Then on Thursday morning, he was off to the airport again heading for Florida. I missed him so much already Thursday afternoon but I took on the dreary day with cleaning the house and doing some road errands. That night the kids and I hung out together here at home working on bible memory, spelling words, piano and school work. We texted Mike good night and went to bed.
Friday was a busy day of canning grape juice down at mom's. Mom and I each did three boxes giving us each about 22 quarts! Ashlyn and Shakia played outside while we canned. Such great entertainers they are! I picked up the kids at school and we decided to hang out with mom that evening again because dad was at the mountains working on the new cabin!!! We grabbed supper at home and then treated the kids to Rita's in town. From there we went to play games at Mommy & Daudy D's but ended up just yacking and relaxing! Matthew built Lincoln logs as we talked and laughed. Ashlyn and Shakia played together again. Hadassah joined in on the adult conversations! She growing up! :) Again we texted Mike good night and everyone got tucked into bed.
My smaller lens for my camera does not work anymore and so I bought a new lens on Thursday. Love it!
Saturday was a warm, beautiful day. I jotted down some chores for the kids to do because I left all the outside work for today. Hadassah was to bath the dogs (Zoey was here so she got a bath too.) Do piano. Mow the yard. Matthew swept out the Yukon. Organized the barn. They both helped each other wash off the Yukon. This can be a process at times. I'm sure my siblings and I acted the same way, but why must there always be drama? After a stern talk of working nicely together, they did a good job! Meanwhile, Ashlyn played with Shakia and Shaelyn while they were here for a few hours. I pulled the weeds. Pulled out some flowers that didn't look so pretty anymore. Mowed (Hadassah decided to babysit Shaelyn and let me mow the yard.) Did the trimming and blowing. The afternoon was hot and perfect for doing all these outdoor chores! It was 4:00 and we were all washed up and ready to do something fun!!! We decided to go to Cherry Crest Adventure Farm!!! I am so glad we did!!!
The whole farm was busy with people, animals, rides, activities and food! Matthew and I were there before on a field trip with school but it was the girls first time and they LOVED it!!! Ashlyn pet the animals! Hadassah loved the cool swings. They went through a hay tunnel. Shot tennis balls with sling shots. Played in the sand box. Ate corn on the cob ... made right there! I mean, the whole entire time we were there, we just kept going from one fun thing to the next! It was a blast! Time to leave came too quick. We didn't even do the flash light corn maze!!! We have to go back and do that when Mike can join us! It's going to be a blast!!! We left the farm with a such good, fulfilling feeling of "that was fun"! Perfect ... except that Mike was not with us! Next time!!! :)
Matthew won a prize with his tennis ball sling shot shotting!
There were two huge jumping trampalene's! And a huge box of sand!
I woke up Sunday morning with the bedroom in a rosy glow. The sunrise was gorgeous!!! Another warm day of the tempts in the 80's. We are having some last summer/fall warm days! We all went to church and heard of the old testament characters! I love the story of Noah and Joseph! We were challenged to be like Noah, righteous in his day. How he obeyed God and followed through building the strange (what others thought was strange) ark boat. God said there would be a flood and there was! Noah and his family were the only humans spared! Then hearing about Joseph and how his life was not without trouble, heart aches and problems!!! But in each situation, Joseph made the best out of it! Leaning on God! God!!! Each time he ended up being a leader: when he was bought by Potiphar, when he was put in prison, and when he came out of prison and made leader of storing foods! Joseph never took any credit on himself. Never! He always gave God the credit! God helped him tell what dreams meant. God watched over Joseph and many years later, brought Joseph's whole family to Egypt to live where there was plenty of food and their family was united.
We spent the sunny afternoon in the sun in the back yard and waited, waited for Mike to come back home. At 5:15, we all went running to greet him! We were all super excited to him back home with us! Mike and I went for a short run together and then we all sat on the porch eating grilled hamburgers and drinking cold drinks. Being together as a family was great again! We made a quick visit to Matt's and watched some football with them after gazing at the pretty sunset sky!
I am so blessed to have energy! Health! A wonderful husband and beautiful children! My big laundry pile was attacked this morning and now the house smells from warm pumpkin pies! I think everyone will be happy to eat some tonight after supper! :)
Happy harvest time! And happy national coffee day today!
