our back to school feast came with much anticipation this year! i love love love that my girls remember and look forward to the traditions i have started for our family. this year, however, felt very rushed and not exactly like i had hoped. but that's ok! my girls didn't know, and we did it! that's all that matters right?!
school started on a wednesday this year, and since brooklyn has soccer on tuesday evenings, we decided to do it monday for family home evening. brooklyn got to choose the menu again: mashed potatoes & gravy, chicken, green beans, rolls, and root beer to drink. for dessert, the girls ate little debbie's and james and i had some delicious apple cinnamon cookies.
i decorated the table with all of our "summer memories" (these horrible phone pics make it very hard to see). things like: movie tickets, the girls' birthday invites, art they did at the gym daycare, the 4th of july neighborhood breakfast flyer, birthday buttons from the disney store, etc. the girls loved it and we all loved reminiscing about our summer.
our theme for the school year comes from a quote by elder joseph b. wirthlin:
we don't have to be perfect today. we don't have to be better than anyone else. all we have to do is the very best we can.
unfortunately, james and i only got video of the fashion show. kendall got very into this year and wanted to model brooklyn's clothes down the runway. brooklyn loved showing her dad some of her new school clothes. and adalyn loved the music and dancing with her sisters!
the back to school jammies they got this year say smart, brave, and strong. i thought they were great for the occasion!
here they are, putting their hands in the middle to do a little cheer! they were saying things like, "sisters forever!" and "yay!" and "goooo sisters!" it was the cutest to witness!
after all the chaos, it was time for father's blessings. this year, brooklyn cried through hers. it was so sweet! she has definitely grown a very tender heart and quite a testimony over the last year.
kendall smiled ear to ear during hers. she loved having a turn!
james gave adalyn a 5.5 second blessing before she tried to dive off the chair. she might be more excited next year.
i have been so sad to let go of summer and lose my oldest to all day school. i'm so grateful for her excitement or i don't think i'd be surviving. this was such a fun night together as a family and i already have plans up my sleeve for next year!
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