End of LAST School year

 

Well, it turns out I am THIS far behind. But, I can't skip out on these cuties at the end of the year. The kids all ended on a high notes, Rowan, I would say, just wanted very much to be done. I wanted him to be done too, It was Josh's last year in elementary school. 6th grade going in to middle school doesn't feel right, doesn't look right, doesn't smell right - all the senses. I just feel like they are still very much kids and should go to recesses instead of listening to their friends start to say swear words. 

I am not worried about Josh. I know he has a great head on this shoulders and he has so many qualities that I just didn't have when I went into middle school, most importantly- confidence. He has confident in who he is, and he has standards on how he should be treated. (So helpful!)  Miss Mindy is always adorable, and we love her, and we are so glad that we get to have her again next year for Lily. 

Forrest Hassell- have I talked about Forrest. Even if I did, it warrants talking about again. Forrest was home from BYU while the boys were still finishing up their last weeks in school. He is a friend to everyone. He is the kind of person that makes everyone feel like they are his best friend. Jonah, literally, believes that Forrest thinks of Jonah as his best friend. I love this. I loved knowing that Rowan walked around with Forrest during recess talking to him, because he didn't have anyone else he wanted to spend time with. I love that he is such a good example to Josh at a time he needs a role model like that. I loved that he is noticeably happy and that my boys want to be like that. I want to be like that!

I ran with my girlfriends for the happy girls run this year. I did the 10k "with" Abby and Susie ran the half. I did put "with" in quotes because Abby is really fast, and there was never even a discussion that we would be together running it- which I preferred. I actually really loved it. I love running with all women. I loved that it was the trail that I used to run all the time. It was gorgeous, and I just felt really invigorated. I thought of my sisters. I hope they will run it with me in the future.