Memorial Day

Kindergarten Graduate!

Mckinsey graduated from Kindergarten yesterday.
















She was so cute as she marched up to the stage and received her diploma. She kept waving to us as the program went on, and she was in the front row singing her heart out and doing so with her little sister yelling at her, "HI McKINSEY!"

Reader of the Month

Kinsey has come a long, long way since the begining of the year. From struggling to almost to the top of her class. She has worked VERY hard practicing her spelling, reading her books, and working on her math. She is now the go to girl when other students are struggling with their math. We couldn't be prouder of the work that she has done and what she has accomplished this year!!!

"I am growing up"

Kinsey lost her first tooth. She was eating cereal and it came out in her breakfast. It had been wiggly for a long time and she just didn't understand why it hadn't come out yet. So when it finally came out she was so excited she just shrieked "I am growing up, I am growing up"!

Star of the Day!

Kinsey was Star of the Day. That generally just means that she gets extra special treatment, but she also got to take a toy to school. She wanted to take her FurReal puppy, but of course we couldn't find it that morning so she settled on one of her baby dolls. Either way she was happy, and we did find the puppy later that evening. (just how life goes)

Run for the Reef

They are building an aquarium in Fresno and as part of their fundraising and community awareness they sponsored a race.

Dad has been training for well over a year now and has started running in these 5k races.

But this race had a carnival for the families of all the participants.

So after Dad ran we played, and played, and played. We didn't go home till we all were a bit sunburned.

We Celebrated with Teppenyaki

After a particularly special day we took the whole family "crazy us" out to a Japanese steakhouse.

The kids thought the chef who cooked right in front of their eyes was awesome and I guess there is something about watching your veggies be cooked...

because I didn't have to fight with anyone to finish their veggies. We had a spectacular evening.