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The final concert of the year – Eleri’s music “informance”. This is an informance for the parents to see the fun the children have in music classes and not a performance. We enjoyed hearing and seeing Eleri perform her music. She enjoys music and is always singing the songs at home.

Eleri, […]

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Emersyn is officially eleven today – sort of. With the travel time living half way around the world, she is officially eleven during the night. On Sunday, I made cake #4, the school cake. I am done baking the family chocolate cake until October – where is my good Mom award!?! Emersyn did the […]

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Eleri’s big front tooth was wiggly. She wiggled and wiggled it to make it loser. Then, she wanted Jim to pull it, but it wasn’t lose enough. So she wiggled it more until Jim could pulled it out. Jim and I laughed at how different our two girls are about their teeth. Emersyn didn’t […]

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It is party weekend at the Lyon house. We sent the six girls home from the sleepover party to begin cleaning and preparing for the next party. Tonight on our deck was the Humes going away party. Mary and John are good friends moving back to Michigan this summer. Our deck is the perfect […]

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Emersyn is turning ELEVEN! She wanted a sleepover party with eight friends. Due to conflicts as everyone is busy at the end of the school year, she had six friends attend her party. I picked up the seven excited girls at school with the help of my friend, Jennifer, and her driver. […]

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Tonight was the second Middle School Concert of the year. Emersyn was so excited to show us how much the 5th Grade band had improved. For the last concert, the new band had only played together for a couple months. Jim was out of town for work, but Eleri and I enjoyed the performance. […]

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Since I am a summer birthday, I am more aware of the importance of a cake at school. I made my second chocolate cake on Sunday for school cake on Monday. Eleri was all smiles blowing out the candles and cutting the cake.

Our little one is growing up […]

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At the end of this school year, we are losing a few good friends. Faith organized a ladies night out. Since Faith was organizing, it wasn’t just a simply night out!! She arranged a limo to surprise the three ladies leaving – Mary, Nani and Hilary. The limo picked up the ladies at Faith’s […]

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Today was Eleri’s birthday celebration…an open weekend to celebrate her birthday with friends. She has a delightful class this year, therefore, she invited all the girls in her class + Lili + Audrey & Sophie (Daisy friends) + Sophie Jenkins for a total of 15 kids!

The cake decorating includes many […]

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Concordia Idol – what a fun night. Concordia Idol for the 5th/6th graders was Friday night. The 7th/8th Idol was on Saturday night. After the Idol, a dance was held for the children.

The staff and teachers did a fabulous job with Concordia Idol. Mr. Stone was Simon Cowell. He would “criticize” the […]