Yesterday, we finished up the 2025-26 school year. And while I am sad to say time is flying by too fast, I would never be sad about the arrival of summer!
And just like you’re supposed to, we spent our first summer evening at the ballpark. Although, if I’m at the ballpark I would prefer not needing pants, warm socks and a coat!
This girl got accepted to preschool for next year. She is pretty excited! To celebrate, she ate her weight in concessions! She did share - although aunt Bubba didn’t seem overly excited about the wet, sort of dirty cotton candy!
It was pretty cold. Evelyn played well, but her team didn’t win.
She did get a couple of hits, but they were foul.
Other updates- Preston and Sunny made it safely to Hawaii! I can’t wait to hear more about their trip.
Colin is teaching Easton that when storms roll in, you should watch from the garage like a good red blooded Kansan. Spencer got rough news about her knee. She has a tibia plateau fracture. Not the news we were hoping for. Waiting to see if she will need surgery.
Saige of course finished 8th grade. And Harper finished her sophomore year. It is weird how fast my babies grew up! They both had good years despite a whole lot of drama from the school district as a whole. It is sometimes hard to stay positive. The girls worked hard and kept their grades up. They both make me very proud.
Mallory had her gall bladder successfully removed. She’s getting around pretty well, following doctor orders and working hard to feel better. We are looking forward to having her back running correctly. Jim is having a colonoscopy this morning, so she is being cared for by expert level nursing staff Harper.
Evelyn finished first grade! How in the world? So fast.
I finished my 10th year in bus world. As buses go, I had a lot of really good kids this year and it wasn’t a bad year at all! Always happy to park it for a while though. Keeping kids safe and super early mornings with regimented schedules need a break. I am supposed to do some driving for the nursing home this summer. I guess we will see how that pans out. With the price of gas being what it is, I’m not sure how many activities they will want to do.
For now, we are just planning to embrace each day as it comes and squeeze out some joy and family time where we can.
