Kindergarten Graduation!!

Tuesday night our Jenna graduated from Kindergarten. (The dress she is wearing was Josie's. This is her teacher, Mrs. Lund.) It seems like it was only yesterday when we were home together every day and she was taking naps, coloring, going to bible study with me and being my 'little helper' every day!! My little helper is now a first grader and she's fiercely independent. No longer does she need my help getting dressed or deciding what to wear. Those days are LONG gone. She would love to stay home by herself and doesn't even want to go on errands with me anymore. How did she grow up so fast? You girls with little ones at home, here's a warning. One day you, like me, will wake up and your dependent children will be independent and be off to friends for the day, playing soccer, creating/crafting, READING and you will wonder and be tearful as you try to think how those days went by so fast. Jenna is now asking for sleepovers, reading in her bed before lights are out, playing with her big brother and sister and is anxiously looking forward to her first grade class at The River Academy. I can't wait for all three kids to be in one school. I will be working there full-time in the fall and am so excited to know I can go eat lunch with them and see them every day. Dave and I count it as a huge gift from God for the job at TRA so we can send all three kids there. We are extremely blessed!

Okay, enough for today. We have a picnic lunch to pack and we're off to the park to play for the day! Trying to create memories that will last knowing we only have 4 years left before we're celebrating Josie's HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION!! I'm not going to go there for today, that might bring me to tears or give me a heart attack! One graduation at a time.....

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Isn't she so cute?! :)

'Mom Brag' about JD

So, humor me........let me brag about our son! JD won 3 awards at the Sunnyslope Elementary School Awards ceremony yesterday!!!

• The 'Flashlight Award'-given by the Librarian to the students who have developed a LOVE for reading. She awarded them with a cool flashlight and encouraged them to read under the cover.


• The President's Achievement Award-for his achievement this year.


• Most Improved Student Award-given to one boy and one girl in the school. (I have the report cards to show it!)

We are so very proud of JD and his accomplishments and his diligence to persevere with his dyslexia. He has worked very hard these last two years. He has had a terrific tutor and outstanding teachers and one encouraging principal. We are encouraged and hopeful that he will continue to grow and learn more about his learning challenges. He has a great attitude and never gives up! We are indeed very proud parents and it is so awesome to see the benefits of changing schools two years ago.

Anyway, I was a bawling mom at the assembly and couldn't get a photo of him receiving his 'most improved student' trophy, but here's one of him and his buddy Kaleb with their trophies. Kaleb won the Outstanding Student Award! Way to go, Kaleb!