Another school year, another supply list

When I was a kid, there wasn't the same anticipation for summer break as there is today. Missy and I went to school year round. That is, 9 weeks on, 3 weeks off. There were four 'tracks' and they rotated break so that only 3 tracks were going at the same time. Everyone, however, got 3 extra weeks in the summer and 3 extra weeks in the summer, 1 week at Thanksgiving and 2 weeks at Christmas. There may have been more, but I don't remember. The reason I remember the ones I do is because they were in addition to your regular vacations. So based on which track you were in, the extra vacation followed your regular vacations for an extended holiday. For Missy and I that meant we had 6 weeks off from the end of November to the beginning of January. But that was 'A' track. 'D' track had it made. Their regular vacation followed the summer break. I wanted to be in D track.

Right around April, the kids start looking forward to summer vacation. They talked about camping and swimming. Staying up late and sleeping in. Oh the joys of being a teenager.

As summer comes to a close, we are preparing for the new school year. Kevin and Tianna transfered schools and share some classes with the boys.

Tianna is trying out for the soccer team at Barlow. It helps that her Classic coach is one of the coaches at the high school.

Kevin is playing club soccer.

Jesse is taking a break from sports and concentrating on academics.

Casey, on the other hand has become a sports nut! In addition to playing club soccer, he signed up to play football (the American version), he'll wrestle in the winter and he's talking about track in the spring.

Do you know how hard it is to find football cleats in size 5 1/2?

Schedules to follow soon.

Heaps of Love,

J