First day of school

We insisted that the boy would ride the bus on his first day.  After looking up the schedule on the school district's website, we learned that the bus was supposed to arrive at 6:57 A.M so we prepared many mornings for an early start to the school day.  And so we worked and worked to get the routine down ... and then this morning the whole plan came crashing down.  We were ready at 6:57 a.m. at the place identified by the district's website, but unfortunately three buses passed but not the one going to St. Paul's.  So we looked for the information again on the school district's website but it had crashed (probably from several people doing the same thing that we did).  We made a game time decision and Adam drove Christopher in to school.  Upon arriving at the parking lot of St. Paul's, Christopher asked, "Dad, will you walk me in to my classroom?" 

And thus the photo. 

He did great this morning.  Can't wait to hear the stories later this afternoon.

Last Day of Summer Vacation

Our boy heads to first grade tomorrow. We are trying to squeeze out every last drop of summer so I was delighted when we walked out the back door and found our first sunflowers in the "Sunflower House" have poked their heads out. I can hardly believe these beautiful yellow sunflowers, blue sky, white cloud photos are in our back yard. And look, just how proud the kids are of their crop!

Of Doors and Six Year Olds

On our way to Todd and Heather's, Annette wanted to swing thru Louisville and snap a few photos of Christopher against some doors we inadvertently discovered the last time we were in town. Here's a shot of Annette working her mojo. We'll post photos from this shoot later.
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