Another Double Digit Salfer

Happy 10th Birthday Rachel!!!!  She's made it to the double digit club!  I know that I say this with alot of posts but I can't believe how fast times flies.  We've been reminiscing all the girls birth stories lately and I remember Rachel's like it was yesterday.  I had gone in for a check and I was 3 days overdue and I was in tears.  I was done.  So my doctor, who I love, asked me what I was doing the next day, which I said "nothing, why?" and he replies "you're going to have a baby!"  He had scheduled to induce me.  How nice!  I was so excited!  So the next morning we head to the hospital and I get induced around 8am and by 1pm I get to meet my beautiful baby girl!  And I'm not being biased when I say this but Rachel was really a beautiful baby!

We celebrated this beauty's birthday the Friday before her actual birthday,  She invited her 4th grade girl classmates and the 6th grade girls.  They came over after school, played capture the flag visited, giggled, had pizza and caramel apples and of course birthday cake.  This years theme for Rachel was Mine Craft, which I really knew nothing about.  So Rachel created a board on Pinterest and pinned everything she liked.  It was really fun!  And she really liked the cake, so that made me happy!  Then on her actual birthday she chose Buffalo Wild Wings to eat at for dinner.  She also enjoyed the new lego sets she got as gifts and has already completed them all!

And they're off!! First day of School 2015-2016

 

Just like that we're starting school again!  Why does summer seem to go so fast?  Oh, maybe it's because school activities start in the middle of August....seriously.  We had a great summer filled with just the right amount of activity and rest.  But in all honesty, all of us were ready for school to start.  The building of excitement of a new year with new teachers and some with new schools and classrooms, new school supplies (who doesn't love a new box of crayons?) and new tennis shoes somehow subconsciously gets us ready.  This year as I sent pictures off to my parents and sister, it dawned on me how abundantly blessed I am.  And my mom also affirmed it in a text which surprisingly made me cry.  So blessed.  Thank you God.  So here we go!  Caitlin a 9th grader, A FRESHMAN in High School!  The beginning of GPA and classes the "count".  Emily a 7th grader (Sevie) in a new "big" school, trying to find her way around to her different classes with different teachers and meeting new friends (Class size=198!).  Rachel a 4th grader, the oldest Salfer at JI, her chance to show us her leadership abilities, a year with fun field trips, joining band and becoming an alter server.  And Natalie, a 1st grader.  Moving classrooms to the "Hallway" with the big kids.  Learning about all the Saints on Saints Row, Leading Mass and Prayer, being a big kid compared to the baby kindergarteners.  And drum roll.....learning how to read and having HOMEWORK!  It's going to be a fantastic year, more than likely with many ups and downs, but fun no matter what!

"And this little one went wee, wee, wee, wee all the way  home"....don't worry, we will have our fair share of fun too!!!  Her social calendar will be just as full as her sisters!