Month: June 2024

Jack joined a school sponsored EF Tour in June. It sounds like they had an amazing, if at times harried, trip! The whirlwind tour included London, Paris/Versailles, and Rome/Vatican City in just one week!

He says he and his friend are working on photos/video logs. I hope to eventually see those! For now, here’s a picture dump of images I swiped from the group chat. I don’t know why these are mostly out of order – sorry!

So many things have been happening this spring!

We finished the Seussical musical. The kids did great! I feel the whole show season went very well! I’m happy with most of the dances I created. Like most years, I wish I had had more time to rehearse the dances with the kids. It’s so fun to teach them. But they did great with the time we had. Amanda secured mirrors for the theater department and oh my gosh, they were so great! I really think that’s part of the reason they did so well with the choreo this year.

Sam graduated from fifth grade with a ceremony. We are officially done with elementary school after nine years! I think he’s going to have a great time in middle school. He’s gotten really close to his pals this year and they are all going to the same school.

Jack graduated 8th grade! I had to work the night of their ceremony, so Ben took these photos.

I had the pleasure of picking up Jack on his final day. Very unceremonious 🙂

The Waterhouses came for a quick weekend visit. It’s always nice to spend time together! Mom and I did some serious plant shopping.

Jack had a party here with friends for his 14th birthday! Can you believe it? These kids are growing up so fast. They successfully played an escape room, then came back to our house for pizza and cake. The next day, on his actual birthday, he made the most ridiculous plussed-up sandwich ever.

And here’s an adorable photo Ben took of their music picnic while I was away at work. My boys!