Summer

We hit Summer running.  Soren had his Orange Belt Testing.  Having Taekwondo class at 3:30 in the afternoon on Summer days is not easy....but we are pressing forward.

Caring Cousins Summer of Service!

Our first get together was to do yard work for Now I Can.

Byron successfully graduated from Starbase a Science and Engineering camp from the Department of Defense. 

He said it was like school at first, but quickly warmed up to it when they started doing rockets and egg drops.

Hello Summer!

The last week of school started off with Memorial Day.  We met some of our Drewes cousins in Salt Lake to decorate graves and ran into Uncle Ray and some Gee cousins!

Uncle Ray shared some fun stories and we shared some photos we had brought.

The next few days were a blur of talent shows, field trips, yearbook signing, and of course Field Day!

Both of Byron's teachers were retiring this year. Husbands of those teachers put together a red carpet send off.  The kids arrived early and stood next to a red carpet waving flags as classic cars dropped off their teachers. 

Neighborhood bubble/pool party!!

I have no photos of our Jr. High graduate except for the poster I created for the 9th grade breakfast.

They had a teacher student soft ball game, Lagoon Day, and then the breakfast/dance/year book signing party.

LPA Spring Ballroom Comp

The last comp of the season was super angsty.  At this point Miriam felt like she had to uphold her reputation among her peers...it's silly really when you think about it, because competitions are so subjective but still, those doubts and worries creep in. Emotions were just running high! 

She calmed her nerves by dancing with little kids in the audience whenever there was free dance time. I think it was a fantastic coping strategy.

In the end all her hard work did pay off!  

She and Max took first in Samba

She had Logan took first in Jive (although the award says Swing)

She and Brayden took first in Foxtrot

No photo but she and Micha took first in V. Waltz

The most exciting award was when she was awarded Top Female Dancer! She really really wanted this one, and she worked and worked for it!

Logan was awarded Top Male Dancer.

Everything really, truly came to an end at the Ballroom Banquet.

Miriam gets to have a plaque up on the wall with some of her favorite people from past years. 

She was awarded Female Ballroom Dancer of the Year. 

Because I drove her to so many early morning practices, and so many lessons I know she earned this one.  She worked with other kids on their dances, she was there for every practice, every event, every competition.  I will miss this team and I KNOW she will miss them.