School Days -Ready or not!

Dylan, Steve and Lyndsi at the Baker's


Teachers have officially started back to school - whether or not school is ready for them! We had some major remodeling going on this summer at both schools and had to postpone school opening by 3 days due to the construction being late. The middle/high school is still a mess but habitable - as of today! We weren't sure it would pass inspection but it did so school will start on Tuesday. It's been crazy! Teachers were not allowed in the building at all until Wednesday and then could only be in their classrooms. Absolutely no one else allowed! There was a thick layer of dust everywhere and classrooms that had to be moved into. Students were trying to register and the secretaries had to set up camp outside the front doors. It's been interesting!



The elementary school is in a better state but construction workers are still remodeling the office and working on some outside details. The custodians for the district had all been moved to the other building until yesterday so our building was in serious need of cleaning - green slimy sinks, cobwebs, cement spattered windows - eww! Plus, lots of desks, teacher's belongings, etc. were missng and had to be found. Needless to say, everyone has been working their hineys off for the last couple of days and probably will be working over the weekend, also! It's looking better but not how a school should look at the beginning of the year. Craziness!



We took a little break from school prep to go ride horses on Wednesday. Mrs. Bakere, Dylan's first grade teacher, invited us over to get the kids on some horses. Dylan hopped on JR like an old pro and Lyndsi shyly climbed onto Sally. Both kids had a ball and it was fun to watch them. Dylan would love to own a horse and has been gorging himself on Go-gurts to try and win the $10,000 prize they are claiming to have! While watching the kids - I got stung by a bee! They hurt!!! It's been a while since that has happened!

Anyway, thank you to Mrs. Baker for allowing the kids to be cowboys for a while!

Steve has a soccer jamboree tomorrow so we'll be watching the games. Dylan's friend is spending the weekend while his parents head to the gorge for the Dve Mathews concert. We'll also go to some friends' house for a pizza bar-b-que tomorrow evening. Otherwise, I'll be trying to get the house in some sort of shape and Steve will be working on the deck. Busy weekend!