Mr. and Mrs. Volk: Finishing Up School and Soccer

Before summer began, I decided to potty train Adelaide. She's been asking to use the bathroom for months. I knew it was time, even though I was dreading it. She honestly did a great job. She still has accidents sometimes, but overall, she's done well. Eleanor made her the cutest crown as we stayed at home for three days to focus on getting Adelaide to use the potty.

She was very excited about her new underwear!

Eleanor played soccer for the first time this season! She improved by the end of the season and we were excited to cheer her on each week. She told me she loves dancing the most so we'll see if she tries another sport, but it was fun for her to try something new a get a medal at the end of the season.

Austin's a natural on the field. After his first practice, his coach said, "You've got great foot work, Austin." He fun to watch and he made several goals this season.

Eli is a hustler and even though it was his first official time playing on a team, he looked like he had been playing for years. His time playing soccer during recess at school really paid off! He did get smacked in the face when he played goalie. His glasses broke, but he saved the goal so he was excited when his coached called him the MVP and gave him a box of cookies.

My Uncle Vaughn and his wife were in Kansas City for a high school graduation so we met up with them for dinner. I always love when family is in town!

Eli begged me to sign him up for the orchestra for next year. I saw this picture on his teacher's newsletter and it made me smile. He'd like to try the viola.

The kids had soccer practices on Thursday evening and then their games were on Saturdays. It's always fun to play with friends and see so many families from the stake.

Our Christmas gift to the kids this year was season passes to World's of Fun. We went three Saturdays in a row in May. It wasn't too busy or too hot yet, so we enjoyed riding on some rides and getting familiar with the park. After our first visit, Adelaide asked, "Mom, can we go back to Disney World." I laughed because we spent a lot of money to go to Disney World last year and she felt the same happiness riding on the rides at World's of Fun and it's just a few minutes from our house.

Austin has new primary teachers and they took their class to the temple during their lesson time. I was able to go with them and it was a spiritual lesson about how the children are preparing to enter the temple someday. We're so grateful for the opportunity we have to live so close to the temple.

Our friend Mathew had a birthday! We love Mathew and the friendship we've formed with him and his family over the past 4 years.

Field Day!! I ran to the school and was able to participate in the field day with the boys. I love seeing them during the day and they enjoyed playing different sports with their classmates.

Eli brought home this amazing project he created at school.

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! They look so grown up! Eli wrapped up 4th grade and Austin finished up 2nd grade. Now they're moving on up! We met them after school and then walked to our friend's last day of school party. It was a blast!

The kids were sad to leave the party early, but we had to rush home to hop in the car to head to Colorado! We spent the day with the Davis's and then traveled down to CO Springs for Max's baptism and Russell's baby blessing. Adelaide loves babies sooo much. Eleanor keeps asking when she gets to be baptized. In this crazy world, I'm so grateful our kids have cousins who are being taught gospel truths in their home.