school's out for summer!

and we finished another school year!

grace had a great morning at her awards assembly!

and, i said good-bye to my crazy bunch of jitterbugs!

hello, sweet summertime!!!

we are ready for some lazy hazy crazy days of summer!

we made it!!!

the school year is over!

i said good-bye to this group of crazy kiddos!!!

grace loaded up at her awards assembly!!!

then, we got right down to summer business!

hello summer!  it's so nice to see you again!!!

christmas shenanigans galore

visitors to our nativity continue...monsty and a snowman came to worship the newborn King!

christmas sock exchange with my crazy fun bible study girls!

ready for the parade to start!

skating with friends!

meet jack, the gingerbread man.  he plays wrestleball. he's the best player on his team.  he averages 50 points a game.  as the best player, he's been chosen to represent the team in their christmas jerseys during this year's holiday ad campaign.

no big deal...just working on a little research project.

love these two a bunch!!!

suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men."

we had a date night and saw "newsies" at the orpheum and it was sooo good!

this girl rocked her zambia presentation! and, we may want to take a trip there now!!!

the girls in my ss class had our annual favorite things/wrapping christmas party!

some of the cousins saw the singing christmas tree!

christmas break, baby!!!

she does all her own wrapping.

ba ba ba buh ba ba buh ba buh...the force has awakened!!!

turkey time

good luck finding a turkey for your thanksgiving dinner this year!

my sweet friend sent grace and carter supplies to make these cute turkey snacks!

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thanksgiving school feasts are always fun when you get to dress up!

the food and friends are pretty great too!

i've got a super cute helper in the kitchen!  next year, she's on her own!!!

a field trip

carter had his very first field trip and he got to ride a bus and everything!

they went to a local farm and played and feed animals and rode a train and hung out with friends and picked pumpkins and had a hayride and the list could go on and on!!!

i'm so glad that i got to hang out with my carter man on his first field trip!

parent day

grace and carter had parent day at school.  we are always so excited to see how they interact with their teachers and friends in their classrooms.

we love getting this opportunity and we're thankful for such a great school!

september stuff

we supported the grizz on team night at awana.

this girl is my favorite!

we had fun celebrating with friends at this star wars party!

go girl!

these two.

these are the things nightmares are made of.

my sweet class spoiled me with lots of goodies, cards, a yummy lunch, and tons of hugs on my birthday!

then, grandma came over and watched the kids while john and i went out to dinner together.  it was a perfect birthday!!!

tonight was CrAzY hAiR niGhT at awana!