Rachel

I think Rachel takes after her dad.  She is good at writing stories.  She also works hard with her hand writing.  They were having a contest at school amongst some of the 4th grade classes.  She brought home some papers to practice.  She ended up winning 1st place from about 45-60 students.  I am so proud of her.  They were judged on their cursive and what was written.  She did AWESOME.  Then she came home with a paper she had done.  They had to read the story on the paper and then answer questions about it.

Question:  Who was the friendly, snow-white-haired shopkeeper?
Rachels answer:  I'm thinking, Jesus.

Question:  What makes you think so?
Rachels answer:  I'm thinking Jesus because he can make miracles and also our Heavenly Father can make miracles too and you need to depend on them to do it.

Her teacher put the words WONDERFUL across this part of her paper.

Then they had to think of something they really wanted for a gift and write a story about it. This is Rachels story:  written exactly like she had it.

One chattering cold Winter night a girl was in her warm, cozy bed snoosing, zzzzz,zzzzzz,zzzz. She was hopeing she was going to get a cat the next morning.  When she woke up the next morning she was so excited.  But when she opened her present she only got a stuffed kitten she wanted.  But not as much as a real cat.  So she just smiled at her parents and thanked them so they wouldn't feel bad.  THE END.

Her teacher put WHAT A GREAT STORY RACHEL over her paper.

Here is Rachel on the back of a horse with her cousin Jenna.


Rachel is so sweet.  She is nice to all of the kids in her class.  A new girl came to school in the middle of the year and Rachel told me that she has eye problems and is partly blind.  That is Rachels best friend now.  I love Rachel.  She is a great example.  I am so thankful for her in our family.  She is the one who will help out without being asked.  She makes breakfast a lot of the times and is such a huge help.  We are lucky to be her parents.