The last days of school....

The year is over, it went by way too fast....and next year, 3 girls will be in "real" school. There was some sadness at our home for many reasons over the last month--happy and sad mixed together. Is that called "sappy"?! ☺

Above, you will see the girls as we celebrated all being done, having lunch at Fuddruckers last week. Ava is doing "zero" for kindergarten, Ellie will go to 4th grade and Jayna to 2nd. I will keep Colin by my side forever.....just call me "sappy".

Ava graduated preschool just before Colin's birthday in May. Below, a collage of her last celebration....the upper left photo captures Ava to a "T"...little bitten lip and all!
As you will see, Colin has a graduation cap too...Ava made hers in class and came home saying "I have to make COLIN one too! He was very happy to wear it all day...until he accidentally sat on it and then it was ruined!

Of course, we have cute video to watch if you have time:
Jesus Loves Me by the preschoolers is here.
If I Were A Butterfly part 1 and part 2.
Hip Hop Happy Day can be found here. (Very entertaining little song, along with Ava losing her hat!)

We (Ava) are (is) ready for next year....but she is kind of the baby of the family, so we'll see how we fare next August....

And then the big girls had their Learning Celebration last Friday....and what a special event it was. We've been to a few celebrations now, but this one was spectacular....from the opening song of "Amazing Love" (found here) to the middle school teacher's tearful farewell that was so touching to EVERYONE....it was wonderful and very emotional! God has been great, God will be great again....what a wonderful year it has been...despite trials, we have all grown!

These photos speak for themselves...the girls with their wonderful teachers, and snapshots of them during the celebration. We can always count on Jayna for some good expressions...and she was so nervous about the celebration--she missed the last 2 days of school with a high fever...but she was beaming on Friday morning, with her 1st grade class!
The children also received their "Christ-like Characteristic" from their teachers--what was observed throughout the year with their character....Jayna received "Initiative" and Ellie received "Diligence"....both were very fitting, from what their teachers had shared with us at conferences this year. Great job, girls!

The kids also ended the chapel with "Tell The World", a song that has been sung many times to parents etc this year....and I don't think we can get enough of these precious little people sharing about going out and TELLING THE WORLD about Jesus!

Happy Summer!!!!