The First Day of School

Today it is Emery's turn at the keyboard.

Each year we have the tradition of having breakfast together and then taking some pictures of us all leaving for school. This year, we wanted to keep the same tradition even though we were located (by only a few miles) in a different place. For both Macy and Rayna, today meant new schools. Macy is jumping into Grade 5 at SCHS, and Rayna is heading to Mitchell Elementary to join her cousin, Boston, in Grade 2.

For Rayna, this is a special month as she now is a "walker". Up to this point, our kids have always travelled on the bus to school. So it was cool to see Rayna head off with her bike for her first day.

Each of our kids is unique and different. Today Rayna wanted to go by herself. No one needed to come along. For Macy it was much more important for us to walk her to her new classroom! I was a proud and happy father to do both. Braden, on the other hand, wanted nothing to do with us once he arrived at school. Even this picture had to be taken incognito so he would not be embarrassed by his mother. Braden did mention when he got home, though, that it was a little bit weird not to have Dad around at school.


As for me, this day was different than what I had experienced for the last 17 years. I was always in the picture of those going off to school for the first day. Not this year. Instead, I joined the Annual First Day of School golf game with Bev and her sister, Cori. Wow, what a beautiful morning to be out playing Quarry Oaks!