Last Day of School

I can't believe we have almost lived in Abilene a year and today was the last day of school. Hannah has had a wonderful year at First Friends and I am so thankful for her great teachers, Mrs. Dixie and Mrs. Krista. She has learned how to write her name and sign the whole alphabet. She knows countless bible stories and several words in Spanish. We are looking forward to our last year of preschool in Mrs. Emily's class (Holly's sister) next year.

Here are some pictures I took of Hannah before school.

Last day of School 2011-2012

First day of school 2011-2012

Patriotic Program at School

London, Hannah and Jared

Our Vacation

We headed to Great Wolf Lodge in Dallas a couple of weeks ago. We wanted to take a family vacation since Chris will be leaving in a few weeks. We had a lot of fun. Great Wolf has an indoor water park and the girls enjoyed all the slides. You just never know what Hannah is going to do and like but she LOVED the big slides. We were getting lots of exercise going up the stairs to the slide. We spent every night in the lobby for storytime and learning how to howl and on the last day we discovered Cub Camp and found a friend from Abilene who was doing the face painting. Hannah's arms were covered with "tatoos'. I think both girls had a lot of fun.

 

Lucy's bed. She slept in a big girl bed for the first time and did great.

Hannah liked to play on the top bunk but wasn't sure about sleeping. She did sleep 2 nights up there.

Note the large bucket: It will dump TONS of water.

Lucy watching Hannah get ready to slide.

Hannah coming down slide.

Happy Dance!

Chris enjoying a leisurely slide down.

Waterpark wore her out!

You can't tell but there is a bubble above her head with an aquarium.

At Grapevine Aquarium.

Pics with Daddy

Of course, no smile.

Watching the trains.

Sisterly love

Happy Graduation!

Four years ago I helped Mallory move into her dorm room at Hardin Simmons University.  Her parents are teachers and had already started school and she needed some help. I was super excited to relive some college moments and help her move. Of course, it would rain that day but we had a lot of fun. I am so glad that we were able to get back to Abilene for her senior year. Her love for children is going to make her an amazing teacher.

The Abilene Reporter News caught the picture above after graduation and it made their website. So cute! We had a great time celebrating.

So proud of you Mallory!

The after party!