Today was the last day of school. The grade school kids had their annual "track meet" with the three-legged race, softball throw, 100 yard dash, sack race, long jump, and other such events. Ken's students (sixth graders) were part of that. The junior high students and a few high school kids helped keep things running smoothly by doing the tape measure and stop watches. Elle went along with Ken and had a great time. She told me about eating her lunch outside - on the grass :-). The first photo above is Elle with one of her special buddies.
Tonight, Alex had a dance to celebrate the end of school. Bryant and Elle are with Grampa in the tractor, spraying weeds in a small field behind our house (there are pix of their return to the house). Ken had yet another EMS class. I am here in the silence (for probably fifteen minutes) and thought I'd take the time to do a new post. Here are the nine WILD kittens that we have. This is about as close as you can get to them. I also thought I would take some photos of the iris and other flowers here on our yard. Its so exciting to see the warm colors emerging into the world!
Starting this fall, Ken will have a different job within our school system and will be leaving the sixth grade. He will be doing grades 5-8 science and 8th grade keyboarding. We have not had subjects split like that for students younger than 7th grade before, so this will be a new experience for everyone. Ken is always up to a challenge though. I know he will miss the sixth grade, as he still misses his first graders sometimes too (the age he taught for his first job). He will do well and the students will learn a lot from him!
Elle will spend her summer with Bryant, Alex, and Ken. That will be wonderful so that we can get through the rough periods a little easier! They will go to Grampa/Grama's every day which she loves too. We are looking forward to her first wheat harvest in the midwest - it will be here before we know it!
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