Back to School

The summer is over and the kids are back to school. Although apparently the weather did not get the message as it still reaches almost 100 degrees every day. The kids were really excited to go back. On Monday we had a back to school night and they were all very excited to meet their teachers. They all seemed a little shy when they met with their teachers, and hardly said anything to them, but after we left they were talking non-stop about how nice they thought they were. The first week has been so-far-so-good. I took the obligatory first day shots, the kids didn't even complain this year.

Cole is now in 6th grade. He is excited that this is his last year

Riian in 4th

Jackson in 2nd

The kids all got Converse this year. Cole and Riian stuck with neutral colored ones, but Jackson had to get the bright red ones.

Izzy doesn't start preschool until tomorrow, so I will have to post pictures of her next week. I was not as ready for the kids to go back as they were. It's probably because I am the membership chair in the PTA this year, and our big membership drive is back to school night, so I was pretty crazy the week leading into school and just didn't feel as put together as I would have liked. In fact, on Saturday, I had a complete melt-down from being stressed and the house being a disaster, that my family felt pity for me and cleaned the house from top to bottom.

Nate is still playing in a softball league every Monday night through the end of September, so we are still going to softball games, but now Riian started soccer as well. She hasn't played in the city league since kindergarten but has played at school. We are impressed at how good she is, but I feel sorry for them since all their games are between 5 and 6, which is the hottest part of the day here. I think the lowest temperature we've had at her games has been 92 this far. She is always bright red at the end, but still seems to enjoy it.








Our garden has struggled a bit this year, so Nate was very happy when it was time to harvest our potatoes. Although we only ended up with four pounds this year, he was happy that at least we got some.


That's about all from our household. Nothing really exciting, but enough to keep us busy. I'll leave you with a picture that is a daily sight at our house.

Izzy at the breakfast table, accompanied by her horde of stuffed animals and wearing her princess crown.