Wrapping Up

Can you believe there are only 5 days of school left? This was a big year. Archer's first year in high school. Shelly's first year in middle school. Eli's first year in Second Grade. I mean, Eli's first year without an older sister looking after him on the bus and at school. Three schools, three different bus schedules, schedules for days on/off, all that fun stuff. We managed to work it all out, as always, but it wasn't always easy.

Archer attended a few football games, chose a Pathway (like chosing a major in college, but this is for his focus in high school), had a bunch of adventures with the Scouts. HS is hard. Hard work, teachers with different expectations from each other and from what you've grown used to in past years, more kids, tougher kids, all of that. Archer did a great job of keeping out of the way of trouble, keeping his head down and working hard and having fun along the way.

Shelly joined the Swing Choir and Cross Country in the fall. And piano, don't forget that! So many concerts, so much beautiful music! MS is a whole lot different than when I was in school. I sometimes wonder what kind of bubble I grew up in - all of the things I hear about that are just common every events for my kids, it blows my mind. But again, Shelly steers clear of the drama, works hard and keeps a sense of humor about most of it.

Eli made a few new friends, continued his adventures with Scouting and getting to know our neighbors as he rode the bus to school with Jaxon every day. On the days when David couldn't take Eli to the bus stop, E went over to Jaxon's house before they made the trek to the bus stop. They're a great family and we're thankful to have them so close by.

David's at a new job that has him travelling around the world and back again. Halifax, London, Paris, Amsterdam, what's next?!? I was lucky enough to spend a week in London with him, we got a lot of work done and had a great time touring the city as well. It was the opportunity of a lifetime, but also... I'm secretly hoping he'll be home for the summer before they send him off to the next Big City for training New Offices. :)


And this concludes the School Year in Review. Way too short to share all of the hundreds of adventures and laughs we've had in the last 9 months, but there it is.