Ahhhh ... June is such a wonderful month :) The promise of summer, the celebrations of a wonderful school year and the end of work for two whole months for me!! Can't say I'm not feeling extremely fortunate (although I will miss the pay cheque). Below are a few of our June highlights:
Our school joined 102.3 NOW Radio in their fundraising efforts for Jordan's Journey for a cure. Jordan is a kindergarten student at our school. She has a rare disease called Giant Axonal Neuropathy. There is an experimental treatment in the USA that requires Jordan and her family to stay in the States for 2 months. She is signed up for the treatment this summer but of course, it is extremely expensive. Fortunately, Jordan's cause was selected for the annual 102.3 NOW Radio Empties for Angels program and together with fundraising in the community and our school approx. $90,000 was raised!! Blake, Em and Reese participated in the schools Hula-hoop-a-thon on June 1st. All donations went towards Jordan's journey. It was a fun afternoon, with Fitzy from NOW radio mc'ing and the trucksickle handing out free popsicle's. A grade 5 student dj'd the event and all the students and staff dressed in a Hawaiian theme. It was so much fun and everyone was so proud of all the money they raised for Jordan :)
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| Enjoying a popsicle from the NOW trucksicle! |
On June 2nd our School Council hosted a staff appreciation luncheon. A fellow council member and I were busy that morning, ensuring everything was set up and perfect for our wonderful teachers and staff! I enjoy this annual event and am always glad to be involved.
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| All set up for the staff appreciation luncheon (each staff member brought home a bundle of flowers) :) |
June 3-5 brought a busy weekend with Blake's lacrosse team in the Titan's tournament in Sherwood Park and a girls weekend for myself and my two besties! It wasn't the best weekend for me to be away but it was the only option that worked for Lindsey, Candace and I and we missed out on our girls weekend last weekend so we 'had' to make it work this year ;) Cal and the kids had a great weekend. They even managed to make it to a baseball event on Saturday! The league Blake plays in, Community Park, hosts a fun day every year and it just happened to fall on this weekend (isn't that the way it seems to work?!). They enjoyed a BBQ, bouncy castle and face painting. I was glad they snuck it in, in between lacrosse games. I don't know what the Wizards record was in the tournament but I hear they played hard and had fun, which is all I care about ;) My weekend was awesome! We stayed downtown at the Matrix hotel and had so much fun. We ate, we drank, we shopped, we danced and we talked and talked and talked and ate some more and then drank a lot more ... lol! It was so much fun and very rejuvenating! A much needed time to decompress and just have fun and not stress about how messy the house is or the piles of laundry ;)
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| Not having a good time at all ... lol! Love these ladies!! |
On the 6th I attended an office party. My co-workers are so great! Our offices are in a wing of a school, so essentially my cubicle is in an old classroom. The room is of course quite large and I share the room with 8 other co-workers. There are SLP assistant's, one other OT assistant and Mental Health Therapist's in this space. Jean, an SLP assistant, invited us all over to her house for a Room 22 (our classroom number!) year-end party. We had so much fun, drank some wine and celebrated a successful school year! I love working with these ladies and will miss them over the summer break!!
On the 11th the kids had a sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's so Cal and I could attend a friends birthday party :) The kids had such a fun time! Grandma and Grandpa even took them public swimming on Sunday before bringing them home!! They couldn't stop gushing about how much fun they had!! Thanks Mom & Dad!! Cal and I also enjoyed our time, sleeping in and enjoying a quite house. It was a little strange, though! Were not used to being home by ourselves!!
On the 14th I took the day off to attend a field trip with Em. We went to Fort Edmonton Park with all the grade 1's and had a blast! It was great to spend the day with her and her class!
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| Fort Edmonton park field trip with Em the gem :) Love her to pieces!! |
The evening of the 15th Reese and Cal had a father's day bbq at the school. Cal said Reese was miss popular ;) Apparently she was her usual shy self, lol! They enjoyed their evening, playing outside at the park and having dinner.
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| Cal and Reese, ready for their Father's Day BBQ! |
Cal's spring hockey season wrapped up on the 17th with his final ice time and a team bbq! He had a great time and plays with a great group of guys. If his schedule allows, he'd like to play on their winter team. But with the kids activities and coaching hockey, he's not sure it would work out ... we'll see!
On the 18th we attended our good friend Adriana's 40th birthday party. The kids had a blast, running around with friends and the adults enjoyed themselves as well! And I can tell you, those Italian's sure know how to throw a party ;)
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| Adriana with her awesome cake!! So grateful for her friendship, a wonderful hockey team manager and fellow hockey momma!! |
The 19th was Father's Day and Cal started his day early with an early morning run. It was his long run day, so he chose to wake up early and get it in sooner rather than later ;) After his run we met my parents and sister and her family at BP's for a Father's Day lunch. Then it was off to Blake's 3 on 3 game, followed by homemade burgers for supper (Cal's favorite) and baseball practice!! Oh, Em also snuck in a birthday party on the 19th. Wow ... apparently that was a busy day!! I had a great photo of Cal and the kids but it doesn't seem to be saved on my computer :( I'll have to dig a little deeper!
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| The best Grandpa and his grandkids, on Father's Day :) |
On the 22nd Cal was off to Calgary for a few days of work. The kids and I enjoyed Finding Dory with my mom, sister and nephews and ate out a few times, as often happens with either Cal or I are away for a few nights ;)
Blake's lacrosse playoff's started on Friday the 24th and it was an exciting ride!! They played hard and Blake played some of his best lacrosse. It was an exciting few days but they fell short of making the final. And so our lacrosse season came to an end. Blake learned so much this year and really improved his game. Novice lacrosse is a lot different from Tykes lacrosse!! Much faster and tougher! We were really proud of Blake's play and strength this season and loved watching him and his team play. I would never pressure him to play a sport but I REALLY hope he plays lacrosse next year ;) I love the game and watching him play!
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| Buddies - hockey and lacrosse teammates. Love these boys! |
And that brings us to the last week of school (and my first week of summer break!)!! I volunteered at games day on the 27th and just like last year, it was a scorcher! I got a good start to my base tan ;) Games Day is always a fun day and I enjoy visiting with all the students and teachers! This year I lead the parachute games station. I had to dig deep to remember the days of parachute games at the YMCA ;)
Today is the last day of school and I have to rush out to pick up Reese soon, so I will say so long for now!! Tomorrow we have a fun day planned with school friends at the spray park. A sort of year-end celebration ;) Hopefully the weather will cooperate!!
