Romney and Raegan were able to go to the Festival of Gold in San Francisco for their choir tour this spring. They earned and paid for every penny themselves! They had a great time and won first place out of all the choirs. Their choir teacher is a real slave driver, but she gets results!
See how serious they all are when the sing???
Sophie is basically a member of the faculty at Adobe Middle School. All the teachers, administration, and staff LOVE her. She has been a councilor's aide this year during one of her class hours, so they have all gotten to know her really well and depend on her for so many events! The principal told her she has an "old soul"and also that she dresses like an old, rich lady. I think that's a complement! She looks fabulous every single day and plans her outfits to the very last detail. She of course won every possible award for outstanding student at Adobe. She went up several times to get her certificates.
She has one teacher who absolutely ADORED Sophie this year in her class. Her yearbook entry made me teary, she was so sad about not having Sophie at Adobe any more. Sophie gave her a Book of Mormon on the last day of school. She's made her mark at that school! She even made all the tissue flowers you see way up on the stage.
Alivia has been amazing on the violin! This is her first year playing, and she sounds like a pro! We love to listen to her practice. She has a really peppy, gelled-haired young buck for a teacher and he has really been impressed at how quickly Alivia has picked things up. Her spring concert was great. She's so obedient though, she wouldn't stand up for me and smile for a picture because Mr. Royce had told them all to sit down.
We were also invited to a Writers Award Ceremony for all the kids in Elko and even surrounding areas. Alivia wrote a poem called "The Jungle"that won for her grade! They read almost the entire thing and gave her a book with her poem published inside along with the other winners. This girl can WRITE. She wrote a story for the end of the year in her 5th grade class that I kept reading, amazed at how she is able to put such feeling and voice into her story. She's going to have to take over this blog pretty soon.
She was also asked to do a presentation on a significant person. She was brave and chose Joseph Smith. She was able to dress up like her person, and decided to be Emma. Raegan went over after school to Alivia's school and did her hair and helped her set up. She did great! She showed the gold plates, our well-used Joseph Smith doll made by my amazing mother, and handed out quite a few copies of the Book of Mormon to people that stopped and asked questions. She's an amazing little missionary already. She has lots of friends, tells us everyone loves her at school (no doubt!), and is always on top of homework and projects. I admire her so much for being so bold and such a great example of the church. Her teacher LOVED her this year and asked a lot of questions throughout the year about Mormons also. This Emma is still spreading the gospel!
Landrie took a dance class on Wednesday nights this year and performed to "What Time Is It?" from High School Musical. She was diligent about practicing at home, but didn't tell us she was the STAR of the dance! We loved watching her front and center on the stage. She was the best performer by far! I think she's got an EHS Dance team future for sure. She was given a black tank top for her performance, and immediately said, "Well, I can't wear this!" She's ON it with the modesty.
Landrie is in choir at Mountain View Elementary. She has an amazing choir director who gets these kids singing harmony, different parts, and doing actions, all while staying right on cue. She's the Primary Chorister in another ward, and I'm jealous because those Primary kids know their songs so well. Landrie learned some really cute songs for Christmas, and for the spring concert. She is the prettiest girl in the whole school, so that helps, too.
Scarlett and Hartman ended up being quite busy for that month as well, they were there to watch everything!
Amidst all this craziness at the end of the year was the Father/Sons campout. Brent has never even perked up when they've announced Father/Sons, because he's only had daughters--but this year he told Hartman about it, and it's ALL HARTMAN TALKED ABOUT for two weeks until it happend. That night happened to be a Frito recognition dinner at a swanky restaraunt here in town, so we were sweating bullets trying to get outta there so Brent and Hart could head up the canyon. We had the van all ready with mattresses, treats, DVD's, and flashlights. Hartman was so excited it was making me teary-eyed! They were up there after dinner, but still had a good time. This is the remnant of the campout:
Cozy.
Finally, the last day of school! Romney and Raegan headed out,
Then Sophie, Alivia, and Landrie
Another year over. Now we'll have a SENIOR, Junior, Freshman, 6th grader, 4th grader, and little Scarly boo in Kindy! (that's what we like to call it). Just me and the Boy will be home for half a day starting this fall. Another year bites the dust.
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