Thursday, August 28, 2014

Back to School Open House

We headed over to the school today for the Back to School Open House and I thought I'd share a couple of photos. The kids are really excited about 4th grade ... and I'm over in a corner crying, unable to believe that my kiddos are actually NINE and starting 4th grade next week. The thing that I am happy about is how wonderful our school is ... the teachers, the administration, the families ... they are all wonderful and the kids have really found a wonderful school home at SVES.

Here are my adorable 4th graders, both with new haircuts!



Meighan was very upset to find out that she won't be in the same class with her best friend, Lilah, this year. They've been together for two years and she's really bummed to be in a different class from her this year. Meighan's teacher is Mrs. Harris for 4th grade. Although Lilah won't be with her, many of her friends will including Cecelia and Sadie who are both in the photo below with Meighan! She is such a social butterfly so she's super excited to be with her friends again all day when school starts! I suspect that 4th grade is going to be a great year for Meighan!

 Meighan and Mrs. Harris

Sadie, Meighan and Cecelia

Alex found out that he's in Ms. Ayubi's class and that his two closest friends, Josh and Jake, are both in his class. He is ecstatic! And I think Alex has had a great summer and he's maturing so much ... right before my eyes! I'm very proud of him! Here he is with Ms. Ayubi who we really like and think is a great fit for Alex!

Alex and Ms. Ayubi

And so another school year is about to start - with lots of activities and fun. Meighan's soccer season begins next weekend and Alex will start fall baseball soon. Can't wait for the chaos to start!

I should also mention that Sami has started her second year at WVU and is doing great! She's in an apartment off campus this year with some friends and seems to be really happy! One of her friends who is a photographer recently took some amazing photos of her which you can see here. Sami is such a beautiful girl - inside and out! We could not be more proud of her! Here is just a sample of the beautiful photos that Amanda took of Sami - 



So excited for all of our kiddos! Watching them grow up and into themselves is such an amazing experience!



Monday, August 25, 2014

Layout Share - Meighan's First 5K

I have a new layout to share using the September membership materials from Simple Scrapper. This is one of the templates included and it's fantastic! I've been trying to figure out the best way to document Meighan's first 5K earlier this year and as soon as I saw this template, I knew it was the right one! I love how it turned out!


Credits:
Template from the Simple Scrapper Membership Materials for September 2014



Sunday, August 24, 2014

Layout Share

Here is a just finished layout all about my friendship with Jennifer who I've known since 1988 and who has proven to be an amazing friend to me! Used a template and story starter from the September Simple Scrapper membership materials on this one!


Credits:
Template from Simple Scrapper membership (September 2014)
Layout created using Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Membership (September 2014)
Word Art by Ali Edwards
Bestie kit by Karla Dudley
We elements by Paislee Press
The When elements by Sara Gleason