Back to School 2020 ~ Pandemic Style

So this happened this week!!!

The kiddos are back in school!

After a five and a half month break, we are doing school "Pandemic style!"

Dallin is a SENIOR! He is also a class officer and a hilarious kid who makes me laugh every day.

He was so excited to be back in school to "do his thing" and to be with people.

He is such a ray of sunshine everywhere he goes.

He loves his teachers, and gets to go to all 3 lunches just to try and find people to sit by and talk to and help to feel included. 

Gavin is a freshman (9th grader) at OHMS and off to do good as well.

He is still a member of the HOPE squad going around and being a friend to everyone, but especially keeping an eye out for those who may be feeling sad, depressed, or lonely...he's there to brighten someone's day.

Gavin does this for me everyday too, when he sings to me, "Mother I love you, Mother I do, Father from heaven has sent me to you..." He does it so quickly that it's almost in a rap form, but nonetheless, I know he loves me and he makes me smile!!!

Here he is with the "Fabulous 5" ~ these are the same 5 kiddos that started preschool together, and hopefully will all still be best buddies as they grow up, serve missions, and get married one day!

We LOVE these kids!

We HAD to get a picture of them with their masks on (which they are required to wear all day at school because of the pandemic).

Sweet Kambriella is in the 6th grade! Top of the elementary school baby!!! ;)

She is seriously growing up SO much and to think of her going to middle school next year FREAKS me out!

(So I'm not going to think about that just yet...)

We took her to the school and got her where she needed to be, took some pictures with her friends, and then I took Kesslyn back home.

(Kesslyn starts Kindergarten this year, but not until next week AFTER she turns 5!)

Kambriella, Mia, and Mya have all been friends since they were babies too (little siblings of the Fab 5 - minus Annika that moved on to middle school)...

Emrey is also one of Kambriella's very best friends, and lucky for them, they are in the same class! Although Emrey moved this year, and next year, she will be going to a different middle school...THAT will be a sad day...(but I'm not going to think about that right now either...)

These are some of the girls in Kambriella's class this year. It should be a fun one! (I just hope Kambriella doesn't get in trouble for talking with all of these fun friends in her class! ;)

Sporting the masks...;)

And one more friend Grace Meier that got there a little late after we had already done pictures...but SO GLAD that these girls all have so many good friends to support each other!

Good luck kids! It's going to be an AWESOME year of growth and change...

You've got this!!! :)