Our first day of school for the year was Tuesday, September 2nd. It felt really weird starting school and not having 4 kids to take pictures of.
My sweet senior Jackson Daniel!
12th grade...even though it looks like 21st!
Jack has already finished so much work he only needs 3 more credits to graduate. Because of this he's considered a part-time student with Lighthouse Christian Academy. He has to finish the follow subjects...
12 - English PACE's
6 - US Civics PACE's
6 - Economics PACE's
6 Business Math PACE's
6 Speech PACE's
I love that his graduation shirt fits him perfectly.
It's so crazy to me that I have another kiddo graduating. I feel like time it flying by.
My sweet Zeke Russell!
Zeke is in 8th grade....last year of middle school.
Last year Zeke did really well having a therapist with him for part of the year. His therapist left us in January 2025 and Zeke has done pretty good without her. He goes through spurts where he is able to focus and finish school in a timely manner and then he goes through phases where school is really tough for him and he doesn't finish until dinnertime. The thing that both of us need to keep in mind is it's okay for him to not finish as early as this siblings do.
Seriously 2030 will be here in a blink and then it's off to Hawaii to celebrate!
We've always told the kids that Hawaii is not for children so once Zeke graduates he'll be 18 and he won't be a child anymore. Our plan as of right now is to take all the kids....spouses included if any of them are married and have an amazing time celebrating all our kids being adults in our most favorite place on earth!
We were just looking at Zeke's shirt this year I have no idea what I was thinking, but instead of buying an adult size L it's actually a youth size XXL...which he's almost fitting into now. His 12th grade graduation shirt pictures are going to be hilarious!
My precious Ella Grace!
Ella finished her 8th grade year last spring and then immediately started her 9th grade year. Prior to school getting out for summer she had already finish 1/4 of her 9th grade year. Her plan is to finish 9th grade by the end of February and then launch straight into her 10th grade year and finish half of 10th grade prior to summer break.
Her shirt says 2029, but her goal is to graduate with her original class in 2028...even if she does encounter some hardships she'll most likely be able to graduate in 2028 it just might not be in the spring, but it will still be 2028.
Ella's shirt pretty much fits her, but I don't think she's going to do much more growing height wise so I think it's all good.
Man do I love these kids...even if they drive me totally bonkers they mean the world to me.
Love that they can be a bunch of goofballs!
I don't take it for granted the fact that I get to be their mom.
Here's to a terrific school year!
