the wrap-up (AKA the run-down)

The last week of school this year was the last week of May. It was a CRAZY week!!! Crazy as in running-around-to-hundreds-of-activities while trying not to appear like a chicken-running-around-with-its-head-cut-off. We managed to survive, and thankfully with our heads still in tact (but just barely). And it's taken me two months just to gather up enough courage to re-live it all by posting about it on my blog! Well--either that, or I'm just so far behind that it's taken me this long to finish May's photos to post on my blog. Take your pick!

In five days' time we had scheduled: Ammon's reader theater, Ammon's talent show, Ammon's field trip, Soccer practice and Soccer games for Jonah and Micah and Ammon, Ammon's fishing trip, Jonah & Micah's Kindergarten graduation, Kanyon's preschool party, Ammon's scouts, Ammon's 4-H, Kindergarten picnic, Ammon's brunch, Josh's school board meeting, Kala's PTO scheduled duties, and High School Graduation. And those were just planned-for things that were scheduled! During those same five days, our house arrived, our home was set on the foundation, the house-halves were connected, the excavator man came to back-fill the dirt around the house, the plumber came, and the electrician came. During that time, we were still living in our 200-square-foot camping trailer in the backyard, and we were making numerous trips back and forth to town each day to attend all the scheduled things plus try to be around the house as it was being put together. And of course, there was still our regular activities during those five days: Josh's work, my cleaning job, feeding the kids, washing the dishes, cleaning the house, washing the laundry, etc etc etc. It was STRESS-FUL!!!!

You want to know the best part about the week? When it was done!!!

Another school-year is over, and this past year has been my favorite one yet! My boys all had great teachers, they all had positive learning experiences, and I got to participate in each of their classrooms throughout the year! I loved this school-year!!! Other than the crazy-ness of the last week of school, I was sad to see the year come to an end already!

Ammon and his 4th grade teacher Ms. Schauss. He loved having her, and she thought Ammon was one of her favorite students ever!

The class brunch on the last day of school in Ammon's classroom:

Jonah and his Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Casterson. He truly enjoyed having her as his teacher because he liked her silly-ness! She said Jonah was such a conceptually-smart student and very nice!

The class during center time, working on mathematical block-building:

Micah and his Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Casterson. He also really enjoyed having her as his teacher because she makes him laugh. She said Micah is a very fast learner and a great reader. The class during snack/reading time at the end of the day:

Kanyon and his pre-school teacher Geri. He sure loved his teachers Geri and Cathy, they are excellent with young kids and special-needs children. I really admire them! Geri says Kanyon was so fun to have in class and was such a good boy!He loved playing outside during recess-time:

The school bus comes by way too early in the morning, so this past year Ammon almost always went to school with Grandma rather than ride the bus. Grandma has been the elementary school secretary for the past 2 years.

And every day, I dropped Jonah and Micah off myself in the afternoon for 1/2 day kindergarten. Kanyon went two mornings a week, and I dropped him off in the morning and picked him before lunch as well. At the end of each school day, the Big Yellow Taxi dropped my three older boys off last on its daily route. They arrived home about 5:10, and I almost always had dinner ready for them when they got off. It was nice to have a schedule to know and live by, but I'm grateful to have a break from it in the summer!!

Sometimes summers just don't seem long enough!!! And now, in just one more month, we'll be right back in another school year!