Back to School Feast 2016

This last Sunday was our second annual Back to School Feast!  I'm loving this tradition so far!  Avery planned out our night this year.  Earlier in the summer we were at Dollar Tree and she saw some Hawaiian Luau party items and so we got a bunch of stuff.  Avery also wanted all the girls to do a hula dance so she spent the week before making bracelets to match the grass skirts we had gotten at the dollar store.  The menu for the night was also picked by Avery, she chose hot dogs, cheesy Pringles, veggie straws, and grapes with strawberry ice cream for dessert.

We started out the night with our delicious dinner all decked out in our Hawaiian luau outfits!

After dinner we did our hula dance, Avery was adorable about it!  

Once the dancing was over we sat down so I could talk about our theme for the school year.  

This year I chose a section of scripture in Jacob 4:3

We talked about how exciting it was going to be to go to school and how much Avery was going to learn!  Avery told us that she was most excited to learn how to read!  I told her that even with all of the great things she is going to learn this year that even more important are the things she learns in our home and at church.  Then it was time for Avery to get a blessing for the start of the school year.  At this point Mary jumped up, ran over, and put her hands on Avery's head!  I cracked up and snapped a picture before we talked a little bit about the priesthood.  

It was a fun night together and I'm so excited for Avery's first year of school!  

I know she's going to love it and she is going to learn and grow so much.