First Day of School

Blakely and KK went the day before school started to meet their teacher and drop off school supplies.

Checking out the school library

Aug. 17th:

Kindergarten

I can't believe that KK is already in Kindergarten.  How crazy is that?!?

She LOVES school!  Which is nice because she is not a morning person so it could be so much worse getting her off to school if she hated it.

She is friends with all the girls and she "like-likes" a couple boys in her class!  It is funny how quickly she got on board "crushing" on boys because it wasn't even a couple weeks before school started that we were over at one of Nathan's co-workers house for a swim party.  While there we found out that their little boy was going into kindergarten too!  I told KK that she should look out for him and say hi when she see him.  KK gave me the dirtiest look ever and told me she can't be friends with boys!  Well, it turns out that same little boy is in KK's kindergarten class and he is one of the boys she "like-likes".  However, right before Christmas break she informed me that her teacher says they are too young to have crushes so she only likes certain boys as friends!

3rd grade

Blakely really likes her teacher.  She got student of the month for 3rd grade in October.  I think her best friend is Jethro.  He is also in our ward.  The older three tease her about him but that is always the way Blakely has been.  She seems to always have a best friend who is a boy.  In Florida it was Beckham.  In California it was Sterling and now here in Idaho it is Jethro.  She did have two really good friends that were girls in California and I know she sometimes hangs out with girls here as well.

Dyer's in 6th grade and is in middle school this year.

He seems to really only hang out with Austin but Dyer's not much of a talker/sharer so I don't get a whole lot out of him.  He did really well on his math placement test so he was moved up to advanced math. 

Blair's in 8th grade this year and went back to public school so this is her first and last year in middle school.  She has a couple of really close friends (Abbi, Oliva, and Bella) which is really nice!  She is doing fantastic at school!  I was a little nervous how it was all going to play out but she is excelling.  She got straight A's for this first semester of school!  In fact, the three oldest came away with straight A's!  She is enjoying choir and art this year.  She claims she doesn't like anyone...but I'm not sure she would tell anyone if she did.  She has 2 "really annoying" brothers and I don't think she wants to be teased by them.  Apparently boys are scared of her though because she has been known to give them the "death stare".

Easton is in 11th grade.  I think he is enjoying release time seminary-I know I am!  I think his goal is to earn his associates degree when he graduates high school.  He is taking a lot of Dual Credit, AP, and Honor classes this year.  He's also in the Robotics club.  He just took the PSAT and got a 1360!  Such a smart kid!  He has some kids he hangs out with but I don't really feel like he has close friends.  Now that he is a Priest at church (it became official today) I'm hoping that will help.  Now he'll actually be with kids that are in his same grade!  Last year as a teacher he was with a bunch of boys that are in Blair's grade (8th-middle school).  That's a big difference!  Especially when you're at a different school-highs school and 3 grades ahead of them.