the race is on....

you all know which race I'm talking about...

that race to the end of the school year...

We've had two economic fairs,

one talent show,

tryouts for musical theater...

which Maddy happily made!

tryouts for acapella choir...

which Kenzie made!

Carter's final chorus concert...

Kenzie's benefit concert...

read-a-thons...

class parties...

freshman dances...

and still to come:

field day...

freshman Lagoon day...

yearbook day...

last day of school craziness...

like I said,

the race is on!

seriously...

could he look LESS interested?

and yet,

he wants to be in chorus again!

the benefit concert was beautiful...

they raised $4700 dollars in one evening...

the money was donated to the Pack family

who lost their 18 month old in car accident at Christmastime

and a little girl who was kicked in the head by a horse in December.

such sad stories...

Jace lost a fight with the bike rack this morning at school...

I had him back home with ice by 8:05 a.m.

another random picture...

just had to document Tim's garden boxes....

they.are.awesome.

cooper

...this is cooper...

7 weeks old

lab/australian shepherd mix

and now residing in my garage

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

If you know ANYTHING about me,

then you know I am not a lover of animals...

but after nearly 18 years of being

married to an animal lover,

and having 5 children who are in love with dogs,

I CAVED!

...and truth be told...

I'm kind of in love with this little guy.

...and this little bit of sweetness is all ready

for her first mother/daughter tea party...

We curled every single strand of hair...

and Lady could not have been happier.

We attended a "fancy" tea party at the church

complete with tiny triangle pb & js.

We decorated hats with flowers, feathers,

and all sorts of girly stuff...

Laityn was in little girl heaven.