Catching up: May events

May was full of some pretty big events for our family, so I'm going to hit the highlights.
First, we had Chris' graduation from high school.  He is officially learned and wise now, or so he tells me.

He was rotten about posing for a picture, so these are the best I have.  Sorry, son, but it's your own fault!

 

Emma had a very exciting graduation from elementary school, as well.  She was chosen by her teacher to receive the Hope of America award!  We were so excited for her.

 

There were 6 winners from Emma's school: Sidney Olcott, Luke Yost, Rachel Brown, Emma, and two who couldn't attend the district awards ceremony: Avery Hall and Jared Olsen.

Here she is with her teacher, Jessica Baker, and her friends who also won the award: Sidney Olcott, Avery Hall, and Rachel Brown.  Emma loved this year in school and thinks the world of Miss Baker.  She came to Emma's plays and brought her flowers.  She also came to an Activity Days fashion show for our ward.  She was very supportive, as well as being an excellent teacher.

Maren's big event of the season was her symphony concert.  It's always hard to get a decent picture at a symphony, but I did my best.

 They played several terrific pieces, including the Spiderman theme, and 'Morning' and  'Hall of the Mountain King' from Peer Gynt.  It's really fun to go to her symphony concerts and hear how talented these high school students are.

 

Chris voted in his first 'real' election!  Last time he voted in our first caucus.

 The 6th grade class always (except for Maren's year) gets to host a medieval fair for the rest of the school.  They build castles, dress in costume, and serve food to the visitors.  Emma made her castle out of rock hard marshmallows that were at least a decade old.  She had a Lego Rapunzel and prince at one tower.

 

On the last day of school, Emma got the Citizenship Award and a reading award.  Then the 6th graders went outside to play water balloon volleyball.  She has had a terrific time at Washington, and she's really excited about middle school next year.

I don't have a picture of Devin's big last days of school, but he created electrical circuits and got one of the highest grades in his program!  He's really enjoying his mechatronics courses and he does really well in them.