Summer So Far.....

We love the beginning of summer! Some people like to travel right away, but not us. We just got out of school, the weather isn't too hot yet and everyone is excited to be at home swimming, playing and being outside. Plus, our high school has all of their summer camps the first month, so the girls have already been to volleyball, basketball and socer camp:

They even attended vacation bible school at church! I am telling you, the first few weeks have been busy. Sadie took the first semester of summer school online and she has been diligently working hard trying to get ahead before we start traveling soon:

Sophie went to watch the boys play summer ball with her friends:

and they went to Hawaiian Waters one afternoon after camp:

with a sleepover afterwards, of course!

Sadie had a pool party with her small group from church:

We love baking in the summer & treating ourselves to cool treats when it's hot:

and our new NCL year started June 1 so we have been volunteering while we are home too. We love Watermere & have been there several times for bingo & happy hour:

We met several new friends at Feed the City when we volunteered with Sophie's new group:

Finally, their cousins came to visit from Colorado, so we had fun meeting them somewhere new we had never been before:

It is definitely different than I was expecting but the girls still had fun running around & checking it out:

This was my favorite room - it was all neon & blacklight and even my toenails glowed:

Thank you, Sherry, for treating us to a fun afternoon - we are so glad we got to spend extra time with the girls:

See You Later Gator - 7th Grade Here She Comes!

As Sadie's time at Griffin comes to an end, Sophie's is just now starting! I loved having them at school together this year, but you don't get to do as much in 6th grade so I feel like next year is when Sophie will really get to shine! They had their academic awards the last week of school & to our surprise, she got one of the top awards in her grade:

Parents are only invited to the awards ceremony if your child receives an award, so I had a heads up the week before that she was getting something, but we didn't know what. Turns out she won the service award, which they gave to 1 boy & 1 girl in their grade:

A few of her friends received awards also, so that made it even more fun:

Of course she got pictures on the last day of school also:

She left school early because her group of friends had a pool party:

The boys conveniently had their pool party nearby at the same time, so they all met up:

We also had a first for Sophie - one of the parent's threw a co-ed boy/girl pool party. Apparently, they started out separately & by the end of the night, they were finally co-mingling. Ha!

I have a feeling 7th grade will be a whole new world for this crew:

See You Later Gator - 8th Grade Graduate

After 3 years, Sadie is finally leaving middle school & heading to high school and she has been celebrating all month! We kicked off May with a Hello High School party for their NCL class:

They have had the same leaders for the past 2 years & they did a great job throwing a party to celebrate their transition by surprising them with high school shirts:

It's been fun watching these girls grow up & now we have 4 more years with them until they all graduate high school. I can't even think about that yet!

The last week of school kicked off with athletic awards:

Those are all of the trophies our team won this year. Sadie won 2 awards. The first was the High Five, which is the hardest to get & only a few girls in her grade got it. It meant she made all 5 sports teams throughout the year: volleyball, cross country, basketball, track & soccer:

She also won the soccer MVP award, which didn't surprise me one bit. Those were the same 2 awards she won last year also:

On Thursday, the 8th grade class went to Main Event for their year-end party. I chaperoned, which let's be honest, is kind of not necessary at this point but it at least allowed me to be able to sneak a few pictures:

Their last day of school was on Friday:

She was determined to go most of the day but then I picked her up early. Her & Kenzie snuck out together, so this was literally their last walk out of Griffin:

She had a few friends over that night for a sleepover:

and then they headed to the 8th grade grad party:

A few of the boy moms planned a party with a dj, food, dancing, raffles & it was so cute! Summery & Aloha themed:

Thankfully one of my friends was the photographer & she did a great job capturing all of the fun that night:

It was an awesome week watching these kids celebrate the end of an era. Aloha Wakeland!