End of the School Year

In my long hiatus from my blog and sheer exhaustion of when school got out I never posted my end of the year pictures:

Cameron finished up 7th grade at Cedar River Middle School and is headed to the Junior High!

What an awesome year Cameron had!  He had the very best teachers for 7th grade and had an outstanding year.  He joined the Man Club which turned out to be one of best decisions of the year.  It was a great experience and had the opportunity to spend time with other men and boys learning how to be leaders. 

At the awards night Cameron got a special award from his Science teacher.  He was really surprised and touched.  He worked so hard and his grades showed that.  At the end of the year, he received so many kind notes from his teachers telling him what a great kid and hard worker he was.  Nothing could make me more proud.

This was Cameron's first year doing competitive sports in school.  He played tackle football, basketball, and track.  He learned that he didn't love football.  He made the basketball team which was SO awesome.  It had tryouts and cuts.  He struggled with it a bit.  It was hard at times to overcome his anxiety but it was a good learning experience.  Lastly, Cameron was on the track team.  He was amazing. He ran a 5:05.1 in the mile putting him 5th of all time for a 7th grade boy at his school.  He also ran 2:25.22 in the 800m making the 10th best 7th grade boy in school history.  His team placed 1st in their league, something that has never happened. He had to qualify for the league meet and was one of only a very few 7th graders that made it to that meet (almost the entire thing was 8th graders).  The grade above Cameron has 4 boys that are even faster than Cameron in the distance races so they helped push him to get even better.  They will have quite the team when all these boys are in High School!  At the awards banquet Cameron received the "Most Inspirational Award" which was voted on by all the team.  That was quite a honor for him!

So handsome!

Miss Julia....

Oh my goodness!  Julia literally was living the 5th grade dream this past year.  She LOVED and excelled in everything she did.  At the end of the year the 5th grade classes have a tug of war contest that is very serious business.  Her class wore all blue; they had chants, cheers, and even researched how to win at tug of war.  Her class ultimately was runner up in the tug of war contest, but what an effort!

The last day of school Julia's teacher gave each person in her class "shades" because their futures are so bright.  Julia was so fortunate to have two really great teachers that truly cared about their students and wanted them to succeed.  What a blessing in my life!  Next stop....middle school!!!!

In Julia's report card her teachers wrote the nicest things in the comment section. I mean...WOW!! Can someone say anything nicer than that?

These are the gifts Julia gave her teachers for thank you gifts.  This year's teacher gifts also became "Mindy's craft time"

Medals for 100% attendance for the year!

Nat and the 2nd grade!

Natalie's last weeks of school were filled with a field trip to the zoo, field day, and so many art projects!  Nat loves school and I hope that she continues to love school.  I love hearing about her zest for everything when she gets home everyday!  

This was Natalie's teacher's gift

Last day of school!!!!!