Conversations

My favorite time during preschool is when I can listen to the conversations the children have together. It makes me smile to hear the cute things they think of to say and what makes them laugh!

Yes, I painted with five children and it turned out really well. No paint on the walls of little faces.

I thought it was really sweet to see Tyler and Mary reading this book together.

Banquet

Murray had a banquet dinner we attended before his graduation. They gave several awards that night to keep the graduation ceremony shorter. We ate a nice dinner and were able to see friends and catch up. It was fun to hear everyones plans and about the different places we were ending up! The last picture is of Cara and I we had the same due date and were expecting little girls!

Graduation

The diploma

They were just looking at his cords when I told them to look at me and smile.

Graduation day was so great! I was so proud of Murray! I really wanted to cheer and go crazy when they called his name. They asked us not to, so I just cheered wildly for him on the inside! I really wanted to cry being the emotional very pregnant woman that I was. It was surreal to actually watch the ending of this journey that I never spent too much time thinking about ending. I am excited to see what happens from here on for our little family! We will miss our time in Mississippi! Murray also graduated some where in the top 10 of his class and received the distinction of Summa Cum Laude! Wow, isn't that amazing for being married with kids? When we were eating lunch I mentioned it to Murray's parents because he hadn't told them, he hadn't told anyone. They asked what did you have to do for that and Murray said "Oh just have a GPA of 3.8 or something" and we all responded "JUST". We are proud of you Murray!

Friends

May was a wonderful month! Murray graduated and it was a big event for our family. I really wanted to attend Murray's graduation so my Dad came to Phoenix and stayed with the girls so I could fly to Memphis for Murray's graduation. It was wonderful! I read a good book on the plane ride and was so happy to see Murray after being away from him for a week. We had a nice long weekend double date with Murray's parents, we ate at out and ate lots of good food, saw good friends (too briefly) and celebrated Murray's great accomplishment! We met with some friends at a park and ate yummy cookies that Heather sent. Then we went over to the church to see more friends, I am SO sad I didn't get a picture with my sweet friends there! It was all too short of a visit but it was great to get a hug and see them! We saw Ben and Carolyn too, oh how we miss them!

Corn on the Cob

This was a new favorite at our house! The girls couldn't get enough of corn on the cob. I think we may have had it too much though, they did seem to grow a little tired of it. I guess it lost it's appeal. they did have fun helping prepare it though. With three girls there is always lots of help in the kitchen :)

Baby Logan

A brand new cousin! The girls were so excited to see baby Logan! We watched his little video a lot. Murray had some time off so we drove down to Tucson for a quick trip just to see and hold this precious boy! Rachel couldn't get enough of him and I saw what my future was going to look like when baby Rebecca would arrive! He is so so sweet and we just loved meeting him!

Family Home Evening

We had a really great Family home evening on the Grand Canyon. Mary made a poster and presented some facts, we watched a few short videos and made these yummy native american treats. This was to prepare us for our trip to the Grand Canyon. It was a lot of fun and got everyone excited for our little adventure there.

Imagination

Rachel woke up from her nap and I could hear her playing in her room. When she same downstairs she was carrying this stack of pegs and said "Look I made a Temple." This couldn't have made me happier!

Imagine That & Piano

Mary took a class called "Imagine That" for a semester at Music Makers. It was a 2 hour class on Fridays. Mary did play centers, arts crafts, snack, story and a kindermusic lesson. Miss Kim is a wonderful teacher and Mary looked forward to her Friday afternoons with her teacher and friends.

Mary also took her first semester of piano lessons. Miss Shelly did such a great job of making Mary's lessons fun. Mary would come home and show us the new song she learned and liked practicing it a little every day. She would put a sticker under the song for every time she played it and say "Miss Shelly is going to be so proud of me." Mary likes to say she can play with "both of my hands on the white keys." It is very cute.

Easter

Easter was full of fun! The girls had a great time dying eggs, they helped me make a fun bunny cake and we ate a delicious dinner with the Bakers. They did have cute Easter dresses but sadly we didn't get a picture of it. The girls consumed lots of chocolate and jelly beans, the adults did too. We had to have an equal amount of sugar to keep up with them!