First Day of School

Chase is in 9th grade at BRMS.  School starts at 7:50 and gets out at 2:50.  When he first got his schedule, we were really disappointed.  I went and talked to the counselor about changing his math teacher.  He said that we had to get the principal's approval and he'll only do that after the first week.  He really wanted Mrs. U for math (which is his strongest subject).  At Chase's first football game, I saw Mrs. U because her son is Chase's age.  I got up the courage and went and talked to her after the game.  I told her the situation and asked her if she would please look in to it.  Chase looked at this schedule every day to see if there were any changes but no luck.  Then on the Friday before school was to start, he checked his schedule and by some miracle he was in Mrs. U's math class!!!  Chase was so excited! He said "learning is going to be fun again."  Im excited that he gets to be in seminary this year for two semesters.  He's taking a basic computer class, Spanish, mens choir, honors math and language arts.  His language arts teachers, Mrs.  N. is his health teacher that he had last year.  She was his favorite teacher last year and she used to be in our old ward.  He came home from school really excited because he has a lot of friends in his classes.  His favorite class is Spanish because six of his friends are in it.  I think Chase is going to have a great year!

Bridger is in 5th grade at Garland Elementary.  He has Mrs. Hancock.  She's going to be a wonderful teacher!!  She's a younger gal that is very enthusiastic about teaching.  She loves her students.  Bridger knows a few friends in his class.  He's excited to be on student council.  They meet every Wednesday morning from 7:30-8:20.  He gets to help monitor the halls and help out at recess.  They have a "buddy bench" and if someone is sitting on it, then they're looking for a buddy and he needs to go be their buddy.  The week before school started I realized that I hadn't bought Bridger a new school outfit.  He said that he was fine but we squeezed in a quick shopping trip to Kohls.  The store was extremely picked over.  We found the shorts but then we couldn't find a shirt.  I started to get a little desperate so I said a quick prayer.  A few minutes later, we found this black shirt buried behind some clothes.  Bridger was so happy with his new outfit.  He wanted something that would match his new blue shoes.

When I was taking pictures of Bridger before school, Tanner wanted a picture with Bridger.  (Chase had already left for school before they even woke up). Bridger had really bad allergies so his eyes are all red.