We survived!!

It's official! The school year is done! No more kindergarten for Zayden and Tyson and no more preschool for the "fantastic four"! The youngest three are also moving up in life-Savannah will start three year old preschool in the fall and Ryker will start the "young toddler class" at our church's school. Skyler is still too young for any classes, but we'll probably start her in a mommy and me class somewhere to keep her busy. I am so proud of all of the kids for doing so well this school year, it was a hard year for all of them but they did it! Callie especially deserves a shout out, when the year started her teacher wasn't okay with the transgender situation and made it very difficult for our girl to feel accepted. We're happy to report after months of Callie fighting back and proving that she knows what's going on her teacher caved and actually stopped Jason and I at the graduation to thank us and apologize. She was so embarrassed by her behavior, she shared with us that she had read our blog and reading the "Losing Noah" post was pretty much enough for her and she knew what was going on was as real as can be. This. This is why our blog exists! I felt honored that our amazing kid helped change someones outlook on a situation such as this. She really is a special kid and we're honored to be her parents. All of our kids made amazing strides this year and I really want to take this moment to highlight all of them. Zayden, oh Zayden where do I start with him? This kid is a handful! Due to some health issues-that our close friends and family know about-he was homeschooled by me and boy did he give me a run for my money! I learned so much from this kid though, for starters he's a smart aleck like his dad. I am so proud of him for learning to read and reading as many books as he can now! Tyson, lord I love this kid. If you know us you know Ty is our sweetheart who wears his heart on his sleeve. His kindergarten actually gave awards and he received the "compassion" award which is so deserved. We recently started getting things ready for our yard sale and I told the kids they can buy anything they want with the money they earn for selling their stuff, his response to what he's buying was "It's a gift for Ryker" my heart melted. Hunter, this kid is so hyper! He finally started reading some books and is ready to try "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" I am so proud of him for always standing up for his sister no matter what the cost. He's going to make an awesome "army guy" some day! Brooke, she needed bribed to go to school. She cried and screamed a lot the day before school started and didn't want to go. Graduation day rolled around and she was so upset about school ending! It was an awesome feeling. Estella, as shy as she is I am happy to say she made friends and came out of her shell a little bit. She finally decided on a sport to stick with it-karate! Yup our sweet, little, skinny, timid Stella wants to be a "ninja"! Savannah, she was just a baby when she started school. We really didn't understand why we were putting her in preschool but did it anyway! She's a big kid now though, potty trained and knows all her letters and numbers! Good job Vannah!!! It's safe to say Jason and I are beyond proud of the kids we have raised and can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for these nine.