Merry Christmas to all

Merry Christmas

Anna & Erin Liggett

At Grandad and Baba's House

Erin Liggett gave this drawing the title "At Grandad & Baba's House." It is a remarkably accurate picture of the living room at the home of her grandparents, Harry and Helen Liggett, on Sunday, December 4, 2005. The photo on the TV is of their son, Robert Liggett, and the clock read 7:34.

Fall scene 2005

This scene was drawn by Erin a few months ago.

Express Yourself

Drawing by Erin Liggett on Sunday, November 13, 2005

Statue of Liberty

Drawing by Erin Liggett on Sunday, November 13, 2005

Erin scores highest honors

Erin Liggett received highest honors and was awarded an Academic Award at St. Paul School on Friday, November 11. 2005. She had a 3.79 grade point average in Mrs. Shelly Pixler’s fifth grade. Awards for the first quarter of the 2005-2006 school year were presented by principal Rosemary Capotosto following the 8:30 a.m. Mass.

Erin gets cheereading certificate

Erin has been attending cheerleading classes in Stow and Saturday, November 5, she received a Cheer USA certificate for successfully completing the 2005 cheerleading program. Here she does a split with pompoms as part of a cheer.

Erin and Anna go Trick or Treat

It was trick or treat night in the neighborhood so Anna Liggett dressed as a vampire and Erin Liggett dressed as a devil posed by a straw friend in their front yard as they got ready to go out. Later they went in costume to visit their cousin's Eric Poston's Haunted Crib on Eva Avenue and Erin donned a monster mask.

Two Liggett sisters

This is a drawing of two Liggett sisters by Anna Liggett. Erin is in the fifth grade and Anna in the first grade at St. Paul School on Brown St., Akron.

Tree painted by Anna Liggett

This is a tree painted by Anna Liggett after a field trip by her first grade class to an orchard on Thursday, October 20, 2005

Before and After

Before and after drawings by Erin Liggett on Sunday, October 9, 2005

Making buckeye necklaces

When Anna and I went for a walk to the park with our grandparents on Sunday we came upon a bunch of fallen buckeyes. We gathered them up and took them home. Grandad bored holes in the buckeyes so we could string them together for a necklace. What do you think of our necklaces?

St. Paul School Fifth Grade

St. Paul students aid Katrina victims

Erin, Anna back to class at St. Paul

Award-winning birthday lunch

Erin was given a cake and serenaded by waiters during lunch at the Olive Garden in Montrose on Sunday, July 17, 2005 to celebrate her10th birthday. She turned 10 on Monday, July 18. After lunch she opened gifts at her granparents home. They included a portable DVD and game player from her parents and a globe and pogostick from her grandparents. These two ribbons were affixed to one of her packages.

Lazy River at Waterworks Park

Erin and Anna float down the Lazy River during Erin's annual birthday swim
at Waterworks Park. on Jul 13, 2005,
Erin celebrated her 10th birthday on
Monday, July 18, 2005 at Idlewild Park
in Pennsylavnia.

Skating routine

Drawing by Erin Liggett July 13, 2005

Floating on the wind

Drawing by Erin Liggett

Imagination

Sketch by Erin on June 26, 2005

Reggie

This was drawn on notebook paper, so blue lines show.

Congratulations to Fr. Thomas

Rev. Ralph Thomas

Congratulations to the Rev. Ralph Thomas as the new pastor of St. Paul Church. Fr. Thomas was given the assignment on Tuesday, June 7, 2005, by Bishop Anthony Pilla. Fr. Thomas announced his appointment at the 9:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, June 12. He replaces Fr. John Jenkins who retired October 4, 2004.

Paulding County project

Erin crafted this Paulding County Bicentennial Barn as part of a social studies project. She also wrote a report providing information about the county. This photo was taken June 3, 2005

Flora Winx from Cartoon Network

Flora Winx drawing March 13, 2005

Self Portrait

Self Portrait--possibly Erin Liggett

E-mail sent to Pope Benedict

E-mail sent to Pope Benedict XVI

Date: Monday, April 25, 2005
To: BenedictXVI@vatican.va

Dear Holy Father:

My name is Erin Liggett. I am 9 years old and in Grade 4 at St. Paul’s School in Akron, Ohio, USA.

I am happy the Holy Spirit chose you as our pope.

I know you are busy, but I wanted you to know that my Grandad and I posted a photo and biography of you on my web log.

Grandad created the blog called “Erin’s World” to show my drawings, photos and writing.

You can see it at http://erinworld.blogspot.com

Love,

Erin Liggett

Pope Benefict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

Born April 16, 1927, in Marktl am Inn, in Bavaria, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was the son of a police officer. He was ordained in 1951, at age 24. He began his career as a liberal academic and theological adviser to at the Second Vatican Council, supporting many efforts to make the church more open.Pope Paul VI appointed him bishop of Munich in 1977 and appointed him cardinal in just three months. He was appointed hear of the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith in 1981.

His election on the fourth ballot on April 19, 2004 as the 265th pontiff came 17 days after the death of John Paul, who succumbed to illnesses related to Parkinson's disease at his residence in the Vatican on April 2. He chose the name St. Benedict XVI.

At 5:50 p.m.on April 10 in Rome, wispy white smoke puffed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel where the cardinals were meeting, signaling that the new pope had been chosen, only a day after the secret conclave began. His name was not announced until nearly an hour later, after the great bell at St. Peter's tolled, and the scarlet curtain over the basilica's central balcony parted and a cardinal stepped out to announce in Latin, "Habemus papam!"

Rainbow fashions

Erin Liggettt drawing Feb 21, 2005

Quick Melt: a 10-minute snowman

He was just a quick, 10-minute snowman
made on Sunday, Feb 6, 2005, but we loved
him all the same. Sister Anna watches as
Erin gives him a hug. We named him Quick Melt. .

Enough for a snow day?

• 
• Erin measures snow at 10 inches
  

Drifting snow measured 10 inches on the Neptune Ave. side of my grandparents'’ home on N. Firestone Blvd about 4 p.m. Sunday. It was 13 degrees with a windchill of minus 2 and winds of 13 miles per hour. Some snow is possible Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Other areas were worse. Boston had 26 inches of snow in what was called the Blizzard of 2005. The official report on the amount of snow which fell here overnight was not available. There was 3.3 inches Saturday or 7.7 inches so far for the month.

Best friends are winners

Lisa and Erin working at crafts table

Best friends Erin Liggett and Lisa Rardin were both winners of baskets raffled off at “Breakfast With Santa” in Boeke Hall at St. Paul’'s Church. December 11, 2004. Erin won a basket filled with crafts materials donated by Suzanne Inglis’' first grade class and Lisa won a basket filled with "“Made in Ohio”" products donated by Janet Hazlett'’s fourth grade. They also enjoyed working with crafts and the breakfast. Lisa and Erin are classmates in Mrs. Hazlett’'s fourth grade.

My dog Princess

Drawing by Erin Liggett

Erin Liggett Akron, OH January 9, 2005

Drawing by sister Anna