The Kassel Family Project Life 365

As part of the Sunday School program at our church, each class learns a different thing.  This is Laura’s last year for Faith Stepping Stones because the Confirmation program begins for her next year.  The Fifth Grade class does the books of the Bible.  As part of the process, the kids make a project to show the congregation as the video of them reciting the books of the Bible is played.  Laura wrote the books from the Old Testament around the cross on her poster board and Emma wrote the books of the New Testament on her board.  The girls did a great job and I loved their projects!

It is my favorite festival of the year – the Missouri Beer Festival!  Like always, it did not disappoint.  We tried lots of great beers with my favorite being the Cinnamon Toast Crunch Option #2 from Rock Bridge Brewing Company.  It was amazing and really did taste like the cereal as a beer.  Here is to hoping that it wasn’t just a one-time, speciality beer and they can actually keep that little bit of heaven in a glass and bottle (or can) it!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!  The tradition of enjoying beer and Corned Beef and Cabbage at Flat Branch continued this year.  We spent the afternoon hanging out on the patio and enjoying good beer.  It was a little afternoon of wonderful!

It was “divide and conquer” tonight.  I took Laura to her Drama Club Performance, and Andy took John to his Cub Scout Pack meeting.

The Drama Club performed “We Came From Everywhere,” and Laura and one of her friends, Hannah, were the stage managers.  The girls did a great job and the play was quite cute!  As a funny side note, the Drama Club teacher told Amy (Hannah’s Mom) and me that our “sweet little girls were the bossiest stage managers” and she really didn’t have to do much to keep the kids focused and on task because the girls did it for her.   Amy and I had a good laugh over that.

Meanwhile, Andy and John went to the Cub Scout Pack 2 meeting.  John earned his Bear rank and I am very proud of him!  Soon, he will be a Webelos 1, and it seems like just yesterday that John was starting Cub Scouts.  Time is moving too fast…

Of all the rooms in the house, this is my favorite.  I know it is just the dining room, but I have always wanted one.  We love the wall color, so we didn’t have to paint.  We bought the furniture from the previous homeowners because they didn’t have the space in their new house for it.  While the furniture isn’t really our taste, it works for now and it does look nice in the room.

I especially love Laura’s painting being the focal point of the room and the picture of my grandparents’ farm hangs on the other wall.  I even love the light fixture.  We don’t use the room very much, but I love it anyway!

Adulting isn’t always fun, my friends.  The old girl is getting a new drive shaft and these things are not cheap.  Hence the reason why Andy decided to change it himself.

She is putting up a valiant fight as she appears to not want to let go of the old drive shaft.  Thanks to Vince Pamperl and Greg Van Hove for lending us those tools we are only going to ever need once!