mother's day 2016

Ready for church and excited for our family day :)

B made picnic lunches and coordinated the use of a friend's boat for a full (and beautiful weather!) family lake day.  It was the best idea ever and perfect for this mama who would much rather time outdoors on the water than anything fancy :))

Favorite

First one in...always :))

Those are real smiles...love so much

Cupcake dessert

And she caught this with bare hands walking around in the lake ;)

So beautiful in all the ways

Beyond grateful for them and their sweetness and grace to me.  It was perfect and I love them more than I can say :))

end-of-year school and co-op

Last co-op homework ever...

And Greer's penguin project for her last day of geography class (Australia/Antarctica)

We still have Gehrig's from his 2nd grade year...starting a little penguin family :)

And last day of co-op 2015-2016 year pic

Love love love their teachers (sadly didn't get a pic of Gehrig with his...)

And all the penguins ready for their big performance that night at Family Night :)

Penguins and buddies, Wiley and Greer

And a packed house...thankful for this community

So thankful Mammaw came to watch...the bigs got their class award and it was sweet to see all of their projects and classwork too

Such a cute crew...they did great!

Field Day!  Gehr was sick, so Jenn was awesome to take the girls and snap pics for me :))

Oh Garner Bug!  She cracks me up

And this one would never have missed the fun if he hadn't felt really bad :((

Finally starting to get into it a little bit...

And the snocone brought the big smiles...she's quite the treat-aholic ;)

More fun on a beautiful May day

And a new member meeting for all the mamas/teachers for this fall...always so thankful for how the Lord brings us all together :)

Finally, a little bit of heartbreak for this mama...his last day of homeschool

These years flew by so much faster than I expected.  So so thankful for all the time we've had together at home and excited for this new journey for him too :)

And finally, 5th grade awards day for best bud, Gench...they are the sweetest friends :)

Although this school year went by quickly, we are always excited about summer approaching!  We are so grateful for a good year and for all the teachers and friends and opportunities the Lord has given all of us. What a great full elementary school experience for Gehrig!  Excited about the years we have remaining with Greer and for Garner starting that journey this fall too :)