Pictures you would find in a text book

 

This is the first time Rachel has held a violin.  Notice how natural the arm position appears.

 

Even when she is drawing the bow across the lower strings, the arm is raised to the proper height.
 

These are the kind of pictures you would find in a text book.

With pride we watched!

Greg's court of Honor

We gathered in the cultural hall of the church, where this ceremony took place, and with pride we watched as the honor badge of Eagle was presented to our oldest grandson.

Mike has always been good at offering advice; so he was asked to give the introductory speech.   

After a variety of speakers, Greg was presented the award by a scout leader -  Notice the left-handed scout hand shake.  This is scouting tradition.

The Scout Law:  

A scout is: 

• Trustworthy
• Loyal
• Helpful
• Friendly
• Courteous
• Kind
• Obedient
• Cheerful
• Thrifty
• Brave
• Clean
• Reverent

          The parents were called up to stand with Greg during the presentation.

                                                           The next photos are self explanatory - Enjoy! 

   

 

  

 

After all the accolades, Springville's newest Eagle was invited to give an acceptance speech, which he did with eloquence.

He was then escorted to the "Eagle's Nest," where he was warmly greeted by other Eagles.

To sit in the "Eagle's nest" is an honor that only a few of us ever obtain.  

             

 Afterwards a reception was held in his honor.

An american flag refreshment table.

Proud Grandparents, indeed!

It was great!

It was great.  Julie is indeed a shining star!

We are all in smiles after the concert.

I hope they make a recording!

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Decorating the Christmas Tree is serious business!

"Who knows what magic may occur, especially if Santa sees what a wonderful job is being done."

"I hope this is done right.  Every ornament must be in exactly the right spot!"

"Got to be careful.  If Grandma sees that this is out of place, I am in deep trouble."

Grandma Zucc supervises the distribution of ornaments.



MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

My daughter-in-law

My daughter-in-law, Katie really knows how to destroy what could have been a very descent picture of moi, but hey, it is all in the spirit of the Thanksgiving celebration, right?     

Making weird faces must run in the family.  Notice Jenna in the following pic.  If she had coughed, her eyeballs would have popped out of their sockets.  

If you don't recognize the place where Grandma Zucc is walking, it means you haven't been to the Outlet Mall at Traverse Mountain yet.  

This is too good!

Each year, Thanksgiving Day must to be adorned by a short program before the scrumptious meal is served.  At least this is true in our family's celebration, and I'm sure it is true in millions of homes across our great nation.

Jeff doesn't often get his picture headlined in this blog, but this is too good to leave out.  After all the kids were gathered, Jeff sat upon a bar stool and began to read a great story about how the Pilgrims and Indians got together for three days eating venison, playing games, and thanking The Almighty for their many blessings.

Everyone listened intently, and Sammy valiantly tried  to keep awake, but alas:

Jeff begins the reading.

Going!

Going!

Gone!

Soup and salad

What is better this time of year than a great soup and salad dinner?  So it was, last Monday evening!

L to R:  Richard, Pat, Jackie, Colleen, Bev, John E, John M., Nancy & Debbie.  Mike not in picture.

The occasion was just a harvest season get-to-gather, held in our basement family room, and the soups were incredibly good - chicken noodle, Italian sausage, potato, and autumn hamburger.  The salad was a tossed green delight, with ranch dressing, of course!  Homemade rolls and apple cider were served also.  To top off the meal was a fantastic German chocolate cake baked by Jackie.

A lot of mileage came from the dumb waiter joke that has made it's rounds for years.  Basically, the joke implies that we don't really need a dumb waiter, because my wife, Bev, already has one- moi.  Actually my wife and I have a wonderful, traditional marriage that has lasted over 4 decades.  Whenever someone asks what our secret is, I always say, "When she tells me to do something, I just shut up and do it."  Ha ha.   

Anyway after the main course, we played a couple of table games, mainly Fruit Basket and Greed.  I was surprised when I found out that I was the winner of Fruit Basket, being that I am probably the worst speller in the group, If not in the whole neighborhood!

Table setting

The table was set with Grandma Zucc's finest dinnerware, inlaid with 24 carat gold leaf, she says.  Notice the floating candles on both the table, and also the serving table.  This really made for a nice dinning atmosphere, when we turned the overhead lights down low.

Next week is Thanksgiving dinner!  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!