Trio!

This is Hannah and her group getting ready for the Solo and Ensemble Festival.

A Bit of Music!

Hannah made this video of herself playing piano.  I thought it would be fun to share!

My Favorite Kiddos!

Zoo!

It Is Not Goodbye--It Is See You Soon!

Hanging with our friends as the movers pack their house.

A Couple More From The Party!

"So Much To Celebrate" Sleepover!

Yesterday marked the last day of school and my kids now include a sophomore, a 7th grader and a third grader!  Although the high schoolers deemed it uncool to go to school on the last half day, they thought it would be super cool to have a sleepover.  We also really wanted to celebrate Anna's birthday a bit early because she is moving away on Saturday.  I can barely write about it without getting teary because their family is such a big part of our lives.  They will be so dearly missed.

 

The girls had such a great time and although I say this every time, I will say it again:  I could not have hand picked a better group of friends for Mason.  They are all kind, smart, motivated, and fun.  They laughed all night and I mean ALL NIGHT.  When I got up to run in the morning, the party was still going on.  It was a real all-nighter!

I'm glad Dylan and John got to spend some more time together during the party, too.  Dylan will really miss playing with John.  He is one of his closest friends.

The hot tub was nice and somehow, 7 people fit well in it!  Good thing we got a big one!

They stayed in until the thunder and lightning came.  Then, 8 scared girls came piling into the house!  Naturally, the lightning storm lasted approximately 1.5 minutes.

Sophomores!!!

You can't tell that they are happy to have taken their last final of freshman year, can you?  SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!

Field Trip!

Impromptu Fishing Day!

We went to buy tadpoles for our pond and ended up fishing.  Dylan remembered how much he had liked fishing with his first grade class and wanted to try it again.  This was Hannah's first time.  None of us are good at handling the sight of the fish dying so this won't be something we do regularly.  Fortunately, Daddy was willing to clean the fish!