Back to School

Summer is officially over and school has started.  I think we've all been ready for this change and to get back into a routine.  Funny how when school first gets out you're so excited for a more relaxed schedule and then when it's time to go back to school you're so ready for routine again!

Lots of changes and firsts at our house this school year!


Taylor and Hollie get to ride the bus together!  It will be nice to not have to take them to/from school this year.  They're so cute.  They've made a deal that whoever gets up first will check to make sure the other one is up and going.  This may just be the nicest thing they've done for one another in a long while.  :)

Taylor is officially at Box Elder High School.  HIGH SCHOOL!  He's a 10th grader this year and I can't believe how quickly everything is changing.  He got his permit in July and LOVES to drive.  Can't believe he's old enough for all of this.  This first trimester he has quite the courseload but I have no doubts he'll do great! 

Hollie is in 6th grade at the Intermediate School this year and has been so excited to get a locker, in fact she stayed after school on the first day so she could get it all decorated! :)  (I SO remember doing the same when I went in to 6th grade.)  She has already made new friends and likes that they get to change classes.  So excited for all the possibilities this year will hold for her!

Kambri is in 1st grade and in the Chinese Dual-Immersion program this year!  She's very excited and each day comes home and teaches/shows me something new she's learned in Chinese.  Kambri told me I didn't need to walk her in to school, that she's a big girl...I didn't give her a choice and told her that Shaun and I would be walking her in for her first day.  Sometimes that independence is heart breaking, especially of my baby! 

She had to have a special picture taken that showed her with her backpack better;  such a funny girl.

So here's to a fabulous 2013-14 school year!  I spent the first day of school sleeping and reading;  it was wonderful!  This will definitely take some getting used to with having Hollie getting off to school earlier and Kambri being in school all day now.  I'm so excited for each of them and the things they will learn this year, friends they'll make, and the memories they'll make!

 

5th Grade Events with Hollie

(Ok, SLIGHTLY behind- we're now in 6th grade- better late than never right?!)

 

Hollie registered to do the Beehive Mile that was held at Watkins Park.  She had a great time doing it and even held back at the end because a friend of hers was having a hard time due to asthma.  I was quite proud of her.  She likes to be a part of so many different things, things I was much too intimidated to do at her age.

 

Before the race

 

After the race

Then on top of it she decided to be in the 5th grade talent show! She sang a solo, "Let Me In" from Rigoletto with me accompanying her on the piano.  She did a wonderful job, she has a beautiful voice!  I'm so glad she doesn't let fear get in the way of doing these kinds of things.

 

I'm so grateful that all of my kids have a love for music!

 

Then of course she had to do the science fair.  Shaun is a good dad and agreed to help build a volcano.  They had a great time figuring out the perfect combination of vinegar and baking soda.  I'm not sure that she really cared about the logistics of a science fair as much as she just wanted to make something.  But regardless she had fun!

 

 

Now onto a new school and new adventures!