Most kids lose their front teeth in the 1st or 2nd grade. Jameson has already lost his front tooth and he isn't even in Kindergarten yet. Yep, he takes after his brother Britton. 😋
Korinne and some friends before her race.
Being a high school XC runner Britton and the rest of the team were excused from school to come and pace the students during the race. Britton was nice enough to keep an eye out for Korinne and ran by her during her race.
Korinne kicking to the finish line!
Britton ended up running 9 miles before the event was over (they run 12 heats) and was quite sore that night. He is in soccer shape, but not quite XC shape this early in the season. Running a lot of heats turned out to be a good workout for the high school kids, too.
Our friends always give us free entries to The Color Vibe race held locally during a Saturday in May, but it seems we always have conflicts that keep us from taking them up on the offer. This year, however, Jenna and Korinne decided to do it anyway and arranged to ride to the event with a friend. Jameson had a soccer game but we were able to see their big finish. Britton was gone all day for a state orchestra competition.
Jameson and his soccer teammates after their game.
| Coach Mark, Beckett, Ace, Walker, Owen, Nick, Johnny and Jameson |
On Saturday the 20th we used a certificate we had and went to Jack's Wood Fired Pizza Oven to celebrate Adam's 41st birthday. After several tries we finally fit everyone in a selfie and then Jmo decided to pull a face. Silly boy.
On Sunday the 21st Adam had a pretty low key birthday. He was at the church from 6 a.m. to about 3 p.m. and then we had dinner, opened presents, and played games.
The spring "OSPY" awards were held at the high school last Tuesday night and Britton and his soccer teammates were honored for taking State in soccer. Ridgeline had a huge opening year and managed to take State in 2 events, boys Basketball and boys Soccer. The fact that there are 8 schools in the Region and Ridgeline took Region in almost 50% of all sports let's you know just how strong of an athletic program we have right now. Next year some tough schools will be added to the Region so I doubt they will have a repeat like this year, but it sure has been fun.
After the OPSY's the boys soccer team had their own awards in the library. The event in its entirety lasted for 3 hours which in my opinion was about 2 1/2 hours too long. Adam definitely got the better assignment that night when he took Jameson to his last soccer game that ended with a pizza party.
Jenna had tryouts for ballroom dance on Wednesday night and then we set a new record on Thursday night for number of places we were supposed to be at the same time. Yes, we had 5 events at 7:00 p.m. and only 2 parents so we had no choice but to start cutting things. When I saw the conflicting schedule I asked the kids which one of them would NOT be scarred for life if they didn't have a parent in the audience. Britton raised his hand and said, "I really don't care if you don't come to the high school orchestra concert" so I dropped him off at the school and went to Jenna's orchestra concert and Adam went to Korinne's piano recital.
Jenna's last orchestra concert at the middle school.
What were the 2 events we had to miss? Well, Britton missed soccer tryouts for one of the soccer clubs he was interested in joining and we had to pass on an opportunity to get Britton and Jenna's high school athletics physicals done for next year on a night when they will do them at the hospital for only $20. Ridgeline's assigned time was during both Jenna and Britton's orchestra recitals. Now I'll have one more thing to worry about before school starts in the fall. Double Grrr.
Friday was the Civil War reenactment at the Elementary school and Korinne was one of the flag bearers for her company of union soldiers.
Here she is leading her company onto the field.
It was actually kind of a chilly day so the parents were all in jackets and coats while the kids threw water balloons at each other during each of the major battles of the war. I really felt bad for the kids who were soaking wet in short sleeves shirts, but they didn't look like they minded one bit.
You can't see her in this picture, but Korinne was holding one of the flags on the far side when they reenacted the scene where the south surrenders to the north ending the war.
They usually do the civil war reenactment on the last day of school, but this year they bumped it up to the Friday before.
On Friday night Jenna went with all of the middle school orchestra students down to Abravenel Hall to watch the Utah Symphony perform.She loved it and she especially loved getting to go with her friends. The buses returned to the school parking lot at 11:30 p.m. so it's a good thing Adam was willing to stay up and go and pick her up.
We are still waiting to hear news from Ethiopia An official letter was sent to the government of Ethiopia this week by the US Congress and was signed by 46 Senators and 72 Representatives. It requested immediate action on behalf of the hundreds of US families and their children stuck in the middle of Ethiopia's sudden suspension of all inter-country adoptions, and let them know the failure to reunite these families may have a negative impact on our relationship with Ethiopia. I'm thankful our elected officials have taken this matter very seriously and took immediate action after learning of the situation. It does a heart good to see bipartisan cooperation in an effort to bring our kids home. Hoping for some good news this week. . .