It Must Be Fall

One of the things that you can count on during the Fall in the Gaunch house is Volleyball Season. Hannah has played volleyball since 6th grade. Those early years were... rough, to say the least. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure if Hannah even played in a game her entire first season. Now, she's payed her dues and practiced hard, attending volleyball camp in the summer. Hannah may be short- but she's feisty! She's a member of the high school team and their season is underway. Last week was their first game in the new Covenant School gym.

The Fall also means Grandparents Day at Covenant School. It's a really special day when grandparents can come to a breakfast, have their picture professionally taken with their grandchild, see an assembly, and then visit their grandchild's classroom. This was actually the first time in 7 years of being at Covenant that I've been to Grandparents Day- parents aren't invited, but as a faculty member, I was working. If you've ever had your five year old child on stage at church performing in front of a crowd, you know the anxiety you can feel. Multiply that by 17 and that's what I felt that day with my Kindergarten class. Of course they did great and I was so proud. My class recited a poem, sang 2 songs, said their ABCs in the cutest way and then said their memory verse (Proverbs 3:5-6....with motions!). Garrett had a speaking part as well, Hannah helped shuttle little kids to their grandparents for pictures and Becca played the trumpet for the first time in public.

As we wrapped up Grandparents Day, Hannah had a Fall event to get ready for. She went with her boyfriend, Connor, to the Cabell-Midland High School Homecoming Dance. A certain amount of primping was involved... and I MUST tell you about the dress. She went with a friend to scout out possibilities and then came back to the mall with me (and money) in tow. She tried on several but the one she really liked was on a clearance rack because it was damaged. We were on the phone with stores within 100 miles and no one had that particular dress. She tried it on for me anyway and I was surprised that it simply was snagged. Someone had tried it on and their ring had caused a snag diagonally across the entire dress. I told Hannah that I was sure it could be streamed out at the dry cleaners- it was $10. Yep, $10!!! So we got it and yes, after 5 seconds in the hands of the sweet ladies at George's Dry Cleaners, the notorious snag was invisible and I had just "snagged" the deal of the century. Louie celebrated by buying Hannah a new pair of shoes!

Doesn't she look.... beautiful? And.... older than 16? Do you see the snag? Me neither!

This was her first non-Christian school dance and I'm glad she had some friends from church and from church camp to hang out with, along with Connor who goes to our church, too.

Now I have been accused of making people cry lately with my blog (not my intention- its just where I am right now), so I will switch gears before things get sappy.

Louie loves to cook. Anyone who knows him knows that messing around in the kitchen is a stress reliever for him. So he traveled to an insurance agency in Logan today and he always takes those ladies something to eat. Today it was a new concoction called Cake Balls. Sound crazy? It's basically crumbled up cake mixed with icing then formed into bite sized balls and frozen. Then you dip them in chocolate. Personally, I think they should be called Sugar Bombs. You can use any cake mix, any frosting and any kind of dipping chocolate to make lots of varieties. The ladies requested red velvet cake with cream cheese icing, dipped in white chocolate. I was going to take a picture, but this was all that was left when I got home! Oh, well- I didn't need it anyway!