22 Jun 05 Graduation Day (What We Hope Is The First of Many)

Madison graduates from the 5th grade today. She‚Äôs as excited as any soon to be 6th grader can be. I’m not sure what its like around the nation but over here elementary school is 1st grade through 5th grade.

She’s a Honor Roll student, learned to play the Tenor Saxophone this year and an All-Star Softball player. Yes, she was selected to the All-Star team this year. She’s a good student, has tremendous musical ability and is an accomplished softball player. No need guessing who she takes after. Come on, didn’t you even think of me for one second?

We are certainly proud of her and somewhat nostalgic as she finishes elementary school and looks ahead to middle school / junior high. We will attend the ceremony tonight and join the other beaming parents.

In other news, the pool is finished. We measured, lasered, staked, dug, cemented, built, setup and filled with water last night. Reese (who also made the honor roll again) was ready for a 9PM swim. We told him he had to wait til tomorrow. He set out his swimsuit last night before going to sleep, woke up at 3AM wanting to know if he could swim. Such a literal thinker!

They have early release today and he is dying to get home to jump in. Of course, it started raining a few minutes ago. I guess if he’s going to be wet anyway it does not really matter.