First Day of School

The kids survived the first day of school alright. Ashlyn had two schedule changes and was upset that she didn't get to have Art after all and that she didn't have many friends in her classes. I'm hoping her day goes better today. They have A & B days in high school, but some classes are everyday. It is rather confusing. I know she'll figure it out though. She did get to take a culinary arts class and computer animation. I'm anxious to see what she learns in those. Other classes she has are Geometry, Pre-AP Biology, Pre-AP English, Geography, Ag, and Athletics - should be a busy year for her! Colten loved his teachers and that he gets a locker, but also didn't have his best friends in his class. Guess they'll both be getting to know other kids in their classes better this year.

Here they are, my 4th grader and Freshman, on the first day:



I took Friday off last week to do something fun for the last day of summer break. We went to San Antonio and saw Toy Story 3D (very cute) did some tax-free clothes shopping and also stopped by Bass Pro to get Colten a few new fishing gadgets. Then Saturday, we went to the Llano river with our neighbors to play in the water a while. Sunday after church, Colten went fishing with John and his Opie and then we went to pick up our first pig for the stock show. It was a great weekend, but now the fun starts again!

Here are the kids on the back of the truck heading home from the river (bye bye summer break!):


Here they all are after swimming:


And here they are playing in tubes: