Hagen Happenings

Things have been busy as always around the Hagen home!  On March 1, Ben turned 11 years old!

Since he has never had a big class before, he wanted to invite the WHOLE class to his party. :)  We had a lot of fun with a BIG group of 5th graders.  It's a great group, and we are so thankful that Ben has them as classmates. 

We enjoyed cake, ice cream, and watermelon (notice Ben is counting the candles to make sure we got it correct!), then we went up to the pool on campus to play some water games together.  Unfortunately, I was soooo busy at the pool, that I didn't get any pics of that part so you will have to take my word for it that we had a good time. :)

The other day I had the privilege of babysitting for a friend's foster baby.  This precious little gem was just over 3lbs when she was born 1.5 months ago, but she has already gained more than a pound since then!

See how this guy's thumb is the same size as her little arm??  She is just so adorable, and I thoroughly enjoyed some wonderful "baby therapy". :)

Something big happened just this past week.  Zach competed in a speech tournament at school with all the 7th and 8th graders.  He and a friend performed the dramatic duo "Who's on 1st".  They did a spectacular job, and they went on to the finals (which is rare for 7th graders).  Then they proceeded to give their best performance yet for the finals in front of several hundred people - and they won!  They were so excited, and we were so proud of them.  They worked hard on this very challenging piece, and it was fun to see them reap the rewards for their labors.  

Check out that smile. :)

Steve just arrived back from a week down in Bicol with our tribal partners as well as several Bugkalot church leaders who took a vision trip down there.  It was a great time of fellowship together, and I will do a post about there time soon.

This week will be another busy one with my (Jen's) mom and dad arriving tomorrow!  Since the kids are on spring break this week, we will all travel together up to the tribe together on Tuesday, then back on Thursday in time to catch their flight out that night.  We would appreciate prayers as it will be a busy 72 hours while they are here, filled with lots of time on the road and in important meetings.  Thanks for standing behind us!