School is out!

Well....Jackson has completed his first year of school! He loved his teachers, classmates and school and is super excited about attending 1st grade. Even though summer has just began, he has a packet of worksheets (83 pages) to complete before returning to Johnston Elementary in the fall...so far he has kept up and reminds me each day that he needs to do his school work.

His Kindergarten Class held a graduation ceremony which was too cute. The kids wore their handmade tye-dye t-shirts and sang several songs. Charlie took off work to take part in the ceremony...I put him in charge of video taping. Jackson was quite a character during the performance of his favorite song , "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom". Only later did Charlie realize he didn't press the record button...thankfully, we can get a copy from Jackson's teacher of his stellar performance :)

As the school comes to an end it amazes me that Jackson will be in 1st grade and Maycen will move on to 5th grade. Where does the time go? As much as I am looking forward to having the kids in school all day next year...I struggle with the thought of being by myself each day...no really..that will be a weird concept to get used to.

The day following Jackson's graduation was Maycen's Awards Day where is was recognized for being the president of K-Kids (a service group), participant in Choir, and Straight A Honor Roll for the 4th Quarter. We are quite proud of Maycen's grades this year as she only had one qtr where she did not get all A's. She was recently invited into the Academic & Arts Talented Program and was excited to participate next year.

This past weekend we wrapped up the U10 soccer season. The girls had a great season and we had fun coaching them. The girls ended up placing 2nd in the tournament and 1st for the regular season. However, soccer never ends in this house...on Thursday we start practicing with our U10 3v3 team. The tournament is in mid July and will be great practice and competition for the mastering a quick attack.

That's the low down for now...I have a feeling the summer will be short with all the events the kids are involved in but I rather have them active than saying they are BORED!