First things first, GO BUCKS!!!! College football starts this week, and I am so excited. I have high hopes for the scarlet and grey, so I await the season with cautious optimism. As Sherri and Mom have stated, Justin and Ash moved into our home last week. We are excited to have them stay with us, and the girls have enjoyed playing with Justin this past week. I do worry, they will be bored with Angela and I since we are not the social butterflies they are use to in St. George, and at BYU-Idaho. Our reclusive lifestyle is not for everyone, and quite different than my siblings Sherri, David, Mike, and Jeff, and Mom for that matter. Justin had orientation today, and Ashley had some feelers out there for job possibilities, so hopefully the move to Salt Lake will be good for them. If nothing else, they are 4 hours closer to home/Sherri, plus now the St. George faction will be more motivated to actually stop and say hello when they travel North. It is already working, as we will be having Kamryn and Hallie stay with us this coming weekend, so that Brett and Sherri can celebrate their anniversary properly. We are excited to have them, but I think Ashley and my two girls are far more excited than anyone. It will be a fun weekend, capped with a BBQ at Rick's for Labor Day.
Our beautiful girls started school last week, so this week will be their official first full week back. So far the first few days of school have been good. Connley was nervous about going to school without Mason, for the first time ever, but on her first day she made a really good friend who was just as nervous as her so they bonded immediately. Starting school as the new kid would be very difficult, especially the older you get. I am glad my girls don't get to upset with all of the moves we have made, but I don't think I could ever ask them to move again. I wish they had more stable friends, and want them to have a good social circle in high school, and am afraid if they don't develop those bonds now, they will not have those good influences in high school. Mason was very excited about 7th grade, and loves having a locker. However, her transition to a new school has not been as smooth as Connley's. They are supposed to have locker buddies, someone they share their locker with. Most kids do not want a locker buddy, because they want their own locker. When you are a new kid, in 7th grade, without any friends you do want a locker buddy. Mason had a locker buddy, whom she never met, but apparently after the first day she moved into a locker with one of her friends. Mason never met her, and is very sad because she was hoping they would become "besties". To make matters worse, Mason's school has floating lunches, so on some days you eat lunch at A time and the other days of the week you eat lunch at B time. Mason has a girl in one of her classes right before B lunch day that she goes to lunch with and eats, but on A day she has been sitting at the end of a lunch table by herself. She talks about it each day, so I know it is really effecting her. Needless to say, as Sherri stated, the desire to protect my kid has caused my heart to hurt and be constantly saddened each day by the situation. I just picture my sweet baby sitting all by herself at a table, watching all the other kids laugh and play around with each other. It really is heart breaking! She even tried to sit with some kids and when she sat down they finished their lunch and walked away. Those kids are dead!!! It was a hard first week, but she has stayed so positive. She is happy and goofy everyday when we get home. As I said, she mentions it so I know it bothers her, but she is trying to not let it get her down I guess. Ah!!! School is way more stressful as a parent than it ever was as a student!
Other than school, Justin and Ash, things are pretty normal for Angela and I. We continue to work, and spend 23.99 hours together 7 days a week. We ride to work together, which actually has been nice especially for the car pool lane perks, haha. Plus, she makes sure that I do not work too late, since we have to ride home together. We are trying to lay low on our Ward's radar, since we have a new bishopric, so right now we are enjoying being calling free. It has been relaxing. I found out last month, I have 4 classes left to finish my Master's. I should have been done by now, but I took a few semesters off. It was the right decision though because the semesters I took off would have been too busy to perform all of my duties, especially school, to the best of my abilities. So 4 classes, which is 2 more semesters and I am officially over-educated and underpaid. Really I enjoy school, and probably will look for other areas of study to increase my knowledge and portfolio. I do enjoy attending classes much more than online classes, so I am excited to get done with my online classes ASAP.
Sherri, perhaps you should tell Hallie they could not cast her as an orphan, because the audience would have been confused about who Annie was her or someone else(since she looks so much like Annie with that red hair). Oh and as for Kamryn and football games, if I were you and Brett, I would become a fan of the Snow Canyon Warriors football team real fast. I would attend every game! Those football games are bad news!!! I remember attending football games, and it was not for the sport that is for sure. It is too bad to hear about this creep boy, but better now than later maybe. I do not look forward to the high school years at all. We will keep all of your girls in our prayers. Ok, I have fulfilled my annual obligation so I better go now. Haha! Just kidding. Ta-ta for now.
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