Summer!

Not sure where the summer is going. I thought we would be less busy when school was out but we have been running around to swim practices, tennis lessons, hanging out with friends, movies, basketball camp, library, junior lifeguard classes, swim meets and fitting in a workout whenever possible! It's much better than being bored!

Andrew with his creation.

Hanging out at the pool where Christine has junior lifeguard classes.

Taylor and Maggie going off the diving boards.

Lazy river.

First home swim meet. Maggie, TJ with sign and Taylor.

Brad, Andrew and Trent.

Mag.

Christine

Christine, Allison and Alexa.

Maggie making cupcakes for a "fry fest" at our neighbors.

Maggie, Anna, and Taylor

Greg and Steve at Gokey's Mexican Martini Night.

Senoritas at Mexican Martini Night.

Sixth Grade Clap Out

On the last day of school here the school has a "Clap out" for the sixth graders. A "Clap out" is when the rest of the school for a "tunnel" beginning at the back door and going to the parking lot. When the bell rings at the end of the day, the sixth graders exit the building walking through the "tunnel" while the rest of the school claps for them. I have no idea if they do this at other schools in our district, but is has become tradition at our school. Jennia came with me over the school with Christine's fan club. We put the top down on the Jeep per Christine's request. We had a minor problem before the kids came out of the school-Trent got stung by a bee. This picture was before the bee got him.


Christine and some of her friends coming through the "tunnel."

Maggie, Taylor, Christine, Alexa, Andrew and Trent. Jennia was so sweet-she brought Christine flowers.

Christine with Mr. Samford-her homeroom teacher and a few other subjects.

Back at home-our official junior high student.

Happy 70th Birthday!

Happy 70th Birthday to Mom/Grandma Orr! Hope you have a great day!

San Tan "Hole" Hike

Some favorite pics from our hike tonight.

Basketball Party

Christine has been playing basketball with these girls for the last two years. Next year they will all be off to a different junior high. Most of them will be at South Valley and Christine will be at Payne. She has had a lot of fun with them and learned a lot from her coach. They were at the house over the weekend for an end-of-season party. The next time we see most of them they will probably be playing against Christine!

Three more days!

Yay! Only three more days of school! I really am excited this year for the kids to be out of school. Although they've all had good years at school and their teachers have been great, I am ready to start our summer schedule....swim team in the morning and then the rest of the day to do whatever we want. Being on our "modified" (don't call it year-round) schedule makes our summer break shorter than in Ohio, so we try to fit in as much fun stuff as we can.
I think the kids are definitely ready to hang out with their friends, swim, go see some movies, and just relax. I know I am! Andrew does keep asking when he's starting school. He is excited to start at Riggs, but I think he'll get used to hanging out at the pool everyday!

This is where you'll be able to find us after Wednesday....

Bridging Ceremony

We had a short ceremony for girl scouts at our house. I am a co-leader for Maggie's Brownie troop. Part of her troop bridged up to Junior because they are 3rd graders and the other part will stay Brownies because they are only in 2nd grade. We have had fun this year and have some activities planned for the summer-Sun Splash Water Park and bowling. These girls have a lot of fun together!

Band Concert

Christine at the beginning of the sixth grade portion of the show. She had to say a few words about the first song they were playing.

Christine and her buddies after the concert...it's amazing how much they all look alike. (The two on the left are twins.)

Andrew's Preschool Graduation

Andrew getting his diploma from his teacher, Mrs. Bridgett. I almost thought we wouldn't make it. We went to the wrong place at first...completely my fault. I had a ton of the papers that had the location on them, but for some reason I was thinking it was at a different location.

Andrew keeping some of the kids in his class amused while four other classes got their diplomas. I think he was trying to show them that he could snap his fingers.

They had had enough!

Andrew all smiles after the ceremony was over.

Trying to get a serious pose after a long ceremony was near impossible! Steve had snuck out of work for the graduation, so we went to lunch to celebrate and then to Walmart to get a movie from Redbox and some candy!

Grandpa and Grandma Isco

We love having visitors! It was so nice to have my parents here for two weeks. They came in a week before Maggie's First Communion. They got to run around with us. They were here for the Art Walk at the school. The girls were excited that they got to see their artwork and the school. They missed soccer season, but got to see two basketball games. These pics were from dinner after Maggie's First Communion at Rain Forest Cafe.

Hanging out by the pool. When I wasn't finding things around the house for my dad to do, he hung out in the pool with the kids. I didn't make him work too hard! He did get my curtains put up outside which provide us with shade on the back patio in the afternoon-THANK YOU! And we had spaghetti night with some awesome homemade sauce and meatballs....yum! With some still in the freezer for a later treat-scratch that...I think we've already used the meatballs, but still have some sauce left.

We didn't make my dad cook every night! We headed up to the club for pasta night one evening. Christine was supposed to have a band concert during their stay. Unfortunately, the band director got sick and they had to reschedule the concert for a later date. Christine played her clarinet for us one night though.

My parents left EARLY for the airport. The girls understood that when they said "Good-bye" at night that they would not see Grandpa and Grandma in the morning. I don't think Andrew got it...he was looking through the house for Grandpa the next day...Poor little guy!

We were so glad to have them here with us! We'll see you in July!