PROMS

Prom #1 was the 22nd of May and took place in PA.

The kids have attended this prom for a few years, but this year it was taken over by a new person and unfortunately, it was not the same.  Missy and her bestie actually called and asked if they could leave early.  She was the only attendee from our house.

 

Prom #2 was the 26th of May and was a dinner cruise around Manhattan

They had the best time.

This one was put on by the NJCH graduating class, a Christian organization.  

They drove down together.

Bean was a bit worried about seasickness..

Some pics they sent me throughout the night

They had beautiful weather for it!

I don't know why these pictures are backwards, but prepping to go.

A few quick pictures before hopping into the car

Kudos to those who planned it, everyone I heard from said it was an amazing time!

NEW THINGS

 This kid has been trying a lot of new things lately.

He decided to try roller hockey and is loving it.

First ride on the bike with Dad.

He has been on the developmental team for 2 years and this year made the competitive team.

(He is a little nervous about that, but I'm sure he'll do great)

AAAAaaand, we found out that the gentleman that runs archery at co-op, also has another location!!

He was told he has great form and really enjoyed it

SIGHT AND SOUND. TAKE 2.

Back in April, Bean and I traveled out to Ronks, PA for another audition for Sight and Sound's Conservatory.  This year they did video auditions to also "weed out" and cut down on the amount of in-person auditions.  Bean made it to this in-person level and her audition was scheduled for Saturday morning.  We drove out after co-op on Friday night..grabbed some dinner and settled in.

She brought a ton of her own bedding, since she was advised to be as comfortable as possible.

Which makes sense to calm nerves etc.

It was rather amusing walking into the hotel with a ton of bags for an overnight stay though

There were a handful of people at the audition, but I'm pretty sure there were 4 separate groups over 2 days of auditioning.  The instructors were getting ready to introduce themselves here.

People come from all over the country to audition, since it is the ONLY Sight and Sound Conservatory.

Afterwards, we got some lunch at Agape and headed home.

Lunch view.

We did find out about 2 weeks later that she did not make it for this year.

She actually had someone reach out to her and set up a phone interview to go over her audition--which is rare!  That was encouraging and she has decided to try again for next year while spending this year strengthening the skills she needs and working, knowing that the Lord has a plan for her life and perfect timing.

We're proud of you!  Keep working hard!

 

17

 Missy turned 17 at the end of April!

We surprised her with a super small gathering, much to her horror.

and then there was a second celebration at besties house!

Beautiful cake made by Bean..picture doesn't do it justice!

Missy had sent an inspo picture and this just hit it out of the park 

AND it was delicious!!

17..she had to wait until Monday to go for her license.....

and she passed!

Hope you had a happy birthday and be safe out there!

FOUR

 Baby boy turned 4 today!

Not quite a baby anymore.

He is quite a character.  I guess that is to be expected when you are the youngest of nine.

Fairly recently, the kids were looking at their baby books and he was looking at a picture of me before he arrived..he looked at me and said, "that's you!" I replied with, "yes, and you were still in my belly."  He waits a minute and yells, "YOU ATE ME?!!!"

It was hilarious.

Quite a character.

He loves tigers and is "growing a family of them" so he got one more to add to his collection

He also asked for corn on the cob..check!

Happy Birthday!

We love you

FIRE PREVENTION

 I know, I know...fire prevention month is October...

We had it in April.

Is there really any bad time to learn about fire safety?

We had a pretty good turnout

We had some demonstrations on tools, stop, drop & roll..the kids got to go into a truck and realize there is not much space in there and a LOT of great questions were asked during this session!

Thanks so much to Blairstown Hose Co. for allowing us in and to Mike for running this.

ARCHERY

 Mr J just finished up his second 6 week session of archery for the school year.

We finally found something that he enjoys doing, so hopefully we can keep up with it.

I'm glad co-op hosted this program.

We had looked around and couldn't find another archery club for kids after our club shut down for good in 2020.

He was too young at the point to join the club, so this was great exposure and he really enjoyed and excelled during these sessions.

I also just today found out that the instructor has another venue he shoots at, so maybe we can get him some more time on the range.

Happy Shooting!