School Days!

Today was the first day of school.  Other than Tessa throwing up (she has developed a really nervous stomach, bless her heart), things seemed to go well and everyone got to school.  It's only 9:30 am as I type this so hopefully things are OK.  I'm excited for the kids.  I'm really happy with William and Tessa's teachers and I anticipate them having a good school year.  Henry is at a new school this year - North Cache 8-9 Center - which I know nothing about but he's excited to go.  He's less excited about riding the bus again after two years at a school down the street but that's life.

William (5th Grade) and Tessa (3rd Grade)

Henry (8th Grade)

See Ya Later

This summer we were sad to say goodbye to some good friends the Nells.  William and Kyron are the same age and have been in the same school classes, Primary classes and Cub Scout groups for years.   Tessa and Kambree were born just a few weeks apart.  They were baptized on the same day and have been in the same Primary class since Nursery.  We will miss them as they head on their new adventure on the East Coast.  

We went with some friends to the splash pad in North Logan to play in the water:

 I'm not sure why I'm not smiling but everyone else looks wonderful!

 Cute girls!

William is already asking for an iPod touch for a joint birthday/Christmas present so he can text and Facetime with Kyron.  And Tessa is eager for a pen pal in Massachusetts.  We hope to stay in touch with them!

Olive Cart

Today in the car we were talking about back to school.  I was telling Henry that he should plan to eat lunch at school this year, at least for the first little bit.  For the past two years he has barely eaten lunch at school.  The lines are long, he doesn't like the food, he'd rather play basketball or whatever during lunch, and he got home so early (before 2:30 most days) that he could just eat a quick snack during the day to hold him over.  Whatever.  I wasn't going to force him to buy a lunch that he wouldn't eat so I dutifully sent peanut butter crackers in his backpack and figured he was old enough to not starve himself.

Anyway, he told me that he was, indeed, planning to eat at school because they had an olive cart.

Huh?

He meant, of course, that they have ala carte dining at his new school, where they can pick and choose from different offerings.  He is thinking that the lines will be shorter and he will have more choices.  But "olive cart"?  Seriously?  When I stopped laughing I asked him why he thought an olive cart would be good, since he doesn't like olives anyway.  He had heard me talk about ala carte options and just misunderstood the term, obviously.

William, aka Mr. Vocabulary, was quick to point out the correct term.

Jay, on the other hand, would love a lunch offering from the olive cart.  He'd be thrilled.

Henry, not so much.  I'm hoping to just get something more than peanut butter crackers in him during the day.  If he gets it from an olive cart, who am I to complain?

Shop Til You Drop

This past weekend Tessa and I attended what my sister-in-law Laura terms Estrogen Fest.  It is a fun weekend where all the ladies in the Wright family get together for food, fun and shopping.  We missed it last year because we were on our way home from Disneyland, but this year the stars aligned and we made the trip to Salt Lake City for some fun.

We shopped at City Creek Center.

 Went met Swoop at the Farmer's Market.

 We shopped til we dropped!

 We tried to go to see Music and the Spoken word, but settled for watching it in the Theater next to the main hall of the Conference Center since you had to be eight to be admitted to the live broadcast.

 We did go see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing their last song after the live broadcast was over.

It was a fun weekend, except for Elizabeth's tooth infection that sent her home early Saturday morning.  We are anticipating more fun with the Wright clan next summer.

While Tessa and I were gone, Jay took the boys over to Bear Lake for a day of boating with his boss.  They had a blast.  William got to drive the boat and only complained a little bit about "almost drowning" when the tube they were riding on flipped over on top of him.  Jay left his phone in the car so no pictures, unfortunately.  Oh well.