The Graves Family: Summer... Full Steam Ahead!

Hello blogging world! I really want to continue blogging regardless of who views this blog. This is a record of my family and our lives. Kids are done with school for the year. I finished my first year of substitute teaching. It was a transition to go back to work but it worked out and we all grew because of it. Life doesn't always go in the directions we are expecting but that doesn't mean we can't adjust and roll with it. Sometimes the adjusting period takes a little longer than expected though. I just keep one little quote in the back of my mind when life feels hard, "just keep swimming, just keep swimming...." Yup that Dory really new what she was talking about. The best thing to do in life when you are not really sure where things are going is to just keep swimming or moving. So that is what we have done and to be quite honest we have had a great school year! Jillian finished 5th grade, Bradley 3rd, and Baden kindergarten. Bradley played flag football and Jillian played soccer. She tried out for her first competitive team and made it. She is a good little soccer player and we hope she has great experience playing on her new team. Jillian is also going to do student counsel next year in 6th grade. The boys continue to love the video games and I continue to tell that to get off the video games so their brains won't rot. So far their brains are just fine. All the kids did great in school! Even little Baden. We weren't sure how he would do this year. He was ahead in all of the areas of study for Kindergarten. He really has come a long way. Way to go Baden!

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