Back to School

Thursday, August 13th was our first day back to school!!! School starts sooo early in this part of Colorado. What ever happened to summer break from Memorial Day to Labor Day?

All of the girls were very excited to get into the new school year though. And I must admit, so was I. I think I'm a better mom when I have a couple of hours to myself during the day while Rylee and Marcella nap.

Speaking of Rylee...can you believe that she's walking? She started about 2 weeks after her first birthday. Maybe I can post her 1st birthday later.

Here's Marcella getting in on the action. She got dressed for school, but I didn't have the time to get her hair done. It's poofing pretty good this morning.

Marcella and 'Bun Bun'

Audrey Maxine- 1st grade and ready for a whole day of school and eating lunch in the cafeteria.

Emily Kathryn- 2nd grade and very nervous, as you can see. She broke down in tears just as we were taking pictures. But she recovered pretty quickly and ended up loving her first day. Do I see a bit of her Aunt Ashley creeping in?!

Olivia Aaron-4th grade and she has some how forgotten how to smile for a camera that day. She's excited that recess is before lunch this year so she'll be missing a lot less of it this year. Last year she had to check her blood sugar before lunch, then eat lunch, then got to recess...needless to say, Olivia isn't the fastest, so missed recess about a 4th of the time.