Kindergarten Graduation

Where has this year gone? I can't believe that Preston just finished his kindergarten year at school. We had so much fun celebrating with him at their graduation ceremony. When they entered the gym to "Pomp and Circumstance" I did tear up. They sang several sweet songs and performed their kindergarten cheer (which you can hear at the bottom of this post). The principal, Mr. Speck, sang "What a Wonderful World" and the kids did hand motions behind him- I mean so beautiful! Then, they had each class stand up individually and introduced each classmate.





Here are Preston's fans that came to support him:

Aunt Crystal

Pops and Gram

Nana

Proud parents

Mrs. Behymer promoting Preston to 1st grade!

The class gave Mrs. Behymer a notepad made of crisp, new $1 bills- such a cute idea.
Mr. Speck, who we just love.
We ended the fun by having milk shakes and playing at Chick-fil-a.
Preston, we are so proud of you. You love to write super hero stories and make crazy creations from paper- what an imagination you have! It's so fun to watch you notice words every where around you. Your brothers love to have you read to them and it's fun to see you teach them things you have learned in literacy centers at school. Congratulations Bubba! First grade, here we come!

Elic's Sunshine School Program

Elic finished his year in the 3s at Sunshine school with a picnic program. All the three year olds were adorable sunshines. It was so cute to see them walking into the auditorium while "walkin' on sunshine" was playing.
Here is his class. Elic has been with several of these friends since he was 8 weeks old! Very special friendships.
These are a few of his playground buddies. Everyday I heard all about them playing super heroes together.
This was taken on the first day of school. . .
. . . and here is Elic with Mrs. Becky at the end of the year. We are so thankful that Mrs. Becky came to Sunshine school. Elic loves to learn and knows all his letters, their sounds, can count to 50 and write his numbers 1-10. I think he's in a great place to come upstairs with me next year to the 4s!
Nana and Papaw came to watch the program. Darren videoed the program so I don't have any pictures of Elic on stage. He sang every word and even stayed focused while a little girl behind him played with his hair. We're so proud of our almost four year old!

Easter Weekend

We started our Easter weekend by traveling to the farm. We always have to announce our arrival by ringing the dinner bell.
After being in the car, the boys were so excited to stretch their legs and climb on everything!
First stop- pool table. What is it about rolling the pool balls and hearing them clank together? Holden found the best seat in the house, right in the middle of the table. If only we had kept a tally mark chart of all the times fingers have been smushed while playing at that table.
Since it's spring, we had to hop in the truck and go visit the new baby calves.

The boys are getting braver each time we feed the cows.

I'm looking forward to my cousins Stacy and Sarah coming to visit us this summer. I've already got a long list of activities for them to help me with!
Papaw and Nana made the trip to the farm with us. The more hands we have to help, the better. After a fabulous meal (Grandmother really out did herself), the boys were treated to an egg hunt.
Next up, coloring eggs.
I think this was the first time any of my boys had dyed eggs and it was a big hit.
So hard to wait for the perfect color.
No time to waste, we're moving on to baking and icing bunny cookies.
We were so thankful for Grandmother opening up her home and giving us the royal treatment. We sure tried to pack everything in to our short trip.
Easter morning we made our traditional Resurrection Rolls. I love all the symbolism that goes into making the rolls and the visual reminder that He has risen!
I didn't get a picture of the end result with the empty roll because they were quickly devoured.
After church, we headed over to David and Linda's house for another wonderful meal and egg hunt.
The kids were sweet to let us have a mini photo session before any of the fun started.
After one year of marriage and they still look like models!

Once the pictures were taken, we had the cousin egg hunt. Unfortunately, Holden was napping so he missed the whole event, but he doesn't know.
Elic liked to check his eggs and make sure they were worthy of keeping.
Some where way up high. . .
and some were way down low.
Overall, we had a terrific weekend spent with lots of family and focusing on the greatest gift we've ever received- life through our risen Savior!