T-Ball and Softball

Gracie started T-Ball and Brooklyn started softball. Although our month was crazy going from games and practices, we had so much fun watching them. They loved people to come watch them and especially loved going to get a treat after each game! We were really impressed with their coached and very grateful for people who donate their time to coach sports.

Horse Ride

One of Brooklyn's requests when school got out was to go on a horse ride. Greg saddled up the horses one afternoon and the kiddos enjoyed a nice ride!

Ella had a turn and LOVED it- she had the cutest little giggle the whole time!

Abby and Ella enjoyed playing pilots- Ella got hit by the swing at my parents house the day before- we were lucky she ended up with a tiny black eye.

End of School...

The kiddos finished the school year off- Gracie and Garrett had a fun water party at preschool. Gracie loved Miss Holly, going to preschool at the "little store" in Newton, and getting to go with Garrett. They were so excited when Miss Holly gave them their very own fish on the last day- the parents weren't as excited. Garrett's didn't last 24 hours- he woke up devastated at 5 A.M. to find his fish had died- Nat loved getting woken  up to that. Gracie's lasted maybe a week- she was completely heart broken when it died. They learned so much this year and can't wait for Kindergarten.

Brooklyn also finished the year off strong. I am so proud of Brooklyn for how she adjusted to her new school. Her teacher- Miss Aleece- was a blessing in disguise for us. One goal the 3rd graders set was to get the SOAR Award. They needed to read 1 book in 10 different categories, do 5 written reports, and 3 creative reports. Brooklyn worked really hard on getting this done on her own. I only reminded her twice to make sure and find out what books she needed done, the rest she did my herself- which makes getting the award that much better. When it came down to it, her and one other boy in her class of 31 got the award! We were super proud of Brooklyn. Miss Aleece rewarded them with lunch from Subway! On the 2nd to last day of school Brooklyn found our her 4th grade teacher is going to be Mr. Lish.