Here comes the sun!

Summer has finally reached Portland, Oregon. We were getting a little grumpy with the weather this Spring! The girls have been in camp at their school and have been loving the more relaxed schedule. Emma is inspired by her friend Maggie to read as much as she can. It is nice to see her enjoy reading books.

We decided our life was not exciting enough (I must be crazy!), so we have adopted another kitten. His name is Max (Sax). The girls named him. He has already made friends with Bogart and Nellie. We have a full house to say the least.

Dave has been studying for his board exam. He has to re-certify every 10 years. Can't believe it has been that long. I received a grant for a research project which is very exciting...a little change from clinical work.

All in all, we have had a nice start to summer.....more later!

Kindergarten favorite songs

School's out for summer!!!

I have decided to jump on the blogging band wagon and post updates about the girls for the summer. We started off summer with a bang. Julia graduated from kindergarten June 12th. The ceremony included all of the children reciting nursery rhymes with props. It was very cute! She did very well in kindergarten and is reading well. We are so proud of her.

Emma had a great third grade year. It was our first year of standardized tests and we were quite surprised (and more than a little pleased) that Emma scored in the 94th percentile nationally in SCIENCE! We may have a little scientist after all! She had her gymnastics show yesterday. She will continue gymnastics in the summer and next year.

Today is Father's day and we have a family hike planned. We hope to have some sun. It has been a very rainy spring.

More adventures to come.....

Julia Nursery Rhyme Olympics

Emma gymnastics