School is Back in!

Well, school is official back in! This Summer has gone by so fast. Even with the few rough days with all the kids home - it was a great Summer. I really enjoyed being with my kids this summer break. Yesterday was one of those rough days - but ended in a great evening. This is the first year since Amanda was little that I have only had 1 child at home all day. It is a weird feeling - but at the same time has a certain peace about it too.

CJ started 1st grade - which means school lunch and all day school! It does not seem possible he is that old. Adyson is in 3rd, Parker is in 6th and will have about 4 or 5 different teachers this year and a locker - and Amanda is official a Freshman in HS even though she attends the Jr High. they all looked so much older this morning as the headed out to get on the bus. It is so weird to send then to school their first day on the bus and not take them and walk them into the school.

It was so nice this morning to get everyone up - have breakfast and sit and have time to read scriptures together and pray before they headed out for their day. Maybe that is why I feel peace - we were not running around crazy trying to get out the door and not miss the bus. All I know it is was very calm and nice - even had time to take pictures of them before they left.

We went to the zoo last week. Our end of Summer day. We went to the zoo - watched the animal show, had lunch their and the kids even got a souvenir animal water bottle with lunch, rode one ride at the Funland park next to the zoo, and stopped and bought an ice cream cone for each on the way home at McDonalds - and Ronald McDonald was visiting that store and hung out the drive-thru window to say "hi". It was a great day! Nice way to end the Summer Break.

So what to do with myself all day......I wish I could say nothing - but that is a joke. I could spend the whole day catching up on the laundry that is in the laundry room and hallway - yes hallway! Actually I have made a dent in it - but I need to get on top of it. I could deep clean my house after a summer full of kids in the house --- I could spend about a week at 'Ohana trying to inventory and reorganize the warehouse. No there is no rest for the weary. =) But, whit only one child at home - it will be a lot easier to focus on a project.