we got a letter from the grand blanc optimist club last week.....

it was addressed to the parents of austen mandernach and it said that his teacher had nominated him to be honored at the Grand Blanc Optimist Club 2nd Annual Youth Appreciation Night on May 9th. we were surprised and a little unsure of what this was. i asked austen if his teacher had talked to him about this and how many kids from his class had been nominated and he told me that it was just him....when i asked him why, he told me that it was because he was most improved in his class. we were thrilled to hear that because he has worked so hard this year.
he was one of 14 kids nominated from 8 schools in his school district. it was held at the senior center in town and there was a dessert reception.
he got a name tag and a special award certificate...
and his teacher got on stage with him and talked about how hard austen has worked and improved his grades this year and what a wonderful kid he was to have in class..he just stood on that stage and beamed...we could tell that he was very proud of himself (as he should be) and we are so proud of all of his hard work too. good job boog....