Today and last Sunday have both been beautiful. So we packed a lunch and headed out to a few State Parks after church both days. Last week we went to Flaming Geyser and hiked around for a bit. We also enjoyed “picking” some apples from a couple apples trees there.
Enjoying the beautiful view of the Green River and a little waterfall on the other side of the river.
Getting some apples from high up in the tree
Last year for school, Sage wrote a story in her journal called “How Lisa Because the Princess of England.” She loved the story so much, she turned it into a little book and wrote a script for it. She planned for months and wrote songs, worked out costumes, sets and scenery and yesterday, she directed and produced her first movie.
Dress rehearsal on Friday after school
Trying on costumes at the dress rehearsal. Is this what my bathroom will look like as they are getting ready for prom?
Last Monday we celebrated Tom’s birthday. He had to go into work early, but was able to be home for dinner and dessert. This year as our gifts for him, we each decided on an activity we’d like to do with him. Ashley is taking him to Red Robin for lunch, Molly is doing a Movie night with just him, Sage is going on a bike ride with him and I’m taking him on an all day date (location TBD).
We had burgers for dinner and blackberry cobbler for dessert, since my decorated cakes always look horrible. 🙂
Molly’s popcorn holder for their movie night, doubles as a hat. 🙂
Well, it’s Friday and it’s been a busy week. The girls had school every day and Ashley even had school today (in 1/2 day Kindergarten the kids go every other Friday.) AWANA started last night as well.
Wednesday was absolutely horrible. Not sure why, but it sure was.
Thursday, with the craziness of school and AWANA went surprisingly well and the kids did great. They even woke up in good moods this morning. I keep thinking that tired and obnoxious will hit soon, but I hope I’m wrong. I’ve planned a movie night for tonight with lots of pillows and snuggling! They get off the bus in about an hour. We’ll see how tonight goes!
As for me, I’ve written a schedule for myself for the day so I can be as productive as possible. I’m trying really hard to get everything done that I need to for our family and home before I sit down at the computer and do any work (which was REALLY hard to do this week because I wanted to finish up our new church website (or at least most of it.))
I feel like I got a lot done. Having a couple mornings kid free really allowed me to organize some stuff and get ahead with meals and housework. The house is very quiet and my errands this morning were done in about half the time they normally are. Tom was also able to work from home one morning and that was nice. We were both doing things that we needed to, but still were able to talk a little with out the girls around. 🙂 I predict a morning date sometime soon!
Lighting candles and playing jazz music quietly in hopes of creating a peaceful and quiet home. We still have some work to do on that . . .
I went and ate lunch with Molly at school on Tuesday.
It’s hard to believe that our baby started Kindergarten this morning. It was a busy week leading up to her Friday start day, but today was the big day!!
Kindergarten Assessment on Wednesday
Kindergarten Orientation