Pre-School Graduation 2014

In May we had Drew's cute little Pre-School Graduation.  

He was Bingo the Bear that picked blueberries on Blueberry Lane (with David).

Quinton and the Quack Quack Duck (with Eden).

He was all smiles and completely enthusiastic about preforming.  

When he grows up he wants to be an Artist (we'll probably have to work on that one). 

Class of 2014

And here's our very special little graduate.  

Our carpool for the year - Evan, Drew, Eden and Emily - it was the best part of my day when I drove and listened to their conversations.  

Drew and Ms. Shannon.

Family Picture with  out little graduate. 

And flashback to last time we had a little graduate . . . 

Storytelling Festival

Addie decided she was going to go for it this year and found a funny story to tell at the Storytelling Festival.  From her extensive research she had figured out the audience usually preferred funny, they seemed to like props and you had to really get into it when telling your story.  

 

(WORST PICUTRES EVER)

She made it to class finalist, then 5th grade finalist and then upper grade school finalist. 

She was quite awesome.  I don't I could have every done that in front of everyone. 

We grabbed Eleanor out of class to watch. 

 Olivia bought herself glasses and we call her Eleanor when she wears them.  

Team Tsunami

After 3 years together, Team Tsunami came to a close.

 

We sure loved this team, this coach and the parents we cheered from the sidelines with. 

 

These are the A Sisters - Addie, Amber and Annie - that made up the defensive wall or the A Wall.

 

Addie's favorite saying for soccer was - "uh,uh,uh . . . Not in my house" (said with a lot of Sass) and she had the best throw ins. 

And now we're moving on, but we sure appreciated the experience we had with this fantastic team. 



We were driving and I had just finished telling Addie that I was so tired and my brain was done for the day. 

 

And then I notice this license plate and clearly it says something. 

I tried sounding it out - Stu -pio, Stooo-pide, Stu (u sound as in under) pid . . .

 

"Stupid Mom, it says Stupid."

 

Thanks Addie.  And I think I made my point.  

Decisions, Decisions

We finally made a decision, put some money down and started building a house.  It's about 500 yards from our old house, but we've been happy where we are so we'll just stick around. 

 

Here the pile of dirt and the hole we bought.

 

And some wood . . .

 . . . with stairs.  

 

We were pretty vigilent when we were over there everyday for school, but now we go awhile in between visits and things are moving along. 

 

Ansen and I did all the looking, so it's fun for them to finally see what we're actually doing - their bedrooms, the kitchen, etc.

 

 

I also drive by our old house almost as often as I drive by the new house and I have so many memories of my little kiddies there, where my kids were babies and I miss it. 

Dance Festival 2014

 Some of the last bits of school . . .

 

Crazy Day - which was not limited to just crazy hair day this year.  I wish Olivia's ankle socks and Toms were for crazy day . . . but they are the norm. 

Dance Festival 2014

 



 

Only one more dance festival for Addie . . . (tears)

 

 Look at my little dolly in her debut dance festival. 

And next my little 2nd grader minion.  The cutest minion out there I might add. 

 

Look at that long, long blond hair. 

I missed most of here dance because I literally sneezed through the entire thing.  My allergies are BAD this year.

Easter 2014

Easter Morning - So I did not learn from Christmas morning pictures and we're wearing a creative mix of pajamas again. 

 

 

They're way into this little Easter tradition of chasing their string around the house to find their baskets.  And then Olivia, our little hoarder, saves her knotted ball of string for as long as she can before I trash it for her.

Crafts, art supplies and a family pass to Thanksgiving Point again for the year.   With the new museum open, we had to . . . everyone was doing it.  

Easter Sunday clothes . . . and lots of pictures because I love them and I think they're cute.  Very cute.  

Banna went with the normal treasure hunt and then egg hunt, but she took it up a notch.  Adults were invited to participate again this year - which completely had everything to do with the fact that Jeff was home again AND he was bringing a girl to dinner. 

 

There's kind of an unspoken rule that if we don't get into it, then we might never get one again.  We take it very seriously . . . you must run to the next clue. 

 

I was trying to capture Ansen's "I'm smarter than all of you and I've been waiting here at the clue while you guys ran around like idiots" face, but I didn't quite get it.  

I got Jeff's though . . .

 



 

The egg hunt had candy AND money this year and then a gift certificate raffle at the end for adults.  We're just all hoping that Jeff doesn't marry this girl and has a new girlfriend to bring back next year . . . and maybe we'll get gift certificates again. 

 

Either way - Thanks Mom for going all out all the time.

Preschool and Drew

Drew loved every single second of preschool this year.
(He wouldn't stay focused on the camera because he was so anxious to get in there)

We had a fun carpool posse this year too - Drew, Evan, Emily and Eden.

They always, always bolted out of the car and up the walk way.  The last one out had to shut the door and no one every wanted to be that person. 

 

Drew with his Birthday Bear on the B day for the Big Bear Birthday Bash.  Coincidentally his Bear's name is Black.

 

 

They did a fieldtrip to Fire Station in the middle of the year.

It was a BIG deal. 

He's growing up!