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!  :)

Temple Day for Jen

Here's our cute and dedicated Jen, who still goes to the temple before school every Wednesday morning with her friends to do baptisms for the dead.  I'm so proud of you!

Concert night with Daddy

Mike played a symphony concert tonight.  Afterward, we all went out for pie.  Here are Jess and Daddy!