A Hopping Weekend!

At Church:

The Kindness Kid strikes again! Here's what he says:
     Today I went to Cub in Bloomington with my youth group and rang bells for the Salvation Army which helps those in need.

And he wasn't the only one ringing bells:
     My youth group went to the Eden Prairie Cub and rang bells for the Salvation Army

In other action:

     Our small group had a Christmas party for someone at my church who has cancer. She is not that old and has two kids, and may not live. 

     The pastor at our church invited all the widows and widowers to his house for a Christmas brunch yesterday.

On the Homefront:

Something awkward happened to me and a friend gave me some advice. It was really helpful.

Yesterday I was feeling terrible, sick, and out of it, and then I ran into Lily at Target. We talked and she made me feel better.

A random lady was helping my brother and me in the store. Watching us reminded her to call her own brother and connect.

Yesterday I watched my younger sister ALL DAY because my dad was busy. That even including changing a really disgusting diaper.

I babysat and made a scavenger hunt for them, because I thought they would have fun with that!

My dad, once again, surprised me with Volleyball tickets--SECOND ROW for NCAA final game!!

I held a couple of doors yesterday--probably like 8. We had a big family Christmas and they had lots of presents to haul in and holding the door helped!

Back at School:

Mrs. Teunissen gave everyone in the Middle School Christmas packs of gummy bears.

I put away gym equipment left laying around.


A Secret Santa gave something extra to make an 8th grader feel good.


And another shout-out to those who are kind to us:

Parents come and help with recess duty--even in the cold.

Parents also help with lunch--and they go from the start of the year to the end, so that must be like 400 Acts of Kindness!)

Mr. Groen does a GREAT JOB of making our school run smoothly.



Mrs. Beekman, Mrs. Schevenius, and Mrs. Zylstra worked hard to make our Christmas Concert beautiful.