Tuesday September 1, 2009

Well, the summer vacation officially ended today with the kids going back to school. We had a great summer full of tons of fun. We made a few trips last week to send off the end of summer. We made one last stop to Lake Sikome. We love it there. We also went to Calaway Park with the Sherlocks and Gabrielle's (my nieces) first b-day party. We went to Drayton's baptism on Saturday and had the Peirsons over for dinner on Sunday. Yesterday we made a trip up to Big Hill Springs Park to go on a hike and play in the mini waterfalls. I will miss the summer, but feel as though I am ready to tackle another school year. Kaitlyn is in her second year at middle school (Grade 6). Her Uncle Josh just got a job at her school as a teacher for humanities, so she thought that was pretty cool. She saw him a couple of times in the hall today. McKenna is in her last year at her school (Grade 4) and next year she will move on to Middle School. One of her best friends from church (Isabella) is in her class this year. So she was very excited about that. Damian is in Grade 2 this year, and said he had a nice first day. I am really hoping that my kids all have good teachers this year and classmates and that they enjoy their school year. Tyson was there to see the kids off this morning in nothing but his diaper. He cried when they left (but I think it's because he didn't know where they were going and wanted to come to). The kids all sounded like they had a good day today. Catcher doesn't start school until Thursday. I hope he will love it. We also got a membership to the Rec centre, so hopefully we will get a lot of use out of it swimming in the winter. The girls wanted to take swimming lessons, so hopefully this will help with them practicing what they have learned more often, and the other kids gaining a love of the water.
Well, I am off to bed. Another school day tomorrow and I need to get on a schedule again.