Ella's Senior Week of Celebration!

Ella's last week of school was filled with so many events!! She had her last orchestra concert, her Eagle Springs Elementary senior walk, her TMS stem academy reception, her orchestra banquet, and her choir banquet. I loved being able to attend with her and see all the hard work she has put in the last four years come to a close and be rewarded. 

These were her two best elementary friends, Helen and Audrey who is the valedictorian for their class. 

All these kiddos are graduating and off to great things! 

Ella and Cavin had fun at their orchestra banquet together! 

The seniors were few as they had a difficult director the years before, but these are the few that stuck it out and it paid off as a new instructor came in and made the program fun again! 

I'm so glad Cavin decided to continue on in orchestra.

Her choir banquet was great! 

These seniors got the outstanding senior award. 

We were so thrilled that Ella won the $1500 choir scholarship for the year! We are so proud of her!! 

Mrs. N was a great influence on Ella and I'm so grateful for good teachers. 

Ella also started her first job the week after school ended. She is working at Crumbl cookie! Such a big week for her! 

Channing's Pop Show

Channing had her end of the choir year pop show. She did a great job and got a couple of awards. One for outstanding varsity 2nd soprano, and one for a superstar solo singer for her solo and ensemble competition. 

She is a wonderful singer. She didn't do a solo this year as she couldn't find a song she wanted to sing. She was elected a choir officer next year, so she will be continuing on in choir her last year of middle school. 

TMS Athletic Banquet

Channing was invited to the Timberwood Middle School Athletic banquet. She received the hustler award for her B team Basketball team. 

She tried out for all the sports this year and made all but Volleyball. She went from Cross Country to basketball to Track to Soccer. She loves being a part of a team and she progressed in a lot of the sports. We are proud of her for trying new things!

Orchestra Marathon

Ella and Cavin played in their last orchestra concert of the year together. While it was a wonderful performance, it was extremely long!! Like, I legit could run a marathon with how long the concert was!! 

Cavin had a solo with a small group at the very beginning of the concert where he and Ikeke and Robin played "A Whole New World" he played the cello, Ikeke the violin, and Robin the piano. It was really good! He is a great cellist! 

It was a hard piece and he did a fabulous job! 

We got some great pictures from my dad who came. 

I love hearing them play! 

Ella had several songs and they were amazing! 

They did a senior piece for the Seniors from each orchestra to play together. 

I love that Ella and Cavin have had orchestra that they could do together. I'm sad this was their last concert together. I hope they always play the cello. 

Ella's Last High School Pop Show!

My favorite weekend of the year for Ella was this past weekend! I love the Choir's Pop Show. Showtime 2024!

She was in 9 of the numbers and did a great job singing and dancing!

She has only been in choir 2 years, but had a solo last year and this year she had one as well and sang "All I Want" by Olivia Rodrigo from Disney's High School musical. She did a great job!!! I'm in awe of her courage and bravery to just get up and sing! I would be terrified! 

They had a song and slideshow for all the seniors which was sweet and also sad :(

She has developed her voice a lot in the past two years and I'm proud of her and am excited for her to continue to develop that talent!

Ella is officially an ADULT!

Ella turned 18 on May 5th and entered a new phase of life. She is officially an adult. Time has flown by, you blink and it's gone. 

She had so many AP tests and rehearsals the week of her birthday so she didn't really want to celebrate much. Her actual birthday was on a Sunday, so we went to dinner and celebrated with grandparents the day before. 

She loves cookie cake! 

She opened presents and got a new hard cello case to take to college with her. 

For her activity that night, she wanted to paint books of Mormons, so that is what we did! A fun family activity.

Ella will be leaving to SUU in the fall to study music. She is an independent girl who is strong minded and knows what she wants. She is intelligent and driven. If she chooses to be..definitely not when it comes to cleaning her room! :) She has excelled in choir and orchestra this year and has spent a lot of time developing her talents there. She still wears a lot of black but is stylish and her style is very versatile. She still likes goldfish, chocolate, and loves to make graham crackers with frosting. She loves all things music and she just finally was released as the youth choir director in our ward after a couple years. She is very helpful and involved in church and does a great job serving. She finished her last week of seminary ever this week and is a seminary graduate. She is a great kid and we look forward to all the things she will accomplish.