Wednesday, June 23rd

We have been looking forward to this day for months...the Last Day of School! I was so excited I woke up at 4:30 and couldn't go back to sleep. Actually that happens a lot and can be a little frustrating. At least I have been falling asleep easily which is usually more frustrating.

Brigham is especially glad that this will be his last day with Mrs. Dresser. Yesterday he came home from school with a big blue ribbon pinned on his shirt for winning the 50-yard dash against all the 3rd graders, but the first words out of his mouth were, "this is the worst day of my life!". Since I hear that several times a week, it doesn't mean anything anymore. But I was surprised when he started crying telling me how he only received a certificate instead of a bronze, silver, or gold medal for the Olympic Reading Challenge he's been working on all year. I called Mrs. Dresser so she could explain to us how that happened. I guess since he came into the school year late, he missed all those days of reading. Brittany's teacher didn't dock her those points, but I guess we shouldn't expect Mrs. Dresser to be fair. And then Brigham thought he only needed to read 20-30 minutes a day since that is what each monthly calendar stated, but on the phone she told me 40 minutes and acted like she had no idea what I was talking about when I told her all the calendars said differently. I could go on and on, but it will just make me more upset. And then Brittany brings home the yearbook and we find that Brigham's picture isn't in there. He tells me when they came around to his class asking for anyone who didn't have their picture taken yet, he raised his hand and told Mrs. Dresser he needed to but she wouldn't listen to him. I know that probably sounds silly, but I've been in her classroom and can totally see how that would happen...and does happen every day. Just one more reason I am so glad today has finally come!

There's a 5th Grade Memories slide show this morning that I'll get to attend. All the schools let out at 12:05 so Ben and Austin Cook will walk to Subway for lunch. After Brooke gets home, we'll pick them up and then head to the 5th grade pool party. I wanted to do something special for Brigham for surviving this year but with everything else going on (and Barr gone again tonight with a work meeting) and a YM/YW pool pool party tonight I need to go to, all I could do was let him invite a friend to come with us this afternoon to the 5th grade party.

Barr just asked if I wanted to go run with him. Yes, but I need to be showered and ready to go by 6:45 so that I can get all the kids ready and out the door by 7:40. He usually doesn't take into account how long things take. We wouldn't get back from runnng until after 6:30 which would leave me 10 mintues to get ready. Then again he's never gotten all the kids ready for school before. Lunches to pack, breakfast to make, backpacks to get ready, Brittany asking advice on the 4 different outfits she'll try on, getting Brigham's hair to lie down, trying to get Brooke to eat her breakfast and let me do her hair. It's crazy here for that 45 minutes, but I love doing it.

There are people visiting Scotts this week so there are work activities every evening. Last night they all went to an Angels/Dodger game. I'm glad he got to do that, but honestly it would be easier on me if he were out of town rather than showing up to sleep and then waking up to exercise and leave again. At least I don't have to fix a big dinner this week! And he brought me home left overs Monday night.

We have been trying to have Amanda Sheetz over to meet with the missionaries for 2 weeks now. She has cancelled on us 3 times because things have come up. Even though she says she's not trying to get out of it, it's hard not to wonder. We now have it scheduled for Monday evening. Hopefully this time it will work!

About a month ago the Elders challenged us to invite 2 nonmembers to hear the discussions. I talked with Janet Kerkow about coming over, but she politely passed. We've been praying to know who is ready, but still haven't found the right one. Maybe Amanda is.

Tomorrow is Brooke's big dentist appointment where she gets put under anesthesia and has 2 root canals and 5 fillings. She's not scheduled until 11:00 so can't eat or drink anything all morning. That's going to be so hard since she won't understand why. I'm really nervous about tomorrow, but after her screaming Saturday night because of tooth pain, I'm also ready for her to get this done.

Saturday we had Barr's seminary class over for an end-of-the-year party. They were a little crazy. After the find the candy in the plate of whipped cream game, 2 of the girls totally got into a whipped cream fight, rubbing it all over each other. That turned into a major water fight which lasted almost an hour. Everyone had to get in the hot tub to warm up after getting soaked with hose water. They seemed to have a good time, but Brooke was hysterical with all the yelling and "fighting". I thought it was nice that Barr wanted to have a party for them.

Brittany's up and it's only 6:07. She must be excited for today too! Time to go shower....