A year flown by.... First grade, here she comes!

Demarie and her teacher, Ms. Keiling on the first day of school!
Demarie and her teacher on the last day of school!

My baby has graduated from kindergarten! Yes, I did get teary on the first day and I got teary on the last! This school year has just flown by! I can't believe how much Demarie has grown during this year. She has loved every minute of Kindergarten and worships her teacher, Ms. Keiling. One of her favorite things to do is play school and she is the teacher and Preslyn is her student (and Preslyn has learned so much from her teacher!). Demarie tells me that she wants to be a teacher someday like Ms Keiling and an artist if she can have two jobs. Demarie has made lots of friends and wonderful memories. Every day, her backpack is full of notes and stapled packets that she has made for her friends to pass out at school. She would even make notes for the kids in the a.m. class as well! She has become a wonderful reader and problem solver. Last week, she asked the librarian where she could find a book about Sacajawea. I am so proud of her and look forward to many more graduations in her future!

Visit from the Randalls

Jordan, Kenzie, Preslyn, Demarie, Tyler, Darren (Broyden was napping)
Preslyn and Kenzie had so much fun together. Preslyn kept calling Kenzie, "Emily," and Kenzie kept calling Preslyn, "That little girl."

Demarie was in heaven playing with Tyler and Darren. She was so sad when they had to leave!


Broyden and Jordan enjoyed beating up on each other!


In May, we were so excited to have Julie and Ben Randall visit us on their way to California. Julie is Aaron's sister and our kids are close in age. Even though they live in Utah, our kids sure love it when we see them. They are moving to Iowa for residency and we are so excited for them, but so sad for us. We're going to miss them so much!