Last Day Celebration!

Our morning prelims decided to waive, so I was able to attend the CHA Awards Assembly at 11:30! 

Rach brought these confetti poppers and somehow got permission at the last minute for Jace and his 5 best friends to do them at the very end of the elementary assembly (after their whole class sang a cutesy farewell song).  Considering they had zero practice and just decided to throw this in today, it went very well and was super festive and fun, and totally unexpected for CHA!!

This = awesomesauce teacher gifts Rach made for Mrs. Husted (5th grade) and Mrs. Garcia (6th)!

He got a lot of compliments yesterday and decided to wear the purple suit again for the last day of school so everyone could see it. lol  We were all pleasantly surprised to see Jace get the character plaque for "Determination: Do Hard Things!"  The teachers each choose two students from their class to receive an award, and Mrs. Garcia chose Jace and Lindsey. ❤

Mom and Rach told me Jace was getting something, but Rach figured it was a paper award, not a character plaque.  He's never gotten one of those before, so I love that it happened on his last day of elementary!

Individual pics with our award winner! ❤

And now we can remind him of this quality whenever he wants to give up on something difficult! ;-)

Huzzah!  Soooo much confetti!!

Their deal was that the boys had to stay after and clean it all up, so kudos to Axel, TJ, Jaceman, Asher, Jace, and Gideon (who's not pictured here) for being an awesome clean-up crew! #worthit

Kyndal Faith with Colin and Eva.  Not sure what this hand signal in the left pic means, but I'll find out at our next fam dinner!  Before the school-wide assembly, she was recognized for Individuality in her class today, which feels appropriate! =)

Now K is having a few friends over for an End-of-Year swim party at Mom and Dad's, and Jace is working out with Neal!  Congrats to them on their character awards, and HAPPY SUMMER to all the CHA students!!

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In other news, yay for these new shadow-box frames at home!  I've gotta work on pinning the cap straight, but when I get that right, it'll be fantastic! =)

Potentially the most ridiculous thing in my entire home, but it was $2 and it makes me laugh!  #johnnylawrencefanclub #allvalleychamp

Finally, I taped some new photos over my existing wood panels at work!!  It was time for an update - the only one that's not new today is the one from Dad's 40-year SF party in 2022!

And on a more serious note, please be in prayer for JoBug, my fun-loving aunt, who went in for major surgery on an celiac arterial aneurysm this morning!  She'll be in the hospital for at least four days as she begins to recover.  Also be praying for my friend, Kristen, who is in the midst of a rough journey battling leukemia - currently diagnosed with pneumonia and seeking a white-blood-cell donor for a life-saving blood transfusion! 

Praying for good doctors, full healing, all the support they need, and for extra peace and strength for both of them and their families!!

That's all I've got for you today.

Happy Wednesday, friends and fam!!

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