Thursday was Morgan's last Awards day as a middle schooler. He received Perfect attendance & Honors award. He kept his 4.0 all of 6th and 7th grade, but made one B in math this year. Towards the end of the awards ceremony, they had a few special awards left to give out. One of these was the 110% Award. This is for a student who always gives 110% on their schoolwork and character everyday. We were all surprised when they called Morgan's name! He always has been very conscientious about every assignment, project and report. I was so proud of him that he won this award!
At the end of this Awards day.. Mr. Trent had them all stand and he pronounced & declared that they were officially passed to the 9th grade and they are now officially the FRESHMAN ~ Class of 2013! This was his last day with all his friends together. They will all split up to their respective high schools. (Karns High, Hardin Valley Academy, Catholic High, Grace Academy and one of his Track buddies will be going to Bearden High.) Morgan will be attending HVA this fall. It was a happy but sad day for them all. After the awards ceremony, they went home to get ready for the long awaited KMS 8th grade dance !
I had to miss Andrew's Awards day this year, because I had to work. John went and made these pictures for me. He got the Principal's Award, Character Counts award, Accelerated Reader award and Perfect attendance! Andrew made straight A's all year long (4.0) !!!
Yay Andrew, I am so proud of you!
I have had the privilege of being in the same school as Morgan 6 out of his first 9 years of school. I taught at Blue Grass Elementary for 8 years and had him transfered with me his kindergarten through 3rd grade years. I took 3 years off from teaching and he started school at Karns. He was "on his own" at Karns 4th - 6th grades. I joined him again last year (his 7th grade year) at Karns Middle. It has been a special experience for the both of us being together all these years. We have had some of the best times, just the two of us driving to and from school, stopping to get an early morning- before school breakfast. I LOVED our elementary school years together. I will always treasure the memories of him leaving his class in line, running down the hall way just to give me a hug, then running back to his teacher. He was never embarrassed to "LOVE on his mommy", even in front of his friends. Our "middle school" time together has been very different, but just as special. No more hugs in the hall in front of his friends, but I do get some high fives from him AND his friends. I have had to learn how to "be COOL" in his presence.
Time does indeed change things, but some things remain the same forever, a mother's love for her son.
Tomorrow will mark the end of this season of our lives. He will leave to go to high school and we will never be in the same school building together again. BUT...I will always have these sweet memories of us together in my heart.
It is hard to believe that this school year is already over. Just this past fall Emma Grace started her 1st year of preschool.
The picture at the top left was made TODAY, her LAST day of 3 YEAR OLD preschool.
The top right was her very 1st day of school , back in August.
She loved every single day of school.
I can hardly believe haw fast this year has gone by. Just two months from today she will be 4 years old. I wish that I could freeze time.
I don't know if I have ever done a post on the blog about John. Tonight I thought I would. A few weeks ago, John was awarded a BIG award at his work. He works for Siemens Molecular Imaging. They have this award called the Focus & Deliver award that is peer nominated and is awarded by the Vice President of his department at Siemens in Malvern, PA. He was awarded with a certificate and meal of his choice at any restaurant. We went tonight to Ruth's Chris Steak House on the downtown riverfront. It was our 1st time to eat there, and very very yummy! I am so proud of my man!!! :)
We celebrated Mother's day this evening, a day early. It was such a pleasure to host my grandmother, aunt, mom and mother in law.
I love each one of them . They mean the world to me & I am so blessed to have each one of them in my life.
Andrew has loved to draw for as long as he could hold a pencil/crayon. He will sit at his desk for the longest time and just Draw. I have always loved his drawings because he puts the tiniest details in his pictures. Teeny tiny little swords in pirates hands or little baseballs flying through the air. (see top left picture)
Just this past month or so, Emma Grace has started to make her 1st "real pictures". I LOVE it when they first start drawing "people" and they are just a round BLOB with sticks for arms and legs. No head or shoulders, just a blob. I just love it... This is the first, most primitive form of their drawings making sense. (Even the 1st scribbles make sense in their own minds.) I love to watch how their art evolves! I have kept a portfolio of all three of them since they were about 18 months old.
