Sweet Summer Time...

School is out and Summer-time is here!

The past few weeks have been so hectic. Josh studied his rear off for finals and did well on them. He missed the A/B Honor Roll by a very small percentage. We are so proud of him, he worked so hard. The kids had Field Day last week. It was a lot of fun. All sorts of races, a pickle-eating contest, balloon pop, hula-hoop, etc...






Josh plans to be on the Drumline again next year (8th grade). We weren't sure if he was going to stick with it or not, because the year started out rough in that class. But, he has put in the hard work and now it is paying off!

Football conditioning started just before school ended. I love football season! Most of all, because it is so great to watch Josh in his element. He loves football and I can't wait till games start!

Our Baby, Cami, graduated Kindergarden!! This is such a bittersweet time for me. My kiddo's are growing up entirely too quickly :( Cami's teacher, Miss Martinez, was simply amazing. Seriously, I am so thrilled by all of the things that she was able to teach this class. It was the best Kindergarden graduation I've ever seen, and not just because my kid was graduating, really! The kids all sat on stage and they performed a variety of things that they learned this year. ABC's forward and backward, in English, Spanish and Sign Language. Counting to 100 by 1's, 2's, 3's, 5's and 10's. Counting to 20 in Spanish and Sign Language. The days of the week, body parts, months of the year all in Spanish and English. The value of money. Several Bible verses. The continents and planets. SO many things...it was just awesome! We will miss her next year, in 1st grade...too bad we can't bribe her to follow the kids on to 1st grade!



Cami had a bit of a rough year. She started off by failing her hearing test as well as her vision screen at school. We finally got around to visiting the ENT (after fighting with the insurance company over a referral) and she had to have her 4th set of tubes in her ears (which was documented in a previous post). Then, we moved on to her eyes. She has an Astigmatism in both eyes. This means that her pupils are shaped like a football, rather than normal which is round! She was learning well before all of this...but it sure is amazing what kids will learn when they can see AND hear!!



Cami also participated (some) in Field Day. She ran in most of the relays, but the waiting is not her thing, so this is what I saw throughout the day...







Next post...Our 1st Family Cruise to Mexico! We leave in 6 days...

The end of the school year...

Here we are, at the last few weeks of school already! The kids are out of school in 2 weeks and we leave for our cruise in 3 weeks...we are all SO ready to get out of town.

John's parents have been in town for the past week. We have had a great time visiting with them. I have to be one of the luckiest girls...I have the greatest In-Laws around! We took them to the drive-through zoo, to our favorite restaurants, and just spent lots of time together.

Cami is participating in our schools' very first big musical, "Seussical, Jr.". Tonight, she had her final dress rehearsal! She will perform tomorrow night, Friday and Saturday nights. She is a "fish"....very adorable. It's really cute when she watches all of the other scenes. She knows every song in the musical. She is only in one song, yet, she knows all of them! Our musical little girl...



Josh is currently doing fantastic in school!! Yay Josh!! He has worked his tail off to get his grades up and he's doing really well. He is getting so big, so mature, just such a wonderful young man. He is still my little man though. He never fails to give me a big hug & kiss every day. He never gets embarassed to recognize me around his friends, he is just one great kid. I hope he will know one day just how much I adore him and how incredibly proud I am of him. He has had many struggles, especially this year...but he is a fighter and he has proven that he wants to do well and make us proud! We will be opening a savings account for him soon, his very first bank account. He has a check (from selling his lamb in Ag) that he is depositing into his account and over the next few years, he is planning to keep saving his money to be able to buy a car after he gets his license! Just one more reason he makes us so proud...I sure love that boy :)



We went to Fossil Rim yesterday. Lace, Julian, John, myself, Cami, Josh, Mom Minder and Dad Minder all went! We piled up in Julian's Jeep and we drove through this zoo. At first there were no animals out. We thought we had paid to just drive though a beautiful scene...but before too long, animals trickled out slowly. The zebras were super aggressive. They were nibbling on the sides of the Jeep, grabbing the seatbelts, nibbling on US! We had a great time with the giraffes. They are amazing creatures. We really had a wonderful time together.