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Matt is a HUGE BYU football fan, but still he pales in comparison to Grayon's enthusiasm for the game. The child eats and breathes BYU football. They anxiously awaited the first home game at the end of August.

Matt had to have a rental car for a while. He was driving Mallerie to X-Country one early summer morning and was pulled over. He didn't have his license with him. His registration had been revoked, unknown to him, which made his insurance invalid. Ouch. It wasn't his fault about the registration and insurance. Since he drives a company car they are supposed to keep up on that. I told him that maybe it happened for a reason. If he had not been pulled over he would not have known the fleet company hadn't renewed his registration. He had to drive a rental till it was all sorted out. He finally finished traffic school this week. He has not been very happy about all of this.

So it is good that he has distractions such as BYU football games to go to. He loves the crowd, the smell of the grass, all of it. Matt is a HUGE BYU football fan, but he still pales in comparison to Grayon's enthusiasm for the game. The child eats and breathes BYU football.

Back to School

Big High Schooler Mallerie 9th Grade. The freshmen got Wasatch High School to themselves the first day. I guess to avoid any of them being stuffed in trashcans;) I didn't get a first day photo of Katrina though for this reason. By the time she went for her first day the next day, we were all done taking photos.

Big Intermediate School Ava 5th Grade. This year is her first as a Timponogos Timberwolf. She also joins Katrina and Mallerie as a bus rider. Mallerie always has Ava's hair fixed so cute. I think I mistakenly get the credit for it.

Big King of the school Grayson 4th Grade. With JR Smith Elementary only going through the fourth grade Grayson is top dog this year.

Uh-oh. Someone isn't feeling so big after all. Back to school night in August came before I was ready . I hadn't done any school shopping for the boys (they don't care right?). We scrambled to get in the car. I looked at little Graham in his crumpled clothes with his shoes on the wrong feet looking so uncertain.  Outside his classroom he realized he had a different teacher than the one who tested him and I think that threw him off.  

Nevertheless, he was beyond anxious for his first day to start, which was after Labor Day. 

Much Better. His teacher said he could wear his hat at recess. He was all over that but decided last minute to leave it behind on the first day. Callie and I walked him to his classroom. He found his name tag easily and sat down to play with playdough. 

I was getting pretty misty eyed so I made my goodbye short and sweet. On our way out of the building the pledge of allegance started over the PA. Other moms stopped and put their hands on their hearts. Not me, I needed outta there.

I came home to find this:

The separation of Graham and his hat made it sink in. The little fella had started Kindergarten. 

Matt was looking at the pictures on my I touch and said, "What's with the photos of Graham's hat? Did YOU take those?" I grabbed it back, "Give that to me."

Little Callie couldn't get that play dough out of her head and I was able to hook her up. It's just us two for a couple of hours every day now. 

Confident that Graham could find his classroom on his own. I sent him the next day on his bike with Grayson.

 I followed them...of course!