High School - Already?

On Wednesday, June 9th, Katlynne officially graduated from 8th grade and we were able to make the trip over to Port Angeles to attend the ceremony! It is amazing to see how far Katlynne has come over the last four or five years - but now that she has graduated from middle school, this means - she is now in high school!!! She has grown up so fast and has become such an amazing young lady. We are so proud of her. In addition to getting her "diploma", Katlynne received a bunch of other awards that night including The Timothy Award (for acts of service), Friendliest Personality, and Honor Roll (the medal around her neck in the picture is for this award). She has been working so hard since starting middle school to achieve Straight A's on a semester report card, and we are happy to report that she finally reached her goal this last semester. STRAIGHT A's! She is so proud of herself and we are even more proud of all her hard work. She looked amazing and she was so excited that we were able to make it to see her graduate.

After the ceremony, we took the girls out to dinner and explored the pier. It was great to see them and spend some time with them in the middle of the week.

Our Beautiful Girls!

So Excited To Be In High School!

Sisters!

Jim Wanted A Paparazzi Type Shot Of The High Schooler....I Was Her Body Guard.

Kayla Walking The Pier

Love These Girls!

In addition to Wednesday being Katlynne's big graduation day, it was also Jim's 41st birthday! Since we had all of the girls the weekend before, we celebrated his birthday then with a small family party out at Dash Point State Park in Federal Way (thanks to my parents and the Hales for letting us spend the evening at their camp site). We spent the afternoon playing Bocce Ball, Ladder Toss, roasting hot dogs and Hobo dinners over the camp fire and eating homemade carrot cake (Jim's favorite) and ice cream. Afterwards, we stayed up late playing games in the Hale's camping trailer. It was a great time with lots of good laughs!

Since we don't have any kids this coming weekend, I have been planning on celebrating his birthday once again, just the two of us. It should be fun!

Jim And His Girls!

Jim and Me!