School Graduations 2010-2011

I can't believe that another school year has come and gone. It goes way to fast! 

Halle is "graduating" from the 2nd grade. She had Ms. Cockrell for the first half of the year and Ms. Tenbush the second half of the year. She loved them both. She is a fantastic student and really loves school.

Kassadi graduated from the 5th grade this year and next year will be attending Ridgeview Middle School. She had Ms. Kessler/Ms. Kuhl as her teachers. She loved them and she really progressed a lot this year. She mastered her math facts and read a ton of books. We are so proud of her.

Kyle graduated from the 8th grade and was on the Honor Roll all year. He did tell me that he slacked a little bit this year and that he was sorry about that! I think that he realizes that Cedar Ridge High School will be really hard. I know that he will do really good, if he will just try! He had his "first" girlfriend this year. My baby has grown up...WAY TOO FAST! 

Here are the girls and Erika. Erika came to our house everyday after school to do her homework and hangout until her parents got home. The girls love hanging out with her :)

Gabriel "graduated" from The Fellowship Christian Academy. He will be entering into Kindergarten at Blackland Prairie in the fall. He had Ms. Pam. (Hayden's Mom-They lived across the street from us when we lived in the apartments.) She is a fantastic teacher. Gabe has learned sooo much. He is totally ready to go to Elementary in the fall. I am so proud of you Gabe.

Gabe had a Graduation Program. They sang lots of songs and were awarded a certificate and there own special Bible. Gabe was so excited to get his own Bible.

Halle & Kate on the last day of school.

Halle and her friend Sierra

Halle & Ms. Tenbush

Sass and her girlfriends were crazy cute! They giggled the entire graduation. I think that they are all so excited to go to Middle School.

Lindsay Millett, Maddie Moreno & Sass

More crazy girls :) Taylin Nguyen, Lindsay, Tiffany, Sass, AnnaKaren, Maddie & Anna

Maddie, Sass, Michelle & AnnaKaren

Kassadi and Ms. Kessler

Kassadi gave her teacher a Book of Mormon a while back. She wrote her sweet sweet testimony in it. Ms. Kessler wrote her a letter letting her know how touched she was that Kassadi would share her faith with her. I am so proud of you Kass!

Sass couldn't believe that she received so many AR points for the year. She read sooo many books. I couldn't buy them fast enough!

A/B Honor Roll...Good Job SASS!

Olivia and Sara James

Gabe hanging out at the Graduation.

Kass was excited to see Gabe and Biv at her graduation. My friend Kim made Sass a cute candy lei for her special day.

We love you sweet Sass!

Halle's sweet photography skills :)

Congrats kiddos! Can't believe it is over. Now what am I going to do to entertain them all this summer?? AAAHHH!

In the fall I will have a child in Preschool, 2 in Elementary, Middle School and High School....WHAT? I am not old enough for this. ;)

Easter 2011 (Catch-up post and picture overload!!)

Every Easter we try to color eggs. I have seen some people dye some really cool eggs. The ones on the packages always look awesome...somehow, ours never turn out as cool as those. But the kids love to dye them. And we all love to eat them :)

Easter morning the kids had to run around and find their Easter baskets. The Easter bunny hid them pretty good this year. Gabe and Olivia both got pillow pets. They have been wanting one for a really long time. They both use them as their pillows every night.

The girls got some church sandals and a few other things. Not sure what Kyle got! I can't remember. :)

The Saturday before Easter we were invited to the Jame's Annual Easter Egg Hunt. The kids had a fantastic time. There were over 700 eggs and 40 kids. Some had tickets in them that they got to redeem for prizes. 

There was a potluck with lots of yummy food and a Honey-Baked Ham.

This is Gabe and his friend Chase waiting for the egg hunt. They were very patient ;)

Halle braved climbing around the waterfall to get some eggs. I think this is a beautiful picture of her.

This is the attempt at getting all the kids together for one group picture. We lost some kiddos along the way.

I told Kyle that he couldn't walk home until he let me take his picture and until he smiled really nicely. Can I just say...getting a 14 year old boy to smile "normal" is absolutely impossible!

It wasn't until I surprised him that I got his true smile.

Kass, Ellie James & Samantha Dickerson

We had Easter Dinner at our house with the James' and the Lauritzen's. Good food and wonderful friends make a great combo. Thanks for sharing Easter with us!

Brad & Holly L.

Lisa and Mike J.

Such great kids! I know that someday I will get a good picture of all five of these kids! They are such a good lookin' bunch :)