Our Perfect Girl

Today we went to our usual end of the year awards assembly. Mallory and Wyatt both got awards, as usual. But the most unusual award went to Delaney. An award I NEVER in a million years I thought one of MY kids would get - perfect attendance!!! Wow! She didn't miss one day! Way to go girl! I don't think anyone else in our family will ever top that. Pretty impressive.

Boy Berries

We have a TON of boysenberries in our backyard thanks to a start we got from Pops and Gramma Mary. The kids love to go out and pick them, bring them in to rinse them off and eat them immediately, still warm from the sun. They are SO good!
The other day John was in his office working and eating a bowl of them when Sadie walked up, "Dad I want some of those boy berries."

Home from the River

John went to El Salvador surfing with Pat and Scott Monroe and since it was a 5 day Memorial Day weekend with the furlough days, I took the kids to the river. It was a world record insane trip getting there. An oil truck overturned on the 91 spilling 8,ooo lbs of oil that caught on fire. It took us 9.5 hours for a 4 hour trip to the river. It was crazy!!! But the kids were actually really good. We had a great time. Brammy and Poppy were there, Billy and Tammy, Barrett and Lisa and kids, Jeff and Sara and the twins and the Ewells and Pucketts. The kids were definitely busy the entire weekend. We drove home yesterday and stopped at the outlets. Mallory, Wyatt and Delaney all got new backpacks/bags for school and Wyatt, Delaney and Sadie all got new outfits for the first day of school. Wow! Talk about planning ahead - we are prepared!
As soon as we rolled in to our driveway last night, Sadie came unglued! "No! I want to go to the river - not home!!!". It was so funny. I don't know where she thought we were driving to for the last few hours??? John was a little bummed since he hadn't seen us in a week that Sadie was so sad to be home, but after she settled down and we convinced her we would go back soon, we were all happy to be home and back together again. Only a few more weeks of school. Count down is on - can't wait for summer!!!