Eighth Grade Graduation

It's hard to believe that Annaliese is done with eighth grade and is moving on the high school! She likes to remind us that she can start driving soon. (Soon is relative...but she can start driver's ed at 15, so I guess that's not really that far away.)

To finish out middle school, the 8th graders all went to Warm Beach Camp for an overnight trip. Annaliese helped repaint a fence, while others pulled weeds and did other service opportunities around the camp. They also had plenty of time to swim, eat good food and hang out with their friends. When the buses returned to school, everyone piled off looking happy and tired! 

Tuesday night, everyone returned to school for their 8th Grade Celebration. Each student had filled out a paper with favorite memories, advice for upcoming 8th graders, or something that God has taught them throughout the year. As their homeroom teacher called them up, the teacher also read one of the things they had written. 

Annaliese's favorite memory was doing archery at 6th Grade Outdoor Ed (and eating the Costco muffins!) 

Congrats Annaliese and Leah!

Ice cream at Grandpa and Grandma's afterwards

Annaliese and Emma

Annaliese has had some amazing teachers throughout the years, and we are so blessed by each and everyone of them. We are so excited to see her continue to learn and grow and become more and more confident in who she is and who God created her to be. We're grateful for summer and looking forward to the new adventure of high school.