First Day Photos 8/18/2008

I love the first days of school. The new clothes, fresh haircuts, new materials...it's all so fun to me. In fact I had the hardest time sleeping the night before. I felt like those kids in the Disney commercial that were "too excited to sleep." I'm paying for it, however, 2 days later...My body is exhausted. I took a bunch of back to school photos. I hope you enjoy them. I find myself taking pictures for several days after school starts because I like their outfits so much!! In case you are wondering (and I must brag on myself), I DID make Mallory's dress. I am so glad my mom is willing to stay up into all hours of the night with me as we work through the instructions...it always seems so easy at first until you start sewing the pieces together. This dress happens to have a LINING!! I have never put a lining in before and I must say that I am really good with a seam ripper! But I was determined to finish the dress for my sweet little girl who went to bed asking, "are you done with my dress yet, mommy?" I couldn't let her down. Thanks mom for your guidance and for not letting me give up!! I love you!!

Here is my crew on Monday morning...




Robby is in the 9th grade!!! He wants to work with computers and networking...I think he would be great at this because he is not intimidated at all by the technical side of electronics.


Brandon is in the 6th grade, his last year of elementary school!! He drew a blank and couldn't come up with a profession this year.


Emma is in 2nd grade, my all time favorite grade!!! She wants to grow up and be a veterinarian. She is really into Bindi the Jungle girl and doesn't understand why we all can't be around the various animals like Bindi is.



Mallory is in her last year of Pre-K before Kindergarten....She has grown so much this summer! She wants to grow up and be a "fairy."



Dropping off Robby at the highschool. Come December he will be driving with a learner's permit!!



Brandon and Emma...a RARE photo of HIM giving her a hug...


Mallory and her Pre-K teacher...Mrs. Johnson, some of you may remember her as Mrs. Feagin. She has taught little ones for 30 years!!!

Emma and her teacher, Mrs. Lane. She is such a dear friend of mine and she is an awesome teacher. Doesn't she look sooooo young!!

Mommy and Mallory...I couldn't help but sneak peeks at her all day...She looked so darn cute!

Emma with her shoes on this time...I was rushing out the door in the earlier photo. Being a teacher kid you have to get up really early so we weren't able to go outside and get a photo...it was still a little dark! So here she is when Raleigh brought her to school...she was very excited about all of her new stuff!!

Another picture of Mallory in her dress??? Imagine that!!