Seminary Graduation

Yesterday was Seminary graduation. Congratulations Alison!!!!!

Last day of school and first day of summer vacation

Yesterday was Conner's last day of Pre-school. He was sad, he kept saying that he wanted Thursday to be his last day of school. I guess that is his way of saying he did not want it to end.

Conner with Mrs. George and Mrs. Charles

Today Parker went to Disney World with his friends from church and so Conner was bored at home so went to the park. I just happen to have my camera in my purse. He loves to have his picture taken.

Parker's 7th grade award ceremony

Parker got the "Everest" award today for having the highest grade in Geography. He had 103% in the class. The teacher said she had never seen anyone get such a high grade in the class. Last year Parker got the same award for 6th grade. I guess he really likes Geography. Great job Parker!!!

Conner's pre-school end of the year party

Conner's Pre-school class

Eating a snack

Painting t-shirts

Blowing bubbles

Hitting the pinata

With Ashley

Alison's big week

We've been quite busy lately with Alison's play, her choir concert and her graduation. It was fun to see her play. She played a plate, a lady with a baby, she was in the mob scene, and she was a french maid. It was a really good play, very enjoyable. Her concert was really good. She had a solo and she sang in a quartet. Ashley came for her graduation. It was great to have all the kids at home. We're very proud of Alison and all of her accomplishments. Off to college now!

Alison in her costume for the Beauty and the Beast play last week.

Alison and her friends after her choir concert.

Alison's graduation. She's wearing a white cap and gown because she was in the National Honor Society. She's also was ranked 33rd out of 550 students in her class.

Here she is after walking on stage.

Right after her graduation.

And here's the new grad with Mom and Dad.

West Point Bridge Designer update

Parker got fifth place in the West Point Bridge Designer program. I failed to explained what this was. Parker got to build a bridge on the computer. The program stated whether it worked or not when a truck goes over it. If it works you are supposed to make the price of the bridge as low as you can but still have it work. If the truck crashes you try and make it work. The lowest priced bridge wins. You can use three materials: carbon steel, quenched and tempered steel or high strength low alloy steel. You can change the size of each of the tubes supporting the bridge from 30 mm to 500 mm. You can make the tubes hollow or solid. It started out with 647 teams and the top ten get to compete at UCF. Parker was 7th in the top ten, and when they competed against each other he got 5th. Good job Parker!!!!!

Good luck Parker!!!

We are so proud of Parker. Parker participated in the "West Point Bridge Design Contest" at school and made it in the top 10. He is actually #7 in Orange County. This Saturday he gets to compete at the University of Central Florida against the other top ten students. The cash prizes are 1st place, $150, 2nd place $100 and 3rd place $50. He is very excited to participate.