School's Out For Summer

Can you believe it - another school year has passed.
We now have 2 kids going into Jr. High! Clint and I are still sobbing over that one!
Joe and Hailey are now big 7th Graders. They will attend the same Jr. High School. They are
looking forward to that.

Alexis is now a big 4th grader and will be in Jessup by herself now as big brother will no longer
to be there to watch her. Not sure if that is good or bad.....

Hailey's End of the Year Talent Show

During the last week of school Hailey's Elementary School, Hobbs, has a talent show
for the kids to participate in. The kids have to try out and then if they make it they perform
for the school and then for parents. Hailey and her friend Sara did a song from the movie Wicked.
They did a great job. As you can see ~ Hailey was the wicked witch!

Joe's Last Elementary School Performance

Joe's last elementary school performance. As you all know, this wast the last year for Joe in Elementary school.
On the last performance the 6th graders made up their own "show". It was called "A day in the life of a 6th grader".
It was really cute. It told the story from waking up in the morning to after school cell phone texting!!!
Joe was dressed as a Pharaoh because during their study of Egypt they had an Egyptian market and they drew names
out of a hat and Joe got the be the prized role of the Pharaoh!

The 2nd picture is of him and his teacher. The teachers gave each child a certificate at the end
of the program - they were all in fun and they picked a person or thing that reminded them of the child.
They picked the "George Clooney award" for Joe! Because he is suave and debonair - and all of the girls LOVE him!

The last picture is one of him in action dancing for the performance.

Tornado in Cheyenne in May 2010

I am behind on posting ~ here are some pics. of the tornado that was just south of Cheyenne in May 2010.
These were close to the end of it - it was AMAZING!

Alexis Made Team 4 in Gymnastics

Last night Alexis was promoted to Team 4 in Gymnastics. She has been working so hard the past 3 - 4 months preparing. The coaches announced who made the team last night and she was one of them! She was thrilled. (We were too).

She did 100 push ups in 3 minutes about 2 weeks ago. This is AMAZING for an 8 year old!

The competition season starts in Sept. of this year so now she will continue to practice 4 times a week and to work on routines and her skills. We are proud of her!

Good Luck Alexis

Tonight is the last team 4 practice for Alexis before the revealing of the new Team 4 athletes.

She has been working so hard and wants to make the team ~ we find out tomorrow night at 8pm if she is accepted on the team or not. Gymnastics is such a hard sport and it requires so much work. For her only being 8 years old she has been very dedicated and has made vast improvements. We are keeping our fingers crossed and could use your good thoughts and prayers.

Good Luck Alexis!

CONGRATULATIONS JOE!

Joe made it to the State History Day competition with his "Tanks" website by placing 2nd in the District competition about month ago. The State competition was on Monday. I took the day off of work and headed to Laramie, WY to see him in action. Can you believe this....He was the first person to present his topic with the Judges at 8:30a. So, I was not there when he went in. But, he called afterwards and said the thought he did a great job. (We had not doubt that he did very well)

They awarded the top 2 places in each category at 4pm. The top two get an expense paid trip to Washington D.C. for the National History Day Contest. Joe received 2nd place! Yes, you read it right....he is going to Washington D.C.

We are so proud of him. It has been a LOT of work. This is a project that has been in the making since Oct. But, it is paying off.