It was back to school this week!! Wednesday was Ben's first day of 9th grade (officially a high schooler but still at the junior high) and Bethany's first day of 11th grade. They are so old!! Ben has early morning seminary on A days so his first day of school started at 6:40am. He had high school cross country practice after school so he he didn't get home until 4:30. It was a very full day! Bethany was really worried about going back to school this year but ended up having a pretty good experience. Benjamin, on the other hand, reports feeling lonely at school and hasn't liked it at all. Interesting. We will see how they both feel after settling in a little bit more.

I went for a walk after they left for school and kept my eye on them! The junior high is in the front and the high school in the middle of this picture. What a view!

We wanted to do something fun on Tuesday as the last day of summer vacation, so we went to the nickel arcade! It was Beth's idea and Ben was willing. The two of them spent two hours playing games and earning tickets. It was fun to watch them hanging out together. We had a pizza and Kevin came for a little while, too!

 

On Saturday, Ben had his first cross country meet! It was the huge pre-region race. In a field of 200ish runners, Ben placed 112th. Pretty awesome especially for a freshman! It's a three mile race and he was pretty worn out at the end. It was fun watching him run, though!

Lyla enjoyed it, too!