Racing Day - Part 1

Almost every year for the past several years we have signed up our girls to race in the "FUN RUN" this is a charity run that Novell sponsors. The race is on the Provo River up Provo Canyon. It is so beautiful especially this year. The river was so very high and very fast. Russell could not get enough of it. The girls have always enjoyed running, and the free; T-shirts, backpacks, snacks, etc. Devin and I love watching them be involved and all the excitement of the competition. If you know us very well we really are not the competitive type and just go for fun. So imagine our excitement when Alexa ran across the finish line after running her quarter mile and one of the volunteers shoved a #1 sign in her hands and started taking down her name. YES! Alexa was the first girl in her age division. Ladies and Gentlemen We HAVE A WINNER!!! So fun.

Look at these pictures.

This is just after the first stretch. She was a determined runner and never stopped running the whole way.

Look how exhausted she was after the finish line. A quarter mile is a pretty long way to run for a 4-year-old.

Here is the number one paper they shoved in her hand as she crossed the finish line. And the smile to go along with it after we explained to her what it was :)

Finally, enjoying the top of the tier. WAY TO GO ALEXA! We were so proud and clapped and clapped for her. She even won a medal that was real not the little plastic party land ones and she was given a huge prize. She really like that.

The Graduation Day

Katelynne and Alexa both finished school on the same day. First was kindergarten graduation. We were happy to all be able to attend. Alexa even chose to miss out on an hour of her last day of preschool to be there and Aunt Shauna took off work and drove down from SLC. I really enjoyed the program the kindergarten kids put on (of course they had the help of all their awesome teachers and dance instructor). You could tell they had put in so many hours of practice time to pull it off. What talented and smart kids. We were such proud parents. Unfortunately all the lights were off in the gym so I couldn't get any decent video or pictures. This is what we did get though.

Here is Katelynne shaking Mrs. Montgomery's hand.

Katelynne receiving her diploma from the principal, Mr. Larsen. Sadly, Mr. Larsen will not be our principal next year. He is a wonderful administrator and we are sad to see him go.
Afterwards we went to her classroom and helped her clean out her cubby and gather odds and ends. The multi-age class took some time to show us all the biographies they had written about our kindergartners over the year. They even published them, Katelynne was really excited about getting a book that was written just about her.

Here is Katelynne with her Teacher, Mrs. Montgomery, whom she adores very much. We were so grateful to have such a fun teacher this whole year. I know Katelynne is going to miss her very much and Alexa is hoping that she will be able have her as a teacher next year.

Then Alexa finally had to say goodbye to her preschool class. She has loved every minute of preschool this year. She especially loved her teachers. Here she is with her Teacher, Ms. Leber. Alexa has learned so much this year. She is learning to sound out words and she is always singing or humming songs that she learned in class. I know that she will be very happy in Kindergarten next year.
To celebrate our GRADUATES we went BOWLING!!!!!!

Russell was so fascinated by the brightly colored balls popping out of the machine. He had a wonderful time. We all had a fun time too watching him squeal at them and try to pick each one up.
My beautiful Graduates at their family bowling party.
Now on to Summer Vacation and all that brings. Wish us luck!