Hello again strangers

It's been weird checking my blog roll and seeing pictures of my kids all bundled up. It's not cold here anymore! It's hot and dry. We never got that ice I posted about and we have only had rain once since then. April was in the 80's. May was in the 90's. Today hit 100. This does not bode well for July and August.

A few updates:

Today was the last day of school. The end of Junior year for Kathryn and the end of Pre-k for Elena. Not much will change for Elena come Monday. Same classroom, same teacher, just in Summer mode. Kathryn has a busy summer including a mission trip, counseling at church camp, our family vacation, band leadership camp and a month of band camp. Alex will just keep trucking along as per usual.

Kathryn made Drill Instructor for the flute section of the marching band next year. She also received an award for most improved in her band level.

Elena won an award for Best Handwriting. She performed in her first gymnastics demo a few weeks ago. She's really excited about starting kindergarten in August.

Alex of course has made the most changes since February. He's walking very well. He talks, not a lot, but he can say "Dada", "Mama", "Kitty", "Sissy" (those two sound about the same), "ball", "book", "Bobo" (his blanket bear) and "thank you" (pronounced "dankdu"). He's a climber - stairs, chairs, slides . . . He turns 18 months old on Saturday. Wow.

I am also posting some photo updates soon!