Shane&Alicia Update ( June 5, 2017)

Sent: 06/5/2017   From Alicia
Subject: West Coast Westra Family Update 6/5/2017    Tue, 6 Jun 2017 07:42:13 -0700

Hello family!

 We're a little behind schedule on getting our update out, so I think we'll just do a few quick highlights.

• Adria's best friend Lilly came to visit us for a few days...her dad was coming to town for a conference, so she flew in with him and then stayed with us. Adria made sure she had all her school responsibilities taken care of so she could take a few days off from school. We had a beach day (visiting tide pools on the coast and then kayaking in one of our local lagoons), a city day (Alcatraz, sourdough bread, Ghirardelli Square, cable cars, Seward Slides, and ice cream), and an amusement park day (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom with the whole family). We stopped by the Oakland Temple on our way home after Six Flags. Adria loved having Lilly here and we were all sad to hand her back over to her dad on Saturday morning!
• Rella went horseback riding with her Girl Scout Troop on Wednesday and had a great time learning about horses. They will be doing horseback riding at their summer camp in July and August.
• I had Calder's transitional IEP today at the school. We didn't get through it all, so I have to go back. This is the meeting where we get the kindergarten teachers, school speech therapist, and principal all up to speed on Calder.
• Adria had her palate expander placed today...we need to tighten it 26 times (once a day for 26 days or so). They'll check the progress in about a month when they put on the bottom braces. Rella is a tricky customer...she has way too many teeth for her cute little mouth, so the orthodontist is recommending that we have an oral surgeon remove 10 teeth (4 permanent teeth and 6 baby teeth), then we will see how things are looking in a few months to decide what to do next.
• The Activity Day girls had a toga party for their end of year celebration. Rella had a great time with her Activity Days friends. Adria and Lilly participated in a service project helping weed the front yard of an elderly couple in our ward. 
• Shane and I both taught lessons (YW and Elders Quorum) yesterday.
• We just busted open our last couple of boxes of Girl Scout Cookies that we've been stashing in the crawl space. We're super proud of ourselves for waiting to eat them.

 Just 7 days of school left (not including weekends)!

Shane, Alicia, Adria, Rella, Calder