First Day of School 2011!

Today we started school!  The kids had their backpacks packed, their clothes picked out, lunches packed, everything was ready to go!!!!  The excitement was contagious.  We had a good time gearing up for this day.  A couple months ago when Tim and I were praying about school (public, private, homeschooling, etc) for this coming year and what God wanted us to do, it became crystal clear the path we were supposed to take.  So we buckled down and jumped on board!  The kids were excited about the new opportunities and we are so glad we did this.

Morgan on her first day of 9th grade!  Woot Woot!  She is so excited about all the classes she's going to take this year, the new friends, new experiences...it's going to be a great year!

My picture of Max didn't turn out today so I told him we can just take another and post it later!  He had a great day today though and talked our ears off at dinner time!

Becca Jean Jelly Bean!!!!  She had a good day.  She didn't meet any new friends, but that's Becca.  She is picky in making friends.  She desires "true friends of Godly quality" she tells me.  She has a really good group of friends who are just that and she just will not settle.  She had a great time otherwise though.  She liked her classes, enjoyed her teachers, and was the first to tell me what she did not enjoy about a certain class she is taking.

Johnston was really excited about trying this new adventure out!  He makes friends so easily.  One kid gave him a Star Wars Wii game.  Now that's a great first day!  I told him he could borrow the game, but he has to give it back to him after the month is up.  He gave school two thumbs up!

Davidson was so excited to pack his backpack with all his new school loot!  He absolutely loved his camo backpack!  He enjoyed his classes very much.  He didn't make any new friends, but Johnston (they are best friends)  told him to hang with him and the kids he met so it worked out really well.  He will make friends, it just takes time to find the right friend for you.

Jensen on his first day of 1st grade!  He had so much fun!  He had so much to tell us at dinner tonight.  We had to make everyone take turns because everyone was talking at once.  LOL!

Holland and Jameson starting school today!  They enjoyed packing their stuff up and organizing their crayons, color pencils, notebooks, etc.  They made new friends, played lots, and came home with lots of new stories to tell at the dinner table!

Tim made dinner tonight in celebration of the first day of school!  Kraft Macaroni w/ Hamburger (a first for the kids and myself) and a beautiful green salad!  It was a great dinner...lots of talking, stories, and laughing! (and homework!)  After dinner I snugged in bed to read our nightly bedtime stories.  Right now we are half way through a Fairytale book that was mine when I was a little girl.  I love the art in it.  It's beautiful.  I have enjoyed our nightly readings greatly.  After the three littles were tucked in I got to work on some paperwork that I need to finish while Tim, Davidson and Johnston settled on the couch to watch Clone Wars.  

They were very excited to finally get to watch this with Daddy!

All is quiet now.  Everyone has gone to bed except for my Morgie and me.  I on my laptop and she on Tim's.  Sometimes it's so nice to just sit in the company of someone awesome like Morgan, yet not have to talk.  We can sit here and just hang doing our own thing together.  It's kinda cool!  She's on Facebook, I'm on Blogger.  Music is playing.  Laundry is going.  It's a good life!