FCCLA End of the Year

If I hadn't been gone from school enough, the Thursday after we returned from California I took four of my FCCLA seniors to State Conference in Springfield.  One of them competed.  A first for her and for me.  Considering our inexperience I think she did pretty well.  The kids were great.  We had tons of fun.  Friday night after the keynote session we went back to the rooms.  This trip I shared a room with one of the girls.  Everyone ended up in my room watching movies on tv.  We decided to order pizza about 11:15.  It finally arrived at midnight.  The movie ended about 1 and the pizza was pretty well gone.  It was another late night, adding to my sleep deprivation I hadn't caught up on before.  Luckily in our down time earlier that afternoon the kids were nice enough to let me take a nap while they watched a movie.  Yes, I have kids that are nice enough to let me sleep and not do awful things to me.  Except for that one rude awakening when one kid jumped on the edge of the bed.  He shall remain nameless.  :)  Saturday morning we skipped the awards session and headed back to school because the girls had to get ready for prom.  I drove home, spent my 5 hours unpacking and resting, and drove back to school with Scott in tow to chaperone prom.  Prom was great fun with lots of good memories for the kids.  I let Scott drive home as I was pretty well out of it by midnight. 

Then on Tuesday we had our FCCLA Officer Installation Reception.  Seniors and outgoing officers were recognized.  I also had some four year members that received FCCLA blankets.  I am going to miss my seniors next year!  They have been a great help.  It's been a good year.  We donated food to the local food pantry.  The kids made about 40 baby hats that we donated to the local hospital.  And we donated books at state conference to be given to children that cannot afford books.  We pulled off our first annual bread sale fundraiser, too.  It took the entire club to do these things, but my seniors stepped up big time.  They were the main contributors to the baby hat project.  And one my boys was a huge help during bread week.  He was the only one to volunteer to stay after school and help me wash the 40 to 50 pans that we used every day to make our loaves of specialty breads.   These kids have participated in every activity we've done and taken interest in attending our meetings.  I could not have asked for a better club this year.