Jared made us proud at his 5th grade graduation. He actually sang some of the song they sang for us. He won several awards: Most Avid Reader (read the most books), States and Capital Whiz (did the best on the states and capitals tests), X-man Algebra award (along with many), and Most Creative Artist (he was a bit surprised by this one, I was not). His peers voted him most likely to be on Survivor (choices were all reality TV shows).
On the last day of school, as we were driving home, Jared said, "this is the first time I'm not excited for school to be out". He has fully enjoyed his elementary school years and loved the small enviornment and close friends. He will have a hard time next year, but hopefully for not too long. He says he can't imagine not going outside all day (they go out constantly) and will miss racing his friends up the big hill to Spanish class.
The older Jared gets, the more I see myself in him. I was as quiet/shy as he is, I liked small groups, I didn't like change, and I was good at basketball. Oh no, wait, that came from Allen.
making it official
we all color coordinated for the occasion
Jared and his two best buds
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| the best bud's dads...they are pretty tight too |
3 comments:
Congratulations, Jared. So glad we could be there to see him graduate.
I was so impressed with his "States and Capital Whiz" award. Wish I was that smart. And the "Most Creative Artist" is also very impressive!
The last pix of the three "men" friends is priceless. Good times.
Great post.
so proud of the little man!
congrats on the milestone.
it's probably good i didn't hear about the state capitals thing until now or else all through the reunion i'd have been like "West Viriginia?" and "How 'bout Vermont?" every time i saw him.
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