On Tuesday, Sarah graduated from high school!  Wow!  Where did the years go?  We took the kids out of school so we could all attend her 2 o'clock ceremony.  Afterwards, we took lots of pictures and then went to Chuck A Rama for dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik.  That night she went to her all-night senior party at the high school.  Good times, a great accomplishment, and lots of good memories.

On Wednesday morning, Kevin left for a four-day trip to Washington for more training in the class he will be teaching.  Later, Bethany's school held their annual end-of-the-year dance festival.  This year Bethany's grade did a dance from Israel.  She was definitely the cutest one there!

Wednesday night was Jakob's last night in Utah before leaving for summer fire-fighting work in Oregon.  So, he and Sarah and Megan and Mariah went out together!  They went out to eat and went bowling and drove up to Squaw Peak to see the lights.  They will all miss Jakob, but Sarah most of all . . . though Bethany might be a close second.

Ben just likes to be in pictures.

Thursday morning, Ben and I hiked the Y again, because, yes,-- we are just that cool.

Friday I attended another graduation, this time for my 6th graders finishing elementary school!  They sang "Glorious" and it was! This ceremony wasn't nearly as long but was all the more poignant for the obvious grief their teachers were feeling as they said goodbye. How lucky my twins are to have been part of a class where their teachers loved them so much!  And what an overall good experience they have had at Brookside Elementary.  It was a good day.

So, my only children who made it all the way to the end of their last day of school were Mariah, finishing up junior high, and Bethany, finishing up 2nd grade.  Way to go kiddos!  Ben finished kindergarten last week, Megan has been going rather part-time since the seniors abandoned the school, and the twins left after their graduation to party with their friends for most of the day!  Still, it was a happy day for all!  (oops!  except for Sarah who watched Hallmark movies curled up in a blanket on the couch and may or may not have been contemplating a move to Oregon for the rest of the summer.)

Saturday, Megan went to a mandolin lesson and Mariah went to a basketball shooting practice and the rest of us rode our bikes to the library.  Do you know what?  That was pretty fun!  We even rode past the river for part of the way and I thought, "Blue skies, rivers, and libraries.  What could be more summer?"  Ahhh. Sarah and Megan worked the rest of the day.  While they were there and after dinner for the rest of us, Mariah, Cali, Chey, Bethany, Ben, and I went to the reservoir for some evening fun.  It was really lovely! 

That night Kevin returned home from his trip and we were all so happy to see him!  What a week!