Play as Work– #ThrowbackThursday

November 20, 2014 - Today's ‪#‎tbt‬ photo is one of my favorites because it really encapsulates the approach that my Mom took to training my brothers and I.  Mom, I am so thankful for how you emphasized that even our play was a training ground for real life. Thank you for all that you've done to prepare my brothers and I for life, and for your continued support as we prepare to someday raise our own sons.

1998 - At ages 2 and 4, Benjamin and I pulled our battery powered jeep into the garage, set up a work light, jacked up the car, and got our hands on a socket set.

2008 - Disassembling an engine with Ken and Nathaniel Bauwens.
I'm so thankful for the men in my life who took the time to mentor my brothers and I.

2008 - Benjamin and I are back in the garage together 10 years later.

2011 - All three of us are doing a tune up on the family van.

The Day of Death

Most of the time the only things that are posted on this blog are the highlights from our adventures, but today is a little bit different.

This EXCELLENT message was given by Matt Scheffer at the funeral of the grandfather of some of our friends.  It’s only 15 minutes long and it’d be well worth watching.

Black Nag–Dance

New Dancing Videos! This was the first dance we’ve been able to attend since the new year and it was great to see everyone again and do some dancin’.

One of my favorite dances because I really enjoy it when the music and dancing is tied together.  

Dance called by Jeremy Suermann. Filmed on February 24, 2012.

7 Jumps Dance

   I believe that the Seven Jumps dance is a children’s dance from Denmark.  (Correct me if I am wrong) This video is from the dance lesson on June 10, 2011 and it really got our hearts pumping .

Dancing-Videos

We had another civil war era dance lesson and, once again, had a great time!  Noah didn’t sit out this time and he talked about how much fun he had all of the way home and showed us a few dances later at home.

It may be hard to distinguish the three of us in the videos below, so here are pictures of what we were wearing:

Andrew                          Benjamin                                          Noah

 

I am still a little ignorant as to the names of all of the dances, but I believe the video is a simple schottische dance:

This next video is one of my favorites (as you’ll see in the video I got a little carried away with the spinning and didn’t stop early enough a couple of times. ) and it’s called the 9-pin quadrille dance:

The 9-pin dance is like musical chairs, because when the music stops you have to find a partner and the person who is left out become the single 9-pin in the middle. In the last clip of the video, Noah was the last 9 pin and was supposed to put on a one-man show for the others who were circling around him .