School's out!!!

I got my final grades for the semester. I have a 3.6 GPA. I was a bit disapointed that the A I earned in math ended up as a P as in Pass/Fail. at least I passed.

I have enjoyed my week off. Playing with the little boys and working on a quilt. There are a lot of things I wanted to get done, however, I will have all summer to get them done and during the summer I will have the help of my children.

Today is my last day off, before my summer math class starts. It is also the last day of school for the kids. They would have been done last friday, but there were too many snow days, so they had to make one up. My math class will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays for a couple of hours each day, and my teacher wants to be there for longer than that, so we can get out earlier in the summer. It is supposed to go till July 17, so I would really like to get out early. I have talked to her already about missing during Girls Camp, and she was very agreeable.

Work is going good for Tom, We went to the company bonfire, (I think it is an annual thing) there was lots of good food, including smore's. There was a drawing for the adults. I think Each of the kids who are big enough to write put their dad's name in, but they only let him have one prize, katie and I are excited about it. It is a bird feeder. (For her B-day, Tom got her a pair of binoculars and a bird book)( She is very interested in the birds around here). Then they had glow necklaces, bubble swords, and kites for each of the kids.

Now what to do over the summer? Jim would like a summer job, but everyone wants someone 16. We will be spending a lot of time at the pool. Katie and I have been talking and I have assigned her the job of researching the Laura Ingalls Wilder homestead in Desmet, SD. to see how much it will cost, and what there is to do there, how long it will take to do it all. Echo has read the books more than once, but Katie is on herfirst time through them.

May 13th Celebration

Happy Birthday Lillie and Chet!!! Lillie - 35 Chet - 38 It seems like he's always out scoring her. Go figure.

Echo Back Through Spring

Months ago I was on the Emery Junior High quizbowl team. I placed fist or second and had a lot of fun. The funny thing is I was only signed up because Mrs. Rayman signed up either her math class or her reading class (Kyle Herrick is in math but not reading).
The other thing is Track and Field. The JH season ended last thursday at the conference meet. My relay team ended up in third place (we beat sombody too!) and in the two hundred I came in second to last in my heat which was awesome (I'm usually dead last).
Echo

Cinco De Mayo!!

Happy 9th birthday Katie!! there is a lot going on here. Katie loves living in a small town where we can make our own cupcakes and take them to school. Echo ran in her second track meet today but we didn't have the opportunity to go. Echo on the other hand just likes running so when she got home she didn't remember how she placed or her times. These are some pictures from her first meet. There are only 2 weeks left of school for the kids and for the college student in the family this is the last week and she will finish her first year. Next post we'll have some pictures of how spring comes to the Dakotas.