Thanksgiving Banquet

Krista, Sara, Anna, & Kayla performed at the Central Community Senior Banquet with the Chaney girls. They played many different styles of music, with each girl giving a short introduction about herself interspersed throughout the program. The girls were extremely nervous about standing up and telling a little about themselves, but they all did a great job. The Seniors enjoyed hearing many of the old hymns, as well as the testimonies and Scripture the girls shared.L-R Sarah C, Sara F, Krista F,
Hannah C, Anna F, Kayla F

Krista & Hannah

Anna playing the cello.

Sara on the viola.

Kayla, Sarah, and Sara

Here is a sampling of the music they played.

Veterans Day Celebrations!

Jordan and Kayla have been able to participate in Veterans Day celebrations at several senior centers around the area. It has been a privilege to meet many veterans and their families, as we honor them and their service to this country.

We enjoyed playing patriotic songs for the seniors with
several other families at the Bel Aire Senior Center.

Krista & Anna were able to join Jordan and Kayla at
Parkview Plaza, with Krista doing the narrations.

Mark Davis, of Hospice invited us to this celebration
at Parkview Plaza assisted living. He awarded
certificates to the 22 veterans living there,
as well as 2 military nurses.

The Whitewater American Legion was their final celebration.


We enjoyed meeting and visiting with many
veterans and their families.

Part of the program included the kids playing the anthem for
each military branch. This always aroused enthusiasm as the
veterans and their wives clapped and sang to their song.

Ministering at a Hospice Banquet

Sunday, the girls helped with music at a Hospice Banquet

remembering those that had died in the last 6 months. It was a

beautiful ceremony with many memories shared.

The girls provided prelude music, as well as

dinner and program music.

I was reminded as the girls played, and I saw the tears of
those that had lost loved ones, of the Scripture in James 4:14
"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth
for a little time, and then vanisheth away"

Dog Agility

  On Saturday, the older girls did not have to go to orchestra practice, so what did they do? They went to a dog agility competition at the Kansas Coliseum. It was very exciting to watch all of the dogs race through all of the obstacles.

The weave poles.

 

               The seesaw.

The dogs had to lay down on this platform for five seconds.

They had many different jumps.

The biggest dog to do all the jumps was a Great Dane. He was as big as a horse. He was so big, that he had some trouble getting his long body through the weave poles.

The Aussies were extremely fast.

This long haired German Shepherd was beautiful!

Hiking at El Dorado Lake

 

Our family went hiking out to El Dorado Lake with some friends.

We had a wonderful time.

Thank you Chaney Family for the invite.

Justin was ready on the side of the trail with this makeshift catapult.

Dad is taking a break with his unusual chewing device.

 

The whole group climbed the huge dam of the lake. When they got

to the top I yelled to them to make a line along the horizon. I don't think they

understood what line I was talking about.