Logan Reads With Ayla!

Logan's reading teacher has a program at our elementary school called Puppy Tales.  Any student that is in her reading group can earn a chance to read with one of her dogs by working hard, having good behavior, etc.  Earlier in the year, Logan read to her dog, Anders, so this time he chose to read to Ayla.  What a GREAT opportunity for kids at Okoboji!  They get a chance to practice and show off their reading skills to a furry friend that will not judge how good or bad of a reader they are!  Logan has grown leaps and bounds as a reader this year!  We are so proud of him and all of his hard work!  We are also thankful for all of the wonderful teachers who have worked with him along the way!  We are truly blessed with awesome teachers at OES!

Boji Splash - May 2013

Last weekend my sister-in-law and I decided to take our boys to Boji Splash for some Sunday swimming fun!  My boys always enjoy their time with cousin Eli, and they all had a blast splashing around together!

Landon's Kindergarten Music Program!

Landon was so excited to today because it was FINALLY the day for his kindergarten music program!!  He and his classmates have been practicing their songs for the past couple of months, so they were SO ready to perform today!  They had two shows today...one at 2:00 this afternoon and one at 6:30 tonight.  Grandma and Grandpa Umscheid and Grandpa Duvall (and of course Logan and Jeff and I) all went to watch Landon (Grandma Duvall had to stay in Omaha for work or she would have been there, too), and of course he was SO PROUD!  We are so proud of what a great job he did!  He even had a small speaking part (one sentence...LOL)!  The lighting on the stage made it very difficult for me to get good pictures, but here are a few from the programs today!

During the afternoon program

Dressed up for the evening program!

So excited and ready for the show!

Getting ready to say his speaking part.  "The food that we eat gives us energy!"