Ellen’s News

 Happy Resurrection Day!  It’s a wonderful wet Sunday morning. We’ve got a series of storms going over today. One woke us up at shortly after 5 AM this morning. It didn’t last too long, but made a bit of a racket going over. It is supposed to rain off and on all day. My mother-in-law always used to say that if it rained on Easter Sunday it would rain for the next seven Sundays. 

We shall see…

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Lasts day Ellen went to her last FBLA(Future Business Leaders of America) state competition in Springfield. They stayed in a motel down there. Her team placed 6th and was the only team from Buffalo to place in the top ten .  The teacher, Mrs Rice, is debating whether or not they can go to the Nationals in Anaheim CA in June.  

Here is a series of pictures Ellen shared with me from last weekend.

This is when the group of them made their FBLA bears.  It is actually a red panda.  The kids were able to earn vouchers for one reason or another then got to go in and build a bear with a little blue FBLA tshirt.  Cute


Below is a shot of them all lined up at one of the conferences I guess.  Ellen’s at the far end, but the guy in the foreground is her cousin William. 


Below is a shot of the winning team with their medals. 


I wish they had been able to place higher to qualify for nationals, but I am so proud of them for doing so well.  They worked really hard.  

Ellen was sad that her high school FBLA career is almost over.  She is the chapter president this year. I understand her sadness. She had such a wonderful time with FBLA. She doesn’t realize it yet, but I am sure she will be headed off to bigger adventures in the next four or five years at Southern Baptist University.  I am sure she will have clubs to join and friends to make and all sorts of new experiences.  


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