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!

Life Lately - End of School Edition

Ok guys today is the last day of school. What? How?! This year has flown by, but we are SO ready for summer! This month has been busy wrapping up all of the fun before summer starts. Sophie has already started ramping up for cheerleading next year. They had their first practice, multiple fittings & we ordered a lot of gear:

Guess it's official when you have the sign in your yard for everyone to see! 

She was super excited to come home with her uniform, but of course it was big on her, so we had to have it altered:

They had a swim party to officially kick off the year:

Unofficially, they all went to the high school spring fling football game & had fun meeting up with the cheer squad & other friends:

 

And she got to have a popsicle party at school this past week:

Sadie has been consumed with soccer, but it is finally slowing down. They had their last game earlier this month and she celebrated with a few of her teammates afterward:

She loves her small group at church & they all dressed up last weekend:

Because a lot of time she is there in her uniform, but it's more fun when your best friend is there in her uniform also:

We've gone to a few graduation parties & I cannot believe most of these girls we have known since they were babies! Our children have literally grown up together & they have babysat for us through the years:

Bryan surprised the girls and took them to breakfast one morning this past week before school:

And both of their KLife small groups met for the last time this past week also. We had both groups over for pool parties:

We had planned a pool party for Sadie's group also, but the weather didn't want to cooperate so they made summer bucket lists instead:

It might have been cold & rainy, but there was not any lightening or thunder, so they may have jumped in the pool in their clothes & swam anyways. Ha!

There's so much going on but I'll post more next week after we enjoy the long weekend & our official start to summer!