Last Day of School

 The last couple days of school were completely NUTS at our house.  The day before school got out, I had to get the house cleaned up and help the movers get everything out.  As our stuff left for Georgia and we didn't have any beds, we went and stayed at a hotel that night.  The boys thought it was great even though we didn't get there until late and they pretty much just conked out the second their heads hit the pillows.  

 I didn't conk our however as it didn't feel right to leave without a little gift for our teachers and friends and hadn't had time to do them yet.  I put together these little Burt's Bee's packages for our wonderful teachers. 

 We have always given a gift at the end of the school year and this year we did something a bit different.  Thanks to Pinterest (also for the above idea), I found these cute gifts.  Nevermind that I was up until 3 a.m. assembling them.  

 The boys did get to partake of the hotel's breakfast, and partake they did.  I think they all had a million things on their plates.  

 Last day at Cook Elementary.  We have ADORED this school for the past 3 years.  I can't say enough good about the people we have met and the experiences we have had at this wonderful school.  We will miss it terribly.  

After dropping the boys off at school I headed to the airport to pick Josh up.  We were so glad that our family was all together again!  It has been a rough 7 weeks.

After school we had our traditional neighborhood swim party.  We have been so blessed with this neighborhood.  What wonderful lifelong friends we have made here. 

Palmer and Lincoln had some friends come over to say goodbye.  Palmer has had a couple of very close friends over these past few years and I have been so grateful for the good kids they are.  

 Hunter also has had some good buddies.  I didn't get a picture of it, but Lincoln's best friend gave him a hat to remember him by.  Each of the boys have missed their friends so much.  

 Last picture in front of the Syracuse house (please don't mind the dead grass as we were having sprinkler issues)... After this picture we hit the road on our trek across the U.S. to our new home in Georgia.

 Syracuse has been good to us, it is one of the places that our family has been the happiest.  What a blessing that we have had the opportunity to live in this wonderful city.

Some Stragglers

 A few pics...Palmer and Lincoln played their last game with the team they have been with for the last few years.  It was sad to say goodbye.  They have had such a good experience with the awesome kids and their assistant coach.

 One of my friends from drill team at Hunter high had a son on my boys soccer team.  It was fun to get to know her and her family and see her regularly.  

 I have had the most wonderful friends in Syracuse, my sweet friend Gini put this fun road trip package together for us to take on our move to Georgia.  She is so thoughtful!

 I wish I had gotten a picture of my boys with their cousins.  This was our last night playing with the cousins before the big move.

 It was hard saying goodbye to my Laurels.  I have loved being the Laurel adviser for the past little while and really gotten to love this beautiful girls and the leaders I served with.

 Palmer got his braces off 2 days before we moved, not a moment too soon!  1st phase down, one to go later when he gets all of his permanent teeth in.

 What a beautiful smile!

 Lincoln and his class had their last choral reading.  It was a Zebra theme, hence the black and white.  Lincoln had an amazing school year this year.  

Pack Meeting and a Few Awards

 This pack meeting was so much fun and probably the only time ever that all of my boys will get awards like this.  Hunter got his Bobcat, Lincoln his Bear and Palmer his Webelo.  I didn't know that anyone was even getting an award except Hunter, so it was a very fun surprise.  Josh was so sad to miss it, but we took lots of pictures to send him in Georgia.

This is Hunter's amazing scout leader Sister Shupe.  She was so great and helped him so much.  I was able to be a Wolf Leader with her for a little bit and I grew to love her so much.

 It was fun to get all of my Mother's Pins!

After the kids each earn an award, they get to pick out a cheer for everyone to do.  Hunter picked out a Pat on the Back.  

Lincoln had the best leaders.  They helped him get his Bear in 6 months.  They worked hard to help him because they knew it would be easier for us if he had it before we moved.  They were awesome.  

We sure love our Scout Master Brother Cahoon as well.

Palmer also had awesome leaders!

Each of the kids got to put a piece of gum in this jar when they earned anything.  When the jar was full they got a party.

Lincoln's Field Trip to Boondocks

 The third grade at our school always has an economics fair where the kids sell things and try to make money, the money they make is used to take them to Boondocks at the end of the year.  Palmer's trip is in this series of instagram pics here.  I was excited that I got to chaperon Lincoln and some of his friends.

 This is the favorite ride, the kids come off drenched!

 This is Lincoln's best friend Briggs. 

 I was so surprised at how good Lincoln was at golf (mini).  He only took 1-2 shots every time.  He didn't inherit that skill from me...

 This was the last mini golf hole, when you hit your ball in it shot fire in the air.

 Mrs. Pettit was such a good sport!  She did the bumper boats and the kids in her class drenched her.  She is the coolest.

These boys sure love Mrs. Pettit.  I'm pretty sure they all think they are her favorite.

Hunter's End of the Year Reading Party

 All three of my boys have had Mrs. Inderrieden.  She is an incredible woman who has made an impact on our family forever.  Every year she does an end of the year reward party at her house for all those who met their reading goals each month.  It is pretty much the funnest thing ever.  Here is Palmer's year and here is Lincoln's year.  

 Hunter and his buddy Jake.

 Hunter's awesome catch.

 We sure love this wonderful woman!  Our boys have been so lucky!

Palmer's Decathlon

 Palmer was selected to go to a district decathlon to represent his school.  The P.E. teachers picked two boys and two girls from 4th, 5th and 6th grade.  He was pretty excited about it.  Especially since they were going to be wearing a shirt he and a friend designed for the school fun run.

I had to laugh how seriously he took the whole thing.  He is teacher told me that he and his friend Hudson who was also going would turn down treats because they were in "training."  It was especially funny that Hudson's mom is the one that brought the treats!  Palmer was very serious about it :)

He was pretty nervous when we got to Viewmont High in Bountiful

 

They competed in events like speed stacking, running, push ups, sit ups, basketball dribbling, sit and reach and a few others.  It was pretty impressive.

 We were so proud of our whole school.  There were 17 schools there and they did places 1-5 for each grade.  Our school all placed!  Palmer's team took 5th and they were thrilled!