7 more times

Dh and I were counting last night, the mornings left that ds R goes to seminary. 7 more times then they have the summer break. I really think dh is looking forward to not getting up so early. I will have to figure out my schedule so I can still have time online befor kids wake up.

Yesterday the kids did much better with school. I also discovered(although I think I already knew) that dd N can't sit and concentrate too long on one subject. So I had her do math for 15 min, then switch over to another subject, then back to math. Then on to yet another subject. That seemed to work best. Even ds R did much better.

Dh was also talking about cleaning the church and how we're supposed to have many other families helping us. He said that only 2 families have responded and they are related to each other. They might be doing the cleaning tomorrow on their own. But it's looking like we'll be doing the rest of the month ourselves. That's ok, we don't mind, for the most part. The 2 girls seem to like doing that, so that's good. I don't even mind it. R, however, I think gets tired, but I feel he needs to learn how to keep things clean. He's not my clean guy. lol

Yesterday one of our neighbors was actually out mowing his lawn. The lawns are looking green and such, but I'm surprised it wasn't our literal next door neighbor. He's usually the one that is first to do it. Ours will probably next mowing soon. That means having the kids go out and pick up the sticks that fall from the tree. I know the kids are tired of it, but unless we spend a lot of money and have someone come in, we're stuck with falling branches and sticks.

Tomorrow is ds R pick up day for the Eagle Scout project. That means him and the guys go check out our neighborhood for any bags filled with books. R seems to think there might be empty bags still on doors and he'll collect them. Guess I'll have to inform him that most people will through them away. I know I do. I do hope he'll get a bunch of filled bags after all the work they did last Sat. We'll soon see tomorrow afternoon. He's also been advertising at church and has received one bag and a call about some more books. Hope this works out.

This morning I'm going to have the kids write their letters to grandma. We goofed on Wed. Pretty much hardly anything got done on Wed. Thurs was much better, but because the weather was nice I choose to have the kids go out side rather than write. So this morning right after the devotional, I'm going to have them write to grandma(my mom). I've told them since we live so far away and can only visit after so many yrs literally that we need to at least keep in touch by letters. I'm also glad that my aunts are able to help her use the phone when they visit on Sun so I can talk as well. I miss my mom and wish we lived closer, but that just isn't an option. I am glad that she has her family there to help out. That makes me feel SOOO much better. I know how some nursing homes can be and am glad her family if there to look after her.

Karie
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