Last Day of School

It's summertime!!!!!! We were so excited for summer this year. Not only were we excited for summer, but we were excited that it came at the end of May instead of in July like the year round schedule we had with the kids old school. The last day of school was on May 30th this year and we couldn't wait for summertime fun.

Last day of 6th grade

Sarah was especially happy because it meant she was officially no longer an elementary school student. Here is a contrast between her first day of Kindergarten and her last day of 6th grade. Crazy!!!

Kindergarten here she comes.

Kindergarten Graduation

She's so excited for 1st grade.

We had one end of elementary graduation follow by the other end the next day. They day after Sarah graduated from 6th grade, Gracie graduated from Kindergarten. She was so excited and couldn't wait for her program and to show me all she has done this year. It was fun to go to her program and here her songs and watch her graduate. Even though she only got to go to school for 2 months here, we really enjoyed Fox Hollow and we're excited for another year at Fox Hollow.

All ready for her Graduation Program.

After getting her 'diploma'

My beautiful Gracie is all done with Kindergarten

Ready for her treat.

Gracie with her Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Skaggs.

6th Grade Graduate

I sure do love her smile.

One day you'll open your eyes and notice that the little baby you once had is now not so little anymore. Everyone knows those days are coming and that those days will come over and over, but they always kind of surprise you when they happen. One of these days happened in May when my oldest had her 6th grade graduation. I can't believe that she is done with elementary school. I'm going to use that annoy phrase, "where has the time gone?" I can't believe how quickly she has gotten big. Graduation was kind of hard for Sarah because she was only at this school for 2 month and never really felt like it was her school. She still wanted to go to the graduation and even though it made her long for her friends at her old school, she was glad she went. I am so proud of her for being such a good student, for being an amazing girl, and for handling a new school so well. Now on to Junior High.

Getting ready for the program.

Waiting for her turn to graduate.

Dance Festival

Fox Hollow has a dance festival every year and the kids practiced and practiced for weeks before the festival. They practiced at school and they came home and practiced at home. They talked about it for weeks and were so excited when the day finally came. I took the boys to the first show, there were 2 because of Kindergarten, and the weather was perfect and the kids were perfect and it was very, very enjoyable.

"Thriller" Zombies

The end of the dance. He did so good.

Splish Splash I Was Taking a Bath

Look at those dancing moves.

Dynamite

Sarah dancing to "Happy". She was not too happy.

Rock Concert

Getting ready to sing.

Ben spent the last fore months learning about rocks and minerals. This lead up to his rock concert in May. He was so excited and talked about it for days, no weeks, before. I can't get the video to load so just trust me, it was well done and he even sang the entire time. Good work Ben.

I promise he was happy to be there!

Cowboy Day

Gracie with her cowboy stuff.

The last full week of school provided a lot of fun activities for the Kindergarteners. One of Gracie's favorite days was Cowboy Day. They got to make a horse out of a yard stick and brown paper. She loved it so much and rode it around with her cowboy hat on all day.

Gotta be silly.

Daniel's turn

Silly face time

Star Gracie

Every Kindergartner loves to be the Star of the Week and Gracie waited and waited for her turn. When it finally came she was so excited. We made a cute little poster about her and went to the school with the baby bunnies to show her class. She had so much fun being the most important person that day and I loved watching her in her element.

New Home, New School

Headed to their first day at their new school.

The kids started at their new school on March 3rd. They were a little nervous, but it proved to be no problem for them, just as I suspected. They're now going to Fox Hollow Elementary and we are so happy with this school. It seems better than their last school (teach harder things) and my kids aren't nearly as bored. It's not year round, so they'll be having a full summer this year, and I've been impressed with the activities the school has and how they teach more advanced things but still allow the kids to play and do crafts and other things I think are important in and elementary school. I enjoy all their teachers and I'm thinking this is going to be a great change for our family.

First Real Day of Kindergarten

Gracie is ready for her first official day of school.

Our school in Utah does kindergarten testing after the first day of school. This means the kids are able to come to school that first day, but only to meet their teacher. They then have to wait 3 days, during which time the kids all go in one by one and get tested by their teacher. Those 3 days are so hard. Hannah had to do it and now it was Gracie's turn and she so badly wanted to go to school with the other kids. Every morning she'd wake and and we'd have to count down the days until she got to go back to school. Finally on the 22nd Gracie got to go to her first official day of school. The color of the day was brown, she got to take her backpack and she loved every minute of it. Oh to be 5 again.

Being silly.

My 4 biggest kids headed off to school.