Summer Vacation is here!!!!!

We, at the Blad household, are VERY happy to see school come to an end. I am mostly excited to take advantage of sleeping in when the baby will let me. It's amazing how much good that extra hour of sleep does for a woman! Last week was full of all sorts of fun events. Tuesday, Gabby and Alex recieved their rocket math medals, so we went to that little awards ceremony. It was fun to see them get their awards.

And can I just say, I am not much of a photographer. My pictures always look horrible to me. I'm just gonna blame that on the camera. It got dropped on the cement last year. That has to be the problem....Anyway, on to Wednesday. That's the day Jaxson turned 8 weeks old. Crazy how time flies. He's starting to smile so much more, and he's cooing and babbling at us...so fun! I love little baby voices. He's really starting to show his personality. He's such a laid back baby, which is great for me!

Also on Wednesday, Cory went to a work meeting in Poky with his brothers and Dad. It was decided that they want us in Idaho Falls the beginning of July. If our house hasn't sold by then, the business will have to pay rent for us, because there is no way we can afford a house payment and a rent payment. It kinda stresses me out a little, but it's nice to know there's a bit of a plan in the works. I just pray our house sells soon!

On Friday, Miss Madi graduated from the 6th grade. I can't believe I have a Jr High kid now. I'm starting to notice the beginnings of teenage-hood. She seems to get annoyed with us easier and more often now. But she's still such a sweet girl, and a great big sister. She's always helping the littles ones, which I'm so grateful for. At the awards ceremony for the 6th graders Madi got 2 awards from track and field day. She placed 2 in the hula hoop contest, and 3rd in the wheel barrow race. I can't say I remember those events ever being in a track meet, but hey, I'm pretty sure I couldn't do either of them at this point! So, way to go Madi! She was also awarded the Presidents Volunteer Service Award at the silver level. She was a Patrol student this year, helping younger kids cross the street. Her time volunteered ended up being 94 hours for the school year. That qualified her for the service award. She got a neat pin, and a letter from the President. She was pretty excited about that. We were pretty proud of her commitment to stick it out, even when she didn't want to do it in the cold and snow and rain and wind.

Alex apperently had a little award ceremony for the 3rd grade, as well. I wasn't aware of that one. He got a medal for being the #1 reader in the entire 3rd grade. He accumulated a total of 324 AR points for the year. He just loves to read, and it comes so easy to him. He is now reading on the Jr High level. He also recieved an Academic Award certificate for having all A's. He's a little smarty pants! We're so proud of all the kids. They all worked so hard in school this year, and I saw them each progress and learn. They are definitly smarter than I was at their age!

On Saturday, Alex had a practice baseball game against one of the teams that he won't be playing in the regular season. It was pretty slow at first, but in the end, our little team had it figured out and were hitting the crap out of the ball. They were all getting so excited. They were doing pretty good in the outfield, too. One kid even had a double play, which is pretty good for 9 and 10 year olds. Alex loves to play baseball, so I'm glad we got him signed up. It's definitly his favorite sport

So, that's been our life, lately. I really need to blog this stuff as it happens, instead on waiting till a weeks worth of events happen. It's almost too much!