18 June 2023

Helen's photo was in the newspaper for graduation.

Several of the seniors in our ward will be leaving on missions this summer and fall. Our bishop invited all of the graduating seniors to attend temple prep classes this spring to help them prepare. The parents took turns teaching the lessons. This photo is from our last class on Sunday. From the left are Tyrone (attending UW), Seth (mission to Marshall Islands), Luke (mission to Dominican Republic), Scott (mission to Argentina), Marcus (mission to Brazil), Annie (attending BYU), Helen (attending U of U) and Emma (applying for a mission now).

Helen's piano teacher made her this beautiful quilt. Helen has taken piano lessons from Martha Hall for 10 years and plays beautifully. 

Gibson left on Wednesday for a school trip to the East Coast. To save money on flights, the students took a bus from our town to Portland, then flew to Washington, DC. At least they got to ride in the district travel bus instead of a regular school bus.

With Helen graduated and Gibson gone on his trip, Becky was the last Hull left at school for the last three days of school. Her classes finished up their final presentations on Thursday. Each class only had 4-5 students left to present, which didn't take all of the class time, so Becky brought a soccer ball and goals to play soccer in the shady space next to her classroom. Soccer was a huge hit and will definitely be back next year.  

Friday was the last day of school. This is a photo of the buses lined up to take the students home for the summer.

Becky left a few hours later, feeling tired and content. She left it all on the field. It was a huge year of growth and learning for her, and hopefully some of her students learned something, too. She's already looking forward to and planning for next year.

And the celebrations keep coming! On Saturday Becky graduated from Southern Oregon University with a Masters of Arts in Teaching degree. This photo is has the best view of the hood she wore as part of her regalia. The light blue is for her field of learning, education, and the red and black lining is for her school colors.

Brandan has provided constant and meaningful support for the past 5 years while Becky completed her degree.

This is a photo of Brandan's view of the ceremony. The masters degree candidates got front row seats on the field.

Here's a photo of Becky walking across the stage.

This is Becky's fellow math teacher, Tre. Our program only had two candidates with an emphasis in math. Our math methods class this year consisted of the two of us and our professor, Francie. Luckily Tre is fantastic and Francie is an extraordinary mathematician and instructor so the class was super relevant, impactful and even fun. Now, with the extreme math teacher shortage across the United States, we have our choice of districts and schools to work at. It's a nice feeling to be in high demand.

Later we celebrated with dinner with the Stamps and the Badizadegans. From the left are Desi, Masood, Chuck and Iona. Helen and Desi's husband, Zach, joined us later. As always, we enjoyed catching up and spending time with these amazing friends.

We haven't heard much from Gib since he left on his trip. We asked him to send a photo and he responded with this stunner. Nice! Gib will be gone for another week, having adventures in Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New York City.