SUMMERTIME!!

Wow!! It's been a while! I promise that is not a bad thing! We have had a busy last few weeks of school and summer began with a bang! We are off and running!!
(WARNING: excessive bragging to follow!)

We'll begin with the smallest Pressley~
Selah is fully potty trained and doing well. She turned three on June 1st and celebrated with a small Mickey Mouse party here in our home with family. She amazes us daily with her speech and vocabulary, she really is talker and very smart!

Caedmon~
Caed can tie his shoes and ride his bicycle without training wheels. Kindergarten ended on a high note, with him reading above grade level, spelling, and beautiful handwriting! He won several awards at the end of the school awards ceremony including "Outstanding Reading", "Super Math Whiz", "Super Speller", "Excellence in Social Studies", and "Outstanding Behavior" (and a few others!). He is really proud of himself and so are we!!

Hannah~
Hannah finished up volleyball with a third place finish for her team in their division. She received commended performances on her TAKS reading, math and writing tests; missing only one on her reading test, missing two on the math portion and a perfect score on her composition!! She also received a few awards at the end of the school ceremony including, "Exceptional Behavior", "A/B Honor Roll", and she was voted "Kindest Student" and "Biggest Animal Lover" by her classmates. We really like the young lady that she is becoming.

Nate~
Nate has been working hard and enjoying his homeschooling. He has become such a huge help to me around the house and with Caed and Selah. He is taking on more responsibilities and I believe his self esteem has greatly improved. He moved up to boyscouts and is learning so much there, including that it isn't all just fun and games! He has completed two, five mile hikes, and will be going away to camp next week. I can hardly believe how grown up he is becoming and how fast it has all happened!! (He'll be 13 in December!!!)

Visit w/Nanny and Pops~
Nate, Hannah and Caed all went on a road trip with Nanny and Pops. This was Caedmon's first time to be able to go with them and he was stoked!! They went and stayed in Childress, Amarillo, and then met Derek, Selah and I in Oklahoma City for a few days. In OKC, we ate a lot of great food and went to Frontier City. At Frontier City we enjoyed beautiful weather, short lines, fun rides, and some pretty cool shows. We caught a short country musical act, that Selah loved and an awesome cowboy stunt show....very entertaining!! We will definitely go again!

So...all that brings us up to date on what we have been doing. I'll have another short post as time allows; there is so much in my heart these days that it is sometimes difficult to put it all together in order to form complete sentences and paragraphs!! (That's a good thing!)

Hugs,
Misty
PS. Derek continues to look and feel great. He's sticking to the protocols, although he has cheated on his diet a little. We continue to *PUSH* forward (more on that later)!