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!

June

Here is what we have been up to so far this summer.

I hate how summer's fly by so fast!

Having T-Ball two times a day, twice a week really took up a lot of our June!

Happy Birthday Aly!

My baby is two!

Aly had had her birthday on Sunday, June 28th. We had a fun BBQ with my family. She is such a sweetie and we are so blessed to have her our lives!

In case you were wondering...

Well I know that this post will probably be news to a lot of you, but I have had a couple of people ask if I am ready for the move to Florida. So quick update for all- Back in January Kent started contemplating life (which happens about every 2 years for us) and thinking about what he has really wanted to do when he "grew up." I am sure that him turning 30 last year (feeling old!) and a major downturn in the real estate market contributed also. So he started looking into film schools. He has always wanted to get into the movie or game industry. In April he started applying for schools and was accepted to a couple. We decided on a school in Florida- Full Sail University. He will be getting his bachelors in Computer Animation. When he is done he hopes to be working on special effects for movies, or start out in the gaming industry if he needs to. We decided that he would start school after the baby was born in September.
--Our contract was up on our lease and we found out that the house we were in was in foreclosure so we decided to move to where we live now "temporarily" while we were waiting for the baby.--
Then around the first of June, Kent was talking to the advisor at the school and she asked Kent if he had considered online- well up until June his degree was not offered online- so no, we hadn't thought about it. She was looking at how much we would have to take out in Student loans and let us know that we would save over $30,ooo in loans if he would switch to online. Honestly I was DEAD against online. I had just spend the last 2 or 3 months getting use to the idea that we were moving across the country and leaving our family for 3 years and was actually exited! We were also not sure about online. I have heard that it is harder because you have your own schedule and we wondered about the quality of the education. But, after a lot of prayer, we decided that we are going to save ourselves from an even higher student loan payment when he is done and get his degree online. This will allow Kent to start in July and not have to wait until the baby is born. It is a 30 month program for a Bachelor's so Kent is going to still be very busy and we will have a lot of adjusting to do! So for now, those of you in Idaho are stuck with us. We have decided to keep renting where we are (thanks Roman and Julie) and we really do love it! We have a great back yard with a ton of trees, privacy and great neighbors. The kids will be going to a great school and have already made friends. I am still doing Real Estate and I now work for a local company as a negotiator with the banks for properties they are purchasing.
So after Kent graduates- then I guess we will hit the road... unfortunatly NO jobs in Idaho for computer animators.
Well, sorry that this was long and I know that this post has not enriched anyone's live, but now you know! Wish us luck.

Twenty-six Weeks

This is for my sister Jodi who lives in Germany. Twenty-six weeks and counting!