Back To School

Ahhh....today was my first day back to work.  A shocker to us all, but we are so ready for a routine.  Olivia is SO excited to start First Grade with her teacher Mrs. Croal and to see all of her friends.  I cannot believe our little girl is a first grader, time goes by way too fast.  I am also ready to meet all of my new students and get the year started.

I cannot believe how fast our summer went.  We have had the busiest summer we have ever had, but had a great time enjoying it. 

So here is to...

 Celebrating with cousins...

Great-Grandparents and Out of Town Vistitors...

Picnics in the Park...

 

Charlie turning 2...

Brothers of the Sun Concert (the best surprise from Jesse)... 

4th of July Picnic (this is my cousin Kelly)...

Swimming in the Lake...

Olivia turning 6...

County Fair...

 

Hanging out....

Spending time with family...

Fires in the backyard...

Walking 60 miles in 3 days...

Chillaxin'...

Splash Parks...

Home Improvements (new flooring)...

Swimming Lessons....

Erberts and Gerberts (the kids' and my favorite place to eat)...

Strawberry Picking...

Mom and Olivia day at Target Field...

And last but certainly not least, Family Vacation...

It was such an awesome summer.  I cannot begin to say how thankful I am to be so fortunate to have my job.  We have had such an awesome summer.  I am so thankful to be able to take part in all of these great things and to have a job that allows me to be home with my kids for an extended period of time each year.  This is always a bittersweet moment.  I really dislike going back to work and having to drop Charlie off at day care, but I also enjoy getting to know my students and having a routine. I think the most difficult part about going back to work is dropping Charlie off.  He loves his daycare, but is not too happy that his big sister gets to go to school.  The other day he came with me to help at school and he was so mad that he couldn't take the bus to school and he had to ride with me.  I am pretty sure he won't have a problem when he goes to preschool next year.  He wants to go to school NOW!!

I hope your summer was as good as ours :)