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| Graham's swimming lessons |
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| Sandy Hot Air Balloon Festival |
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| Flower Gardens |
This has been a very important month for us. We partied hard in the last couple weeks of summer vacation, but we were all grateful when it was time for school to start. However, the new school year is bringing so much change, we feel like we are swimming up stream still.
The elementary school is new to us - new school hours, new teachers, new rules, new carpool, new, new, new. The hardest change for the kids has been getting out of school so late. There isn't time to play with friends after homework anymore. There have been tears frequently. Our new strategy is to get most of the homework done before school. Our first couple days of that went better. Overall, we are all happy with the new school. The kids love their teachers, they have close friends in their classes and carpool, and I have loved seeing all of my neighborhood friends at the SAME school! Yeah for our new neighborhood school!
The middle school thing is just NEW! Everyday we learned something else we didn't know about middle school. We were caught off guard about fees, white gym shirts with your name on them, locker decorating, and having the "cool" backpack at school. We are still trying to figure out how you have gym shoes at school and do the running assignments for soccer at home. But, Audrey is so organized, the actual classes and keeping on top of homework and schedule she has under her capable control. We are celebrating her 12th birthday. Wow, what a wonderful young woman she is becoming.
Chad's new job - well, yea! He is working closer than his old one in Ogden. Also, school board meeting are in full swing again. He is probably feeling like the kids on their first day of school (which also was his first day of the job).
Then the fall sports - Audrey's comp soccer, Kate's dance and soccer, and Carson begins Bricks4kids soon as well. Oh yea- Audrey will now be in Young Women and Carson is still in cub scouts. It is a fun fall - We are going to have to be flexible.
Whew! But we had a fabulous back country camping trip with Chad's two brothers and their families this weekend. It was peaceful, fun and rewarding to see the kids enjoy the outdoors, the views and their cousins. That is the fall I enjoy most. Hopefully details will be ironed out and we can just enjoy the next couple months.
The elementary school is new to us - new school hours, new teachers, new rules, new carpool, new, new, new. The hardest change for the kids has been getting out of school so late. There isn't time to play with friends after homework anymore. There have been tears frequently. Our new strategy is to get most of the homework done before school. Our first couple days of that went better. Overall, we are all happy with the new school. The kids love their teachers, they have close friends in their classes and carpool, and I have loved seeing all of my neighborhood friends at the SAME school! Yeah for our new neighborhood school!
The middle school thing is just NEW! Everyday we learned something else we didn't know about middle school. We were caught off guard about fees, white gym shirts with your name on them, locker decorating, and having the "cool" backpack at school. We are still trying to figure out how you have gym shoes at school and do the running assignments for soccer at home. But, Audrey is so organized, the actual classes and keeping on top of homework and schedule she has under her capable control. We are celebrating her 12th birthday. Wow, what a wonderful young woman she is becoming.
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