Lake Shasta

We just returned from Lake Shasta. We joined my sister Sara and her family for several days of fun and sun! Spending time on the house boat is always a lot of work, but so much fun! When we arrived, a friend from high school and his kids had joined Sara and Chris. It was fun to see him and meet his kids. He and Chris went home Sunday evening and William had to leave Monday for work. So, that left me and Sara and our kids for a few days. Sara assumed the role of driver and I, of course, was the flagger! There were 2 tubes, each could fit 3 kids. It was perfect, because we had 6! Three boys and three girls. Plus, they are all close in age to another, so that made it easy to balance the weight. There would be 2 girls and a boy on one tube, and two

boys and a girl on the other. So, Megan, Anna and Brad on one and Camille, Zac and Tanner on the other. Sara is one crazy driver and the kids loved it! On Wednesday, my brother Ed and his wife Bethany brought their 4 little ones down for the day. That was fun too! Thanks Sara and Chris (and Linda) for sharing your vacation with us! We had a blast!

Piano Recital

The girls had a piano recital a couple of weeks ago. They have only had a handful of lessons this year. With school and sports right after school, they need to have their lessons in the evening. I haven't been able to find someone who can teach then. Heidi, my friend and wonderful teacher has been very patient and flexible with them. Let's hope I can find someone for evening lessons!

Summer is Here!

Okay, it's been a while. Quick update on the family. Megan is officially out of middle school and will be a freshman next year. Gasp! She is excited to be out of 8th grade, but nervous for high school. She loved attending the 8th grade dance with her friends. She had a harder time this year.

It was especially hard with finals. The first week of school, many of her teachers told them that to keep ALL of their notes from the entire year because they would have to turn in textbooks 2 weeks before school was out, but that their finals would be the last week of school. Well, Megan was out of school for the first 10 days with her appendix, so she missed those little talks. So, as the year progressed and she cleaned out her notebooks, she tossed old notes. Well, finals came and she had nothing to study from. All of her teachers but one allowed her to copy chapters for the textbook. The one teacher that told her that this was a responsibility lesson gave her a study guide. But she had no book or notes to study from. So, for the first time she completely bombed a test and dropped her trimester grade by a whole letter. Megan had her first B on a report card with a 89.4. in that class. It was very traumatic for her. It meant that she was ineligible for the 4.0 club and any awards that come with that. She was so sad. Camille is thrilled to be done with 6th grade and now will not be the "new kid" in middle school. She is looking forward to 7th grade. She did very well in her math class. She had an A+ which thrilled her! She is very competitive and this particular class is an 8th grade math. She is excited to have Algebra next year and loves that in 8th grade she will have to attend the high school for her math class. Zac will be a sophomore next year. His first year in high school was challenging for him. I wish he would spend as much time on home work as he does on his social life. But he finished, I think, with mostly A's and B's. It was harder than he anticipated playing sports and balancing his classes. He missed a lot of school in the afternoons to travel with the basketball team. He missed a few of his core classes and had a hard time recovering. He is going to get all of his core classes in the morning next year (hopefully). William and I are busy as ever, with what, I don't know. His work is interesting right now. I am busy with the girls and all of the summer things. We are excited to go to Utah for Angie's wedding. She is Troy's youngest sister and the last of the Johnson's to marry. We are excited for her. Troy's cousing Andrea is also marrying a neat guy named Chris while we are in Utah. The whole family should be there. It will be a blast to see everyone from both sides of the family. Megan is looking forward to EFY and Camille is excited to attend her first YW Girl's Camp. Crazy but excited summer.