Grandparents' Day (Guest Blog by Mrs. Jackson)

I asked Mrs. Jackson to write about grandparents' day at the kids' school. This below is what she wrote along with some of her pictures. Thanks so much!!

Grandparents’ Day
Among the perks of having in- resident grandchildren is being privy to firsthand celebrations. On Friday Jim and I had the privilege of eating lunch with Landon and Bryce at their latest new school. It is a school new to them and also new to the community. It is huge…in structure and enrollment. Quite frankly, eating pizza in a lunchroom among several hundred kids and additional grandparents would not be my choice of activities, but it turned out to be a delightful day. The school personnel were organized and friendly. We Jackson grandparents arrived for the first lunch shift (Landon’s K-5 class), and we were given bright yellow visitor passes decorated with Wildcat paw prints. We then were directed to the lunchroom and greeted by Landon’s big grin…and the joyful noise of many other youngsters. We chose to actually eat with Landon. He volunteered to help Grandmommy eat her pizza. After eating we walked the blue line with his friends to his classroom and were serenaded with a special song and presented a picture from Landon of him holding a “Welcome to Grandparents’ Day” sign.
After Landon’s excellent performance, we went to visit the library and discovered someone we knew worked there. Actually, 4 or 5 people Sara knows are on the faculty or staff of the school. Bryce had told us earlier to be sure to get a “free” book from the discards in front of the library. Book hound that I am, we choose one on Mt. Everest. About that time Bryce came down the hall with his second grade class, and we hopped on the blue line to share lunchtime with him. This time we just visited and enjoyed meeting his student teacher and sub. Thanks Bryce and Landon for inviting us to Grandparents’ Day. We were proud to be there with you and look forward to visiting your classrooms again. The lunchroom…probably not.

My photo shoot from Thursday

When my friend Allison had her baby girl several years ago, I bought this dress for her daughter. The other day she let me "borrow" it for Sydney Katya. These are some pictures that I took of she and Parker Reid playing outside. They were playing with some of grandmommy's rocks from Deep Creek. You will see how they are holding them like treasures because they weren't supposed to have them. Hope you enjoy the pictures and thanks Allison for letting me "use" the dress. It is so pretty!!

First day of school AGAIN...

We went to get donuts before school!! YUMMY!














More school supplies
















Landon's teacher (we didn't stay too long because we didn't want him to get upset).







Bryce's teacher was so excited!!




This week has been a busy week. The boys started their new school on Tuesday. They love it!! Their teachers are very nice. It has been a week of adjustments because we had to change our schedule. I now have to take them and pick them up. It is fun though and doesn't take too long. I will be very happy to move into our new house though. On their first day of school, I also was called to sub at another school all day. It was CRAZY! Thank goodness Ryan was off to help out. I had to sub yesterday too (half day). It has been a very hectic week. Sydney Katya has been sick on top of all the other things. She is croupy again. Anyway, sorry this is not a long blog but it will have to do for now.

Bryce has a student teacher.