Soccer Blake

We finally signed Blake up for soccer.  The coach was somebody who didn't really know alot about soccer, but he had nephews that helped out who totally knew how to play.  They did a great job coaching them and were very positive.  

 

Blake had practices on Fridays.  We thought it was going to be a great schedule, but it ended up being cancelled a lot because of the rain and a couple of times for other reasons.  He did great for not being able to practice much.  He didn't know how to play at the beginning but caught on quickly and was doing great by the end of the season.  He was able to score a goal near the end of the season.  Blake really enjoyed playing.  He was goalie in the first games, and then he ended up liking to play forward so he could run after the ball.

Asher was hard to watch at the games.  He couldn't understand why he couldn't go after the game ball.

Last Day of School 2015

Blake

Kuentz Elementary School

Teacher: Ms. Kuhlmann

Grade: 1st

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Subject: Math because I am good at it.

Favorite School Lunch: Lunchables (pizza)

Favorite thing to do at Recess: Play soccer

Favorite School Activity: Pepsi Recycle Challenge Party

Favorite Book: Pete the Cat

Friends: Heston, Ethan, and Tyler in class.  Trenton and Mariela on the bus.

After School I like to play Legos.

I like my teacher Ms. Kuhlmann because she lets us do fun activities at the end of school.  We balanced bubbles on our gloved hands and dissected owl pellets.  

This year I was able to go along with Blake on his first grade field trip to the Aquarium.  Blake had a lot of projects to do in first grade.  

Julia 

Kuentz Elementary School

Teacher: Mrs. Kraft

Grade: 3rd

Favorite Color: Blue and Purple

Favorite Subject: Science

Favorite School Lunch: Chicken Burger

Favorite thing to do at Recess: Swing on swings and talk, do the banana split on swings

Favorite school activity: Bike Rodeo because she got to ride her bike at school, and the field trip to the zoo because she got to hold birds. 

Favorite Book: Smile

Friends: Katie, Elizabeth, and Ainsleigh

After school I like to draw and sometimes do piano. 

Mrs. Kraft was really nice and she would give lots of 2nd chances. I liked that she let us play with shaving cream on our desks. 

Julia participated in 2 plays for theater this year.  The first one was a 3 little pig play and the second was a Frozen play.  Julia also did the talent show.  She was going to do piano, but her friends asked her to be apart of their skit which she did instead.   

Brayden

Jefferson Middle School

Grade: 6th

Favorite Subject: All except Math and ELA

Favorite Teacher:  All except Mrs. Leija

Favorite School Lunch: First he responded every single thing, then said enchiladas.

Favorite Book: The False Prince Series

Favorite school activity:  Art Project the clay beaver

Friends: Brayden asked if I wanted a list of all of them. We decided on the top 5.  So, he started listing them Koi, Dominic, Alfonso, Jack, and Mason and then he said top 10 and continued to list Fitch (Matthew), Tristan, Matthew, Isaac, Alex, Israel, and Jaden.  There was more, but we decided to stop listing there.  

Kylee

Jefferson Middle School

Grade: 8th

Favorite Subject: Science

Favorite Teacher: Mr. Schroeder because he was nice, funny, and does cool stuff (like see how many     pencils he could stick in his beard)

Favorite School Lunch: none

Favorite Book this year: Great Expectations

Elective: Journalism

Favorite Activity or project:  I liked writing the persuasive essay.

Friends: Abby, Sofhia, and Stephanie (Stephanie was at O'Connor)

Julia's Theatrical Talents

Julia was a part of the Kuntz theater group this year.  She had to practice once a week after school.

At Christmas Julia played the part of a pig in the Three Little Pigs play.  She didn't have anything to say, she just danced around.  

She was in another play at the end of the school year that was about a Frozen audition.  She was one of the Anna's.  Her line was, "Let me stand in front so everybody can see my new shoes."  She enjoyed this play a lot more because she had an actual speaking part.  

 

Julia wanted to do the talent show this year.  She was originally going to play the piano, but her friends wanted her to be a part of their skit.  She did a skit with Miliana and Sophia.

Thrower Goodbye

The Thrower's were a family that we got to know through  Sam that was friends with Brayden and Emily that was friends with Julia.  They also had a boy the same age as Asher and his name was James. Our kids were always asking for their family to come over or go do stuff with us.  It was fun to get to know them and we were sad that they were moving.  So, we had them over for one last time. 

Over for July 4th the year before and they brought their instruments to play for us. It was really neat.  She brought over a pie she made.  She makes a lot of pies for July 4th and her kids help her.

Kuentz camp

Julia chose the class Dippin into Dips.
The first day they decorated an apron and their recipe folder.  Each day after that they mad a dip each day and they got to sample them and bring some home.  She made a fruit dip that they had with strawberries and grapes, then a confetti dip and ate it with animal crackers, a caramel dip they ate with apples, and a cookie dough dip with graham crackers.   Her favorite were the caramel apple dip and the confetti dip.

Blake chose the Games from the Past
He said they separated into groups and did the same thing.  The first day they talked about tops, they also did marbles, dominos, and tic tac toe.  They showed a video on how to play marbles.  They spent their whole time playing.  Blake was sick on one of the days and missed when they did yoyo's.  He was able to get one later.

He was happy he chose that one and said it was fine.  He came home with the games he did.

Blake's birthday

A Few Things about Blake

Favorite Candy - Kit/Kat and Milky Way

Favorite Color - blue

Favorite book - Pete the Cat

Favorite food at home - meatloaf

Favorite food at school - pizza and lunchable

Favorite dessert - monkey bread

Favorite TV show - Studio C

Favorite movie - Big Hero 6

What do you like to do with your free time? play basket ball, play outside, and play video games and defeat hard levels, Star Wars

What makes you happy? Basketball, Star Wars, and playing with friends

Where would you like to go visit? Money Desktop, White Sands, and the beach

Who are your friends? Dominic, Heston, Tyler, and Ethan

What do you want to be when you grow up? Money Desktop Employee

We went with the Herrera's on Natalia and Blake's birthday to Freddy's to celebrate. 

May 4th had recently started to be Star Wars day because of the phrase "May the Force be with you".  In 2015 a new Star Wars movie was coming out and they hype of Star Wars day "May the fourth be with you" was really popular.  Matt thought a cake with that theme would be perfect for Blake's birthday.  

Blake's Birthday Party was on May 16th.  We didn't have a lot of time from when we decided to do it to when we had the party.  We didn't give people a lot of notice and we even invited Caleb Swinyard that morning when the kids had their piano recital.  Luckily the kids were very excited about the theme and helped with the preparations.  They were coming up with ideas on white can of food to do.  With a minecraft theme there was a lot of neat ideas for food.  We also used minecraft toys that we had to help decorate. 

For the activities they built minecraft blocks out of paper.  It was a kit we got Blake to use for his party.  They were a little harder for the kids to put together than we thought they would be.  The older ones had to help a lot.  They also made minecraft objects with pearler beads.  That ended up being a little tricky because there was only one iron to melt them together.  They tried to play outside with creeper balloons, but it was a little windy and they were blowing away.

Presents he received at his party:

*Caleb Swinyard - Lego Starwars Clone

*Bella and Brinlee Chatland - Football and Basketball

*Adia and Elias Hales - Bionicles

*Riley Moore - Lego Super Heros

*Deacon Speirs - Lego Batman

Missing UT Sweatshirts

Brayden went to school without his sweatshirt.  He was freaking out and didn't want to go to school. It was the only day during the school year he had gone without it.  He wears it in all kinds of weather.
He was asking if he could not go to school, or go back home to get it.

He let me know the reaction of his friends.  When he walked into Art his friend Alfonso said there is something different about you, and then said, "You forgot your jacket."
Alfonso asked Dominic if he knew what was different about Brayden.  He said a new haircut?  After a while he figured out and said, Oh he doesn't have his jacket.

Mason saw him in the hallway and said I don't know you anymore.  Where is your jacket?  In history Koi said, "Caldwell where is your jacket?"