First Day of School 2017!

We take a lot of evening walks in our family, even in the summer (as long as it is after 8 pm). We had a great summer this year and took one more walk before our first day of school, Tuesday, August 15th.

On Sunday night, Neal gave the kids each a father's blessing, just like every year. In fact, I have them stand in this exact same place after this tradition. I forgot to do it this year, so we took it the next night!

Miles left about 45 minutes before the others on the first day. He is at Bear Creek Intermediate School for fifth grade. He is in the Orange Pod, and his teachers are Mrs. Hinojos, Mrs. Lister, and Mrs. Stone. He has two buddies from church in his class, Brigham and Gideon. Yay!

Audrey is a Junior at Keller High School (I can't believe I'm typing that!) and Parker is a Freshman. They drove Audrey's new car to school on the first day! We bought her a 2017 Honda Civic on Saturday. Life is weird!