Cheer Photos

I love her cheer pictures this year! Her and Abbi are the head captains with the other 9th graders as co-captains. I hope it is an amazing year for cheer!

 

First Day of School

 The kids all started school last week. Corbin is a junior at Weber and can drive himself this year, hallelujah! Maggie is in 9th grade at North Ogden Junior High. Kent is in 7th, his first year of Junior high. Claire is in 3rd grade with Mrs. Buck and Van started kindergarten with Mrs. Nelson. 

Van's first week of school was a little tougher than I had hoped. The first day he was so excited. He was up and ready no problem. We rode bikes together and he did great. Him and I waited by the kindergarten doors and it was crazy. There were so many parents and excited kids. Van was very quiet. I tried to introduce him to a few people, but I think it was a little overwhelming. He walked right in and did great though. I was waiting for him when he got out of the school and as soon as he saw me he started to cry. I felt so bad. When he came to me, he told me that I made him a liar. He had told his new friend that I had introduced him to, Cora, that his sister was going to pick him up, but I did. He was so sad! To make matters worse we went to ride bikes home and I told him he had to walk his bike off of school grounds. He was so mad. We got across the cross walk and he threw his bike down and cried for the next 10 minutes until he was finally ready to ride home. Claire had already given up and rode her bike home before us. That day he told me he hated school. As I talked to him about school there wasn't anything he didn't like, I think riding home was just too much. The rest of the week I let Claire pick Van up and I met them past the cross walk and drove them home. It went much better. Van continued to tell me he didn't like school, but he didn't actually seem to hate it. I talked to my friend, an aide at the school and she said he was doing great and definitely didn't hate it while he was there. This week has been better and I think he is adjusting nicely. 

Claire loves all of it. She got the teacher she wanted, who is amazing! Most of her friends are not in her class, but she was excited to see them all on the first day.

Kent is adjusting well to Junior high. He thought it started off a little slow with all the disclosures, but he is ready to learn and I think he will love being out of elementary. I do think he was a little nervous the first day. I had to drive Maggie, but Kent chose to ride the bus. He left super early, as I was leaving to take Maggie. He was supposed to meet Elliot and Xander at Elliot's but he waited maybe 30 seconds and then went alone. He said he was the first one there. Junior High is the first time my kids ride the bus to school.

Maggie and Corbin school is pretty similar to last year. The biggest change for Maggie is her new cheer coach and recognizing that this year will definitely be different than last, but still great.