School Time Thanks!

Wow - it's been a month since I posted on here! That NEVER happens! ANYWAY...

School time is just around the corner. I'm excited for my boys to get to go back and see their friends and learn lots of new things. I know they are excited, too. I was getting kind of nervous because we really don't have the money to buy new clothes / supplies but we've (once again) been taken care of...

I went through all of my boys clothes and took out the clothes that were too small and the pants that had big holes in the knees (you know, EVERY pair of pants DarTanion had from last year). Most of their shirts were in pretty good condition (YAY!) but we were only able to salvage 1 pair of pants from last year for DarTanion. Then I went through a box of 'hand me down' clothes from my aunt Stacey's boy, Tyler. We were able to use 3 pairs of pants (just a little too big / very small holes) for this upcoming year. I figured that 3-4 pairs of pants would be okay, but that just means doing laundry every few days to make sure he has clean school clothes. Well, others decided to help us out, too...

Our stake had a clothing exchange and I was able to find another pair of pants for DarTanion. I think that ALL little boys in size 6 or 7 pants must be REALLY hard on their jeans because they only had 1 pair that I grabbed before any other moms could. That brought us up to 5 pairs. That would make it a little easier... But then, family stepped in...

I just wanted to send out a special thanks to Colleenia for the school supplies that she bought for the boys - and the pair of pants she bought for Tanion and the back pack for Archer.

Thanks to my mom for the socks. :) Update: and the pants and shirts and little outfit for Robynson. :)

And a big thanks to Jeremiah's mom. She bought each boy 3-4 pairs of pants and a hoodie / jacket. I know those are not cheap... I've looked!

So now, thanks to family, my boys will be stylin' at school - which starts next week! I'm going to make sure backpacks are packed and ready to go tonight. Anything we are missing will be bought (most likely at the dollar store) on Monday. Then, on Tuesday, I ship off DarTanion to be a BIG 2nd Grader!!! Archer will be starting Kindergarten the next week. Wow... They are getting so big!

Thanks again to everyone!!! :) I know not everyone has such an amazing family to help them out. I'm very grateful that I do. :) Love you!