Kindergarten & 5th Grade Graduation!

On Wednesday, June 13th I went to school to see Zeke's Kindergarten graduation. 

Here's Ms. Davidson's class all lined up ready to go to the stage. 

My Zeke boy always nervous with this fingers in his mouth. 

Zeke got an attendance award. No one in the kindergarten class had perfect attendance, but they also give out awards for excellent attendance. Zeke fell in that category which was 95% - 99% attendance. 

Here's Ms. Davidson giving Zeke his graduation certificate. 

All the cute little kindergarten graduates. Class of 2030! 

After Ms. Davidson's class got their certificates they sat down and then Ms. Jackson's class got their certificates. Once all the classes were done the kiddos went back to their classes to grab all their things. 

Us parents had to go outside and pick them up like normal. 

I had Zeke give Ms. Davidson her teacher gift then since I know how crazy the last day of school is. 

I also got the best news....Ms. Davidson is moving to 5th grade so there is a chance she might actually teach Jackson next year. I'm crossing my fingers she does! 

Zeke and I waited for Ella to get out so she could give Ms. Sawyer her teacher gift. 

We also got the fun news that Ms. Sawyer is getting married this summer. Come September she will be Mrs. Chon. I hope she ends up being Zeke's 1st grade teacher next year. 

A couple days later on Friday, June 15th I went back to school so I could be there for Owen's 5th grade graduation. I decided that I would attend the kids graduations when they graduate from kindergarten and 5th grade. 

Owen is in the middle with his blue shirt. He was also part of the group that had excellent attendance with 95% - 99%. 

This was during the last full week of school and it was Spirit week. Friday was pajama day so that's why Mr. Herman is wearing pajama pants. :) 

Mr. Herman is giving Owen his 5th grade graduation certificate.

Cute boy in his "Tacocat spelled backwards is Tacocat" shirt! He's such a hoot! :) 

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this on the blog, but Owen will actually be staying at Woodmont instead of going on to Sacajawea. Woodmont is a K8 school so Owen will be at the middle school portion of Woodmont. He's so happy to be staying there and so am I. I'm happy that all my kids will be in the same school for 4 years. 

Father's Day 2018!

On Father's Day all the dads got honored at church. They have all the guys go up front to get their gifts and then Pastor Andy prays for them. 

This year the gifts were bags of Hostess Donuts. The label on the donuts said, "Donut you know you're an awesome Dad!"

We also hang up a Father's Day backdrop for families to take pictures with their Dad! 

Then I got in the picture too! 

Then Pastor Andy decided to join the family as well! :) 

Of I needed a picture with my Dad! 

And just me and my man! 

Then all the adults! 

If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram then you know that I recently bought this dress even though it's outside my comfort zone to wear dresses. Since buying this one I've bought two more dresses from Amazon...love free returns even though I've never had to return anything yet. This dress is amazingly comfortable and it has pockets. I think all dresses should have pockets. 

Best Dada ever!!! 

After church Mom and Dad came over and Michael made steaks and mom made her awesome ranch potatoes. The kids and I got Michael the movie Rogue One and I gave Pa a card and homemade sugar cookies. Ga-Ga & Pa hung around for a while and then headed home. 

After they left we all sat down to watch Rogue One. Michael has seen it a few times and one of the things he really wanted for Father's Day was to take a nap. So he mainly napped while we watched the movie. 

After that we headed down to Taco Time for dinner. Owen completely surprised us by thoroughly enjoying his crispy taco with only beef. 

Next we went down to Des Moines Beach Park. Owen had been begging all day to go to the beach!

Ella, Zeke & Jack climbed up on the rocks right away. 

Miss Rachael had gotten Zeke a kite for his birthday so we wanted to take it for a flight. 

He was trying so hard to get it to take flight by running. 

After a while the wind picked up, but by then Zeke had lost interest so Jack took it for a spin. 

It was pretty fun when it was up in the air! 

The weather was beautiful! 

I was having trouble with the kite spiraling so Michael had to come fix it. 

Ella had lots of fun collecting shells. A boy from the beach helped her find this giant shell so she could put her smaller shells in it. 

Owen's such a cool dude with his new glasses that have transition lenses. 

The wind was really come and go so it was difficult to fly the kite for long periods of time. 

We also spent some time turning over rocks looking for crabs. 

I found this big one, but sadly he was dead. 

Owen's turn at the kite. 

Daddy heading over to check for more crabs. 

Owen got the kite as high as it could go! 

It was a great day getting to celebrate Michael and Pa.

Teacher Gifts!

For the teachers gifts this year it really was a last minute thing that just came together. I had seen this idea from a blogging friend and thought it would be cute. 

Jack and I stopped at The Dollar Tree on the way home from his orthodontist appointment and we were able to pick up everything, but the gift cards. 

I got each of the teachers a mitt potholder, small container of frosting, sugar cookie mix and a wooden spoon. 

After I dropped Jack off at home I went to the library and printed off these cute tags I found on Pinterest. To finish their gifts off I got each teacher a gift card to Fred Meyer's. That's why I wrote the  P.S. note at the bottom of the tag. I really enjoy making something cute, but also useful for the teachers. I very much appreciate all that they do for my kiddos. 

Jack's Birthday Dinner!

Since Jackson had a friend birthday party we had a family dinner party for him. 

The party peeps! 

Papa Martin, Jackson and Mama! 

Daddy & Ella joined this shot with Papa and I. 

Ga-Ga & Aunt Stephen matching with their pink tops! :) 

Uncle Ry and Ga-Ga with Michael photo bombing. 

Ga-Ga with Owen. 

Ga-Ga & Michael. 

Aunt Stephie and Pa. 

Present time! 

Ga-Ga & Pa got Jackson a BeyBlade Burst Arena and it came with two BeyBlades. 

Uncle Ry and Aunt Stephie got Jack a Red Jan-sport backpack. I promise he loved it! He's been wanting one for a long time. I did have to convince him to wait and use it. He wanted to trade out his old backpack and use it for the last few days of school, but I thought it would be best to have it be brand new at the beginning of his 5th grade year. 

More cupcakes! 

I made a double batch since we had his Laser Quest birthday the night before. Kim and Micah had a wedding to go to so we were watching Andrew, Josiah and Caitlynn. The funniest thing was Zeke came in and asked if he could have another cupcake and he had already turned around to walk out of the room before I answered because I would normally say no. Then I said yes and he about fell over from turning around so fast. He ran up and grabbed another one before I had a chance to change my mind. After that Caitlynn came in and asked and I said, "Yes, as long as you don't tell your mom". She put her hand up to her mouth and whispered, "I won't tell her so she won't know"...or something along those lines. It was so funny! Of course we told mom and dad when they came to pick them up. ;) 

I'd say Jackson had quite the 10 year old celebration!