The Happiest Day of the Year

I do like when my kids go back to school. I'm okay admitting it to the world or at least those of you who read this. I do enjoy a good summer vacation too. And that is exactly what we had.

We swam and swam and swam. Went to the Lake. We reunioned in Utah. We toured Salt Lake City. We visited Reno. We had numerous play dates and swim parties. We enjoyed camping. We slept in. We watched movies. We earned summer points. We spent summer points. We ate popsicles, made slushies, had BBQ's, went barefoot, rode bikes, and went to the drive in. We loved grandparents, hiked to the "G", had our cousin carnival, and explored the children's museum.
We've bought school supplies. ($241 dollars worth for my 3 kids and my friend Missy's 3 kids). We got new backpacks, back to school shirts and shoes, and had priesthood blessings. Now its time for a schedule, a routine, and learning.

Yep, I like back to school and the even better part is that my kids do too!! Hanna was a cutie this year. She was so excited that she laid out all her outfits for the first week. Complete with shoes and scarves, and hats. Then she labeled them with pins for the days of the week and papers with which hair do she would wear. Jared asked her, "You aren't going to leave these here all week are you"? To which her and I looked at him like duh, and I replied, "its a girl thing, you wouldn't understand". I remember doing the same thing.

The kids have great teachers and classes this year, we are thrilled.


I made these huge heart cookies and had their names on them for after school. It was fun to see their faces light up when they got home and tell me all about their day. Mostly good reports...hanna was a little sad however. Her closest friends all got in a class together that she did not. (We tried, believe me! You pretty much have to work in the school or be a PTA officer to get this teacher) Anyway, she was a little sad to see her friends on the sunshine rays lined up with their teacher together. Ms. Rexing even said, "Oh, I wish you were in my class Hanna". (not helpful at the particular time). Thankfully her second day went much better. She's so sweet and friendly, I knew it wouldn't take long.