Summer 2012

If I'd only known this was going to be our last summer......yes, I know that sounds dramatic but our life changed dramatically last week when they announced Year Round School for next year. I am sick about it! We are a SUMMER family! Our summers are filled with traditions that mean so much, I can't imagine how we are going to do without it.

 

 

 

First off, the traditional Red Robin mile high mud pie that we have on the last day of school,  it is the best day of the year, now only the Jr. high kids will have that day. I feel like our family is being split in half. Can I just say how sad I am!!!!!

 Maybe I'll let Carter sleep out in the tent even if there is school in the morning, ha I'll show them:)

 We have a really big family reunion on the 24th of July. It's not only Pioneer day, but also my grandfather's, my brother's and my niece's birthdays. Now we are going to have to start school on the 25th. That is just so wrong!!!!!!!!

 And last, my family has a cabin at Bear Lake and we try to spend as much of the summer there as we can. It's our home away from home and has been for as long as I can remember. Now we are going to be down to three weeks of summer, I hope we get there at all. Oh I've considered Charter schools, home schooling, and even moving. The tricky part is my kids are in the Spanish immersion program and it's a big privilege to be in it. We actually signed a contract promising that we wouldn't bail if we were to go to year around tracks. (I never thought it would happen with all those studies saying it is not cost effective)

This one will only have one more year of Elemtary school so she won't ever lose her whole summer.

We play so hard then we crash!

This one has two years before she starts

But this one still has four more years, I'm hoping they will work it out by then. I personally would rather drive a longer distance to get to school than to go year round. I'm sad that we don't have a say in the matter, we get what we get and try not to throw a fit.