Ries Elementary 2nd Grade Award Ceremony

Got to attend another award ceremony today. Siope received A/B Honor Roll for the 3rd trimester as well as A/B Honor Roll for the entire school year.

Ries Elementary Field Day 2013

The boys have been looking forward to Field Day for quite some time. Siope and Nic had their turn earlier on in the day so I wasn't able to make theirs, but I got there just in time for Mote's. It was so fun to watch them compete. They had a blast!

Ries Elementary 4th Grade Award Ceremony

Thursday I took a trip to the Elementary because Mote got an invitation to their award ceremony. I was exhausted from work the night before but was so glad I made it. I knew he was getting honor roll, but was surprised when they called his name for 3 awards that day: Outstanding Citizenship, A/B Honor Roll for the 3rd trimester and A/B Honor Roll for the entire school year. I almost cried seeing him on stage with his awards. I'm so proud of this little guy. He has been a great leader to his brothers and a wonderful help to me while his dad is away. And on top of all of that he has managed to work hard in school and earn honors.

4th Grade Wax Museum

Mote's class put together a wax museum for their end of the year project. He chose to be Babe Ruth. It made me a little nervous at first because we have NO baseball gear whatsoever at home. But I think we did pretty good. He was so cute in his little costume and did a great job at memorizing his speech.

Apex FunRun

The boys had a fun run today to raise money for their school.

Mote completed 32 laps...

Nic finished with 27...

And Siope surprised us all and completed all 36 laps!

I'm proud of all of them, but am seriously shocked with Siope. We always tease him that he's lazy. He is definitely book smart, but doesn't really carry an interest for any physical activity lol. He's not in to sports as much as the other 2... So when he came home and told me how he did I was blown away. I know he is capable of doing whatever he wants... it's just getting him interested and motivated that's the tricky part :)

Sick Little Bug

Ms. Ella isn't feeling well. Poor baby :*( I wish I could just drive out to Cedar and give her a big hug. She is too cute for words.

Llamados a Servir (Called to Serve)

Yesterday Ti sent me a text to notify us that Po received his mission call in the mail! Later that night, thanks to modern technology, we were able to listen in as he opened his letter. Before he read his destination aloud, we went around the room and gave our guesses of where he would be called to serve. Our house guessed Tonga... of course :) While we were on Skype with Jr & Tina, Ti Tonga was FaceTiming on his phone from Arizona to listen in as well. It was hard to contain the excitement and sit quietly as he began to read his call. Then it happened. We heard that he would be serving in Chihuahua Mexico and the jumping and screaming began. The response in the room was priceless. We cheered along with our family in Salt Lake as we celebrated the journey that Po has started.
I can't explain how amazing it has been to see this kid grow up. To be honest, I didn't know a whole lot about Po til just recently. Although me and Ti have been married for 10 years now, me and Po have never really bonded. I mean we talked of course, but I don't think I got to know the real Po until he moved here to Vegas. He is pretty mellow and a "go with the flow" kind of guy. He reminds me a lot of Ti Tonga. Pretty reserved, so I just let him keep to himself. He moved in with us last year and my kids grew so attached to him. This kid has a heart of gold. He is so accepting and forgiving. I will never be able to repay him for all that he has done for my little family. Not sure if he knows how much his help with the kids meant to me. It has been a wonderful thing to see him grow and to make the decision to serve the Lord. We are extremely proud of him and have faith that he will go forward and bless the lives of many in Chihuahua. Congratulations Elder Fangupo. We love you!