Last weeks of kindergarten!

Ethan was so lucky to have such a fun kindergarten teacher! A couple of weeks ago, they finished learning the alphabet and to celebrate they had a letter parade. Ethan was given the letter G. He was supposed to dress up as something that started with the letter G and bring a treat or item to share with the class. We chose to send him as a Ghostbuster! 

After the letter parade was over, all the kids had a pizza party in the cafeteria.

And after the pizza party, they had a huge school wide surprise.  Earlier in the year, one of the students in the school (1st grade I think??) was diagnosed with leukemia and has been battling it all year. He was at the school this day and they had arranged a big surprise for him.

"Brigham, for the win!"

While I am not big into sports or anything, I was so overwhelmed with emotions being there for this part. The doors opened and Aggie Football players and the mascot came storming in and onto the stage. Then they lifted Brigham up and gave him a signed football. The smile on his face was amazing to watch.

When they were finished, they went through the crowd saying hi to all the kids.

It was an amazing experience, and I'm glad I got to be apart of it.


About a week ago, for his final project Ethan was given an assignment do to a report on a bug. He was given the leaf footed bug. We were to answer a couple of questions and then make him a mask and then he would stand up and tell the class about his bug. I had a minor mishap when I stayed up all night long making the wrong bug mask ... and then had to start all over again, but it ended up turning out great. :)

Ethan wanted to make a bug too. :)

Ethan showing me his mask right before his report.

He answered all the questions and did an awesome job!

Later in the week was the kindergarten program. For some reason, it's not letting me upload the videos but they all did a great job. It was super cute. For one of the last songs, they did the Ugly Bug Ball and wore the bug masks they had made for their report.

At the beginning of the year, Mrs. Skidmore had come to meet us and told us that this year she would have her class be her Kinder-garden class. :) For her thank you present, we painted her a pot that she can use every year.

And Ethan made her a card.

She has been such a fantastic teacher, and I was so choked up at the thought of him moving to another class.

Ethan on the last day of kindergarten! He's officially a 1st grader, and I am terrified.

To celebrate, we took him to get some Aggie ice cream. (His choice!)

I'm so proud of my little man and can not believe he's already in 1st grade. Stop growing child!

Color Run!

My goal for last year was to run a 5k. Being pregnant for the first half and recovering from a c-section and a third child for the second half put a damper on that idea. In February of this year I signed up to participate in the Color Vibe 5k and Martin said he'd come with me. Although life got ahead of me and I wasn't even close to prepared, I still was excited for it to be here.

I didn't do as well as I hoped, but I finished and I didn't even finish last. :) I ended up walking majority of the course, but had a great time!

I'm so glad Mart came with me to support me, even though I slowed him way down. :) My goal is still to run a 5k from start to finish with no walking, but you have to start somewhere! At least it was a fun one. :)

Baby Lucas!

This is a little late, but back in April I threw Kace and her sister in law Lou a joint 3rd baby, baby celebration party! Lou already has two little girls and is expecting another little girl in August, and Kace has two little boys and was expecting her third little boy. They already had everything they needed, so we just wanted to celebrate.

I decided on the theme Little Mr & Little Miss, bows & bow ties. Lou made me the invitations and we went from there. They turned out super cute!

Snack table

Lou and Kace. :)

This photo didn't turn out very well, but I made a bow banner with the same fabrics as in the invitation. It was pretty cute.

What pregnant woman doesn't need some treats??

Sweet baby Lucas was born April 29 and is adorable. I don't have pictures of just him yet, just him with my kids. :) Jade wasn't sure what she thought about Ethan holding another baby.

Ethan LOVES babies, and fell instantly in love with Lucas.

Welcome to the world cute little man!

Last soccer game

Ethan had his last soccer game Mother's day weekend. The weather was awesome and the kids were having a blast. Ethan hadn't scored a goal the entire season and really really wanted too. The other team was doing really well and had scored a lot of goals, but our team hadn't scored any this game. Toward the end, I thought I should start recording a little to show Mart since he was at the farmer's market and as soon as I set my video to record, it all fell into place and Ethan scored his first goal, and the only goal for his team that game! It was awesome!

They had a lot of fun, and it was fun to see Ethan involved in something like this. He loved his coach and I think he's excited to play again next season. :)

The coach: Ashley Crookston
The kids: Austin, Anne, Evan, Spencer, Ethan, Raylee, Delta (and her twin sister Emma wasn't there)