Today Angela and I got to go over to Aspen View and meet the boy’s new teachers! They seem great (Ben – Johnson, Zach – Godwin) and are excited to teach our boys! We’ll see how that attitude is in a couple of months! 🙂 The boys are great and I think they’ll have a great 1st grade and 5th grade year!
Seminary also started today. Kirstyn’s VERY excited to go, even though that means getting up at 5:30am every day!
Today was Kirstyn’s first day of school! It seemed like the summer went WAY too fast for school to already be starting up again! None of our kids have ever started this early!
Kirstyn’s really excited for school this year because she gets to start the Mosaic program, which is different than normal go to class, get a bunch of homework, get the homework done, go to class, get more homework, etc. This program is project-based and they learn the concepts they need to graduate while doing these group and individual projects! We’re excited to see what this will bring.
Great luck in school this year cute girl!
Today we had our annual teacher appreciation dinner. Unfortunately, this year, there were some last-minute conflicts, so some of the teachers couldn’t come, but we did have most of the seminary teachers (Eisele, Hermann, and Dawson), and the girls’ choir director at CVHS, Heath Walter. We had a fun time eating, recognizing the teachers, and getting to know them better.
Not sure why we didn’t take a picture…. Strange!
Teachers, we appreciate you and all you do for our kids! 🙂
Today we had a graduation open house/party for Brittany (along with a partial 18th birthday party for her as well). We had a lot of people come over and congratulate her on a job well done and have some food from our build-your-own nacho bar!
We had a great time chatting with everyone and Brittany was excited to see a bunch of her friends there.
After the open house was officially over, we pulled out the fire pit and Brittany and her friends roasted marshmallows and hung out for awhile.
Congratulations Brittany! We’re so proud of you and love you!
Ben and Zach had their last day of school at AVA today! They both had parties in their rooms and Angela went to help. Ben was pretty funny! I wish I could have been there.
He really loved Miss Kalaveshi, his teacher, and he said that he really wants to have her again next year! 🙂 I’m sure he’ll love whoever he gets. 🙂
We only got one picture of Zach, doing one of the things he does best… eating ice cream!
He’s really excited for summer but also can’t wait to be in the 5th grade next year! Great job boys! Way to finish up the school year with a bang!
Today Zach had has AVA Field Day! He had a blast playing games and enjoying being with his friends!
Angela (as usual) went over to help out where she could and also to enjoy watching Zach have fun! 🙂
Today, Zach had a great presentation at school. Each of the kids were supposed to dress up as a figure that they admire, either from past or not-so-distant past. The scientific-minded Zach chose Galileo. He dressed up, took his telescope to school and presented on the life of the famous astronomer.
Tonight, Kirstyn attended the Castle View academic recognition event at the school. She received her academic letter for her amazing work this year! On her transcript, it shows that right now, she is number 1 in her class! Great work Kirstyn!
Today was Brittany’s BIG day! Graduation from High School! Grandma and Grandpa Halliday came in late last night to participate in the occasion as well so it was good to see them.
The ceremony was at Red Rocks, an absolutely stunning venue where they hold concerts and all kinds of events. Kirstyn and Brittany got to play in the symphony for the ceremony as well! 🙂 The talks were awesome, and they had great musical performances by students as well. Very talented folks!
The ceremony was great, although there were some really stupid people there that brought beach balls and were batting them around. You’d think that you could expect this of students, but it was the parents who brought them. 🙁 Oh well, some people never grow up! 🙂
After the ceremony, we went out to eat at Sweet Tomatoes. Good thing we had the graduation ceremony when we did! Just after it was over, we saw some huge storm clouds rolling in from the west while we were eating! It then started pouring! I’m sure the group after us got drenched! 🙂
Today, Angela went over to AVA and helped out in Zach’s class and had some fun. They took class pictures, played games, and enjoyed themselves. NO HOMEWORK! 🙂
Today Ben had AVA Field Day! He played all kinds of games and had an absolute blast! We took a TON of pictures…
He had a blast as did everyone in his class and grade! 🙂
Today was Brittany’s LAST day of High School! She was very excited but also a little sad. Weird to say, but we were kind-of happy that she was sad because with the move, we weren’t sure she was going to really adjust well and have a great senior year. She made a lot of friends and it was sad for her to see them one last time for a school day.
Great work Brittany! You did it! Next step, walking down the stairs at Red Rocks to get your diploma! Yea!
Today was a busy day! It started off with Kirstyn and her friends helping haul topsoil for our garden boxes and washing all our cars for the service we bought from them for the gala fundraiser. They had a great time and we got all our dirt put in and ended up with very clean and nice cars! 🙂
Tonight, Castle View held their Music Awards Ceremony. Brittany got her pink music cord and other choir and orchestra music awards.
Great job Brittany! Awesome accomplishments! Now, on to Graduation! 🙂
