First Day of School

Well, the first day of school came!  Thankfully we had an extra week of summer vacation this summer, which was AWESOME!  We spent that time in Mississippi visiting my sister and her family, my parents, and meeting my sister Lena's 8th baby-Steven!

Clark is now a 7th grader!  For some reason him getting older, doesn't phase me too much.  Sometimes I think he's older than he really is.  Not sure how I feel about high school in two years though.....


Clark is the first one to leave in the morning.  What a gorgeous summer morning for a bike ride!



For the second year, the other four kids are in the same school.  I really like that.
Haley is in third!


Elden is in first!


Cal is our big fifth grader!


And Shanna is in fourth!  Just kidding.  Obviously she is in third, like, um...hmmm...Haley!


I love that we can ride bikes to school.




I didn't realize this till my sister Deborah mentioned it, but this school year wasn't as dramatic, or a huge change.  We weren't anxious about Clark starting middle school, and Elden wasn't starting his first year at school.  It was nice that it was a new school year without any big surprises.  For the second year running, I met some friends that morning for breakfast, which was really fun.  I think we'll keep up that tradition!

Just some other summer happenings after school started....a gorgeous summer sky.


My mom found my wedding dress and veil.  Shanna was so excited to put them on!


We finally bought an edger (something that I wonder why we did buy two years ago?!).  Lee and the boys cleaned up the walkways.




Looking much better!




Our apple tree did pretty well this year!  We harvested about nine apples.  Better than the two or three from last year....


One weekend we did some bathroom/house stuff.  I bought a cute bathroom rug but it was too long for the space.  I cut off the ends and "hemmed" them.


Lee put in a new outlet behind our computer desk.  We've had extension cords running along the wall for over two years now.  This was another, why-didn't-we-do-this-two-years-ago, project.  But it's done and now we can plug all of the computer stuff into the outlet BEHIND the computer desk...novel, I know.


We also bought and hung (well, Lee hung) a new mirror by our dining table!   We LOVE it!


It's like another window.


For a date one night we headed to Trader Joe's and Home Goods.  It was my very first time in a Home Goods store. LOVED IT!


Had to grab a treat for the way home!


We found Shanna like this when we arrived home...


If you had kids starting school, hope that went smoothly!  Hope you enjoyed those last glorious days of summer too!!!