I've just got to get caught up now. Life is going by too quickly and I am too behind in the family blog. It is actually October but I am going to back date all of these. Wyatt and Will just hiked Mount Whitney and we are prepping for Halloween around here. Lorien is 1/2 way done with her first semester of Senior year. It is WILD around here and I need to document it!
So August.
Lorien got her permit (finally!). The stinker came out of the testing room and shook her head "no". I totally fell for it. But she passed and now we are trying to get her practice driving...it is nerve-wracking. (August 8th by the way, on her 16 and three quarter's birthday). When Isabel was here from Alaska, Isabel and I made Lorien take the online test and sign up for a permit test. Way to go Isabel!
Lorien had her very last walk through registration at the high school...and Wyatt had his very first. This crap makes me weepy. I cried for a second on the way up to the high school. These stinkin' kids...how dare they grow up? HOW DARE THEY?!? Also August 8th.
Wyatt thinks he is officially taller than I am now. But no one could get a good photo with the level bubble tilting up towards him so I am going to go with me still being taller. It just feels right. Also August 8th.
Colter is gaining skills and confidence in the pool. We are all so proud of this guy!
On the Saturday before school started we made the kids do yard work, loads and loads and loads of yard work...because we are the very best parents in the whole wide world. We promised them a cool reward when they were done. It was so cool, I cannot remember what we did...if we did anything! See, the very best parents in the whole wide world.
On the day before school started, we made the kids get up early (for summer vacation) to go on a Sunday walk. We really are the very best parents in the whole wide world!
And...on Monday August 13th...school started! Grrrr. My position on school starting before Labor Day has been well rehearsed on this blog. I hate it.
It happened, the Senior, the Freshman, the 7th grader, the 3rd grader, and the Expert Kindergartener all left for school! It was a garbage minimum day so they were all back after a couple of hours but they did leave.
Colter has a new teacher who hasn't taught at Greenbrook before. He also has a friend from church in his class. He has mixed feelings about being an Expert Kindergartener. We never say he is repeating Kindergarten and neither does he. He did ask a few weeks into school if he would have to have an "expert" first grade year too, meaning do first grade twice. I said no. He misses his friends but we still feel good about keeping him back.
Lorien likes to practice driving and I like to practice having heart attacks so we are both getting what we want? I'm kidding. I hate this. It is so scary and hard. I know freaking out will only freak her out but man, it is terrifying. I am getting all of my comeupance for being a crappy teenage driver in my youth. It is awful. I want to quit.
Speaking of quitting, Lorien quit her job at In and Out after six weeks and has been working at Menchies (a frozen yogurt place). I wish I got a picture of her at In and Out. I love that place! It was fun to have her working there. Most of our friends saw her working there but I never did, darn it!
I got to meet up with an old friend from our Stanford days for a little hike. It was cold when I left our house so I stayed in jeans. Of course it warmed up and I am out of shape so I was gasping for breath and sweating 10 minutes into our hike. It was a disaster but we had fun catching up! August 28th.
September 2nd, we walked down to Osage to play in the park before church. I was fasting and nearly fainted when we got home. Smooth move!
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