Free Child Labor

Well summer is upon us and we are trying to stay busy. The boys left Sunday for Scout Camp, and as much as I was ready for them to go, I miss them terribly. Carissa is very busy working at the Karate Club in the kids daycare and taking Karate lessons, so that pretty much leaves Hannah and I to entertain each other. We have been spending time at the pool. We actually got to the library today to set Hannah up with their reading program. She is excited that she can earn prizes for reading and they do fun weekly activities, like tomorrow she gets to go to the driving range to hit golf balls. She is excited because her friends will be there also. The other night Hannah decided to help Daddy vacum his car. I walked out there and I think Hannah might have vacumed all of Daddy's car. She was so proud of herself and was very excited about the headphones that Daddy fixed so they fit Hannah pretty good. She loves helping out around the house and I find it funny that she describes each and every little detail of what she did and how she did it, sometimes the description can last a good while. One last note to share with everyone. As I read back thru my previous post I have to apologize to everyone and the never ending I am so proud of my children. I think I said that in almost everything I posted. I need to start finding better words to describe how I feel! By the way I should explain the picture of Hannah playing Guitar Hero. Matt and I had gone on a "date" and we got home about 10pm and there was Hannah sitting on the futon, playing Guitar Hero with a very glazed over look, it was a pretty funny sight!

End of the School Year!

Well the end of the school year is upon us, and with that comes, class parties and award ceremonies. Bryan had his award ceremony yesterday and was given an award by his geography teacher for being an excellent student. She said some wonderful things about Bryan. He also received the "Diamond" award for having straight A's and B's for the entire year. We could not be any prouder of his accomplishments. Hannah had her party also yesterday. She got her Kindergarten Certificate and then her teacher handed out cute awards for all the kids. Hannah got the "Princess award, for always being such a jewel in Class" She thought that was great. They sang songs to us and had ice cream sundaes and played outside. Christopher had his 8th grade award ceremony today. Christopher was awarded the excellent student award by his algebra teacher, she had wonderful things to say about him. He also received the Diamond award, the Presidential award for having an A average for 6, 7, 8th grade. He also received the top 25 in the class award. Christopher was ranked number 6 in his class. He received a really nice medal for that. We are very proud of him and all his accomplishments. All the kids are excited that the school year is coming to an end, and they are really looking forward to summer and all the activities they have planned. I am very proud of all of our kids, I really could not have asked for 4 better kids!