end of. . .

This week marked the end of school for Casey and Kendal.We went to the park on Wednesday with the other preschoolers and mom's for a picnic lunch to end out the preschool year. Kendal has enjoyed her year with these kids and their Mom's. She's ready and excited to go to Kindergarten this fall.
Below is our attempt at an end of the year picture.

Casey had testing Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday was an Eighth grade celebration, and year book day. Thursday the students went swimming; Casey stayed back and cleaned up his room. Friday he finished up his list of to dos,and  played some softball with the other teachers. The kids and I took some doughnuts to the middle school to share with the teachers and Casey for national doughnut day.

Casey and I have never had a night away from the kids. Vanessa offered to have the kids overnight so we gratefully took the opportunity to have a night off on Friday. We took over some carne asada and ate a delicious dinner before we left the kids. We went to see the movie Tomorrowland. It was decent as far as Disney flicks go; we didn't leave blown away but we enjoyed the movie and it was a good story. After the movie we went to Sonic for a late night shake. We talked for a while and enjoyed our treat.
Saturday was my birthday. The kids were dropped off early and we had a casual morning at home watching the French open. After that we picked up some tennis balls and headed to the park in Kimberly to play with the kids. Kendal enjoyed learning to play and I just had to keep reminding Pete not to bash my rackets on the ground. Casey's Mom came up and treated us to lunch then watched the kids so Casey and I could go to the Temple. It was nice to be able to go to the Temple with Casey, it doesn't happen often. It was special to go because on my birthday nine years ago I was endowed. We even got to see one of the newer temple videos! (A million thanks to Vanessa, Brett, and Mom D! Two dates in two days was a dream come true and made for a wonderful birthday!)

Before dinner we set up the Croquet set in our backyard (The jungle grass had finally been mowed after over a month of growth.) The kids shot their balls all over while Casey and I played (Casey win both games, no shock there ; ). Thanks to a birthday gift card to Sizzler from my parents we went out for dinner. Afterwards we had some Gelato ice cream at home. We ended our night with some Crocodile Dundee for some laughs.
Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday. It was truly a great way to start out this year that will end my twenties.