another school year...

kerianne - sophomore

desert ridge high school

kameron - 8th grade

desert ridge junior high school

 kennedi - 6th grade

meridian elementary school 

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the kids are back in school - finally! it's strange to only have three pictures on here and not four!

our routine for this school year:

6am : up and at it

7:05am : drive keri & kam to school and then head to work

7:45am : kennedi bikes to school

2:15pm : i get off work and head for the bus stop

2:55pm : pick up keri at bus stop

3:05pm : kennedi bikes home

3:05pm : sit and wait for kam's bus

3:10pm : finally home

3:15pm : snack & homework

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i'm really loving this schedule.  i would like to find a job closer to home out here in mesa, but i love my job and the people i work with and i really do make good money plus have great hours to be home when the kids are. so no complaining!!  we struggled a bit to get all of their supplies on time this year, due to the boys trip to alaska.  but we made it work! luckily i bought enough last year that we had much of what they needed. kerianne is in first hour seminary and has a really good class. she also has several honors classes that are really going to challenge her. she has a lot of friends, from school and church, and continues to be a social butterfly! kameron also has many honors classes, and is already excelling. he missed the whole second week of school for his alaska fishing trip. we spoke with his teachers before school started and some gave him work early to do while gone. most didn't but he was caught up within two days of being back! in his honors math, the teacher had him take the scheduled test and if he did well, he wouldn't need to make anything up. he did awesome! how did he get so smart?! and kennedi is doing fabulous! her teacher is mrs. dangerfield, and she's a member of the church (kennedi found out!) which makes it even better! she's older and loves teaching and kennedi loves her. she also has many friends and is starting to become a bookworm like kam! this is her last year in elementary school so i drove her on the first day. i couldn't go in or anything (cause that's just embarrassing!) so i dropped her off for the last time. bittersweet! i'm so excited to see how much she grows this year.