It seems like May is the "payback" time of the year with graduations and award banquets and the recognitions for all the hard work they put in all year. It seems to me that I am entering the payback time of life and we are starting to see the rewards of all those Diapers and "hard work in the trenches" time of life. The adoptions put us back in the trenches for awhile but the hard work (or mere endurance) is beginning to pay off. This past couple of weeks were full of proud moments for us. Here is a quick rundown:
Tyler-headed off to New Jersey to work for the summer. He is doing great.
Devin-Graduates from Seminary tonight, Sang at a City wide contest and did great. He is serving in a stake calling to organize Camp Helaman for the priests of the stake next month. He is looking for a summer job and looking forward to serving a mission when he turns 19 next April. He plans to attend Utah State University in the fall.
Daniel: Was just awarded the award for outstanding Sophmore actor (all those early morming practices paid off)and he was put in the presidency for Encore next year. He continues to write songs and is going to sing in some of my EFY sessions this summer.
Alisa: Was awarded a medal at the Breakfast of Champions for getting a 4.0 the whole year. She is the most likely from our family to be a valedictorian like her dad.
Vitaly: is as close to getting straight A's as he can get given the fact that he has only been speaking English for a few months. We have been amazed at his transformation from being a boy who went to school completely to flirt with girls and develop socially and who cared nothing about an education to a young man who really cares about his classes, grades and performance. He even took a math test over again and got 100% correct. This would never have happened 6 months ago. He will be playing soccer in the kohls cup this next weekend.
Spencer: Loves school and played his last soccer game yesterday (they won :) He played a duet at the kids piano recital and is fighting to hang on to his ability to
speak Russian and Ukranian.
Scott: also played the piano at the recital. He is becoming quite a good artist and gets the award for "best peacemaker" in the family.
I love that you said 'hard work or mere endurance':) That was great. I love to read your posts. We are a long ways away from entering the payback time of life, even with the upcoming adoptions. It's nice to remind myself that this phase of life will eventually come!
ReplyDeletePPD's (Parent Pay Days)are the best! And congrats on Devin graduating from Seminary!
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