adjusting to a new town + schools

our first week in Granville was spent driving back and forth to Columbus to buy needed furniture and other items to help us settle in to our new house. 

Chris helped so much that first week, but then he had to head back to AR to work for 3 more weeks. we were so sad to say goodbye to dad! his new job didn't start until September 10th, so rather than sitting at home for 4 weeks doing fun stuff, he worked and made some extra money to pay for our move. so glad he's willing to work hard for our little gang.

many, many facetime calls were made during those three weeks!

the kids and I explored the area before school started on august 22nd.

we went to student orientation and met teachers and explored the kid's new schools. 

Charlie was thrilled to find out he is almost as tall as his teacher this year, Mrs. Heider!

Charlie is the only one attending Granville Elementary. Jack and Ellie are both at Granville Intermediate this year. That means they rotate classes and have lockers this year.... big changes!!!

mandatory first day of school pics

6th, 5th, and 2nd grades

Owen struggled when the kids started school and he didn't. but we did some fun things to help him transition back to being with just mom again.

one morning we met up with cousin Mason at COSI for some fun! really thankful for our family membership to the museum... I'm sure we will spend a lot of time there this winter.

then Owen's first day of preschool arrived on September 5th!

he was so ready.

he is loving his class and especially his teacher, Ms Jackie.

once dad was home, we had our annual Back to School Feast

our family theme for 2018-2019 is 

Love is Spoken Here. 

our family has been struggling with speaking kindly to one another and a talk by Jeffrey R Holland from 2007 really hit home for Chris and I and we knew this was what our family needs right now. the talk is called The Tongue of Angels and its worth a read or two. we made copies of the it for everyone to study from. Jack and Ellie asked if they could have a copy of the theme to put up in their lockers as a daily reminder. so far, things have been going well as we have all worked together on this. I'm grateful for opportunities to learn and improve together as a family and look forward to our spiritual growth this school year.