Anson's first day of school

The first two pictures are obviously of Anson and the last is of all the kids eagerly anticipating the arrival of the school bus...



Here we are two months into the school year and I am just now posting a picture of Anson on the first day...Nice. Oh well, I'll just take a minute and tell you that he is doing really well in both classes. He spends a couple hours in the morning and a couple hours in the afternoon in the first grade classroom. He has several of the same students from kindergarten with him so they know how to work with him, which is so nice. It's a really small class-only 15 or so kids-yeah! When he's not in first grade he does his therapies and one-on-one with the SLC teacher and/or aides. Everyone is fantastic and says he does a great job. They especially love his musical talents. He sings so much, but not so much in music class. I think it's because he has perfect pitch and not everyone else does and it drives him crazy! He is especially good at reading, though we're a little unsure about his comprehension, he's great at spelling (I'll go ahead and take credit for that one) and real good at math-addition that is. He's having a bit harder time wrapping his brain around subtraction. He'll learn...Anyway, that's the first couple months for you. Hope the rest of you are enjoying the school year thus far...

Finally, the end of our summer...I'm nearly caught up...

This group of pictures is from the Bushman family reunion. We didn't get a lot of pictures, but we had a lot of fun. Thanks to the Thompson family for introducing us to Clayton, Idaho (up near Stanley-absolutely gorgeous!)and for providing such a fantastic time!

So, I somehow managed to take a quick (3 month) hiatus from our blog. Not really on purpose though. I downloaded a lot of the following pictures months ago but could not get my slideshows to download onto our site. Just one of my pretty silly excuses...anyway. The summer was packed and we had some fantastic times. It just went by way too quickly. We celebrated birthdays, holidays, family reunions, and then we celebrated every day life. Here's a few pics from the first half of the summer-enough for one entry...

kindergarten graduating class of 2008

Pierce Park Elementary kindergarten class of 2008, graduating class of 2020, was held Wednesday June 4th. My little boy is all growing up. The ceremony was priceless,(they sang some adorable songs, had a super cute slide show and ate delicious cupcakes) as most activities with children this age are-just a lot of smiles and laughs, and a lot of tears (on my part). I still can't believe how much I cried-I was tired, very little sleep the night before, but that's my only excuse. Other than that I was just as proud as can be and so tremendously grateful to Anson's classmates, his teachers and therapists, and all of our family for their endless energy and dedication in helping Anson achieve so very many goals this past year. Way to go, Sunshine!!!


Anson James "Sunshine"Bishop

Aren't they all too cute?! Anson is on back row, third from left.

Miss Sarah Royter and Anson. She is amazing-I so wish that she could move up with this class!

Anson and Mom. I didn't get a good pic of him in his cap(we had to give them back), but he is holding his little tassle. Nice purple frosting on his lips, eh?

When I leave...

Every once in a while I jump at the opportunity to get out of the house and let Barrett get some good quality time in with the kids by himself. I come back a short while later and low, and behold, this is what I find...



Anson up in this tall tree by himself with no one, not even his father, terribly close to him.

Guess what? Anson is in heaven. He stayed up there for a good 20 minutes after I got home-he was just singing and laughing, having the time of his life!

Barrett up there verbally assisting him down, no physical help at all. We need a tree house (with a net at the bottom)!

What is it about ketchup?

Each one has become an addict...