Aydon's Apple Tree

Back in the years where we spent the majority of our time working on landscaping, Aydon wanted a yellow apple tree.  Yellow because it's his favorite color (notice the yellow hunting glasses he's wearing in the picture...just because they were yellow!) and he's always loved fruit.  I remember planting this tree for him on Earth Day and he was so excited.  I think that year we may have gotten 2 apples.  In the following years if we were able to keep the boys from picking the "pretty flowers" in the spring time we would only get another 1 or 2 apples and usually lose them to birds before we could get them.  

My dad had told us about bloom set and this year Aydon begged us to get some.  We did and Preston sprayed all the blooms in spring time.  We were amazed when we saw this tree FINALLY loaded with apples. 

We took a first taste about a month ago and they were edible, tart, but edible.  Truth is, I love a granny smith apple for its tartness.  We have pulled a few to eat, especially after buying some caramel to dip it in.  We shared some and each time Aydon shared he asked for the grannies to bake him an apple pie.  

Vickey called Aydon over and had him bake the pie.  He was so excited.  She taught him how to pinch the edges and put the slits in the top.  Grandpa Gary insisted he put some fork holes on the top too.  :)  He was so proud, he walked in the door and asked if we were ready to eat his awesome apple pie.  We ate it after celbrating Ty, Betty & Vickey's birthdays and Aydon ate 3 slices in that one evening! 

School Board Presentation

 Riley Baker, Aydon, Tristan Duran, Geneieve Greenwood, Hailey Gilmore, Jacksen Leonard

The 5th grade teachers at Bonnie Brennan chose a boy and girl from each 5th grade class to do a presentation to the School Board.  Aydon & Riley were asked to speak on their peers reading data.  They reported how many words per minute they were able to read in August & September & talked about how accuracy affected their scores.  

Aydon was nervous but did a great job.  They all did.  Good group of kids!

Zack's month

Jefferson has a new principal this year and so they had a new idea.  They made a float for the homecoming parade and chose the top boy and girl reader from each class as "Reading Royalty".  I had heard Zack ask his brothers if they were having reading royalty teh week before but didn't know what he was talking about since this a new thing.  I was so happy when Zack came home with a note explaining what it was and that he was chosen for his class!  They encouraged the children to dress up like they would if they were Homecoming Royalty.    

 We got lucky and picked the right side of the street to be on to see him!

We then waited at a different spot to get another picture.

Just after they passed his teacher called my cell phone to let me know they were going to take a picture in front of the school if I wanted to come get a better one.  

 Poor kids were so hot after a good hour long parade at 2pm!

 I had him take a picture before he went back to class.

The quarter is already over and Zack had straight A's & was Student of the Month!  So proud of our Zack Attack!