Wait, what?! High School??

Holy cow...hard to believe.  You would think we had adequately prepared for this, but no.  Can't believe our little man is a high school freshman.  He is already a week into it, and says it is going well.  He even says he likes it more than middle school, which he liked pretty well!

One more year at St John's for Carson.  This school has been so great for the whole family.  It will be sad to say goodbye, but we will celebrate how well it prepared the CNMs for their next steps.

Carson's group of pals are goofballs.  They are also the majority of his cross country and basketball teams.  Good guys.  Only a few will follow him to Free St High, so we'll have to find ways to keep them together.

Conner's friends are fishermen.  Here he is with Ian, who lives just three doors down from us.  They have a class together this year and are pictured at a Kansas City water park.

We went to Perry Lake last weekend as a kind of last hurrah of summer.  The Johanning family hosted a party there and you know the boys took the opportunity to get a line in the water!

We've mentioned before that Conner runs a pretty impressive set of displays in his bedroom.  Gamilee gave us a cool ship model years ago, and he found a prominent spot for it last week.  Yes, there is a shark over his left shoulder...

Told you it was an impressive display.  While the ship was built in the 1950s, he has set it up with a blue LED lighting element.  And his prestine aquarium glows in the background.

Carson is a bit of a pillow hound, and loves the pillow cases his Mummy offers to create for him.  She chooses the softest of fabrics.  Here he is trying out an especially large one that happens to match his pajama pants.  "It's so soft, Mummy!!"

It has been a good summer.  We are all ready for the structure and activity of the school year.  And maybe Daddy is excited for b-ball season to start...