Saying goodbye to Adams...

We have made the incredibly hard decision to switch schools next year for the boys. We were given the opportunity to send them to Bear River Charter School, formerly the Cache Valley Learning Center, where I used to teach art waaaaaaayyyyyyy back in the day. They have been a private school, so we never even considered sending them there because, hello, expensive. But next year they become a charter school, and we have decided to try it out to see how it goes.

Are the boys excited? No. No, they are not. In fact, they are downright mean about it, and I don't blame them. I am nervous too! I am sad for them to leave the school we walk to and from every single day. I am sad for them to leave their friends, whose Moms I am friends with too! There are so many great things about Adams Elementary. I have friends who were afraid to send their kids to this school there because of things they have heard, but I am here to testify that Adams Elementary is an excellent school, and we have had a great experience there. Who knows? Maybe we'll be back there again someday. But off we go to explore our options.

As my mom said, there are so many choices now. When I was in grade school there was no choice. There was your neighborhood school, and that's just where you went! Now there are lots of choices, and sometimes it is hard to know which one is best for your child. I still don't know if we are doing the right thing, but here we go.

Here are some of the boys' last days at Adams:

Here is Owen's class going to the cafeteria together to prepare them for first grade. Look at all his cute friends!

Mrs. Garrido was Owen's fabulous, excellent, beautiful teacher this year.

Owen and his best little buddy, Peter Grunig. (The principal's son!) He is such a cute boy. This is them at their year-end program.

I was a little emotional picking Bennett up from school on his last day with Miss Ruby, our next door neighbor. Walking to and from school with the Mohrs will be sorely missed.