In June, Avery finally got to go on his long overdue 8th grade trip to Washington DC and Boston. It looked amazing and I’m so glad he got to have this experience. I’m sure he will always remember it.

At the Lincoln Memorial

Saying goodbye before he left

Charter buses to the airport

At Harvard

Samual Adams grave

General Layfayette

Ford Theatre

Washington Monument

Lincoln Memorial

Vietnam Memorial

?, Brady and Avery
  

George and Martha Washington

Holocaust Museum






 

George Washington’s House


     

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Visiting the grave of a fellow MSHS graduate

On the way home the gang had a hiccup. Half the group was on one flight and the other was on another flight – which got cancelled! Avery was in the unfortunate group. But fortunately, unaccompanied minors get priority when these things happen, so the kids and chaperones got an extra night in DC (they spent the day at the mall) and they got split onto three different flights the following day. Avery’s group ended up flying down to Florida to catch a connection home. It was a looonnnnggg trip home and he was exhausted when he arrived, but had lots of stories to share once he got a good night’s rest.

Layla turned six this year. At six, Layla is sweet, spunky and smart as a whip. This girl doesn’t miss a beat and is always trying to either keep up with her brothers or herd them! We are so thankful for this little girl, who rounds out our family perfectly.

Last night as a five-year-old

We celebrated with a gymnastics party and it was a hit! Layla wants to be a gymnastics teacher when she grown up.

Addie, Evangeline, Brittan, Paz & Layla

Our niece, Nicole, graduated with honors from high school in June and is WWU bound. We couldn’t be more proud of the beautiful, smart woman she’s become. Way to go, Nicole! Can’t wait to see what you do!

The day before we headed to Pullman, we found out Manivanh tested positive for Covid. Sadly, this left her out of much of the festivities they’d all been looking forward to for a long time. Kieron, Grammy and Papa, and I headed east that day. The next morning, Jonathan tested positive, which meant he couldn’t drive over with Avery, Silas & Layla. It was pretty disappointing the wrench Covid threw in this event, but we made the most of it.

Waiting for the graduation ceremony to begin

Pullman High School, Class of 2022

Earlier that day…

At Nicole’s graduation party, the following day

We went to Nicole’s track banquet while Scott and Manivanh prepared for the graduation party. Nicole was constantly being recognized on stage, as a team captain, MVP, scholar athlete, and so on. I can tell her team will miss her.

Donuts with a grownup

Track meet

This cutie came to visit me when I was subbing in high school health

Visiting Grammy and Papa

Middle School track meet

We went to Lake Chelan with our friends, the Estes, over Memorial break

Kieron, Layla, Hudson, Landry & Silas

With Darcey and Tricia
   

We took the kids go karting

Kieron turned twelve in May. At twelve, Kieron is still as sweet and sensitive as ever, and he still wants to be a chef or own a restaurant. For his birthday, he really wanted to make sushi for us. It turned out delicious! We love you so much, little chef!

This boy loves Aahar!

He helped make his mint oreo ice cream cake

More cooking classes!

For his birthday, Kieron took a few friends to a movie and then they came back to the house to celebrate. Here he is with Liam, Ethan, Alex and Seth.