Last day of school, Knotts Berry Farm, Midevil Times, Mason and Jessica's Wedding

June 6, 2013 the girls got out of school at 12:30pm.   After cleaning up from the end of the school year carnival activities, we headed home around 1:30pm.  2:00pm we loaded up the car and headed for Knotts Berry Farm.  The plan was to stay at the Knott's Berry Farm Hotel Thursday and Friday.  Friday spend the day at Knotts Berry Farm, Friday night go to the Midevil Times Dinner with Dan & Teresa and Family for Mason's bachelor party and Saturday attend Mason and Jessica's sealing in the LA Temple.
 About an hour into our trip, John received a phone call, he had interviewed three times for a position at Foster Farms, and they were calling to offer him a job!  Half way through his phone conversation with them, he lost phone reception and the call was dropped (stupid cell phones)!  This is not good, when someone is calling to offer you a job (especially when they had called him a couple months prior to tell him he was not accepted for another job he had interviewed for, and the same thing happened)!  After several attempts to call them back, John was able to get through, got the details concerning the job, and accepted the position.  Talk about excitment, nervousness, craziness, etc., all rolled into one.  We have 3 weeks to find a house, move, and start a new job.  Talk about hectic and stressful!

6/7/13 Today is our 16th wedding anniversary too.
Knotts Berry Farm-This was our first (and probably our last trip to Knott's Berry Farms)  it was crowded.  There were lot's of schools there,with un-chapperoned kids running every where.  The lines where long, the rides were mostly fast, twisting, flipping roller coasters (not the type of roller coasters we like).  We like roller coasters, but not the ones that jar your back and make you feel sick.  We only rode 6 rides all day.

Midevil Times Dinner/Mason's Bachelor Party-Danny and Teresa invited us to have dinner with them and their family and Midevil times and celebrate Mason's last night as a bachelor.  It was a great family filled evening.  Dinner, family, and cheering on your team.  Thank you Danny and Teresa.

Mikayla with one of the horses in the show.  Ever since she hurt her foot, she has been obsessed with horses and wants to have one.

Clearly John and Ashlee cannot read the sign.  They did it anyways.

Opening Ceremonies

6/8/13-Mason and Jessica's Sealing-LA Temple
Saturday morning we got up bright and early and drove from our hotel in Buena Park to LA to the temple for Mason and Jessica's Sealing.  The sealing was great.  The temple sealer did a great job.  The temple sealer had such an affect on John, he said he would like to be a temple sealer!

After the sealing it was time for pictures.  And walking around the temple grounds.  Temples are always such peaceful places.  It seems even when the temple surroundings are not in the greatest neighborhood, the area around it is peaceful.  After the sealing we drove back to Anaheim for the reception.  We spent a few hours at the reception and decided to head home.  Ashlee needed to get packed for girls camp and we had a lot on our plate.  We needed to find a home and start packing.

Academic Excellence Awards

Ashlee in pink (sorry for the head shots).  It seems to be unavoidable at these things!

Mikayla third one from left.  Next to the teacher.  She is in the black shirt.

Ashlee and Mikayla both received awards on the last day of school for Academic Excellence.  Academic Excellence means they have a 4.0GPA.  Great job girls.  We are proud of you.  Your hard work and dedication to your academics will help you tremendously in the future.

Mikayla's End of 4th Grade Luau Party

For Mikayla's class  party myself, along with her teacher, and the other 4th grade class teacher, planned a Luau party.   The two classes were separated into groups and rotated around to various games and activities.  They had a pizza lunch with fruit, carrot's,  a cookie, and raspberry slushies for a cool treat.  I wish I would have got more of a variety of pictures, but that's hard to do when your having to run the party (Mikayla's teacher was on maternity leave and could not be there to help).

 Blow up a balloon sit on it,  pop it, and run back to tag the next person in line.  Mikayla was still under doctors care for her fractured foot, so she could not play.  She got to pass out the balloons and then we had someone run in her place, so she got to blow up a balloon and pop it.

Allison 

Allison

Jordan

Mr. Newell (the long term substitute)

 Water balloon toss.

Mikayla on right, Allison on left

The last half of the school year has been a long one.  Between Mikayla's foot injury, having a long term substitute, and drama from several of her classmates, it's been a long year.  We are glad it is over with and we can catch a break from it all.  We hope to have a better school year next year!

6th Grade Camp -Ashlee's Photos

Ashlee returned home from 6th grade camp at Foothill Horizons today.  She seemed ok with it.  It was not something she would like to do again.  She liked the experience, but hated the food.  She said they kept them very busy, they barely had time to take a little break.  Here are some of the pictures she took.  They got to go to Calaveras Big Tree's and Moaning Caverns while they were there.

Alyssa

Mykaela , Brianna, Mariah, Surpreet, Ashlee and Sarah

6th Grade Camp-Foothill Horizons

Ashlee left this morning for a 3 night 4 day experience at Foothill Horizons Outdoor School in Sonora.  While at camp she will get to go to Calaveras Big Trees and Moaning Caverns.  At the beginning of the school year Ashlee did not want to go to 6th grade camp, but after a while, she decided she would go.  We are glad she made the choice to go, and we hope she has a great time there.  She was not thrilled about the menu though.  She put in her dinner request before she left.  When she returns home on Thursday she wants tacos and nachos for dinner, and cookie cups for dessert.  I think I can fulfill that request!  Cannot wait to hear about her experience and see the pictures she took when she returns home on Thursday!

Lauren, Sarah, Ashlee and Alyssa