In May we finished up track season for Levi, tennis for Liberty and the big end of year choir concert and competitions for Cade. All the kids did amazing.

Liberty tried tennis for the first time this year. She and her doubles partner (and good friend) were undefeated! Way to go ladies!

It doesn’t start with T but Liberty did have her end of year ballet recital. She continues to love ballet and is only a year away from starting pointe!

Levi had an awesome track season. It was so fun to watch him be at the top of the pack as an 8th grader. He ran the mile, the 800, and the 4×400 relay. He was consistently in the top 5 of the mile and the 800 at each meet. Here’s the big 3 who kept pushing each other to get their best times.

He also decided to try triple jump this year just for the heck of it. He won every meet he was in! It was crazy! His best jump was 34.3. He was a natural. He was bummed when he got to districts and there were some surprise jumpers who were way better, but he still placed 6th in districts in an event he’s never done before! We are super proud of how hard he worked this season.

And Cade. This kid. From the day he was born 3 weeks early, he never ceases to surprise us. He taught himself to read at age 3 when we weren’t looking. He would only play the piano with the headphones on so every time we went to a recital we were blown away by how good he was. We never thought he’d actually win the state National History Day competition but before I knew it I was headed to DC with him to compete. He got up on stage in Into the Woods as Prince Charming and surprised us again with his acting and singing ability-never practicing at home where we could hear him. We had to look at each other and say, “this is our kid?!” He sings solos in concerts and doesn’t even tell us ahead of time! He came home a month ago to tell us that he was in the top 10 boys in the state up for a chance to compete in the Jimmy’s (High School Tony’s) on Broadway for a week.

His end of year/Senior Concert was fabulous. He sang the most amazing duet with his beautiful tenor voice that had the audience melting (direct quote from an audience member) and his mother (and father!) in tears. We are beyond proud of Cade and how hard he has worked at music in all its many forms over the last 4 years.

His choir sang “Do You Hear the People Sing” from Les Miserable and I snapped this picture of the ending.

He didn’t even know about this picture from the real Les Mis until I showed him. 🙂

Now we just have to get him to sing “Bring Him Home” or “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables” or……