We left Thursday night for Bemidji. Friday we went to track and field and brought home some ribbons. We got to meet up with a bunch of friends and say lots of, "HI"s to people.
We were of a little help at my parents' house Saturday--moving chickens, walking the fence line for the horse pasture, washing dishes, using electricity and water, and messing up the house. :)
Sunday we got to visit at church, and Tracy got to go out with some friends. We ended up staying a day later than I had "planned" so I got to try out my mom's new washer and dryer. NICE, NICE, NICE!!! :)
We made it home this afternoon, unpacked, rested, ate supper, and then remembered our summer pool pass started today. So...we loaded up and headed to the pool for a fun hour.
Now I'm trying to catch upon e-mails and blogs, and Mike is working on a puzzle. Good night.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Daily Living
I got such a nice nap today! I even slept through Mike's break at work (I usually e-mail him.)
We made a BBQ pizza for supper out of a leftover roast mixed in some BBQ sauce. The crust this time was made with the whole wheat flour instead of the Gold 'N White whole wheat flour which Tracy likes to use. I still have some cheese I bought from when I went to Sam's Club with a friend in February. We also had some juice, milk, peaches, strawberries, and yogurt. Well, Mike had pop; the kids would have gladly had pop, but they had just had some on Sunday when their grandparents were here so didn't really need more.
The kids played outside quite a bit this evening and now are painting and playing with Play-Doh.
Tracy had a violin lesson this morning and was invited to orchestra camp which is in August for a week with her teacher and teacher's parents; I think it is in Renier. (I'm not sure how to spell that, but it's east of us.)
Tomorrow is Melissa's birthday. It's hard to believe it was five years ago that I had a few contractions that started out just like Aaron's and Emily's did. Who would have known that she would have come at 2:00 A.M. instead of around 10:00 A.M. the next morning as those two did? Live and learn that they're all different... :)
We made a BBQ pizza for supper out of a leftover roast mixed in some BBQ sauce. The crust this time was made with the whole wheat flour instead of the Gold 'N White whole wheat flour which Tracy likes to use. I still have some cheese I bought from when I went to Sam's Club with a friend in February. We also had some juice, milk, peaches, strawberries, and yogurt. Well, Mike had pop; the kids would have gladly had pop, but they had just had some on Sunday when their grandparents were here so didn't really need more.
The kids played outside quite a bit this evening and now are painting and playing with Play-Doh.
Tracy had a violin lesson this morning and was invited to orchestra camp which is in August for a week with her teacher and teacher's parents; I think it is in Renier. (I'm not sure how to spell that, but it's east of us.)
Tomorrow is Melissa's birthday. It's hard to believe it was five years ago that I had a few contractions that started out just like Aaron's and Emily's did. Who would have known that she would have come at 2:00 A.M. instead of around 10:00 A.M. the next morning as those two did? Live and learn that they're all different... :)
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Dishes
Well, I think I'm officially caught up on dishes for the moment except for the one that ended up outside. Of course, those are just the dishes that were by the sink ready to be washed, mind you! :) I have no idea how many are floating around the house and probably don't want to know.
We were going to plan a quick trip to town yesterday to go rollerblading on the bike path, but it started raining. By the time it quit and the sun came out again, I was sound asleep in a chair getting a much-needed nap. I'm such a lazy bum these days.
I can tell we live in northern Minnesota because it gets light so early these days. I haven't noticed how late it's light at night yet. Soon we'll be waiting for dusk at 10:15 so we can watch the 4th of July fireworks...
Mike's parents are coming up for part of Saturday and part of Sunday so that should be fun for the kids.
We were going to plan a quick trip to town yesterday to go rollerblading on the bike path, but it started raining. By the time it quit and the sun came out again, I was sound asleep in a chair getting a much-needed nap. I'm such a lazy bum these days.
I can tell we live in northern Minnesota because it gets light so early these days. I haven't noticed how late it's light at night yet. Soon we'll be waiting for dusk at 10:15 so we can watch the 4th of July fireworks...
Mike's parents are coming up for part of Saturday and part of Sunday so that should be fun for the kids.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Cornbread
I'm making a pan of cornbread for supper.
I'm starting to feel better now so hopefully I can start getting things accomplished again. I am not sure how many loads of laundry I have done with sheets/blankets/towels, but it was a LARGE number.
We went to our hardware store Saturday before the home school graduation. They were having a "Kid's Day" and had some games. Each kid got three tickets for a chance to win one of the prizes, and Laura won one of the games. Mike picked it up today on his way to work so she should be able to have some fun with it tomorrow.
They were also having a 15% off camping supplies so I picked up another air mattress and a pump. A friend of ours pumped our mattresses up with his pump last May for us, and it's quite convenient compared to the way we've been doing it for years. (Our way gets rid of kids' energy though.) I was hoping for a rechargeable one or at least an AC/DC adapter but no such luck. We'll have to buy some D batteries to go with our stash of AA and AAA. :)
Other than that, things have been going well. I can tell kids feel better; the energy level is up in the house, and they've even been going outside to play.
I'm starting to feel better now so hopefully I can start getting things accomplished again. I am not sure how many loads of laundry I have done with sheets/blankets/towels, but it was a LARGE number.
We went to our hardware store Saturday before the home school graduation. They were having a "Kid's Day" and had some games. Each kid got three tickets for a chance to win one of the prizes, and Laura won one of the games. Mike picked it up today on his way to work so she should be able to have some fun with it tomorrow.
They were also having a 15% off camping supplies so I picked up another air mattress and a pump. A friend of ours pumped our mattresses up with his pump last May for us, and it's quite convenient compared to the way we've been doing it for years. (Our way gets rid of kids' energy though.) I was hoping for a rechargeable one or at least an AC/DC adapter but no such luck. We'll have to buy some D batteries to go with our stash of AA and AAA. :)
Other than that, things have been going well. I can tell kids feel better; the energy level is up in the house, and they've even been going outside to play.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Freezer Space
I cleaned out my freezers today (defrosted one of them.) I pulled 50# of birdseed out of the big one and now there's space in it. I also found some roasts from our beef I thought I was out of so that was a GREAT surprise. I have a lot more orange juice than I thought I did too--I had ordered a case when it was cheap and dumped it all over instead of trying to make room for the box. :)
The kids finished watching a movie Tracy got for her birthday, and now I have the fun job of waiting another hour for Laura to decide she's tired enough to go to sleep.
Mike works tomorrow then is on nights next week. His department is back to 40-hour weeks so it won't be 10:30 evenings, it'll be 2:30 AM evenings.
The kids finished watching a movie Tracy got for her birthday, and now I have the fun job of waiting another hour for Laura to decide she's tired enough to go to sleep.
Mike works tomorrow then is on nights next week. His department is back to 40-hour weeks so it won't be 10:30 evenings, it'll be 2:30 AM evenings.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
My Pretty Girl 2
I've always had a hard time cutting Melissa's hair. I don't know if it is because she had so much of it or what... However, she's been wanting shorter hair for a couple weeks so tonight was the night. :)
Thursday, May 7, 2009
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