Summer Fun

The kids have mostly spent the week having fun and playing outside - they have practiced piano, worked in their workbooks and explored the backyard, but I could never  convince them to keep it clean for very long.  We did managed to get it cleaned up one day in time to go to the library, the kids loved checking out books, and spent the next 2 days reading.  The kids have been so excited about going to Texas.  They have been talking about it all week and we got things ready and packed up today - we head out tomorrow morning.  

I had a choir rehearsal this week followed by a concert the next night.  Anna came to the concert with me and had a good time and even made a new friend with the daughter of another choir member.  Rehearsal and concert went well.  Dan was out of town from early Thursday morning to Friday evening 

James and Aaron love digging under the rocks in the back yard looking for bugs and worms - i just loved this picture of them.  James ran up to me telling me that he had found a bug for me and that we was going to go put it in it's habitat.  

Saturday was busy.  I went to get an allergy shot and run to Costco in the morning, then we got home and Dan went out to run some errands while I took the kids to Kid Spree for a bit.  The kids had fun - Dan met us there when he was done and about half an hour later - they were closing stuff down for a while due to storms.  But they had fun while it lasted and then we headed home so I could mow the lawn and get ready for some friends coming over for dinner and games.  We had a fun dinner and played Lord of the Rings after - we haven't played in a LONG time - and we all lost, but it was still fun!  

Church was wonderful - the kids and I had a talk before church about being reverent and they did really well and after we headed home happier and ready for the next week.  We got all packed up and ready to go to Texas!!!

Eileen has been having lots of fun in Scotland, at least until yesterday when my dad realized that they had lost her passport...  Now he is just panicking about getting home.  :)