Last Day of School!

Well, today marked the last day of school. The last day of Fourth Grade, for Emily. The last day of Second Grade, for Ryan. My goodness, how time flies. They both had a really great year and did so well. Their report cards are actually being mailed out this year, so I'm not sure of their exact grades; however, I do know that they both made honor roll again. We are so proud of them both for how hard they worked. They got out at 12:35 today and here are the pictures of them, as they walked up to the van.

Ryan

Emily

Hunter and Adam


After we picked Caitlynn up, we went over to Nana and Poppy's to swim. It was such a beautiful day. The weather was in the 80's, which was such a welcome relief from the scorching heat that we've been having. We all had so much fun. We played Shark, Marco/Polo, Crab, the color game, diving/jumping contests, had snacks and drinks, the kids played hide and seek (while I was watching from a noodle, in the pool - LOL), and just had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures of our pool time ~~

The kids before we got in the pool.

The boys enjoying their snack break. In fact, in the close up pictures, of the kids below, you will notice Doritos on their faces - LOL (I didn't realize this until I uploaded the pictures! Oh, and I usually do not offer any chips as a snack option; however, since today was the last day of school, we "junked" it up a bit!).

The girls enjoying their snack break.

Caitlynn

Emily

Hunter

Ryan


After Kelli picked up Caitlynn and Hunter, Nana and Poppy gave Emily and Ryan a wonderful gift. Poppy had taken pictures of both of them (Emily is ice skating and Ryan is skateboarding) and enlarged them, printed them out on his photography equipment, framed and matted them. They picked fun colors for the frames. They picked "purple" for Emily and "blue" for Ryan. Here they are, holding their beautiful pictures, with Nana and Poppy. We will be hanging them in their bedrooms, as soon as we paint the walls. Oh, and Ryan is making a funny face in the picture, but this one is better than the first because his eyes were closed!! He says that I take too many pictures and my flash blinds him. He is too funny!


Nothing ends a GREAT day like catching lightning bugs!!! And, even though they didn't catch many of them, it was so much fun watching their tired eyes sparkle, when they were running after the tiny specks of light they would see! We are looking so forward to our care-free summer days -- filled with lots of fun, times with family and friends, and lots of memories to be made!!

Lance, Ryan, and Emily

Emily, with her lightning bugs!

Ryan, with his lightning bugs!

My precious babies! I love them so much!