Recent Highlights

Our life has been absolutely insane for the last few weeks, so I thought I would do an all-purpose post showing some of the highlights of the last few weeks.

First, it was finally time to give the boys their annual summer haircuts. We varied between long and short over the winter, but the summer definitely calls for short hair! I almost cried when I cut off Tate's long locks, but it looks cute short and much cooler for him.

Hannah and her friend Tayler caught the entrepreneurial spirit with their lemonade stand last week. I wish I would have got a close-up of their sign. It read "Any one coin for one cup of lemonade". I suppose they weren't in it for the money, more for the social aspect. They did each make $1.35 and sold out of lemonade though, so I'd call that a success.

Porter had his first-grade awards assembly last week. He's on the end in the back row on the top picture, and the first one in line in the second picture. The lighting in the gym was terrible and we couldn't get any closer to him to get a better picture. Despite that, he managed to haul in a number of great awards. He received two reading awards, excellent attendance, most improved in math, and the principal's award for academic achievement. I wasn't sure what the principal's award was, so I asked his teacher after, and she said it was only given to the students with the highest academics in all areas. It was only given to three kids in his class. He continues to amaze me with his academic skills. Great job Porter!

Last but not least, the kids participated in their tumbling review held at Bonneville High. They had a short show to show off the tumbling skills they've learned throughout the year. Hannah's favorite was the beam, and she is so graceful on it. Her legs are so long that they just float across the beam. Porter's favorite was the trampoline and the bars. He's not so graceful, but he has fun running around and burning energy.