Today sadly ended another year of school. The majority of the kiddos were actually really bummed to be done, which is another reason we LOVE Legacy! So blessed and thankful for this year and Legacy!
The last day of 7th grade for Elyse, 5th for Caleb, 4th for Kallen (Mrs. Niessen), 2nd for Ian (Mrs. McBroom), and 1st for Maddie (Mrs. Gurewitz).
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Kallen officially graduated from the 4th grade this morning. At Legacy, 4th grade is the end of their elementary school age. He is off to 5th grade in the fall which is considered middle school. The graduation was beautiful as it always has been. As before, it took place during Legacy's elementary weekly chapel. The ceremony involved the kids walking in with the graduation march, they led everyone else in worship, we listened to Mr. Nydam's message, watched the picture slideshow, and ended with them receiving their diplomas. After the ceremony, we continued the celebration in the gym with desserts, fellowship, and laughter. Way to go, Kallen, we are so proud of you buddy! We love you always.
Congratulations Kallen on graduating from the 4th grade!
Today was Track and Field day. That means dad and I once again spent the day cheering on all the track and field events. It was Kallen's last time, so it was a little bittersweet in that perspective. Overall, the day was great! The weather was beautiful, a bunch of fellowship time, lots of laughter, and the kiddos each came home with at least one ribbon of 1st or 2nd place. So proud of them!
For the past few weeks, one of Legacy's first-grade classes got a grant for an incubator to grow chickens. Well, two successfully hatched this past week at school and the teacher knows how much my kiddos love these chickens so she asked us to chick-sit them this weekend. The kiddos were thrilled and since they are so small and not a lot of work, we gave the okay. My only concern is how attached the kiddos are getting to the chickens, I really don't want pet chickens, ha!
The class also has not named the chickens, so the Klausers have decided on two great names, "Nugget" and "Drumstick". 😄
This past weekend was entirely devoted to Legacy's spring musical, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". The reason is that one of the amazing actors was played by Elyse. Besides Jeremy and the little five young children, Elyse was the only middle schooler with lines and roles throughout the musical. She did such a fabulous job and it was so fun to watch her shine on stage. The only difficult thing is that she happens to play the "Captain" who is in charge of the Vulgarian army where she has to be series the entire time on stage. She rocked it, but still not seeing her smile up there is weird for this mama. The weekend consisted of three amazing shows, with three more to follow next week. So proud of you, Elyse, or should I say, "Captian"? :)
Today we celebrated Easter. Even though it was only 35 degrees, we didn't let it stop us from doing some of our annual favorite Easter traditions, including getting in our best attire and going to church to praise Jesus for dying for our sins, reading the Easter story with resurrection eggs, opening our Easter baskets, eating a delicious meal, and spending the day hanging out as a family thanking Jesus for what He has done.
HAPPY EASTER! He is RISEN!
Today we celebrated 17 years of marriage.💖 The day was spent at home hanging out with the kiddos and celebrating a family friend's birthday, but we still got some time out alone. After dinner, we ran a few errands together and just hung out watching a movie at home afterward. (We never captured any pictures but the one below is one we got last week when we attended Legacy's annual Gala.)
