Sunday, June 22, 2014

Last Day of School

School never seems to end, I am done and pretty much checked out by the first part of June. I might have sent Avrie to school the last 2 weeks with nothing new done in her homework journal, she insisted that it needed to go back to school anyway, and we did really good the rest of the year. But school finally did end on June 17. Then it rained for 2 days and we had to come up with fun things to do in the house like clean out dresser drawers and scrub toilets.
The girls had a great school year, Destina had the perfect teacher for her, she was so caring and helpful making the year fun and enjoyable for Destina and working with her challenges. Two of my other kids also had the same teacher so we knew going in that she would be great!
Destina on the first day of 4th grade, I don't think she physically grew much this year but she continues to mature and is so kind and thoughtful to all those around her. 

 Destina on the last day of school, thank you Ms. Offutt for a perfect year. Destina will be going into 5th grade next year, her last year of elementary school, she has come a long way since her first day of Kindergarten 4 1/2 years ago. Where did the time go?
Avrie had a good year too, it started out a little rocky but ended good. Avrie grew taller, and smarter in 1st grade, school was easy for her this year and she loves to read, write and do math problems.  She spent the first day of summer break doing school work. She loves to play with her friends, on Friday she had 13 of them over to our house, luckily for me they were her imaginary friends, but they still made a mess.
Avrie on the first day of school.
 I loved Avrie's teacher too, she was also Jayden's 1st grade teacher so I knew Avrie was in good hands. She is one of the sweetest teachers any of my kids have ever had and Avrie loved her.
Look out 2nd grade Avrie is ready and excited!

Friday, June 13, 2014

Wedding Pictures!

Here are a few more of my favorite shots from Katie's wedding.

















Monday, June 9, 2014

Graduation

She did it! Kelsie graduated from High School and at the same time almost graduated with her A.A. from the community college, one class short. She had the option of taking a summer class and walking with the community college but decided to take the summer off from school and just finish next semester in Hawaii. Graduation was really nice grandma and grandpa came over and we threw together a small party with some of Kelsie's favorite people and her favorite food, BBQ pizza. It was a little of a let down because she is not actually done with school for another 2 weeks, but she is excited to be done. She is ready for the next grand adventure in her life! We are really proud of Kelsie she works hard at school and graduated with honors while working on average 30 hours a week. We are not quite sure how we will manage without her around our house, she is so helpful and has been the easiest teenager so far. She is happy, grateful, and sweet we will enjoy her for the next 3 months.



 Avrie found McKenzie's graduation gown and wanted to graduate too.
 Thanks grandma and grandpa for coming to the graduation even on short notice!



Good job Kelsie... now the real work begins!!

Friday, June 6, 2014

Prom

Last Saturday was the Mormon Prom, they decorated the gym to look like a scene out of Narnia, it took an army of people about a week to decorate and it turned out beautiful. Kelsie went to the dance with a big group of friends, they had dinner put on by several of the mom's, it makes it so nice when it is a group effort, I had fun helping out! The dinner was yummy and then they dance was fun followed by S'mores around the campfire at a friend's backyard.

 Unbeknownst to Kelsie her date dressed up for the theme of the dance, with white gloves, top hat and cane. There were a few more guys dressed like that at the dance it was kind of fun!

 Kelsie has a fun group of friends!

Tomorrow is the big graduation day for Kelsie. Her graduation has been completely overshadowed by Katie's wedding. I did not even send out graduation announcements, we are not doing a big party, just a small family BBQ.  Sometimes I award myself with the looser parent award, and this would qualify  as one of those times!
I have a feeling there will be a mushy post about how gracious and wonderful she really is and never complains about her mother's shortcomings!

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

A Few Honeymoon Shots

 Katie and Jeremy had a great time hanging out on the beach...
 Finding turtles....
 Snorkeling and even swimming in a cave.

Hiking, eating shopping and having fun!

Monday, June 2, 2014

Wedding Pictures Have Arrived!

The CD full of pictures just arrived today! Here are a few of my favorites....



Here are some, not all, of the cousins from my side of the family, it was so much fun spending time with them during the week! I wish I would have had a picture with my sisters, I love spending time with them too.
 Our new family picture!

Katie's family and Jeremy's family!

 I love this girl and so proud of her!


 Not my favorite pose but I loved all the flowers and background!

I love this picture, they are so dang cute together!
 She really is as happy as she looks!

More to come later.