So busy.....

Well, this week blew by faster than I ever expected.  It was the last week of school for the kids.  They had lots of activities and awards and such.  Zachary had his awards ceremony on Tuesday where he received an award for A/B honor roll.  Zachary did a great job this year and he is sad for the year to end as several of his friends from his class are moving away.  Lexi's awards were on Wednesday and as usually she hit it out of the park.  She received an award for attendance, A/B honor roll, UIL competition (she competed in Music Memory)  and she also received an award for scoring Commended on each of the 3 TAKS tests that she took this year (Reading, Science and Math).  This is the 3rd year in a row that she has scored commended on every TAKS test she has taken.  She is ready to take on Junior High.  Not sure that her father and I are though.  Wednesday was also my birthday :)  Wednesday evening I took the kids to a Mini-Session photo shoot by Cassandra who does an amazing job.  One of the pictures is down below.  It's the first real picture I have of all 3 of the kids together.  I can't wait until later his summer when we do a full shoot with them.  After that we hustled to Zachary's baseball game.  I am happy to say that Zachary hit a triple in the bottom of the 5th inning with time expired to bring in 2 runs and win the game for his team.  Zachary has done an amazing job this year and just keeps getting better and better.  On Thursday Cory had his big test at work.  He has been studying for the Lieutenant's test for the last 5 months.  When all was said and done he did a great job and was #6 on the list.  From all indications it appears that he will promote sometime later in the year or early next year.  We are all so excited for him and we know that he is relieved that it is over.  Today we got a surprise call from my sister Amber who is away at Army boot camp.  She finished her hardest and most challenging task this morning and participated in her Right of Passage Ceremony.  She sounded awesome and is looking forward to graduation next week.  After that she heads straight to Arizona for her AIT training.  We rounded out the evening with a good home cooked meal and are getting ready to call it a night.