The DeLorme Family: May 2019

Friday, May 31, 2019

May Random

Here is our random pictures from May:

Dawson loves to write comics. This is one of his

Gracie had her show for gymnastics and got a medal

This boy needed a haircut so badly!!!!

So much better!!!!

Gracie made a puppet

She loves that dog so much

Showing off his super powers

Having some ice cream after playing at Focus on the Family

We got a very late snowstorm in late May and got one final snow day of the year!

Look at all that snow!

Monday, May 27, 2019

Ashlyn's Continuation/Last Day of School

It is so hard to believe that Ashlyn's time at elementary school is officially over! It truly just seems like yesterday that I was bawling as I was dropping her off at kindergarten. Time seriously needs to slow down! We feel so lucky for Ashlyn to have spent all her elementary years at such an incredible school. She had such good experiences and she learned and grew so much!
Her school does a little continuation ceremony where all the fifth graders are acknowledged. It was a very nice ceremony. On the last day of school, all the parents and students line up and blow bubbles for the fifth graders. Ashlyn was a little emotional, but she is not going very far at all seeing that the new middle school is literally right next to her old school. So proud of our girl!

Ashlyn and her best friend Luci

Last day of school. You can see she had been crying a bit.

Ashlyn and her best friend

Monday, May 20, 2019

Brianna's Graduation

After two very long and difficult years, I finally graduated with my Masters of Art in Teaching in Literacy Intervention! Completing this program was the hardest, yet most rewarding thing I have probably ever done! Having a baby partway into the program, made it even more challenging, but I kept going forward.
I think the most challenging parts was writing my thesis while working full time and raising four kids. It was so much more work than I ever imagined, but I got it done. I think my final thesis ended up being around 35 pages and I was pretty happy with the way it turned out. I was nominated by my thesis advisor to be one of the speaker's to present their thesis at our presentations. I had to decline because my fear of public speak is way too overwhelming!
I feel so lucky to be part of such an incredible experience and to train and learn under such an amazing professor. There was a very small group of us (12 women) that completed the program. We all became very close and I know they will be friends for life.
I found out a few months prior to graduation that Oprah Winfrey was going to be the speaker at graduation! I was beside myself with excitement. I have been a fan of Oprah's for years. I remember when I was in high school my mom would watch Oprah every afternoon and I would come home from school and watch it with her. Some of my all time favorite books were part of Oprah's book club. It was such a perfect way to end what was such an amazing journey for me!
Even though graduation was May 19th, it was still a very cold morning. My family came to watch and support me. Oprah gave an amazing speech and it was so inspiring. When we crossed the stage, we got to take a picture with her and shake her hand. She gave us each a copy of her newest book. It was truly an experience I will never forget!
Now that I am graduated, I get to use my degree in the best way possible. I will do private dyslexia tutoring out of our house. I have also accepted a part time position at ALLIES which is the local dyslexia school here in the Springs. I am very excited for what the future holds for me with my knowledge and degree!