Rachel and Stephen started back to school yesterday! It was just a 1/2 day but today is the first full day. Hopefully, it will go better than last year. Last year, Rachel threw up and ended up with a urinary tract infection that had her hospitalized.
Even though they are in school today it doesn't give me much time to write. I have an AVON order to place by noon and cleaning to do to get ready for a meeting this evening. I'll try to write more often but you know how that goes.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Monday
Thought you might like to hear about our day on Monday but warning...you may need an extra sugar boost after reading this! Rachel, Joshua, Sarah (a daycare girl) and I left the house around 8:30 to drive Mittens to the southwest end of town where she had a haircut appointment. After dropping her off, we went back by the house briefly and then continued north to Houghton Lake. We arrived there at 12:00 to meet up with Mom, Aunt Marlene, and Stephen. After lunch there, we headed back home to GR with Stephen in our van this time. We arrived back home around 4:15. I gave the kids a quick dinner around the same time that Sarah was picked up. We then jumped back into the van, retrieved our bald cat from the grooming school and deposited her at home before going to a park for an ice cream social for the kids' school. We got back from that around 8:30 and Mark came home from work shortly after that! Just another day!
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Catch up
Guess it's time to get everyone caught up on our happenings around here. We had a BALL riding the jet ski's that I mentioned before. The kids even had a chance to ride on a tube behind the jetski. Except for bit of a spill toward the end, it was great! The water was even rather warm for being in MI.
I'm back to having daycare kids again. They are all back from vacation and getting prepared for school. The kids start back exactly 1 week from today. Rachel has spent most of the month of August trying to find out who will be in her class. This year she will be with Sarah, a daycare girl, and Hannah, a friend from church. I hope this works out well.
We also went to the wedding of Rachel's 4th grade teacher. It was really nice and we got to see quite a few from the school there. Rachel's 5th grade teacher for this year was a bridesmaid as well as another one of the 4th grade teacher. Stephen's teachers for this year were also in attendance.
Mark's work is keeping him beyond busy! He has been putting in close to 60 hours most weeks. He'll have in at least 30 by the end of today already. The office is starting to slow down but they are short 2 workers so besides keeping up with all usual work, he has been busy interviewing perspective help. They hope to have the positions filled by the end of the week. The kids and I even took dinner out and had it at his office last night so we could be with him for a while.
At least Rachel & Joshua & I did. Stephen is now in Alpena with Gramma. They left on Tuesday just after Stephen's occupational therapy appointment. They made it safely and Stephen is getting to go to 2 VBS's in Alpena this week.
Today I will be going out to the school to fill out forms. Then tomorrow we meet with Rachel's teacher. Since we met with Stephen's teacher on Monday, that means 3 trips in one week. I guess I'm getting back into the school routine myself. I'm ready for school to start but I also can't quite figure out where the summer went!?
Enough for now. I'll try not to be so long between postings but can't promise.
I'm back to having daycare kids again. They are all back from vacation and getting prepared for school. The kids start back exactly 1 week from today. Rachel has spent most of the month of August trying to find out who will be in her class. This year she will be with Sarah, a daycare girl, and Hannah, a friend from church. I hope this works out well.
We also went to the wedding of Rachel's 4th grade teacher. It was really nice and we got to see quite a few from the school there. Rachel's 5th grade teacher for this year was a bridesmaid as well as another one of the 4th grade teacher. Stephen's teachers for this year were also in attendance.
Mark's work is keeping him beyond busy! He has been putting in close to 60 hours most weeks. He'll have in at least 30 by the end of today already. The office is starting to slow down but they are short 2 workers so besides keeping up with all usual work, he has been busy interviewing perspective help. They hope to have the positions filled by the end of the week. The kids and I even took dinner out and had it at his office last night so we could be with him for a while.
At least Rachel & Joshua & I did. Stephen is now in Alpena with Gramma. They left on Tuesday just after Stephen's occupational therapy appointment. They made it safely and Stephen is getting to go to 2 VBS's in Alpena this week.
Today I will be going out to the school to fill out forms. Then tomorrow we meet with Rachel's teacher. Since we met with Stephen's teacher on Monday, that means 3 trips in one week. I guess I'm getting back into the school routine myself. I'm ready for school to start but I also can't quite figure out where the summer went!?
Enough for now. I'll try not to be so long between postings but can't promise.
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Wet week
It's been a wet week for us but that doesn't mean we've had rain. The heat and humidity has returned so we have been trying to stay cool. We have a friend that lives rather close and she has been telling us to come for a visit so Tuesday we took her up on it. The kids and I went from around 11-2 and except for a quick lunch they were in the water the whole time. I spent most of the time in the shade and yet I'm the one who became a lobster! Stephen was a little pink on his shoulders and nose but I turned red!
Wednesday, we did our Advance route as early as possible but it was still miserable out there. So I called and we ran over for another dip.
A guy Mark works with invited us to join him at a lake for some fun on his jetski's so we are going to do that tonight. As soon as Mark is home from work we're going to load up a picnic and head out. I didn't tell the kids about it till just a little while ago. They are pretty excited!
Even though it is supposed to be much more comfortable tomorrow, we may be back in a pool. The friend with the pool is watching some kids from church and with her own kids isn't comfortable having them all in the pool with only herself to watch. She may be calling to ask us to join them if she needs another set of eyes. We'll see. This is pretty amazing for us to be swimming so much.
Well, I have to run and get our sandwiches made. Hope everyone else is surviving the heat this summer!
Wednesday, we did our Advance route as early as possible but it was still miserable out there. So I called and we ran over for another dip.
A guy Mark works with invited us to join him at a lake for some fun on his jetski's so we are going to do that tonight. As soon as Mark is home from work we're going to load up a picnic and head out. I didn't tell the kids about it till just a little while ago. They are pretty excited!
Even though it is supposed to be much more comfortable tomorrow, we may be back in a pool. The friend with the pool is watching some kids from church and with her own kids isn't comfortable having them all in the pool with only herself to watch. She may be calling to ask us to join them if she needs another set of eyes. We'll see. This is pretty amazing for us to be swimming so much.
Well, I have to run and get our sandwiches made. Hope everyone else is surviving the heat this summer!
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