Trip

 Little snow climbing in the Meijer parking lot, waiting for rides. 

 

Father - daughter dance!

 Little girls with Levi. 

 Lotte went too!

 Cecily and Bella 

 Valentine Dance 

 C took this - I was running Nephi and Coraline somewhere....these days are so crazy busy.

 

Random Catch Up

 Clairana with girlfriends at a dance they drove to in Fort Wayne. 

I took these two out to lunch after they took their ACT test. 

 Dance Photos from C

 Levi and I went out to lunch with Lotte on Valentines Day - after our stove broke and now we are on the hunt for a new one. The waiter took our photo with a Polaroid for the holiday... it was sweet. 

 Don't mind her - she was enjoying her fried ice cream. 

 Cabella doing her schoolwork on the way to the orthodontist. 

 Little Love with Levi walking the farm.

We were losing our minds waiting on wrestling. C thought she was hilarious.