Emily's Dinosaur Mural

Emily made this huge dino mural at school with some friends.  She bought it with her class money so she could hang it up at home.  She was thrilled!

Last Days

 I love the last few days of school when everything feels so carefree and the anticipation of summer is everywhere.  Here are Kelsie and her two closest friends from her class last year.  Holly and Brinley.  Their last lunch as 5th graders!

 Emily at lunch with her friend Sydney.  Sydney and Emily became friends in kindergarten when they were put in the same class.  They have been in the same class every year since kindergarten, even through school changes.  :)  I would love for them to end up together again.  She is always by Emily's side at school.  They are on to 3rd grade next year!

Matson loves seeing his sisters at school and can't wait to go to school one day.

Teacher Gifts

Here are the end of year gifts for the girls teachers.  I went in at lunchtime and had each student put their fingerprint  on the tree and I added their names over their print . I loved their teachers and appreciated how much they both loved teaching and you could just feel that when you walked into their classrooms.

Last Day of School

 

Ms. Decker and Kelsie.  We loved Ms. Decker and wish she could move to 6th grade right along with Kelsie!  She truly loves teaching and loves the kids.  She is always smiling and shows such respect for the kids.  Kelsie truly loved her class.  The whole 5th grade team was amazing and Kelsie had the best year!  The wax museum, Clear Creek Camp, Hope of America, Suessical Jr., hatching chicks, baby bunnies, and so much more!  Those teachers must be tired.  So grateful for all they did.

 

 Miss Layne and Emily.  We loved Miss Layne.  She is a very talented teacher who challenged Emily and also did lots of fun things along the way.  Camper of the Week, 100's Day, Pirate Day, Christmas Shoppe, Class Money and Auctions.  She was perfect for Emily and Emily adores her!

Hooray for the Last Day of School!  It's summer!

Surprise!!!

This was a surprise that had been in the works for months.  The Barker's planned to come down on May 23rd, but my kids had no idea.  They didn't tell anyone because Brianna wanted to show up and surprise Kelsie, and they wanted to surprise everyone at the school too.  How fun is that?  For weeks, Kelsie kept asking when she could see Brianna and it was killing me but I stayed strong!  :)  So the anticipated day finally arrived.  I told Kelsie to answer the door and I ran outside to greet the Barker's and get the surprise on video!  Brianna knocked on the door and Kelsie answered the door.  She was SHOCKED!  She gasped and started crying and hugging Brianna.  They were so happy to be together again!    This is the first picture I got of them.  I love that you can see how thrilled they are to be together again!

Love these two girls SO much!  They are the best of friends.  They were completely inseparable when they lived next door and this move has been extremely hard on both of them.  You couldn't wipe the grin of Kelsie's face all night.  She was so happy to have Brianna back!!! 

After a few minutes I rushed down because I wanted to see my other kids reactions when they saw the Barker kids.  I was way too late!!!  Emily and Amber were already in the basement playing ponies as happily as can be.  Emily was ready for soccer and quickly told me, "I'll skip my soccer game!"  She never wants to miss soccer but she was so happy to have them here.

The little kids had found my boys and they were jumping on the trampoline, just like the old days.  It was such a fun day.  It was SO fun to surprise my cute Kelsie with her best friend!  And it felt so perfect to have all of Mindi's kids running around the neighborhood again.  It felt like the old days..and I really miss the old days.  :(  It was the best feeling.  Like everything was back to normal and the Barker's were still our next door neighbors and had come to hang out for the evening.  We miss them so much!!!

Together

 Brianna got to stay with us for a week while her family was at their Grandma's.  They had so much fun and our whole family loved having Brianna here again!  This picture is on Sunday.  They wore matching clothes and did their hair alike for church. 

 Making Smores with the neighbor friends!  All the kids were so excited to have Brianna here. 

 

Jumping on the tramp in jammies.  This one made me sad cause I miss this.  This is how these 3 spent every summer night for the last few years. 

Making cake pops!

I Phone Addict

 

We couldn't find Matson and started looking around for him.  We found him in the bathtub.  He had climbed in the ducky tub, closed the curtain around the bathtub and was happily playing the I Phone where no one could find him or take it away from him!  Smart boy.  He knows if he stays in view one of his siblings will try to take it...or I will put him to bed!

 

He is totally obsessed by playing "Subway Surfer" on the phone.  And he's incredibly good at it too.  Forget preschool games, he's moving on to the big kid games!