More Lost and Found

Meggar got her third and largest scholarship offer - but she didn't know it because she stopped opening her college mail! It's not the first thing she "lost" over the holidays... She dropped her phone somewhere between the van and Grandma's front door while running inside from the cold wind. Dorito searched, I searched, she searched. Came back inside to warm up. Searched again. Nothing. Got too dark to look any more. Lots of despair. Next morning, Grandpa raked the front snow banks and found it--Still working! How lucky is that? Thank you, Saint Anthony.

Feast of the Epiphany Resolution

Today officially marks the visit from the Three Wise Men. I think Epiphany is one of my favorite Church celebrations, because it records a long journey by a smart person who was acting upon faith. This is a wonderful model for us. Be patient when the journey is longer than expected. Use your reason and develop your intelligence to its fullest. Don't be afraid to face the unknown. My New Year's resolution is to draw deeply from a faithful hope in the One who made and named the entire universe.

P.S. We played a "Fiddlers Three" show today at the Vintage Gardens nursing home, and kicked it off with "We Three Kings." I think they liked that.

Snow Day

Another day that the regular schools are closed, so I took my kids for their weekly fix at Snow Creek for some 'boarding! Guess who else showed up? Jarrett and Lucas! A fun group to be with on the slopes. And Lynn and I had a chance to be chatty while waiting in the lodge. Of course, we all missed Meggar who is working full time this week at the new and improved Pony Express National Museum.

Call Me Irresponsible

Meggar is trying to choose a Senior Song for her Graduation slide show. I suggested "Call Me Irresponsible" because she likes Michael Bublé...

Playing in the Big Leagues

The twins travelled to Nashville this weekend to play hockey (thanks for driving them, Mr. Flick) against some Double-A and Triple-A teams. Unfortunately, their coach was detained by his wife's emergency C-section. Fortunately, the Stars all played well and are in the Championship game today. We were listening to the radio play-by-play online yesterday at http://www.middletennesseesportsnetwork.com/ so it was fun to hear "Schmidling" a time or two. Winger scored the first goal in one of the games. But the nail-biter was Saturday afternoon against #31 team in the division above us, Nashville Thunder AAA. We had lost to them before, but beat them this time!

Note: We took home 2nd place medals on Sunday afternoon losing to the #27 team: Columbus Ohio Jr. Bluejackets AAA. Our team is still ranked #13 in the AA division, but feeling good about their talent and efforts. We're meeting Mr. Flick at 12:45 a.m. tonight. Good thing there is no school tomorrow.

"Monk" vs. "Munk"

I heard the boys quoting movie lines, and I thought they said "Monk" but it was "Munk" as in Alvin & the Chipmunks: Part 2. Good, clean humor! Meggar took them right before Christmas so Mom and Dad could do the Santa wrapping. But the Jungbluth boys can imitate the Munk voices almost perfectly. "Let's play hide-the-broken-TV-from-Dave." and "Shake what your Momma gave ya!" Which gives me an idea for Halloween costumes next year ~ that could be a little scary!

NHL Winter Classic on TV

New Year's Day is a great time to watch sports, and I must say that the commercials during the Hockey "Winter Classic" are more clever and family-friendly than the other networks. Did you see the one with Sidney Crosby shooting pucks in his mom's dryer?! It was covered with black marks! That's what happened to my deep freezer in the garage (can you believe my boys ever shoot wide?) We also loved seeing Bobby Orr and the 1980 Olympians. We were at the Jungbluth's house by invitation, because we don't have TV. How Nice.