NO MATTER HOW LONG AGO THEY WERE,

WE ALL REMEMBER OUR FIRST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL EACH  SEPTEMBER.

OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS ELISE, GORDAN, ROXY, OLIVIA, AND I THINK M, HAVE, A FEW AT A TIME, STARTED THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.  SYDNEY, AND THESE THREE WERE  THE LAST OF THEM GOING TODAY.

I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST THE YEARS HAVE GONE! 

IN 2008 JENNY SENT ME THIS PICTURE OF THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WHEN GABE WAS STARTING FOURTH GRADE, SAM SECOND GRADE, AND SOPHIA WAS IN PRESCHOOL.

WOW DID THEY GROW UP!  IN THIS PICTURE THAT SHE SENT ME IN 2011, GABE IS STARTING SEVENTH GRADE, SAM FIFTH GRADE, AND SOPHIA IS NOW IN SECOND GRADE.

THEY SEEMED SO OLD IN 2013 WITH GABE  STARTING HIGH SCHOOL, SAM  SEVENTH GRADE, AND SOPHIA IS IN FOURTH GRADE.

AND JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURE SHE SENT TODAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 2014, GABE IS A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL, SAM IS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, AND SOPHIA IS IN THE FIFTH GRADE.  AFTER THIS YEAR THE LOERA FAMILY WILL BE OFFICIALLY FINISHED WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

 AND IF YOU DON'T THINK THOSE YEARS WENT BY FAST, JUST LOOK AT THIS GROUP BACK IN 1996.  

 IT'S FIVE AFTER SEVEN IN THE MORNING IN FRESNO, AND (if my math is right) CAMERON IS READY TO START THE FOURTH GRADE, BRITTNEY THE FIRST GRADE, AND ABBEY WHO THINKS SHE SHOULD BE GOING TO SCHOOL TOO, IS ONLY THREE.

A FEW YEARS GO BY AND HERE BRITTNEY IS STARTING THE EIGHTH GRADE, AND ABBEY THE FIFTH GRADE.

I SEEM TO THINK  EVEN ABBEY STARTED BACK TO COLLEGE TONIGHT, (SHE WORKS DAYS),  BUT SHE DIDN'T SEND ME A FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL PHOTO YET.  COULD IT BE BECAUSE SOME OF HER CLASSES ARE ON LINE, AND SHE DIDN'T WANT US TO SEE HER  IN HER PJ's?  NO, SHE'S PROBABLY BUSY DOING HOMEWORK ALREADY, RIGHT ABBEY.

MAY THIS BE THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR EVER
 FOR ALL OF YOU!