5th Grade Graduation

 

Hailey received her Gold Honor Roll certificate for her 4.0 GPA this morning.

Great job, Hailey!

Back at the elementary school, we watched Evan's 5th-grade graduation.

Evan looks so nice in his new suit.

A 2023 graduation star donut.

And he got this cool candy lei.

Great job, Evan!

Mocap

 

I usually don't get in the mocap suit at work, but I did today as we prepped things for a scene I'm working on.

Ward Pinewood Derby

 

Hailey made a mushroom car for our ward pinewood derby.

Hailey loves painting and crafting, so this was a fun project for her.

While Hailey was making her mushroom car I made this red car.

And now we're ready to race!

There were all kinds of designs.

We won some races and lost others. All in all, it was a lot of fun.

When we weren't racing Aubrey played with the cars.

Be careful with Hailey's car, Aubrey!

Lego Boost Kitty

 

I showed Aubrey what we can build out of our Lego Boost set, so we started building the kitty together.

Field Trip to the Aquarium

 

Today I went on the 1st grade field trip as a driver to the Aquarium of the Pacific.

It was really nice. The aquarium set up stations out on the beach to teach the kids about marine life.

Groups of school children came from all over for the day.

Learning about tide pools.

Whale station.

Learning about the grunions laying their eggs here on the beach.

Each kid received a small jar of sand with grunion eggs and salt water.

Gently swishing it around simulates the ocean waves enough so that the eggs hatch and little teeny tiny grunions start swimming around in the jars.

The orange sand isn't sand: it's the grunion eggs.

See those bands of orange? Yep, grunion eggs. And the seagulls love to eat them up.

Learning about the impact of trash on the oceans and marine life.

Our final stop was all about jelly fish.

This guy instructed some volunteers on how to do the jellyfish dance.

While waiting for our time in the aquarium, the kids played in the sand.

Members of my group wandered off on their own a few times, but we got that sorted out and explored the aquarium together.

It was a good time for all.

Star Wars Balloons

 

For May the Fourth, at work today, they had a balloon artist making Star Wars characters.

Cheesy Meat Buns

 

For linger longer after Church I made some cheesy meat buns. They were delicious!