School is finished!! :)

We have finished school!!!  It's amazing how long... but yet how short this journey has been.  It feels like we just started school and the kids were struggling and crying every day.  It was heartache and scariness facing us every morning, but over time... little by little, they adjusted.  Each day got a little easier.  Each one made special friends and it began to feel like home.

This was Jonathan and Carolina on their first day of school.  Wes took them, so they wouldn't have to have the added new experience of riding the bus. :)

In the car on the way!

walking from the car to the school

in front of the school

inside, getting ready to head to their different classes

As many of you know, there is a school within a couple minutes walking distance of our house, but they didn't have a place for Jonathan.  The other 3 kids had spots in their classes, but Jonathan's classes were filled to the maximum.  It was heartbreaking in the beginning, but we ended up having to split the kids up between two schools. (I will do a flashback blog and give you some of those details, since I've been too crazy busy to be posting along the way.  Sorry!)

Thank the LORD, He knew right where Carolina and Jonathan belonged.  They both did so well in this tiny little school.  All of the teachers commented on how well both of them adapted... and how quickly.  They all said it was unusual.  We were so thankful.

This is Carolina on her last day... right before her "kindergarten" graduation. :)

Carolina with Diana, one of her friends from school

Carolina with some of the girls in her class at the "end of year" party

Jonathan on his last day of school

At the "end of year" party with his best friend Hector

First day of school for Weston and Nathan!

 Weston and Nathan went to the school right down the street from our house.  They both had good teachers, and will actually both have the same teachers for this coming year, so that's a blessing!  They both have made some good friends.  Weston especially... Gustavo lives a couple doors down, and he and Weston sat next to each other in class.  He's become a regular part of our family... he even has his own cups now! (We joked about this because each of my kids have their own color for cups; so when one is found left on the table, they know exactly whose is whose without having to use a million cups in one day.  Gustavo is over so much that he now has his own color for cups!)  ;) 

Weston and Gustavo walking home from school together

Weston on the last day of school!

Nathan at the end of the school year

Nathan and his friend Aitor

We are looking forward to summer!! :)