First Day of School!

So our first day of school turned out very different than we had planned. About a week and a half before school started I got a call from a charter school that I had applied the kids for and they said that they had an opening for Kindergarten. I wasn't sure what to do, but when they told me it was all day Kindergarten, I was hooked! I asked if they had any openings for 2nd grade and if we could get Chandler in and luckily they did. So with not much time to spare, we registered the kids for yet another school. I was glad that they would be starting a new school anyway this year, so I didn't have to convince Chandler to go somewhere his friends are not. We were also lucky because a girl in my ward got her kids in this year also and she has a 2nd grader and a Kindergartner. Now I have someone to car pool with.

This school also has a uniform policy which is something that I had not planned on. Luckily I had not bought many school clothes yet, so we did a lot of last minute shopping, searching for uniforms. I am still not sure that it is my favorite thing, but the kids don't seem to mind. I am impressed with the school so far and if it goes well, then we will keep them there as long as we live here.
We got to start a couple of days earlier than the other schools around. Here is some pictures of their first day!

August

I can't believe how August has flown by! The above picture is how I started out the month. I had my 10 year high school reunion. I can't believe it has been so long. I really didn't want to go, but couldn't come up with a good enough excuse to stay home. I ended up having a good time and seeing some friends that I haven't seen in years. I wish that more of the goup that I ran around with could have come, but it was fun to see those that I did!

The rest of the month has been busy with another session of swimming lessons and then getting ready for school. Along with all of this I have pretty much gotten everything ready for the baby. I just hope that he doesn't like it too much in there and decides to go full term. I am too use to having pre-term babies. I will go crazy if I have 3 more weeks!

July

July started out nice and slow for us. I decided to take the first couple of weeks off from any extra activities and just enjoy summer. Then we started our first round of swimming lessons. The kids did great and had a lot of fun.


Along with visits from friends and family we also took the kids to Lava Hot Springs. We had a blast. We went on a Tuesday, so it was not crowded and during the week they have their $20 family pass. Our friends, the Willis Family met us there. I hope we make it a tradition for every summer.




Of course we always have a couple of trips to Cress Creek during the summer!