Last Day of School/5th Grade Graduation

We are officially done with elementary school!  Brooke had a little graduation ceremony at her school on the last day of school.  She is big stuff now!!

                                           Brooke receiving her certificate

                                                         Some of the girls in her class

                                                Brooke and her teacher Ms. Lejardi

                                                 Brooke and her best friend Kylie

Pepper

Since the summers seem to be hotter up here than in Preston, we decided to get Pepper shaved.  I had it done while the kids were at school.  When they came home they were amazed at how different she looked!

                                                                      Before & After

Baseball

Here is a picture of Dillon and his friends Matt & Seth at the year end baseball banquet.

Jenna's Solo

Jenna had her final 8th grade choir concert.  She was chosen to sing a solo from Les Mis.  She did an awesome job!

Dance Pictures

The girls have their dance recital this week-end and so we took pictures at dance class.  They have loved being involved in dance and plan to continue through the summer.

Spring Break

This year we spent Spring Break at home.  Dillon had baseball everyday, so it was just easier to stay home and tackle some projects.  Jenna has been wanting to make a rag quilt, so she started that.  I wanted to do a major overhaul on the kids' rooms, so we did.  Dillon played baseball everyday.  The girls and I had a girl's day out with a trip to the mall, lunch and shopping.  They each spent a day with friends and had sleepovers.  All in all, it was a good week!

 Dillon's room before

 Jenna's room before

 Brooke's room before

 Dillon's room after

 Brooke's room after

 Jenna's room after

Happy Birthday Brooke

Brooke wanted to have a friend party this year, so I caved!!  She had a great time with her friends.

We had cupcakes for the friend party!

 This is the awesome cake that a good friend made for her birthday!

 Jason was giving her a bad time about not being able to blow out all 11 candles!!

Happy 11th Birthday Brooke

Friday, March 1st is Brooke's 11th birthday!  She is growing up so fast.

Last Minute Vacation

 Our hotel--the little gray one!

 The beach at Seaside

 Gathering seashells

 North Head Light House--Cape Disappointment State Park, Washington

 Beard's Hollow

 Cape Disappointment Lighthouse

 Beard's Hollow Beach--Our favorite

 Sunset from Seaside

 Rockaway Beach, Oregon

 Oceanside, Oregon--the sun came out for a few minutes!

 Cannon Beach, Oregon

Jason has been wanting to go to the Oregon Coast.  We've talked about it, but have never found time.  He called me from work one day and said that he wants to go, and the only time that he could get a couple of days off from work would be the 14th & 15th of February.  This only left us 2 weeks to work out all the details, but we went and we had a great time.  We left early Thursday morning and drove to Seaside, Oregon.  We stayed at a little place right on the beach.  We didn't have a oceanview room, but that didn't bather us.  On Friday, we went up North and went into Washington.  On Saturday, we went South and checked out some great beaches.  We drove home Sunday, stopping at Multnomah Falls just outside of Portland.