So apparently I have more pictures on my computer than I thought! Kaleb started school on August 30th. He was so excited and proud! We got up, ate a big breakfast, picked out his school clothes and made sure we had his backpack and all the little items he was supposed to have! Joe stayed home from work that day so our entire family could go be apart of Kaleb's first day of school! I would be lying if I said that I was happy most of the day, I wasn't, I was sad! I just couldn't believe that my boy was already going to school! When we got to the school, we joined the crowd of proud parents taking pictures. We snapped several shots in front of his school sign with the awesome "wolverine" mascot. After a dozen or more shots he was anxious to go inside - so we put the camera away and walked through the front doors! Well almost put the camera away, I had to get a picture of him opening the doors for the first time! We sat down with all the other kids as we joined the standing parents on the other side of the foyer. The kids all looked so nervous, smiling slightly at their parents for reassurance. Kaleb was nervous but also very excited, luckily the excitement outweighed the fear and he didn't cry or fight going at all! When his teacher came to get his class and walk them to their classroom, we hugged and kissed him one last time and watched him walk down the hall. He had a moment of panic cross his face when they started leaving but we told him we'd be "right here" after school and he happily walked away. Once he was out of sight, I turned, nearly bulldozing a small child and ran to my car! I jumped in quickly and cried and cried and cried! Joe got to the car and after laughing at me but as he climbed into the car he had big tears welling up in his eyes and we just sat there looking at the school for 20 minutes. Finally we drove off, I was sad so naturally I felt creative! We went to MBS and bought 6 plants to plant next to the walk way at our home! I loved the plants but I really loved picking Kaleb up from school! He had a blast!!
The weekend of the 4th of July we went down to Asotin. We met up with mom and dad, katie, grandpa smith, uncle russ and carlos and his family. We had a delicious dinner cooked by my mom and then celebrated Cameron's birthday AGAIN with ice cream cake for Baskin Robins. Then we opened presents! She had lots and lots of presents from family that was there as well as Grandma and Grandpa Whitney in Ohio!! We had a great time with family in Asotin, ending the summer with a BBQ at Chief Timothy park and a great 4th of July fireworks show!!
(Tear, Me, Debbie)
(Michele, Shera, Halli)
(A nice man helped us take a photo so we could get Moroni and the whole temple in the shot!)
A week before she moved, we threw her family a farewell bbq. We all met at Tera's house, ate delicious food, had great company (the Stoner's, Callister's, Applehans', Leman's, Scott's, and Blazzard's), and after we ate we got to watch a beautiful slide show that Shera made for Neal (her husband) as a graduation gift. It was a beautiful insight to their life for the last 4 years of living in Troy, Idaho. I dont think any one of us girls made it through it without tears in our eyes. Afterwards, blankets and chairs were set up outside to watch "Napoleon Dynamite" in honor of the fact that they are moving to Preston, ID (where the movie was filmed). The movie was played on a projection tv outside!! It was a pretty cool set up! As I said our goodbyes, I hugged Shera in tears. Its hard to say goodbye to someone you cherish and love, but it does make it a little easier to let go when you know that they will be loved and cherished anywhere they go. We will miss you Shera!
