HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JORDAN

You had a birthday, shout Hooray!

Jordan celebrated birthday number 19 on June 19th. She celebrated her special day by working then going to dinner and a movie with her boyfriend. Besides that, she got a new puppy. This is Pebbles. She is a 3 month old black and tan bloodhound.

She also got this ring. No, there's no announcements being made, it's a right hand ring. This is a ring that was Jordan's grandma-great's. She got it when she graduated from high school. It needed a little work done on it so, for her birthday, we took it to the jewelers and got it fixed and made pretty again.

Next year, she won't be a teenager any more. It's hard to believe sometimes how fast the children grow up. Where has the time gone? Looking back, it really does seem not very long ago that we were just celebrating Jordan's first birthday at Chuck-E-Cheese. Now if we can survive the last 3 going through the teenage years!

Happy Birthday Jordan Sydney Gainey!!!!

The End of the 2008/2009 School Year!

Another school year has come to an end and I am just a little slow getting this post done. The way I look at it, the new school year hasn't started so I'm still ok. It was a good year and the kids had some achievements I'd like to share with you.

This is Zack demonstrating what award he received. His is one we are so proud of. In case you haven't been able to tell, it has to do with the game Rock, Paper, Scissors. Zack was the Rock, Paper Scissors Champion of the 700 building at Foothill High School. This is one award they don't give certificates for, instead, he received this fine looking t-shirt . We are so glad to see that the time we sent him to school was well spent. When we received his report card, it was obvious he must have spent most of his free time preparing for this competition.

Mackenzie received a gold medal for reading. Each teacher also selects one student from the class who has shown the most improvement through out the school year. This award is appropriately named "The Most Improved". Mackenzie was the recipient of this award from her teacher. When Mackenzie got home later that afternoon, she had one more award she received after the award ceremony. She also made the A/B Honor Roll and received a certificate for this too.
You can see how surprised she was!

Mackenzie will begin the 5th grade next year. After 19 years, the Gainey Family will finally be graduating from John Dooley Elementary School.

Whitney just finished the 7th grade. Only one more year of Junior High for her.

Whitney received recognition for Outstanding Effort in the P.E class she was a Student Aid for. She also received a certificate and recognition for being on the A/B Honor Roll.

School has been out for almost a month now and the summertime boredom is beginning to set in now. The challenge of finding things to keep the kids busy and the fighting to a minimum has begun. Only 56 more days before school starts!!!!:)