Back to School..... already

1st Day of School 2013

All the school kids (except Akayla who hasn't started college yet):
2 in Elementary, 2 in Middle School, and 2 in High School
(When did Tanner get so tall???!)
We've never included Dad in the picture, but he is starting school too so it seemed right 

Elora 

1ST GRADE

Favorite Food:  pizza & crepes

Favorite Song/ Music Group:  One Direction - One Thing

Favorite Movie:  The Host (edited for kids)

Best Friend(s):  Maggie & Alexis

Favorite Things to do:  play with friends, ride bikes, snuggle up to mommy, earn treats for practicing piano, play barbies, and watch new movies

Favorite Subject in School:  Lunch (she says so she can talk to her friends)

New things this year:  all day school days, hot lunch, new school, new friends, Rapunzel hair, starting gymnastics, and loose front teeth

Mariah

4TH GRADE

Favorite Food:  pesto pasta

Favorite Song/ Music Group:  Piano Guys (especially their version of That's What Makes You Beautiful!)

Favorite Movie:  Hunger Games (edited)

Best Friend:  Brenna

Favorite Things to Do:  Read, play barbies, play the piano, clogging all the time, ride bikes, play computer games, play school, and organize my room & things

Favorite Subject in School:  Science

What she wants to be when she grows up:  A Doctor

New things this year:  New school, new friends, walking to school, being the oldest at the school, almost ready to get braces off, and having a bedroom downstairs

Annalisa

6TH GRADE - 1ST YEAR MIDDLE SCHOOL

Favorite Food:  Nana's spaghetti sauce & meatballs

Favorite Song/ Music Group:  One Direction

Favorite Movie:  The Host

Best Friend(s):  Jaide & Claire

Favorite Things to Do:  Ride Bikes, Swings, talk with friends, gymnastics, visit the horses, play with my friend's dogs, and giggle about boys

Favorite Subject in School:  PE

What she wants to be when she grows up:  PE teacher (I was surprised by this since she's always said she wants to be a veterinarian - but she says she doesn't want to go to school forever to be a vet.  Sounds like my Anna!!)

New things this year:  1st year of middle school, lockers, riding the bus, new friends, suddenly notices boys, almost in YW, and playing flute in band, 

Adriana

8TH GRADE - LAST YEAR MIDDLE SCHOOL

Favorite Food:  Costa Vida

Favorite Song/ Music Group:  Taylor Swift & One Direction

Favorite Tv Show or Movie:  Psych

Best Friend(s):  Caitlin & Hannah

Favorite Things to Do:  play & do fancy tricks on the trampoline, act like a goof, sing, play piano, and PINTEREST

Favorite Subject in School:  Science & Geography (she says she likes the subject, but she also enjoys the class because she has good friends in the class with her)

What she wants to be when she grows up:  A Choir/Drama Teacher 

New things this year:  changing schools, leaving behind friends, new church group and friends, different honors classes (she says they're easy), youth symphony, new choir class, starting gymnastics with Annalisa, and growing up too fast

Tanner

SOPHOMORE - HIGH SCHOOL

Favorite Food:  cereal, pizza, & pesto pasta

Favorite Song/ Music Group:  Imagine Dragons - Demons

Favorite Tv Show/Movie:  Psych, Avengers & Captain America

Best Friend:  Josh Pratt

Favorite Things to do:  Parkour (apparently a new sport, and he's awesome at it - flips and arials and stuff like that) at Randy's Extreme with his buddy Tate, play on his ipod, make hilarious videos & post to facebook, play drums, and wrestle with Landon

Favorite Subject in School:  Physics & Chemistry

What he wants to be when he grows up:  Pilot

New things this year:  drivers permit, new church group, not in band any more, taking 2 math classes, harder honors classes, new drum set, new paper route all on his own, having to shave & when did his legs get so hairy???

Corina

SENIOR - HIGH SCHOOL

Favorite Food:  pizza & pasta

Favorite Song/ Music Group:  One Direction (but she loves all music - she listens to 80's music and showtunes a lot lately)

Favorite Tv Show or Movie:  Once Upon a Time

Best Friend:  Doesn't have one

Favorite Things to Do:  Read, talk & play truth or dare with friends, play cello & piano, and PINTEREST

Favorite Subject in School:  Science & AP Literature

What she wants to be when she grows up:  Radiologist/Ultrasound tech.

New things this year:  Akayla isn't at the school any more, taking easier classes to enjoy senior year (just Honors Chemistry, AP Literature, Government, Statistics, and Economics...... still sounds yucky to me!), new member of Idaho State Civic Symphony, teaching cello & piano lessons, and preparing for college scholarships

good things:
routines
my big empty living room
one week left