Summer has come and gone...Backwards Back to School

I can't believe another summer has come and gone...it went by way too fast! I wish we could have had more time to do more fun things, but school us upon us ready or not. The last week of summer, we did try to pack in some last minute summer fun! We had dinner with friends and a great time visiting and catching up on all the summer excitement. Jeffery and the boys went to a midnight showing of GIJoe...night owls! The kiddo's wanted to go shopping and out to lunch...which we managed to get in on the Friday before school. We met the teachers, then had a great lunch at kids choice...Urban Flats...they like good food! We had a nice time and talked about all the teachers and their goals for the new school year...they are all excited about what this year will bring...new teachers, new friends, old friends, Campus Life, Odyssey of the Mind, reading clubs, etc...being in brand new schools is really cool...everything is clean and new! Books haven't arrived yet, but hopefully they will be there by the end of the week. :)

Connor's team played in a tournament this weekend...which has been the case many years the weekend before school starts. It was fun to watch him out on the field...he played great and scored a couple of goals! Most importantly, he played his best and he had fun, so it was a very successful weekend!

Sunday night before school, we did our traditional back-wards back-to-school dinner...YES...DESSERT FIRST! Brandon...teenager that he has become...was with friends for one last get together before school, but he did make it home for the main course. We grilled quesadillas...Jeffery is teaching Connor to be the Master of the Grill...those two are becoming quite creative...and we are all benefitting from that with GREAT food! They grilled peaches too...yummy!! All in all, a great end to the official summer break and everyone had back-packs packed, clothes laid out and were ready to begin a new adventure in 8th, 7th, 4th and Kindergarten. I pray that their first day is FANTASTIC...full of all good things...God bless and keep them safe and help them all to have a great year!!