Poem of 2017
January
See snow.
See snow fall.
It falls for a long time.
See daddy.
See daddy move snow.
Daddy moved snow off the roof.
He made big snow piles.
See kids.
See kids jump.
Kids jump off the roof into snow piles.
See mommy.
See mommy close her eyes.
February
See books. Lots of school books.
Daddy and mommy buy school books for Larissa.
Poor Larissa. Larissa is upset.
But we think she will learn to read and write good.
March
See Riana and Ethan.
See them go to class.
They learn to hunt safely.
See them take the test.
Surprise!
They pass!
They get good scores!
April
Titus and Ethan like paper airplanes.
See them make thousands of airplanes.
They go to a paper airplane show.
They get up early to see it!
Danielle goes too.
Larissa and Riana sleep in.
They are all happy.
May
Montana is a big state.
See mommy go there.
Larissa and Riana go too.
They get up early.
They ride horses all day.
See them wrestle calves.
They are sore when they come home.
Daddy turns 40 when they get back.
He is sore too.
It is because he is old.
See grandpa and grandma come visit.
We all go to look at coal and fish.
Then we look at animals from Africa. See Titus and Danielle ride a zebra!
It doesn’t move.
They don’t fall off.
June
June 2 is a big day.
Larissa wants to drive. She needs a permit.
Surprise!
She gets a permit!
See Larissa drive.
See Mommy shake with fear.
She shakes all the way home.
See Larissa smile.
She likes to drive!
Daddy and Larissa go to camp.
Daddy gets a box in the mail.
He must sing.
See Larissa’s face when daddy sings.
It is red.
Everyone laughs and looks at Larissa.
She does not see.
She hides her face with her hands.
Mommy came to camp!
She drove a van full of kids!
It is a new van.
Mommy got it while daddy was at camp.
Mommy hopes daddy will like it.
It is Danielle’s first time at camp.
See her have fun!
Larissa gets to counsel for the first time.
Now she is shaking!
July
Time to go to camp in Wisconsin.
We all go.
It is a 12 hour drive
The car is going too fast to jump out.
We all make it to camp.
Camp is fun!
We all have lots of fun!
Then we have to go back home.
August
It is hot.
Tractors come.
See the hole they made in our yard.
It is big.
It is in front of our house.
Daddy is going to add on to our house!
1 big living room and 2 small bedrooms.
Larissa and Riana each get a bedroom.
Mommy makes a joke, “3 years! Then it will be done!”
Titus figures it all out.
“Larissa will be 17 when we’re done!
She can move out and I can get my own room.”
Another trip to make!
We all get in the van.
We are going to Wyoming.
Daddy is excited. He has waited 30 years!
He hopes to see the sun go dark!
Will there be clouds in the sky?
No clouds! The sky is clear!
We all watch the sun! It goes dark at noon!
It is amazing!
September
Riana gets to hunt!
Larissa scouts the area.
“There are lots of deer!” she says.
Riana goes out the next day.
She does not see any deer.
“You scared them away!” she says
She does not get a deer.
Poor Riana.
New cousins are born in Iowa.
Mommy wants to see them.
Larissa drives the van.
It is scary, but they all live.
See! The van has no new dents!
October
Larissa, Riana, and Ethan fly to Germany!
Grandpa and Grandma go with them.
They go to 5 new places!
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Poland.
Aunt Emy takes them all over Europe!
See them sleep and sleep when they get home.
They had lots of fun!
But they do not know which part they liked best.
November
November 4 is a big day.
Riana is a teenager!
13 girls come to her house.
They all fit!
The new add-on works!
“But no more parties with 13 girls,” says Daddy.
See Larissa.
See all the deer.
See Larissa hunt the deer.
See her shoot and shoot.
All the deer live.
No meat in the freezer this year.
December
See cookies.
See stacks and stacks of cookies!
It took three days to make them all.
Everyone is hyper all month!
See Larissa.
See Larissa write this letter.
She knows how to write good now.
See you read and read.
We hope you have a
MERRY CHRISTMAS!