School has been back in for about a month now and the kids are adjusting well, Taevin is in 4th grade with Mrs Chilinski, Ryler is in 1st grade with Mrs. Gregerson and Zoey is in her second year of preschool at Knowlton with Mrs. Anne, Mrs. Karina and Mrs. Tamra. This gives me some much needed alone time with my little Aspen and of course the laundry. I'm usually overwhelmed and more than ready for school to start by the end of summer, but this year was different. Having Russ home and enjoying so much family time made the end of summer a little sad for me. We did so many fun things, starting with our trip to South Dakota. My mom has been living there for about a year so we decided to pay them a visit and see the sights. The trip started a little rough when the girls and I made the standby flight but Russ and the boys didn't. After much stress and too many hours of no sleep for Russ, my little brother Dan came to the rescue and and helped them drive to South Dakota. O