I'm Still Alive

I emailed my mom the other day with some pictures of my two eldest, Mackenzie and Kristian. They had recently attended their prom. So I wanted to send the pictures to her. She was excited to get them. I sent her another email the next day telling her of some of the children's recent accomplishments. She, again, was very proud and excited. But the last sentence of her email smacked me. She has been reminding me of how neglectful I have been with my blog. My response is usually "I have nothing to share." Well her last sentence told me that I did have a lot to share. So, here goes.

As I said before, Mackenzie and Kristian had their prom. It was a fun night for both. Mackenzie was beautiful and Kristian was handsome.

Mackenzie recently returned from her senior trip to New York City. This was a huge step for her since she is not one who ventures too far away from the nest. She had a wonderful time.

Kristian has just about finished his Senior year of lacrosse. He is a starter this year. We are very proud that he has stuck with it. He was discouraged after last year. He didn't see much time at all but he trained hard and pushed himself in the off season. He has made a huge impact shoring up the defense. They play for the Section X Championship tonight. The winner moves on to the State Championship Tournament.

Devon tried out for the Spring musical earlier in the year. He did such a wonderful job that the Choir Director urged him to try out for chorus. He did and he became second Tenor. He more recently tried out for Select Chorus and made it. We are very proud of him and how he too has stepped out of his comfort zone.

Maddie has been playing lacrosse for several years. Last year she moved up to Modified (7th and 8th grade) and her coach has not seen fit to give Maddie much playing time. She has played defense up to this point and has done well but for some reason the coach doesn't play her much (I say this biting my tongue). Well a few days ago Maddie approached the coach and aske to be moved to attack (an offensive position). After a few days of thought her coach moved her. In her first game at attack Maddie scored!!! We are proud of Maddie for scoring but even prouder of her standing up for herself.

Peyton has been playing the alto sax for 2 years now. His instructor recently asked him to play in the 7th and 8th grade Jazz ensemble next year. This is something for him to be proud of since he will only be in 6th grade next year and it is a select ensemble.

I hope that this doesn't sound like one of those Christmas family bragging letters that we all get and cringe over. I am just very proud of my children and what they have done. They aren't perfect. They have failed (sometimes scholastically) at times but they have always picked themselves up and dusted off and pressed on.