AND WE'RE DONE!

Summer officially begins!

Here are the plans we have in place for the boys this summer.  Hopefully we are going to do a better job from last summer: more structure and a few more breaks for me.

1. Summer school for both boys in the 

mornings for the month of June.

2. Daycare for Ben M-W-F mornings and for 

Jonah T-TH mornings during July/August

3. Horse Therapy lessons every Tues afternoon

4. VBS at the end of June

5. Swimming lessons for July/August

6. Schoolwork hopefully 15-20 min a day 

with each boy....

7. FUN, FUN, and MORE FUN!!!!!

THEN AND NOW

Stephen graduated high school on Sun, June 3rd.  Congratulations to him for that accomplishment!

Here is our family photo when Abigail graduated high school in 2016, and then our family photo from Stephen's big day.  Ben arrived the month after Abigail's graduation so he isn't in that 1st family photo.  Oh how our life has changed!

One of the bigger changes for us this summer is Abigail is will not be home for the summer.  We are super proud and excited for her because she got an internship at one of the large biomedical companies in the Twin Cities.  This is a great opportunity for her, but it means we lose out on having her around this summer.  

It also means our big family vacation this summer will be to Minnesota!

Here is the video of Stephen's valedictorian speech

CONGRATULATIONS STEPHEN ON STATE TRACK AND FIELD

It was two days of fun, anxiousness, some sadness, and then some great happiness.

Stephen finished 7th in the 1 mile after an amazing push at the end that almost got him to podium in 6th place.  Stephen felt tremendously disappointed with that result Friday night, and he had the feeling that he hadn't left everything on the track after that race.

So Saturday he raced his heart out!  He ended up in 3rd place for the 2 mile, breaking his PR by 13 seconds!

We are so proud of him putting it all on the line and risking it by going out fast and furious on his very last race ever for his high school career.  That took great courage, and we are so happy you raced away your disappointment from Friday.  It was so sad to see you disappointed so we wanted you to end on a good note not a sad one which you did!

Stephen's 3200 meter- from the stands

Stephen's 3200 meter- close up view

Stephen's 1600 meter- close up view