A great beginning to our year

Today was a very peaceful beginning to our school year.  It was a beautiful weather day.  We made the difficult decision last spring to discontinue our high school program after the third year.  It wasn't sustainable, and we had no idea how mentally and emotionally draining it was on top of being financially draining.  We love being back to our roots, and we love our community.  

I also enjoyed that Thomas was able to come to school and work after school care for us.  He'll be helping us out for the next couple of weeks.  It's fun to have him around for that.

Andrew also had a good first day.  Working full time without parenting, even just one teenager, is different.  I'm grateful for this phase, even if I do miss having little kids to celebrate the first day of school!