First week of school

We've survived our first week of school! Ashlyn, Dallin and Breann started on Monday. A big year for Ashlyn as she enters High School. She's very excited but also already began to feel the stress of it in just one week. She had volleyball tryouts everyday after school this first week so it's been particularly crazy. She did make the team (yeah!) but hopefully she'll be able to balance it all as she has a hard schedule. It's going to be a tough, fun year.

She met up with many of the other high school students (freshman and sophomores) from our ward that live in the neighborhood to walk together the first day. What a fun group of kids. They all start early morning seminary next week - then they'll walk together everyday.
Dallin headed out on Monday only to come home a few hours later with a fever - what a way to start a new school year! He battled a fever for a few days before returning to school Thursday. He's looking forward to his 7th grade year - although already intimidated by his high school Algebra class (we'll see if that one lasts!).
Breann's ready to go, violin in hand. She seems to have another wonderful teacher and is looking forward to being in student council and king of the campus as a 5th grader - last year of Elementary School.
Alexa started school Wednesday. She has a male teacher for the first time and he seems SUPER fun so she is excited. Life's good as a 2nd grader - king of her Primary School campus.
And then there's Bryant. School started for him...well, back in early July - he goes to a local preschool which follows a different school calender. He started back last week - we gave him one week to recover from jet lag before returning. He's actually starting to enjoy his time at school and looks forward to going for a few hours each afternoon.
Mom's happy to be back to schedules and routines - although we did have an incredible summer, it's good to be back to 'normal' life. It should be a fun, crazy year with one kid in high school, one in middle school, one in intermediate school, one in primary school (our elementary school here is divided into two separate schools) and one in preschool. I can't believe how quickly these kids are growing up - it's scary!