Little Miss Ellie had her kindergarten graduation this week. It was bitter-sweet for me as it was my last kiddo to go through kindergarten and I may have shed a tear or two. Ellie has loved being in school. She has a real love of learning and working hard. She loved being a mother hen …
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Last Day of School 2016
At the end of every school year we celebrate big! It usually consists of a party at the neighbors house with pizza, candy toss, and the favorite slip n’ slide. It is a tradition and all the kids love it! I also started another tradition. Anytime I have a six grader, we have a big …
All I want for Christmas…
Ellie has been losing her teeth for the past few months, but more than anything she wanted to loose her two front teeth after learning the song in her kindergarten class last Christmas. Her wish came true a couple weeks ago when both came out within a couple weeks of each other. Now she is …
Drew’s Late Night Habits
A while back you may remember that I made another post about Drew and his love of reading, especially at night. I tuck Drew in around 8:30 every evening. For whatever reason, he has never been able to sleep that early. I told him he can read, do homework, write in his journal or anything …
Little Mommy
Ellie is a mini-me. She follows me around the house most mornings once the other kids leave to school. She cleans beside me, she does her own workouts, she even likes to sit and do my hair while I work. She is my cute little sidekick. When she isn’t doing chores (which mind you, she …
Student of the Month
A couple weeks back I got a call that started like this, “Hi Mrs. Johnson, this is Mr. Whitaker, the principal here at Mountain Ridge Junior High, and I have Megan Johnson here in my office…” My first reaction would normally be that of concern, but since I know Megan all too well, I knew …
Happy 10th Birthday Claire!
Happy 10th Birthday to our Claire Bear! Unfortunately her birthday fell the day after spring break ended and after we returned from our spring break trip. I gave her a couple options and she chose to skip school and go see Zootopia with her friend Allie. We dropped them off at the theater. They thought …
Basketball Season
We had four of our six kids playing basketball this year. Jake, Claire and Katelyn all played on rec teams and Megan played in a more competitive league. It kept us very busy this winter season to say the least. Plus, Seth generally volunteers to be a coach for one of the kids each season. …
Easter Season
Another Easter has come and gone. We love all the fun and festivities associated with Easter. In our family we have made it a tradition to celebrate on Saturday with the eggs, bunnies and baskets and hold Sunday with more reverence to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ, while attending our church meetings. …
Drew’s Baptism
Drew was baptized on February 6, 2016 at 10:30 am. He made the decision to be baptized a few months before and had been reading all about this ordinance and purpose behind it. He was excited and ready for his special day. (Thanks to my friend Hannah Stayner for snapping these photos for me.) Unfortunately …
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