Awards - Final Catch Up Post!

So the last thing from 2015-2016 school year, was the awards ceremony for Rylee.

She received two awards (medals): a reading award for reading over 100 books during the school year.  We actually stopped counting in March and she was already over 150.

And she won the art award again!  So the year before she won the art award for Kindergarten (only one student in all 8-9 classes wins so 1 in 160 students approximately).  What made winning again for 1st grade so cool was that it was a new art teacher!  Way to go, girl!

Jon, Gaga and I were able to attend the ceremony.

My non-rule breaker (she gets that from me!), decided to be brave and wear a dress 

to the ceremony instead of her school uniform...

...but she changed into her uniform afterwards.  Lol!

Here's a pic from after school where you can actually see the two medals.

What makes me even prouder is what a sweetheart Rylee is.  Everyone loves her!  Her first grade teacher (who doesn't plan to have kids) gave her the best compliment: "If I was guaranteed to have a girl just like Rylee, I would have a baby."  Aww!

Love you, Rylee!

Jace's Bday Take 2

The next weekend, we invited Miller and Mason over to help celebrate Jace's birthday.  I didn't use all his Monster Jam stuff (maybe we can redo that party this year?), but it was fun to play in the pool and get presents!

Look at how big these guys are getting?!  

(Jace was so tan from all the swimming lessons 

he was taking at school.  He's a great swimmer now!)

Getting these two to stand next to each other involved 

an excess of giggling (Rylee) and red cheeks (Miller).

With his awesome new RC Grave Digger!  

Thanks Miller and Mason!