*GIRLS' GRADE CARDS*

Alexa's 4th grade card


Maren's Kindergarten grade card

*MAREN'S KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION*

Maren's class had a tiny graduation ceremony in the school garden.



Maren was the line leader. It pays off to have a last name that starts with 'A'.



They started off by singing us a few songs they learned this year.



Then they did a poem. A pair would recite a line they learned. MAREN'S partner was absent, so she did hers solo. Her line was "K is for kindergarten. Hip hip hurray."



Mr. Merfen, the principle, gave them their certificates.









After the ceremony, we headed back to the classroom to see a video of pictures. Mrs. Swift gave the kids a photo album with tons of pictures of what they did that year. I think that was Maren's favorite. She didn't put it down.






I can't believe my final one has graduated kindergarten. The time flew by!

*ALEXA'S FIELD TRIP*

Alexa's class went to the Legends Shopping Center for her field trip. They had to go around and find all of the famous Kansans' statues, read their facts and then answer questions about them. (my group also window shopped and picked out our favorite outfits in each of the windows)















Once our scavenger hunt was finished, we all met back at Dave and Busters where they got cookies and lemonade. Then they spent the rest of the day at Franklin's Park.

*QUICK PHOTO SHOOT*

I was able to convince the girls to get a couple of photos during our Mother's Day outing.

*MOTHER'S DAY*

We had a relaxing Mother's Day shopping at the Greenwood, MO antique malls. We found a couple of great finds.




(I forced everyone to take several picks prior to leaving. Pretty good for the camera being propped on the roof of my car!)

*TRIP TO WASHINGTON, DC*

I had to go to Washington, DC to help at a conference for the military, so jay decided to buy a ticket and come with me. A couple of weeks prior to my trip, it got cancelled. We decided to go anyway for a quick weekend getaway.
We got in pretty late on Thursday evening, but we met up with some friends to have dinner. While we were eating, the waiter mentioned that Dave Chappelle was outside. Lelaine and I decided to go out and say hi. He ended up being a really nice guy, but he wouldn't take a picture with us.
Jay had put down that we were on our honeymoon when he booked our hotel, so they had wine and dessert for us when we went to our room.






Capital



Air and space museum. We saw an author that was a historian for the Tuskegee pilots. We bought a book and had him sign it for the girls.







We had to take the picture of the pig since Alexa loves them so much.<\center>





Lincoln memorial





First day we saw all the monuments. I always wanted to see the Lincoln memorial and the Vietnam memorial. Unfortunately, the reflecting pool was under construction.




Center of the city in the capital




Capital








Arlington cemetery




Tomb of the unknown soldier



Last night in DC

*ALEXA'S 10th BIRTHDAY*

Alexa kept reminding me that she didn't turn 10 until 11:30pm since that was the time she was born. She also explained that she was now a teenager since she was in the double digits. It is crazy to even think that my little girl is now 10.