When Paul arrived home from his last trip, he had been home 3 of the last 22 days. This is a busy season for him. Sometimes it just gets lonely. I’ll go along or some of the children will take turns going. I know it’s his job but I think the rest of us see it as an adventure of…
Category: life
some days
Some days just have a few surprises in store. Jacob prepared to leave to buy chicken food and realized the Suburban battery was dead. When they were little, it would have been difficult to deal with car issues. Now the guys just go to work handling things. Their father has taught them so very well. It’s a pleasure to sit…
visiting with my grandmother
Grandmother was really good last week. She enjoyed chatting with Timothy, and Courtney may have started singing to her. 🙂 She giggled with us and I polished her fingernails. I never know how she will be from week to week. She gets confused really easily. This week she asked if my grandfather was there. I explained I had never met…
clearing the yard
Just when I thought it was impossible, our yard is almost completely cleared! After working 11 straight days, he got home late yesterday and started the yard today. He and the boys had tried to break the big debris with a sledge hammer, but in the end, a jack hammer rental was necessary. Everyone gathered in the yard and the…
swimming
Enjoying the last of warmer days…
here and there
I was happy to visit with my grandmother again yesterday. I told her I was sorry I hadn’t come last week. She responded by saying, “well, I was wondering when we were going to get to that little matter!”. I’m not sure she even realized I wasn’t there, but she did seem glad to see us. If you could be…
today
Courtney starts piano again with our *very favorite* piano teacher. Then, we are heading to decorate my grandmother’s room for fall … I’ve had the basket packed for a week. I did rub these dollar store pumpkins down with some paint this morning… It does a good job of taking off that slick, plastic look! It should be a good…
updates and sharing
We’re SLOWLY cleaning our yard…. It’s been a great deal of work for the family, but it is looking better. Perhaps by the end of the week, all of the small rubble will be gone. We’re still not sure how we’re going to manage the larger pieces. They are very difficult to break apart (impossible, really), with just a sledge…
that time again
I have been trying to buy 6 months of our paper towels and toilet paper at a time. I wait until our little local store has a sale. This time, I had Joshua call and talk to the manager about how much we were wanting to purchase. Then, I send Jacob to pick it up, in the truck. I’m thinking…
saying good morning
It’s official. Timothy has been sick since 4 this morning. Emma is also sick. She asked at 5 to get into the shower. She’s been in and out of my bed the rest of the morning. She’s following me on and off with her bucket now. ALL of the older folks in the house agree any of us would rather…
the good and the bad
Are there really any bad things when you know God controls it all? Well, as it would happen, Darby started feeling terrible yesterday. Before the end of the evening she was terribly sick to her tummy and is still running a slight temperature. Tonight, Darby is eating an apple telling me over and over, “I threwed up”. Meredith, is not…
taco night!
Jacob has been working at the local Taco Bell for four months. He’s going great on his first job and actually won an award two weeks ago! This week, he asked if he might treat us to dinner…what else would it be? 😀 Feeding 14 people!!! That is impressive! We’re all so proud of him. Thank you, Jacob, for a…