Andrew's Final Year Band Concert

Andrew with his final band concert for the year!He has come a long, long way this year. Next year, he plays Base Clarinet.
Andrew made "All Star"Andrew completed all the steps.

Sarah's 8th Grade Dance

The 8th Grade End of the Year dance was held at Eastmonte Park in Altamonte Springs. It began at 6pm until 9pm...the girls got ready at Megan's home again and then I took them over to the dance...they had so much fun...they danced the whole time and were ready for bed as soon as they got to Megan's. Sarah spent the night and then they went to Busch Gardens the next morning for the Choir and Band good bye.

Sarah getting readyMegan with her parentsBest Friends, Megan and SarahBeautiful Sarah - Mama bought her earrings and necklaceThe dance was at the Eastmonte Park...all I could do was drop the girls off...they weren't letting parents into the room where the dance was...I guess they wanted to control the coming and going of the students.

Camp La-No-Che

We went to Camp La-No-Che which is actually a Boy Scout camp grounds...Richard was there quite a bit when he was in Boy Scouts and Colton has camped there. It is located in Paisley, FL...where there is no cell recpetion. It is actually nice for camping...hot water for showers and cots to sleep in...as a matter of fact...there was a wedding there...the dress attire was camoflauge.We stayed for two night and made lots of memories. We really enjoy this troop. We have very different girls...some need more help...some are tom boyish and some are girly...but they get a long GREAT and enjoy being together...also, lots of the moms are involved which we really appreciate. A couple of things that happened "beyond our control": the racoons at night were terrible...even though we had the food put away in a room...they managed to wake us moms up because they would try to get in the camp. The other thing was that our girls learned a new word which was "wha-hoo". We had horrible, horrible time with ticks...so the camp leader and us moms had to keep reminding the girls that everytime that they went to the restroom or took showers that they made sure there were no ticks near their "wha-hoo"...but we made it back without bringing the ticks with us.

Camp site was set up...hair put up and we were ready.Getting the camp set up...we hung our plates up so that the animals couldn't get themDinner time...tacos in a bag...take a bag of Doritos...and add taco meat and all the fixing...Justine had the girls pair up all weekend and they took turns cooking and cleaning for each meal.First meeting of the night...laying down the "rules"Getting ready for bed.Doing some learning while waiting for the next crafts to start...Justine had them do a word search together about campingMaking swapsThe "Moms" relaxing by the pool.Making crafts
Having some trail mix after doing crafts.Ashley and Hannah being scientist...one would describe an object and the other had to draw the object without seeing it...just on what was being described.We were on a fire ban because of the lack of rain...the girls are making their barn fire with icing, pretzels, shredded coconut...they actually learned fire safety by building their fire.Hannah being sillyWe did some hiking...the spring was beautiful, but smelled of sulfur...YUK! We, also, did a night hike...looked for animals...but the only ones that we got were the racoons that raided our tents.

More Spring Break Pictures

There were a few picnics...and excuses for playing with the food.Sarah is such a big help and can cook anything...and cleans up!Mama did Dakota and Hannah's hair.After the braids are let out.Andrew still had football practiceSonny & Cher, the cranes, have dug up all the grass looking for bugs and worms...this became the kids sand pit.When there were this many girls in the house, Andrew retreated to his favorite past time.Sarah had her friend Alysa stay with us for a couple of days. There was a lot of make overs and nail polish going on.