Getting in on the fun

Our neighbor works at Tanner's school.  The staff responded to the ALS ice bucket challenge, and Sherri asked Tanner to do the honors of dumping the bucket on her.  I love the first photo of the water cascading around her and her reaction in the second photo is amazing!  And, do you think Tanner enjoyed this?  Yup!  Check out the smile on his face in both photos!  Not to mention the fact that he talked about it at dinner and made us look up the youtube video the next morning!

Back to School

And we're off!  The oldest is in high school.  After a week of marching band camp, she was able to conquer anything...even a new locker at a new (to her) school.

What?  You mean I have to move classrooms, have the right supplies, AND open my locker?!  Gah!  It was a rough transition to middle school, but after three short days the reports went from "it's horrible!" to "it will be ok".  Hooray for kids who are flexible and able to tackle challenges!

And, lastly, miss "I'm so excited to go back to school" had a wonderful time with one of our family's favorite teachers and her classmates.  Her favorite thing so far about 3rd grade is that they are already starting to learn cursive!

Band Camp

Day One

Mom rolled out of bed just in time to snap a photo of these two "twins".  Camp runs from 7am until 9pm all week long.