1 Day down....179 more to go

Yes, that special time of the year is here again. The first day of school. And yes, again, I managed to let Kyle head off to school without his first day picture. I'll get him eventually...ha ha ha. It just seems that trying to get Kyle out the door is such a rush...especially this year because we're carpooling with a friend. So only 1 trip to the Junior High School seems pretty nice.

It's always so good to get the 1st day butterflies behind them also. There were a few tears the 1st day for Kayla and Nathan. Today went much, much better. It's just getting past the 1st day with a new teacher and see who's going to be in your class. They both have great teachers this year and we're excited to see what this year brings for them. Kyle really likes his Social Studies teacher and his Math teacher (so far, there hasn't been any homework yet). Kyle loves being an 8th grader as well. Being the top dog at the school is fun. Wait until next year when he once again returns to the bottom of the food chain as a freshman in high school. I can't be that old yet, right?

Sweet Reunion

What a great day yesterday was for Kyle and his best friend Brent. This first picture is of the two of them at the end of 6th grade. They met in Kindergarten and instantly became great friends. They managed to be in the same class each year until their 5th & 6th grade years. Then at the end of 6th grade, Brent's family went through a divorce and over the summer of that year we thought that Brent had moved to Iowa.

Then last week, Kyle asked me if I could call Brent's older sister to see if he could have Brent's phone number. So I called and she returned my call and told us that Brent had not moved to Iowa, but in fact was living only about 15 to 20 minutes from us.

HAPPY DAY ! ! ! HAPPY DAY !!!!

So the two of them set off to texting each other for a straight two days at least. All I heard was beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep....you get the point. Just one text message after another comming into Kyle's phone. They were so excited to reconnect with each other. It was such a great feeling to see these two best friends just pick right up where things had left off.