The Snake in the Grass

It's been a rough day for Jr. High actors - both my lead villain and Signe, the female lead, came home early this afternoon from school with fevers. Other kids are also ill or fighting off sickness. So I decided to cancel our Family Night show tonight - to some great disappointment - in the hopes that the kids can get lots of rest and be ready to go for our opening tomorrow.
The grandparents are also sadly unable to make the drive from Oregon to see it, as the weather has been dicey. After a warm start to winter, this last month ended up being the 2nd snowiest February on record (first place is from the 1890s, I think). We are ready for spring!
Signe drew the artwork for the poster (that's her, tied to the tracks!)

Dare to be a Daniel

Today was Karsten's 1st grade class play, and he did a great job angrily storming the stage as King Nebuchadnezzar. He blanked on a line in the middle (he had many to remember!), but he recovered well and finished strong. Sadly Nick had to miss it for a business trip in Orlando.

When the cousins come over, the Holloway kids party hard. ;-)

Brothers...

Searching for wood in the snow

Cold dog or old dog?

What a difference a year makes!

The first photo is from a year ago, when Zane first got his braces and expander to push his molars apart.
Below are pics from today, both immediately before and after he got his braces off.
In a few years he will need another short round of braces when he gets more adult teeth, but most of the work has been done.

What Signe does when she doesn’t have homework...

She draws caricatures