I think I saw on the news somewhere that there were 1200 fires in the western U.S. and two of those were right in our back yard. this doesn't look terrible but it ended up getting pretty crazy for the people to the north and west of this fire, luckily we were east of it but still a little un-nerving when it's in your backyard.
Hooray for school, this for some reason has been a tough summer for me, the kids seemed especially crazy. As I was cleaning a very quiet house today, I was thinking about our summer and how fast it went. Even though the kids were crazy we had some really great trips this year and enjoyed lots of time outside in the HOT, SMOKEY air.
Alivia is in fourth grade and has two teachers this year, a half day split. She was super excited when she saw some familiar faces this morning. She is still doing piano and choir this year. Getting better.
Bauer was so excited this morning he woke up before the alarm and came upstairs and tole me he didn't want to lay there and wait for the alarm. He is such a cute sweet boy and will miss him for the 6 hours he is gone. He was so excited to take his lunch today and is even more excited when he gets to try school lunch. Bauer has the same teacher Alivia and Cooper had for second grade she moved to first grade this year and so she got the 3rd Whidden.
Cooper has Alivia's 3rd grade teacher, whom I LOVE. I am hoping he has a good year this year and had a good talk with the teacher about his struggles and it seems like putting him in a different math class for some extra help.
Kessler the big boy, Ben said a few times how crazy it is that he is going to be gone 3 days a week for only 2 hours but still. HOW fast times flies!!
BTW.....I really hope Mitt Romney wins the presidential election, not that he is Mormon and all but that I am really hoping he can turn things around, around here. GO MITT!!
One thing I love the most about the end of the summer, fresh fruit and VEGGIES!! Kessler and his cherries.
