Back to School in AUGUST??

Summer for the Evans kids we exactly 2 months long!  At the end of July the kids were feeling a little bummed knowing that the schools in Utah start almost 2 weeks before their school in Washington would start.  But once we got down to Utah and went through the long school registration process and they visited their new schools the feeling of being jilted out of few weeks of summer went away and they became excited to get back into a routine and meet their teachers and new friends.

M & L

Time goes way to fast because Landon and Mason are 9th graders this year!   

Going to a new school is not easy when you are in 9th grade, but these guys handled it with ease.  They have gone to 3 years of middle school and now they get to attend Jr. High.  This Jr. High is fairly new and it feels a little bit more like High School.   Overall they like their classes.  Mason's favorite is Orchestra of course and Landon liked all his classes the same, but we were pleased to hear that he had been pegged as the Seminary Pianist for his class (more motivation to practice:)

Mapleton Jr. High

Lydia and Jacob school day starts exactly one hour later than the boys.  Since we are not currently living in the school boundaries, Zeke drives the boys when he goes to work and I take these two cuties one hour later.  Lydia started 5th grade this year and Jacob started 1st!

Lydia was a little nervous and a little excited to start at a new school this year.

Lucky enough she had met two girls from church that were going to be in her class.   From these friends we found out her teacher is a first year teacher that student taught 4th grade last year at the same school.  Everyone loved her and she was wanted by many as for their 5th grade teacher. We were able to meet her at an open house the day before school started and after that Lydia was super excited for the school year to start.  

It has always been hard for me to send off any of my kids to 1st grade.  I love having them home with me for at least some of the daytime.  However, this boy has been on a 1/2 afternoon schedule for 3 years, so he was thrilled to be able to go to school in the morning with his big sister.  We visited Jacob's class the day before school started and got him familiar with his surroundings.  He has a vey sweet teacher who has been at the school teaching 1st grade for 12+ years.  Jacob's biggest worry about starting school was what playground he would get to play on.  There are two playgrounds at the school, one that he felt like was for little kids and one that is for bigger kids.  Luckily enough he gets to play on the red and black playground that he thinks is more for the bigger kids! 

So what did I do with my first few days of no kids?  I went to Education week at BYU!  I took 10 amazing classes.  It kind of felt like I was back in school with out the homework;)