Aidan, you were recognized by your teachers for your hard work at the Upper School Awards Ceremony!
Not just everyone won an award, I want you to know; and you were honored with two.
Now the categories are definitely important here, but more importantly is what these awards represent: you have worked so hard, and so diligently, with such a big heart, and an open mind.
You are committed to school and learning, and it shows!
We are So proud of you!
Mr. D., your STEAM teacher, said that YOU put in the work in STEAM and not many others do and that he's very proud of you!
Coach C. said that you put in the work hard every day and you're a great kid!
Imagine this: after a long and fun week of road tripping across Texas and New Mexico, a family stands in the parking lot of a national park after sunset gazing toward the sky.
All together they see a shooting star race over their heads and through the sky in front of them until it ultimately disappears.
They can't see each other but look around any way to verify if they all saw what they think they saw...and if everyone else saw it too. One by one everyone comes back to earth and announces they saw the magical moment. They ALL saw the shooting star together. Some cheered; some leaped up and down with excitement. Some ran toward each other to hug and embrace and cement the love and amazement of this magical moment.
That family was us. We stood in the Carlsbad Caverns visitor center on the last night of our road trip before we headed home. And we saw the shooting star. together.
I didn't need to make a wish, because mine had already come true.
This was the best spring break...and our first major road trip... and one of our BEST vacations of of all time. I will cherish it forever!
From the mid-way point of Route 66 and slug bug ranch and feldman's fried steak. To hiking Palo Duro canyon in the cold mega wind (and almost getting lost). To eating at Big Tex's Ranch.
To exploring the mountain side and galleries of Santa Fe...to exploring the intersection of Victorian houses and weird dreaminess at Meow Wolf.
To the zany kitschiness of Roswell and the majesty of Carlsbad Caverns...
Hot tubbing on the roof and swimming in the pools with you Aidan; hiking to the cross of the martyrs with you Julia; sharing all these memories together with Mom, me, Aidan, and Julia...this road trip definitely lived up to New Mexico's state slogan...we entered a land of enchantment... and part of me never wants to leave :)
This was the year that mom had the bestest idea to take all the broken lights off of our Christmas tree...and many hours and cut fingers later, we .... quit and went to dinner... and then came back and finished! But at least we had a de-broken-lighted tree and a LOT of fun!
This was also the year Julia couldn't stop laughing because she imagined Romeo singing Octavia Spencer's song from "Sprited!"
Shout out to Sable for falling asleep in the tinsel and to me and Aidan for inexplicably wrestling during the decorating!
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