End of the School Year

The end of the school year was insane for our family.  There were exactly 5 million concerts and events to go to it was very hard to keep up.  I only have a few pictures but to share though.  First up is a picture from Beatix's folk dancing night.

Scarlett graduated from middle school and will go to high school next year.  Way to go!

She had a few field trips including two to SEattle one being to a Mariner's game.

Beatrix even had a kindergartener graduation.  She is the only one of my kids to do one.  It was super cute.

She received the wonderful worker award.

Calista didn't have a graduation but she did finish 2nd grade and get the leadership award.  

This next picture is from a choir concert.  All year long Scarlett complained to me about the boys next to her in choir class manspreading.  So I laughed when I saw this at her concert.  She wasn't lying.

Penleope also had orchestra concerts and finished 9th grade.  And leon had a band concert and finished 6th grade.

Tucker had so many graduation things I'll need a separate post.

I'm so happy the school year is over!!  It is nice working and then having the summer off!

Dance Recital

Calista and Beatrix have been taking ballet classes all year at the YMCA.  It is really cute and they have been having fun.  They just had their first and last recital and did an amazing job.

They also got tired of dance and so we are stopping.  They wanted to be done about a month before the recital but I made them stick it out.  The class always seemed to be at the same time as a million other things I needed to do so I'm ready to be done with it as well.  I'm happy they got to have this experience though.

Scarlett's 14th Birthday

Between all Tucker's graduation stuff and Calista's baptism stuff Scarlett didn't get the birthday attention she deserved.  She had a great attitude about it though and is always very thoughtful.

She requested a lemon cake.

I usually tell everyone I'm leaving and everyone usually responds with an half hearted, "OK." It is funny and I'm not sure when she started doing it but whenever I leave the house she makes a point to run down the stairs to me and give me a hug and say bye.  She is the only one of my kids who does that and she does it completely on her own.  I've noticed her giving her friends goodbye hugs as well.

Scarlett also cares a lot about her friends and their feelings.  She always wants to include everyone and doesn't want to hurt anyones feelings.  

She loves reading and prefers to be in her room alone than hanging out with the family most of the time.  We love her and try to get her to at least read on the couch near us.  Happy Birthday Scarlett.

Calista's Baptism

Calista was very excited to turn eight and get baptized.  

She had two sets of grandparents come watch as well as a couple Aunts.  Everything went pretty smoothly and afterward she said she felt really good.

For her birthday she requested a cactus cake.  I think it turned out pretty cute.

Calista has such a fun personality.  She is full of energy and very kind.  She doesn't feel like she needs permission to do anything and will be a great leader one day because of it.  We love her!

Lacrosse Season

Penelope's friend asked her to join the lacrosse team with her and because she did not like her first day of track she decided to give it a try.

She ended up loving it so much.  She said it might be even better than soccer.

As a parent it was more difficult because the practices were not at her school and she needed rides to and from practice everyday.  The school did not provide busses for games either.  But thankfully she had two friends who's parents we willing to carpool.  There is no way I could have done it on my own.

Her team was a high school varsity team but it was made up of girls from all three high schools in our district.  The girls they played against usually had much more experience.  Penelope's team had several girls who were just learning.

The best part about it was how nice and supportive all the girls were.  That and the epic goal Penelope made on the very last game.  It was her first goal and all the girls ran and hugged her.  She said her friend even started crying because it was so exciting.

Spring Update

We had a great spring this year.  Check out a few of our highlights.