She did it.

Friday June 3rd Nicole did it. Something she has been ready for since Jr. High. No more High School. She was part of the graduating class of American Fork High 2011.

We could not be prouder. Grandma and Grandpa Shumway, Grandma Thompson, her siblings and parents all saw it happen.

Here is my favorite Photo Nicole in her cap and gown and Derek in his paper bowl and yarn tassel. Kindergarten and High School Graduate together. I think Nicole and Derek have a cute relationship. Derek is going to miss her so much when she leaves in the fall.

Lolly was here.

Lolly came to visit the last week of school. Chris was camping with the scouts so Lolly figured it was a good time to come visit all of us. Lolly flew Danny out to help her drive here. I guess it was quite a fun trip. Danny got sick and did not feel good the whole time. Lolly has 3 kids 4 and under makes for an interesting time.

David likes us all. I love it when he comes up to me and gives me a big hug and sometimes even a kiss. He is very lovable and calls most of us Mom.

This little girl has changed the most. I can not believe how long her tong is. Eve loves to show it off. It can even touch her double chin.

kindergarten Graduation

Yesterday was Dereks Kindergarten graduation. They put on a very cute program. It had lots of cute songs and each child had a small speaking part. Derek is often very shy and does not always want to do his part but he spoke very clear and loud. He did not do as well with his singing he was a little shy. It gave me a glimpse of what Nicole's graduation will feel like. I only wish she would be singing.

He still has to go to school for the next two weeks but boy is it going to be hard getting him there now that he thinks he has graduated. He is a good student but he doesn't always like to go to school. He might be my smartest kid leaving kindergarten. He is a very good reader. He drives me crazy as he reads over my shoulder as I write emails. I hope he keeps his love of reading.

Lost

Derek has patiently watched as all the other kindergarten kids have lost their teeth. He has been wishing and hoping that he would have a loose tooth. Nicole lost 4 before kindergarten even started. Finally last Sunday a tooth started to wiggle. A week later it was still just wiggly. Courtney holds the record for leaving in a tooth in the longest I think it was well over 3 weeks after it started to wiggle.

On mothers day Uncle Danny tried to convince Derek that he knew how to get the tooth out. Something about Aunt Lolly and a baseball bat. Derek kept a tight lip thinking if he opened his mouth to wide Uncle Danny might pull out the tooth.

Monday after school Derek was quietly playing when he cam running down the stairs. He was so excited his tooth fell out while he was eating a granola bar and it didn't even hurt.

Dinner was fun as we talked about the tooth fairy. Dallen and Marissa tried to ruin it for Derek by telling him that there was no tooth fairy. Courtney saved the day by telling her true story of waking up and finding dad trying to steal her tooth fairy money. It was a funny story then and it still is. It doesn't say much about the kids trusting their dad but Courtney still wants to believe.

Marissa's Soccer

Marissa is loving Soccer for 3 reasons.

1 she is good at it.

2 Her team is undefeated

3 Shane "Kissme" Jackson thinks she is hot in her uniform.

It is amazing how focused Marissa can be when you take boys out of the equation. She loved football but was only 1 of 2 girls in the league. She often got distracted and tackled her own team players which if it wasn't bad enough she was playing flag football.

This All girl soccer team is just what she needs to get some athletic skills and have fun with girls.
She was very excited to hear a neighbor girl tell her about her talk with Shane "kissme" Jackson. Kayla (a neighbor girl) and Shane "kissme" Jackson were watching some of the kids play soccer in our back park. Shane "kissme" Jackson turned to Kayla and said who is that girl she is hot. Just then Marissa turned around and Shane "kissme" Jackson realised it was Marissa and took back what he said. Now we are having a hard time getting Marissa out of her uniform because she says Shane "kissme" Jackson thinks I am cute in it.

Easter egg hunt.

Easter egg hunts are fun at the Thompson house. We hide 100's of eggs and spend months finding them. Mom found an egg from last years hunt last month. We send the kids outside and hide the eggs. We often start the hunt by saying I know a great place to hide an egg but I will need a ladder and a shovel.

The egg hunters about to begin. There are only a few rules. Not in Grandmas room, grandpas office or past the double doors.
Some find only a few and give up purely they are beginners.

The Pantry is a great place to look. Don't forget the oatmeal box, sandwich baggies, that jar of straws to many places to hide thing. I watched 4 different kids find eggs in there.
Even the Toilet is a good place to look. Their was a money egg in there.
Make sure you check every box.
No closet left unopened and torn apart.
This bed was made and the jackets on hooks. It always is a fun event that takes much longer than an hour. Thanks grandma for being such a good sport.

Marissa's Birthday

Here are a few of the not chosen Photos Courtney and I took of Marissa in her baptism dress. She is very hard to photograph. Very stiff and non compliant.

Yesterday was Marissa's Birthday party. Nothing like twelve eight year old girls and a 3 year old tagalong to make for an exciting party. I knew I wanted to make it short so we made it 90minutes. Every year Marissa's birthday is over spring break and only have of the people she invites to the party come. I let her invite everyone she wanted to compinsate for the 50% failing rate of party goers. I also waited until spring break was over to trow the party. Her birthday was a week ago. All but one of the girls showed up and a sister of anther came. We had quite the group.

Marissa loves to do crafts so we started out will Dolly neclaces then went on to washcloth bunnies. The neclaces were a little advanced for some of the girls but they loved it. Here is a link to the tutorial

The bunnies were easy and a huge hit with the girls. They all named their bunnies and played with them when they were done making them. Link and tutorial are found here. I was so tired when the party was over. I wouldn't have been able to do it without the help of Mom, Nicole and Courtney thank you so much.