Not gonna lie, this was so difficult. I would just get to thinking I had a grip on myself after the move then something would happen and trigger my emotions and I'd be a mess all over again. Registering and preparing for back-to-school was a major trigger. I hated that I was sending my kids into 'a pack of wolves', to schools where they knew no one, in towns that they didn't know and with teachers and schools that they didn't know. I just wanted so badly to be sending them back where everything was familiar, DANG! it was SO HARD!!! I cried registering them, I cried days before school started and I cried for the first few weeks. Having your kids struggle just amplifies everything, it was rough!
The two littles adjusted the quickest and best - Linq loves his teacher Mrs. Crocker, and Lytzi loves her teachers - she has a few of them but her main teachers are Mrs. Bright and Mrs. West!
The two older kids still claim to not have any friends (it's currently December) and I believe they have just learned to tolerate their schools - they still have hard/bad days but mostly are doing good. I appreciate that they are trying to make the best of it, but I still hate that school isn't an enjoyable place with the people they love!
Night before school started we did fathers blessings, they had plenty of things to ask to be included in their blessings, but mostly they were are pretty anxious and nervous about how their new schools would be, and getting used to all the new things.
The week after school started we got to support a friend from church at his High School football game...it was blasting hot so we basically just sat and melted the whole time! The kids have all made great friends at church but it is a challenge because the ward covers 4 High Schools which means 4 school districts which means my kids don't have anyone from church in their schools, this has been one of the biggest challenges!
Our stake had a temple day the week after school started, I'm grateful we were able to attend because then the temple shut down until after the beginning of the year for a remodel. My heart needed it. I've missed being able to attend more often.
The kids had a fun youth activity where they filled balloons full of flour and threw them at each other...I wasn't there but LeGrand said it was a good time - Loa and Dave Walters had a little battle going on - I'm not sure who got more covered!
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