African Market Day

Jax

Jax won't try the plantain...even from Mom

Jax is quite good at basket balancing

George, Mateo and Jax

Noah and Jax...guess who is the clown

Jax making bead bracelets

Jax in his African outfit

Jax playing an 'instrument'

The kindergarten classes (there are now 7) get together and have an African Market Day each year. I missed Gracie's because I was working, but Kev was there taking pictures. This year, Kev and I both got to attend the festivities (Kev photographed and I was the homeroom mom); Jax was very excited. Here are a few pictures of Jax enjoying the singing, dancing and eating African foods.

Lake Burton (June)

Gracie knee-boarding on her 1st try - EVER!

Jax, Kev, Bran and Gracie

Jax caught a fish (Daddy is proud)

We vacationed this summer (in June...little late posting) with some wonderful friends: The Sparrows (Kenny, Renai, Logan and Luke) and the Hanners (Andy, Carolyn, Garrett and Jordan). We rented a house on Lake Burton in the northeastern Georgia mountains, and it was fun! The Sparrows took their boat, and we tubed all week! The lake was beautiful, the water was gorgeous, and we had a blast! We are anxiously awaiting next year's vacation back up there. You can see MANY photos from our trip on our picasaweb site; click on picasaweb under picture albums on the right.

Methodist

After visiting Grace @ Ft. Clarke United Methodist Church for the past 4 years, we finally joined today! As most of you know, Kev was raised in the Presbyterian church and Bran in the Baptist. Methodist seems like a good middle ground. Our church is very involved in missions both locally and internationally. We have been fairly active in the church the past few years, and the kids have been quite involved in the children's ministry. We are so happy with our new church home! I guess I have gone from a back-row-Baptist to a front-row-Methodist (Gracie always wants to sit on the very front row). We signed our covenant today, but we won't be introduced to the church until October 19. We would love to have friends and family attend.

Happy 7th Birthday, Gracie (May 24th)

Gracie and her 'boyfriend', Nathan

The Cake

Gracie reaching for.....?
Gracie with friends Renae, Eugenia and Taylor

Gracie turned 7 on May 24th. She wanted a science-themed party, so that's what we did. Jessica, one of our friends, was the 'mad science lady', and she was wonderful! She helped the kids decorate their goggles (safety, first!), get dressed in their aprons (like any good scientist), and she performed experiments for the children to watch. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pics of the experiments, but I did get the cake and some of Gracie opening presents.

Jaxonism

Kevin was singing "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" this evening. Gracie was somewhat singing along, and Jax was listening intently. When Kev was done, Jax asked, "Did Grandma really get run over by a reindeer?" We had a small chuckle. Not the greatest Jaxonism ever, but it was cute nonetheless.

Homeroom Mom

Update on the whole homeroom mom thing...not only am I Jaxon's kindergaten class homeroom mom, but I am now also Gracie's 2nd grade homeroom mom. Note to self: what was I thinking?

Jax Graduates Preschool

Oh my goodness; is it Hannah Montana at Jax's graduation? No, it's just his big sister, Gracie, in her Hannah wig

Well, Jax obviously 'graduated' from preschool (in May), but I am just now blogging it. I have given-up on post-dating the belated blogs; they will just appear as new blogs.

The graduation ceremony was very simple. Most of the students in Jaxon's class moved on to the Pre-K class. Jax was one of the few who actually started kindergarten (his birthday is in July, so he's one of the youngest in his class). It was a little sad leaving Gainesville Country Day, but it was fine; Jax is doing great in kindergarten.

On that note, Jax got to see some of his best friends from Country Day last night at a birthday party. The boys, Felix, Drew and Eric were SO excited to see Jax. He played in the pool with Felix all night!