Kfest 2017

Second Annual scholarship bash to honor our friend Kris's legacy. We had to move to our rain location this year because the weather was terrible:

Benji just wanted to practice basketball, with a very patient Jim Daly

Abby and Cavman

National Junior Honor Society Induction

Abby, along with 11 classmates, was selected to join the National Junior Honor Society this year. She had her induction ceremony last Friday:

Taking the pledge (Abby is in the back row)

Signing the register

Kindling her flame of knowledge and service

Words from Principal Johnson

With their advisors - everyone was asked to wear blue for Buford

Abby with friends Elisabeth and Abby B.

Easter 2017

Julia and Sophia were with us this year:

Easter Basket Scavenger Hunt

They found them!

Brunch

Hunting for eggs

This one was well camoflaged

Checking out what was inside the eggs

Dying Easter eggs before our friends head home

A Harry Potter Birthday Party

Benji asked for a Harry Potter party this year, and we were happy to oblige. The set-up was fun:



 



When the kids arrived, they were each presented with a letter from Hogwarts and their supply list, and then were sent to find their money around the yard (we hid galleons and sickles everywhere):


 

Searching for coins

Once they had their money, they could "shop" at Diagon Alley for wands, quills, spell books and a pet:

Supplies in hand, we sent the children to be sorted into houses (by the sorting hat, of course) and receive their house pins:

 

Then on to lessons. Benji had 14 friends, so we divided them into groups to rotate through classes:

 Herbology:

Quidditch Practice:

Potions:

 

 

Charms:

Abby and Julia were fantastic instructors, teaching them to levitate balloons and disarm opponents (Abby said she fell down 100 times letting them disarm her)

After lessons were through, we had a Hogsmeade visit where the kids could spend their extra coins:

 And then we all sat down in the Three Broomsticks for cake and drinks: