Belated Mother's Day 2007

This weekend was the first opportunity for all the Ray children to descent upon Mom and Pop's house to celebrate Mom's Mother's Day. Glenn, Michelle, Jake, and Ben had not been able to come to town from Olive Branch in quite a while due to the boys' basketball and then baseball games. We cooked out hamburgers and hot dogs and had all sorts of other goodies. We even managed to get a few family pictures. The kids enjoyed playing crochet and baseball in the yard. Baseball in the front yard is a long standing family tradition.

JA 3rd Grade End of the Year Party

On the last day of School (Tuesday, May 22), Mrs. Thornton's 3rd grade class at JA enjoyed a fun End of the Year Party. Frances served as one of the organizing room mothers for the party. The kids had pizza and fancy cupcakes made to look like little flower pots.

Amanda really loved 3rd grade, especially being in Mrs. Thornton's class.

JA 9th Grade Class Day

Friday, May 11th was 9th Grade Class day at JA. The day started with an Awards/Graduation Ceremony at 9:30 a.m. The class then traveled to Rapids on the Reservoir Water Park for lunch and and an afternoon of fun. Later that night, the class gathered at the school for dinner and a disco-themed dance. It was fun to see how much all of these kids have grown up during their junior high years.

Amanda Recieves Raider Reader Medal at JA Lower Elementary Awards Day

Today at the JA Lower Elementary Awards Day program, Amanda received a Raider Reader Medal in recognition of her hard work in accumulating at total of 169 AR points. Her goal for the year was 115 AR points. Congratulations Amanda!

Amanda Enjoys JA Raider Reader 50,000 Point Picnic

At the beginning of the school year, the JA elementary faculty established a goal of 50,000 Raider Reader points for grades 1-6 by the end of the school year. If they reached this goal, the school would host a special Raider Reader picnic for all the students. When all Raider Reader points had been totaled, the students had accumulated an amazing 56,000 points. Amanda really enjoyed reading this year and exceeded her goal for the first time.

Scenes from the picnic on Friday, May 10:

Anthony Receives His Eagle Scout

Last night was a very proud night for the Ray family. Anthony received his Eagle Scout after 4 years of hard work. Congratulations Anthony!!

Amanda Stars In "The Sermon on the Mound"

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

The Galloway UMC Children's Music Department presented the play "The Sermon on the Mound" tonight. Amanda has been working very hard preparing to sing solos and dance and she did an amazing job. Scenes from the show:

The Alpha Bits choir that Fran and I lead even got in on the fun. Fran even joined them.