End of School Festivities

The end of school is almost here!  The elementary kids celebrate every year with a Fun Run/Field Day and a Dance Festival (postponed a day due to rain, but happily performed the next).

FUN RUN:

 DANCE FESTIVAL:

Jonathan's Art Final

Jonathan's really enjoyed working with colored pencils.  Here's his art final:

Jen's home design

Jen had fun in her art class this term.  She created some beautiful pieces. Recently, they studied Frank Lloyd Wright!  Here's a design she made based on principles and inspiration from his Fallingwater:

Memorial Day

Mike played at the Larkin Memorial Day Program today.

The group is so fun to listen to.  What a great tradition!

After hearing the program (including Senator Orrin Hatch), Mike and I spent some time downtown.

The day finished with an awesomely fun barbeque with family, hosted by the Burnsies!

Biking

Mike got a new bike for me today! He's the best! For our inaugural ride, we went from Vivian Park to Utah Lake to Provo Station. It ROCKED, and so does Mike!

(Here's Mike with the mouth of the canyon WAY behind him. We covered some serious territory today!)

It was a fabulous day!

Mike's Ride

This evening, Mike decided to take a ride.  An hour later, I picked him up at Bridal Veil Falls!

Rather huge accomplishments...

Jonathan, yesterday, passed the IC3 Computer Core Certification test (actually, all 3 of them), with flying colors!! (This is after the high school counsellors, at our registration orientation said, and I quote, "...There is an exam available to test out of the computer class, but it's hard to get it, and it's practically impossible to pass. Almost nobody does. So don't bother." :). Cool, huh?

Oh-and did I mention in the last week and a half, Jonathan also took the AP Human Geography test and he won (for the third consecutive time) the Viking Iron Chef school-wide cooking contest!

Stellar, eh?!?

(Here are his award-winning cheesecake-stuffed strawberries which he made for us for Mother's Day!)

Late Spring Check-In

Okay.  I can't help it.  I have to post early-season pictures (because OF COURSE I'll post later-season pics, and we need something with which to compare!)  Please indulge.

p.s.  And yes, I KNOW I said I wasn't going to plant this year...just take it easy...but...     :D

Before and After...Girl Style

Jen, May 9th, 2013

Jess, May 18th, 2013

Guitar-choosing day!

The day has finally come!  Jer (and all of us!) met with his teacher, George Wilkes, at Best in Music to choose a new guitar.  He's graduated!!  He really needed a new, better functioning, just-for-him instrument.

He tried all different sounds and shapes and types...

...and so did Jess...

...then settled on just the right one.  (Thanks, Mike!!!) 

Free Time...

Jer, in his free time:

Jer LOVES wires, batteries, motors, magnets, tools...

He also really enjoys making sculptures...

And special-effects Dr. Who images...

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And, Jess:

Jess LOVES to read, and she's quite a good little reader.

She also likes to, um...?

And, because Jen totally ROCKS and loves to hang with the younger girls, Jess occasionally likes to model!  :)