Where does the time go?? It is hard to believe that August is already half over. Not a lot has happened in our little corner of the world but, enough though, I would guess. Hailey started 2nd Grade! That is even harder to believe. She absolutely loves it. When I picked her up after the first day she said, "2nd grade is STUPENDOUS!" What more could a mom want to hear? She has a wonderful little group in her class; most importantly her best friend Madison. They were not in the same class last year, so this is a treat for both of them. Hanna moved up to her new Pre-K class today. Her daycare center forgot to tell us that today was the day, so her milestone is not as well documented, well, at all!. That will have to come another day. (Sigh). Otherwise it has been work, work, work around here. My new job is taking its toll on me, my family, and my house. It's a good school and the people are nice, however, the Special Ed. Department is just a little dysfunctional. We've been in school for six weeks now and I have now become a scheduling expert. I have an entire file on my desktop that contains no less that 10 different schedules. Absolutely ridiculous. It's mostly because of the year round system. I won't bore you with the details but it certainly makes an already difficult job that much harder. Lately, my theme song has been "Something More" by Sugarland. It is so true on so many levels.
We had a fun weekend up in Vail. It was kind of our finale weekend as Football season is upon us (**&%*&^$%$#%@$&^)! Gary ran Vail's 10K at 10,000 ft and the girls and I hung out at the top of the gondola playing, reading and waiting for the big finish. It was a beautiful day to run and be on top of the mountain. After the race we drove up to Shrine Pass (top of Vail Pass) and went for a hike. The wild flowers were gorgous. The girls had fun making up names for all of the different plants. And there was a lengthy conversation about what bear's eat. Of course Hailey chimed in that only 4% of a bears diet is meat so we were all probably safe...except Hanna...she's about 4% so a bear would probably just eat her! That's the way to take one for the team Hanna! Gary and I about tripped ourselves we were laughing so hard. Hanna, in her true form, hadn't a clue what was going on...but she was leading the pack! After our hike we continued in the car down into Redcliffe and had lunch at this really funky little place called Mangoes. Although there are not many reasons to head to Redcliffe, the fish tacos are very outstanding!
We are getting back into our routines for the school year. Homework, housework, workouts...no wonder we are so tired by the weekend! Press on! (and YEP, still raining...)
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