Last Day of School 2025-2026

School is over for the 2025-26 school year! These kids absolutely crushed it this year. Everyone was up early for the last day of school so I was able to get a picture of them before Eleanor headed off to school.

Eleanor headed out first. Goodbye 7th grade!

Then it was elementary time. Goodbye 5th grade (and elementary school!):

Goodbye 2nd grade!

The bus stop crew (left to right: Dillon, Ben, Jane, Ezra, Genna, George, Anthony, Jonah, Rosie, Calvin, Ezra, and Oliver)

Water fight!

That night we had a block party at our church and a pool party in our neighborhood:

Eleanor went to a friend's house for a pool party too!

Happy last day of school!

Jane's Stepping Up Ceremony

Hard to believe, but Jane has finished elementary school! She crushed elementary school and we think she is very ready to take on the new challenges of middle school.

We love you Jane and are so proud of you!

She kept saying Riser's joy was infectious and just always makes you smile :) I think Riser liked getting cake!

Jane with her homeroom teacher, Mrs. Merriman:

Jane with her academic teacher, Ms. Wieder:

Her certificate of completion:

Grandma took Jane out to lunch at Freddy's afterward! What a special treat!

Gaby came by that evening to say hi and congratulate her with flowers!

Her ceremony:

Flag Football

Ben and Rosie played flag football together this year, and ended up on the Commanders! They were thrilled at their team!

Rosie was the snapper, and Ben played a lot of quarterback.

These two were fierce! Ben absolutely loves flag football! Rosie enjoys it but hasn't decided if she'll keep playing. She was the only girl on their team, and in the whole K-3rd grade group. I believe there was one other girl in the older division but she had to fly solo in hers.

Go Commanders!! Division champs!

Ben and Rosie with their school friend Christian, who was on the Panthers.

A few clips, including Rosie's touchdown and several of Ben's:

Field Day and D.C.

This year was Jane's last field day in elementary school! As such, she got to do both sessions - once as a buddy for a Kindergartener and once just with her peers. She requested a child from her Kindergarten safety patrol class and she got him!

Rosie with her field day buddy Evie:

Jane at 5th grade field day:

With her buddy Olivia:

I worked the Sno-to-go stand! 

Rosie with the girls in her class:

Ben with the boys in his class:

Ben with his field day buddy, Brooks:

After field day, I hopped in the car and headed up to D.C. Chris had been working in D.C. that week, so I went up to meet him for the night. The team was going to the Nats game.

After the game there was a Taio Cruz concert.

And then from there we headed with his colleagues to Bar Taco. Then back to the hotel and back home first thing in the morning!

It was a quick trip with lots of traffic, but still fun to get away!