Kindergarten Graduation Day

Today is graduation day and the last day of school.  I feel as I did the first day we dropped him off, just a little gray.  It was such a great year!  It's special that Matt gets to speak tonight, and I will be presenting Jack's teacher with a gift from the class and their families and reading a poem.  It's nice we both get to be involved.  There will be pictures later of the graduation and party.  I'm looking forward to a great day of celebrating together!  Here are a few pictures from Como Zoo and the dress rehearsal yesterday. They aren't the best, but you can tell a little of what's going on.  Jack is Little Boy Blue in the big straw hat.  

Mother's Day!

Mother's Day is one of my favorite days.  It's like a birthday you share with all of your friends.  We usually celebrate mine on Saturday since we are with our moms on Sunday.  So I got to go garage saling (I don't think that's a word) in the morning, then we went downtown Anoka to all of the fun shops where I got my gift.  And then out to dinner at Outback one of my favorite restaurants.  We tried to go to the classic car show but it was cold; and they all left before we got there, but we got to meet up with Brent and Heidi and the dogs.  I loved the whole day!  Here's some pictures of us and one of my gift.  By the way, happy Mother's Day to our moms.  We love you both so much and are so grateful to have you in our lives.  It was great spending time with you all yesterday at a great Macaroni Grill dinner.  Thanks to Matt's dad for that!  Wow!  Yum!

This week the weather is looking better than last week.  Tonight is our first softball game of the year.  Woohoo!  So exciting!  Go Berean!

Ava's babblings

She sings, "baby bus waa waa waa" which is "the babies on the bus go waa waa waa."  And the next verse is "a bus go beep beep". 

She says "my" for "I".  So "I'm awake" is actually "my 'wake". 

Foot is "woot". F's are w's. 

Socks are "hockey's".

Her name is A'a, and Jack is Dack. 

Our new car is "mommy ride". 

She is a lot of fun to shop with during the day!  I love this stage!  She likes to talk to everyone we meet.  Forgive me if I already posted some of these.  And stay tuned for more!

Amazing Grace Walk

It was cold the day of the Amazing Grace Walk this year!  And of course, it warmed right up the next day.  This is me with the director of Metro Women's Center, Colleen Tronson.  What an amazing person with a wonderful testimony.  Always so transparent and kind and a giver of Godly counsel.  I have loved working with her and the girls there.  

Ava's ready for summer!

Field Day Fun!

We had a great time at Field Day!  I was so sentimental about it being the end of school.  I remember feeling that way when I used to go to school and when I taught too.  We had a beautiful day in the 70s!  Jack won a few ribbons for the high jump, running jump, a softball throw, a bean bag target toss and the obstacle course.  He did great and had a great time!  We will miss his class and teacher, Miss Scholze.  She's been such a wonderful teacher to him and a help to us.  It's been a great year of kindergarten!

Kids Rack and MWC

Kids Rack is a wonderful consignment shop that donates anything they can't accept to places like Metro Women's Center. The first picture is of Stephanie the owner of Kids Rack and Katie a worker. The other pictures are of Metro Women's Center's director Colleen and Tupee the assistant and other volunteers. Here I am going through some of the many donations they give us. What a blessing it is to be a part of such a wonderful work!