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This will be a fairly newsy post with some randomness, lots of updates, and a few pictures. So, if you're not really interested in what's going on in our lives, stop reading here! :D

First of all, school "officially" ended today! I still have some work that I'll be doing throughout the summer for mostly-valid reasons, and Thor has a bit of work that he still has to do for not-so-valid reasons, but everyone else is done (except for music practice).

Secondly, we (Papa, Sylvia, Knut, Cecily, and Thor) have been going running every other day to train for a 5K we're doing next Saturday. It's not exactly the most fun thing to get up early for, but it's been getting easier! The Peterson Family Singers will be singing the national anthem right before the race, so we've all been practicing Papa's arrangement of that... in four-part harmony! Although Knut's voice hasn't really begun to change yet, he can manage the tenor very well. He sounds amazing! We're singing the same arrangement at our town's Memorial Day service, along with America the Beautiful.

Thirdly, I'm leading Drama Club again this summer, and tryouts are in one week! My wonderful co-leader of last year moved away, so my friend Sarah is taking her place. We have 23 people signed up (counting my siblings). We will be performing A Little Princess (based on the novel by Frances Hodgeson Burnett) and The Great Cookie Caper (from actsoflight.com). I was really getting worried, because two days ago we still weren't sure what plays we would do. I had ordered 5 perusal scripts and looked at countless others online, but nothing would suit our purposes. It was really by the grace of God that we found scripts in time! These will be very challenging to put on, so I'll certainly be continuing to rely on God's grace throughout the summer. We can't do it without Him! :)

Fourthly, Grandpa's and Grandma's pool is now open. We went swimming today for the first time this summer!

Lastly (and most important, in my very humble opinion...), I have my permit!!

My wonderful, forbearing father took me for a drive right after we picked it up from the high school. :) He's a great teacher! I now have to log 45.5 more hours to get my license. :D

Random TeenPact pictures:

Girls from our group being crazy...

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Ultimate Frisbee! 

(The last three pictures were sent to me by Kalei. Thanks, Miss Awesome!) :D

SCCCHE TeenPacters

SCCCHE TeenPacters being insane... well actually, this is normal... ;)