First Day of School

Goodbye summer…another school year is underway.  Today my boys started school.  Chandler is in the 6th grade at Crest Middle School.  A new adventure for him.  He is on the Sharks team and starting band.  Wow!  It was a rough start to the morning for both of us, but he ended up having a great day. (this was an after school picture)

 

Carter is in Mrs. Hunt’s 4th grade class at BSE.  We were very excited because Chandler had her as well and we loved her.  Carter also has several of his good buddies in his class this year.  I got a very encouraging note from his teacher this afternoon saying what a great day he had & how proud she was of him for making the new kid in his class feel welcome.  Aww….

This is a first for us this year… 3 kids at 3 different schools.  Seems strange in a way.  Kensley starts preschool next week and she’s very excited about it.  I think all of the kids are going to have a great year. 

Middle School here we come!

Tomorrow we have a major life event taking place in our family. My oldest son Chandler starts middle school. Middle school… really? I mean, wasn’t it just last year that I was nervous about him starting 3rd grade? Ahhh, how quickly these kids grow up.

Mixed emotions elude from our family… excitement, yet nervousness… anticipation, yet sadness. We’ve had lots of talks this summer and I think he’s ready… I know he’s ready… it just the growing up that gets me most. He comes just above my shoulder & before long I will be looking up to him. I remember the first day I brought him home from the hospital. Holding him, looking into those blue eyes, thinking I never wanted that moment to change. I loved him with every being in my body. Rocking him to sleep, so tiny, so precious. Growing up was a distant thought in my mind. I was enjoying him being little and didn’t have to worry about that whole school thing for a long, long time. Before you know it, it’s here and now he’s a young man and I’m sending him off to middle school. To me this is huge. The beginning of a new era in our lives… the teenage years. The growing up, the forming of who he is, the making of a man.

“For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you & not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

Chandler, I know God is forming you to be the man you will become. Each day he molds & shapes you little by little. My prayer for you is to be the LIGHT in this world…be the difference in someone’s life. We love you sweet boy & are so proud of you! You are going to do great!!!

Family Photo Shoot

I love pictures!  I take lots of pictures & love to have our pictures taken.  Photos to me are priceless.  I feel like sometimes I see life through the lens of a camera but I don’t want to miss anything.  I want to capture it all in hopes that I will lock in that memory to have for the future.  Now if I can just get back to scrapbooking those memories.  Anyway, I’ve always wanted family pictures on the beach.  I’ve joked that I was going to pack one of my photographer friends in my suitcase one year when we go to the beach.  Well, so happened this year that one of my friends, who is a photographer, was vacationing the same week as my family & she was just right down the beach from us.  She made some great photos of our family. 

You can visit her website by clicking here or her facebook page by clicking here.