Living in Elkhart Lake for the past 22 years has been wonderful!  Though for many of those years I did not know many people and little by little I started to know more and more.  Between last week and this week Frankie and I visited the school and did a total of six presentations.  We had a ball!!

The staff and the students and especially Mrs. Nevin's the librarian extraordinaire were so good to us.  Frankie and I now feel like a part of the school family.  I left today feeling so good about all the new friends we have made.  I have always loved Elkhart Lake, but now I love it even more.  My community has been so supportive of Frankie and now being at school has made us feel even more a part of wonderful Elkhart Lake.

The teachers just started putting together websites for their classes.  They took pictures of our visit and I want to thank Mrs. Reineking and Mrs. Matthias for posting pictures of our visit (please be patient as the photos take a bit to download).   Thank you again, especially to all the students for their enthusiasm, kindness and compassion for Frankie.  We will never forget our three very special days with all of you!!

Frankie and I were so thrilled to receive a package in the mail on Saturday from our friends in Canada!  You may recall a while back Frankie and I did our first Skype-Webcam session with a school in Canada.  It was sort of a test idea to see if it would work.  It was GREAT FUN!  As a thank you, the teacher, Karen and the students sent Frankie and I Vancouver T-shirts.  We love them!  Canada will be sponsoring the 2010 Olympics and these are some of the T’s.  Thank you so much to our Canada friends.  Even though it was below zero when we posed for this photo our hearts were and are still warm from your kindess.

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