Tuesday, October 9 was a “fun” day. We had made plans to go to the zoo with some friends. We were suppose to meet them at 10 am but we didn’t even leave the house till almost 11. That was ok though, the way the morning was going, it was better for us to be a little late and have a happy spirit about us, than be late and be frustrated and frazzled. We enjoyed the zoo a ton. We went to the Oakland zoo and I’m pretty sure the last time we were there Milo was VERY little. It has changed so much it was like going to a completely new and different zoo. We got home in enough time to pick up the daycare kids. We did chores and dinner with dad and then off to bed for the little ones. Jaime had roadshow practice and didn’t get home till after 9 pm.
Tuesday evening it rained all night and I was sure that P.E. would be cancelled on Wednesday. But the sun was shinning and so they proceeded as usual. My kids actually did a great job staying clean. The rest of the day was school and chores. Scott was scheduled to work late so I put the kiddo’s to bed on time. As of 7:30 pm that night every child was dreaming happy dreams and I was greatful for peace and quiet for a time.
Thursday was an “easy” day. Mostly school and chores. After the daycare kids left we rushed out to dance class. That was fun. We then picked up Scott, had dinner and got the kiddos off to bed.
Friday was pouring rain. Pretty much all day. Scott had opted to stay home that day. I spent the day trying to motivate kids to do school work and chores when all they wanted to do was play with dad. We managed to get most of the chores and school work done before the daycare kids came. I was a couple of minutes late picking them up, so they were a little wet when we got home. I threw their wet outter clothes in the dryer and they drank hot chocolate and warm cinnamon rolls. They seemed fine after that. As soon as the the kids got picked up we cleaned the house more and got everyone ready for the spaghetti feed. That was really fun and I had a great time meeting some new people in the stake. Seeing a pine wood derby race for the first time was great too. We got home very late but that was ok, we had tons of fun.
Saturday was tightly booked, so waking up late was NOT a good thing. We got up 30 minutes before we were suppose to be at the church to clean. We rushed through breakfast and got down to the church on time. We managed to get everything done and home in two hours. We then did more chores in prepartation for the missionaries to come over for lunch. I realized that since I hadn’t gotten up early, I hadn’t done the grocery shopping for the lunch. So I ran to the store really quick and the missionaries beat me by 15 minutes. We had lunch ready within 5 minutes (we did a “build your own sandwhich” bar). That turned out to be a great lunch and we enjoyed their company. As soon as they left we cleaned up and shooed everyone outside. We have these obnoxious Juniper bushes in the front yard that have been neglected for quite sometime. I had decided to start trimming them. One Saturday, quite a few months ago, I started but never got back to it. So, last Saturday, we all went out there and then again this Saturday we went out there. We work till the green can is filled and then we clean up and wait till the next Saturday. At the rate we are going we have about 4 more Saturday’s worth of work. Then there is just the constant maintenance. I’d love to just remove the dumb things. Perhaps next summer. I’m not sure any of us are physically able right now to remove stump and all. As soon was we were done with that we started to prepare for our next set of guests. We had invited a family from our ward over for dinner. They have four children ages 14-7. They are an amazing family and their kids are just awesome. We were glad to have them over and learned more about them on a more personal basis. It’s amazing how you can be in a ward with someone for 9 years but never really get to know them till you have them for dinner. They left about 8:30. I made mom’s famous potato salad. The 14 year old girl LOVED it. Apparently she’s hard to please when it comes to potato salad. Her mom was amazed at how much she ate of it. Thanks Mom!! We put the kiddos right to bed and I crashed. Scott stayed up a little longer to finish up his Sunday school lesson then he too crashed. It has been a pretty busy day.
Sunday morning came all too soon, but much welcomed. We did our normal Sunday routine. Jaime chose to fast today for the first time. She was a little concerned this morning about what to do when she felt hungry, but seemed to have that pass very quickly and did great the rest of the day. She only fasted one meal and we told her that, for her first time, I’m sure that would be fine. She was very excited to have fasted and felt as though she played a very important part in the health of her uncles that are ill right now. Sunday services were great and we were glad to have been a part. We gave a cute little girl a ride home today. Her mother just had a baby and her father is in the bishopric. I guess the last two Sunday’s she has just waited till her dad was done with meetings. So instead of making this wonderful 9 year old wait a couple of hours, we gave her a ride home. We took full advantage of “quiet time” after church and slept. The kids just quietly played or read books while we napped. It felt good. We had a yummy dinner of left over ribs, potatoes and broccoli. We finished the meal off with some Oreo’s and then the bed time routine. Right now, the kids are all snug in their beds, Scott is helping a family with a computer problem and I am sitting here at the computer wondering what I should do with myself.
For the last week, I’ve “relaxed” by searching the internet for some hard to find vases that Torry wants. I’d spend about 30 minutes each night looking at websites. I finally found them last night. I was so excited, but now I’m wondering how I will “relax” tonight!! Perhaps I will just go to bed! :0)
We love you all and miss you terribly. Much love.
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