And the winner is...

at the bank

the marvelous gift basket

Taylor Rose!!!  In the last month of school Taylor colored a picture and entered it into the Lehi Rodeo contest.  A few weeks ago we received a phone call telling us that she was one of the winners. She won a ticket to the rodeo, a gift basket, and her picture was displayed at a local bank.  We are so proud of her, she is a great artist!

Our Athlete

Tate has finished his 2nd year of T-ball and really enjoys the game.  This season he has hit 2 triples and 2 homeruns, yay!  Next up soccer!

Introducing....

Ringo!  After much pleading, begging, and saving the kids have added a 6 month old Lovebird to our family.  Everyone is VERY enthusiastic about our latest addition and are willing to do whatever it takes to make this a pleasant experience for me.  I appreciate that so much and have loved seeing everyone work together in order to make this possible.  So far it has been 2 days and everything seems to be going smoothly.  Only 14 years and 363 days to go!

2 Boys, 2 Teeth, 1 Day

The tooth fairy was busy at our house last night.  Tate lost his tooth Wednesday morning and Trace lost his that afternoon.  Trace is almost done losing his baby teeth.  However Tate needs desperately to have some of his permanent teeth come in!!

School's Out!

After 45 minutes of school this morning, the year is over.  Trace is the only one who went and was supposed to go from 8:45 to 10 but called at 9:30 to say he was done.  Taylor and Tate didn't want to go and I didn't make them.  It hardly seemed worth the effort.  I purchased this slip and slide thing from Walmart (sorry Lizzie).  It didn't exactly work as advertise, but they still seemed to have a good time. Happy Summer everyone!

Another Graduation!

It was Tate's turn to graduate from kindergarten today.  The kids put on a great program and there was a slide show of pictures from throughout the year.  There was even a picture of Grandma & Grandpa Checchio with Tate for grandparents day!  Tate did a terrific  job and has really enjoyed school this year.  A special thank you to Grandpa & Grandma Checchio and all of the many trips they have made to come and support their grandchildren.  It really means a lot and we love you!!

Dance Festival '08

Sorry Taylor, my camera ran out of batteries!

Trace getting ready to perform

Tate feeling the aloha spirit!

Everyone did a fabulous job during their dances at the dance festival.  Tate did the Huki Lau with all the coordinating hand gestures.  Taylor did the Virginia Reel with a boy partner.  Trace did the final song from Grease and even did cartwheels at the end.  It was a lot of fun!

6th Grade Graduation

Goodbye Elementary School, Hello Jr. High!  The school held a graduation ceremony for the 6th grade on Friday afternoon, complete with pomp & circumstance and baby pictures of all the kids.  Each graduate seemed to enjoy their turn in the spotlight.  Trace is a fantastic kid! We are so grateful to have him in our family.  Afterwards we went to see Indiana Jones with Grandma and Grandpa Checchio.  It was a  great show, Tate only had to look away a couple of times :) This is the last week of school so there should be plenty of blogworthy (I think I just made up that word) events!  

I am not crafty,

but even I can do this! These flower clips are the latest rage here in Happy Valley.  I learned how to make them this past Saturday at the Mom & Miss activity day.  Taylor can do most of it but is a little wary of burning herself with the glue gun.  The best part is she will actually wear them in her hair.  They are very easy and very cute!!!

An actor is born...

Trace was great in his school's production of Treasure Island.  Trace said that while it was a lot of hard work and many hours of practice, the accolades and attention were well worth it.  He truly felt like a celebrity.  At the end of each show he was able to sign autographs!  He had quite the following, some kids his own age would even bring up their little sisters for a personal hello from Jamie (his characters name)!  He has signed up for drama next year in Jr. High, who knows what's next!?