May 2023

 May was definitely a full month for us.

May the 4th brought the end of year band concert.

Matthew playing his trombone.

Can you spy both Matthew and Megan?

Megan (and Sophia, the other clarinetist)

Megan and Matthew with their band teacher Mrs. Baldwin. In honor of May the 4th, they played a Star Wars song and brought their lightsabers.

We went to Jeremiah's after the concert. It was VERY busy!

The next day was field day. Here Megan is doing one of the relays.

Megan and Artemis

Sarah called us from Georgia on May 8th and U caught a red eye out there that night. Here they are when U arrived to pick her up.

U's Uncle Mike (who lives in Atlanta and did the driving since U had very little sleep; it was about 3 hours from Atlanta to Statesboro where Sarah was waiting), Sarah and U

Piper flew them home.

U and Sarah on the plane.

Last Art Masterpiece lesson! It's bittersweet that it's over. I enjoyed participating in it over the past 7 years! The artist was Claes Oldenburg and they made soft sculpture.

Matthew's axolotl sculpture

Megan's 4 elements sculpture

Lovely Mother's Day breakfast. I love the fruit flowers. And crepes are always delicious.

Grandma and Grandpa O sent me flowers and a balloon.

Megan, Sarah, Matthew and Me

Megan gave her first talk at church that Sunday (she did an excellent job!). A friend snapped this photo of the rest of us including Sarah snuggling into Me.

In Relief Society, they honored the graduating seniors.

Emily, Maren, Sarah and Whitney

Megan, Me and Sarah

The girls with their 4 YW presidents as well as one of the other older girls who will graduate next year:
Sister Scott, Whitney, Sister Nelson, Emily, Sister Jones, Sarah, Sister Kubricky, Maren, Brooklyn

The Relief Society president (Sister Kirkham) and Young Women president (Sister Kubricky) came over to tie Sarah into Relief Society. Sarah had requested that this not be done at church for her.

Sarah is happy with her apron.

Tired boy!

Matthew received a Student of the Month award.

Matthew giving his 6th grade teachers a high 5.
Mrs. Weber, Mrs. Babcock, Mrs. Pierzga, Matthew

Matthew with the other 6th grade students of the month.

Megan received her 1500 point AR trophy from Mrs. Lundgren, the librarian. She worked really hard to earn the points. (Mrs. Walter is on the left and Mrs. Sacco is on the right.)

Megan with the other 6th graders who earned trophies.

Megan also received a 3 million word medal. That's how many words she read this school year!

Matthew and Megan with the principal Mrs. Walter.

Megan went to the end of year dance. Here she is with the assistant librarian Mrs. Boggs. They had lots of good book discussions.

Matthew and Megan putting up the flag one last time. They did it most Monday and Wednesday mornings.

Megan and Matthew in their safety patrol uniforms. They really enjoyed participating in safety patrol.

Matthew, Megan and Me at the 6th grade end of year celebration.

Megan receiving her promotion certificate.
Mrs. Pierzga, Megan, Mrs. Babcock, Mrs. Weber

Matthew receiving his promotion certificate. He was the last kid called up!
Mrs. Walter, Mrs. Pierzga, Matthew, Mrs. Babcock, Mrs. Weber

Matthew at the 6th grade clap out.

Megan at the 6th grade clap out.

Class of 2029! Wowsers!

Megan and Arya

Megan and Aditi

Jacob and Megan

Matthew with his basketball buddies: Zachary, Aarush, Landon, Chris, Alejandro, Srihan, Nikhil, Matthew, Siddhu, Sebastian

The promotion certificates

Thank you for volunteering with Junior Achievement in the Fall.

Sister Thomas wore this flower necklace in honor of Sarah's birthday. Sarah gave her the necklace when she was 9 or 10.

Look who Artemis found on a walk! It's Pichu.

The Whitmers came over for an afternoon. Here, U, Megan, Sarah and Austin play Coconuts.

Matthew climbed in the crate with Artemis.

Robert is now taller than Megan.

Megan, Jeffrey, Austin, Matthew and Robert

Liz taking a selfie with Megan

We went to Feed My Starving Children with some friends. Megan, Matthew and Me helped out at this table.

Sarah was on the warehouse crew which she really liked.

Megan, Matthew and Sarah with the packing stats.

Wall of Pokémon in Megan's room.

Quote from Megan: I suddenly realize that I have a small fear of trampoline parks.

This was said when we passed a trampoline park. Her fear makes sense since the last time she went to a trampoline park, she sprained her ankle. Still, it was funny to hear her say it in the matter of fact way that is so typical of Megan.