Picture of the Month is Emily is the lead role in the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, in the production of The Dance Factory Nutcracker this pre-Christmas season. Actually she had several lead roles in the production and was outstanding in all of them. Not only does she put on a great performance for all of us in the audience but she loves doing it. Here is a link to the video of that performance. As her search for a college for next year winds down, part of her decision process will be to decide what role dance will play. I wonder if we'll see her on a bigger stage? What ever happens I know she'll be successful.
This past month has been so busy there are many more pictures than a typical month. But busy meant that we got to spend even more time with family, so it was all good. I hope you all had a great Christmas and look forward to a happy and healthy new year!
The calendar link has been updated to the 2025 family calendar, so feel free to download it or link to it. If you find an error, let me know and I'll try to fix it quickly.
Last month I fixed a couple of broken links on the Family Stories page so you might want to check it out. The first fix is the map of where the European ancestors of Nancy and I emigrated from. They all emigrated between 1854 and 1921. The second fix is the newspaper clipping about Nancy's Uncle Stag making an emergency child delivery -- his own daughter. I find family stories interesting. I haven't done any new genealogy research in a number of years, but I'm thinking I might want to start back up again.
Two notes to remember from previoius months--
One NIL link for Charlie, HERE. There may be more in the future.
The tremendous outpouring of support to 2 special causes in memory of Noah continues. Significant dollars have been directed to the Waukesha Catholic Tuition Assistance fund, plus a scholarship fund has been setup in Noah's name at Waukesha South High School. Details are still being worked out on the scholarship, but it will begin for the class on 2022 and will continue for 1 or 2 graduating students in perpetuity. Noah is loved by so many. For those still wishing to the scholarship fund, you can find further information here.
(Update 8/2022. In June 2022, 2 $1000 scholarships were awarded to graduating seniors.)
(Update 6/2023. In June 2023, 3 $1000 scholarships were awarded to graduating seniors.)
(Update 6/2024. In May 2024, 3 $1000 scholarships were awarded to graduating seniors.)
Enjoy the pictures!
