Captains Log: Week 10 & 11 (wrapping up school!)

The sunsets have been a relief to the heat during these past weeks...this was taken by Lucy right above our house

Audrey

ready for high school

Chester

ready for 6th grade

Mom

ready to have a college aged child

her senior sunset with family

Lucy was invited to attend a zoom senior awards ceremony and was recognized for:

Honors award

(GPA award for having a 4.0 or higher for her entire high school career)

She graduates with a 4.4 cumulative.

Spanish Honor Society with a certificate for biliteracy!

Inspirational Athlete of the Year

( a big deal!)

(her name will be on the wall in the canyon gym...forever!)

So we rewarded her in style with a trip to Wendy's for a round of frosties and fries :)

trying on her cap

"who decided that these look good?"

Onto Audrey's drop off of books and pick up for her final 8th grade week!

This smile is classic Audrey :)

buh bye Sierra Vista

not going to miss it at all!

They were given these tee shirts so I had her stop and take some pictures to immortalize the day she could say goodbye to junior high.

She is really looking forward to high school!

Lucy had to take some photos for her coaches at Cal Poly in her cap and gown.

She wears the white for having over a 4.0 every semester of high school.

What a star!

Later, the young women's leaders in our ward did a drive by grad party for the youth.

We were the first stop and I told her to where the cap. She looks so cute :)

I think Chester is the most excited about all this graduation business.

One final week and we should be all done with school...:)

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