It was a rewarding week to be a mom in this family!

On Monday night we went to the high school for the Senior Awards Night.  Sarah applied to five local scholarships and found out at this event that she won two!  What a great validation for all her hard work!  She won $500 for the school's Family and Consumer Science Award and she won $1000 for the Intermountain Power Award.  She also got honored for taking hard classes (a scholar medal to wear at graduation) and for being a sterling scholar (a nice trophy).  We are super proud of her!

On Tuesday night, we went to the junior high for the 4.0 banquet!  Mariah has earned a 4.0 all three years of junior high and so got to be recognized at this banquet.  What a nice way to congratulate her on her hard work!  She does work hard and we are super proud of her!

On Wednesday, I went to the Elementary school to see Ben perform in his kindergarten play.  He was a hunter being out-witted by penguins.  He said that it was so great because he got to be a hunter with his two best friends from school, Walker and Eduard.  They sure were cute hunters!

He sang songs, too!

On Thursday, I went with Ben on the Kindergarten Forest Day field trip.  It was tons of fun.  We walked to the park and had a snack.  BUT!  My last kindergartener on his last field trip and I got to be there?  I felt pretty blessed.  Cute kid!

On Thursday night, Cali and Chey (and coach Dad) had their first softball game!  Kevin has taught them well and they all did really great!  Mariah and I went and watched under the lights with the beginnings of a summer wind blowing through the trees back by the creek.  Oh!  How lucky we are to have small-town softball games as part of our summers!  I felt so nostalgic!

This is Calianne at bat!

Friday was Ben's last day of Kindergarten!  He always gives me amazing hugs before he leaves for school.  Mariah was home having ditched Lagoon Day at the junior high so she took this picture for us.  I'm glad that even though Kindergarten is ending, the great hugs are not!

Friday night was Bethany's dance recital!  Her class did a tap number and a jazz number.  She remembers all the choreography herself now and only has to look around to her classmates now and then.  I am impressed!  Oh, and that smile while she dances!  It's the best!

She asked us to get her flowers after her performance this time!
How could I say no??

Saturday morning was Cali and Chey's piano recital!  They are both doing really well and even learned new songs in just two weeks because they were bored of their old ones!  The both passed AIM tests with a 96%.  We love hearing them play the piano and are so glad they are including this in their lives!

Megan worked Friday evening and again Saturday morning.  Her friend works a couple of shops down at SOS Drug at the soda counter (yes!  We still have one of those!  How cool is that??), so during Meg's breaks, she walks over there and sits at the counter to chat for a bit.  Saturday after they were both off work, they went out for some food and shopping and then went to play tennis.  Fun day!  We love that Meg girl!  After my early-morning church meeting today, I came home to find just Megan and Ben awake.  They were curled on the couch together.  Love that love!  Meg is so good at giving it.