Section Speech Champion!

Rachel called Saturday afternoon very excited. She was named section champion for creative expression in speech. Next Saturday she'll present with the best of the rest of the state at the state speech meet.

She is excited and honored to be returning to the state meet for the second year in a row. She will go with three other kids from Falls High School, including another student in creative expression.

We will also go down for the competition and then spend the rest of the weekend visiting friends and family in the cities. The state speech meet is held at Gustavus Adolphus University campus in St. Peter, MN.

Diane

Spring?

I planted peas this afternoon. I don't think I've ever planted anything outside here in International Falls before the first of May. I may regret it but hopefully not. Two weekends ago I started tomatoes, spinach, oregano and parsley in the house. It is definitely beginning to feel like spring here. We haven't had snow on the ground for a while already, but are only very slowly greening as we've had very little rain. We are expecting rain this week so hopefully will speed up the green process.

We had a busy Easter as Jeff and Rachel worked in the sound booth and I worked in the kitchen preparing breakfast for the church family, an annual teen fundraiser for their summer missions trip. We then had Easter dinner here with Nelsons, Sinclairs and Bob Nye. I left church a bit early to be able to come home and send Sarah back off to school. We had a wonderful weekend with her.

Stephen is in Atlanta for the week. He is working as a student volunteer at the International Computer Human Interaction conference. He will be presenting a paper with the rest of the team it was researched and written with. He will also get a tour of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Speech sections are next Saturday and Rachel is excited and ready. It has been a good season for her.

Enjoy spring!
Diane