Graduation Party with Friends

Kayla and her friends wanted to have an evening to celebrate together.  We hosted everyone at our house with help from another family. The girls just wanted to hang out and play yard games.  The rain mostly held off, and they had a lovely time together.

A tradition at our school is for the seniors to paint their uniform skirts to represent where they are headed on the next part of their journey. 

It was a lovely evening full of fun with friends. 

Senior Sunday and Senior Blessing

 Senior Season has begun.  On Sunday the seniors were recognized during the service.

Our church also hosted a Senior Blessing night.  This is a night of encouragement and challenge as these teenagers leave high school and head to the next phase of life. It was a highly emotional night, but I hope it is a night that won't soon be forgotten. 

Southern National Clogging Classic

 We headed to Gatlinburg for another weekend of clogging. This competition is usually at Dollywood over 2 days, but this year it was at the Gatlinburg Convention Center, and it was scheduled for one day.  We knew this would be a long competition day, and we had to head towards home that evening because of Sunday was Senior Service at church. 

Juniors:

Hoedown - 1st

Traditional Formations - 4th

Seniors:

Line  - 3rd place

Traditional Line - 2nd

Formations Line - 2nd

Hoedown - 1st

Precision - 1st

Traditional Formations - 3rd

How they knew they should look for the picture dad wanted to take.

How they really felt about taking the picture dad wanted to take.

Duos didn't start until after 9. Brooke and Neko were tired from a long day, but they did great.

Kayla and Gracie enjoyed their Dolly Parton routine.

They did awesome and pulled out a 1st place win! They were totally shocked.

The competition ended after 11, and we hit the road. It was a long night, but we grabbed a few hours of sleep north of Chattanooga before heading straight to service the next morning.

Senior Prom

 

Miscellaneous April

 We opened the pool.  It's still pretty chilly without the heater, but it's a refreshing sign that warmer days are coming.

We had a fence and more plants installed lining our driveway.  We still need to paint the fence, but we love it.

A community clogging performance

A couple of Brooke's friends spent the night, and we grabbed frozen yogurt in pajamas and sunglasses. Crazy girls.

Brooke and Neko squeezing in a little duo practice