Thursday, June 12, 2008

Friday June 13, 2008

my mother in law came down the road before i was dressed this morning. she brought gardening stuff & alot of motivation. the kids were too excited to eat.  so we left breakfast on the table and headed outside. molly sat in the stroller till grandpa came.

the rest of us worked. we raked. sprayed weeds. picked up piles.

and cleaned the playhouse.

i looked around embarrassed - she walked over laundry on the floor in the hall. it was 10 & only molly had had breakfast. the sink was full. she was kind to comment how everyone's bed was made.
outside was worse. our cat hunt/clean the garage project is a 'it looks worse before it gets better' sort of thing. toys, bikes, baby swing, garage stuff, cats!!! . . . . on and on. and that wasn't even touching the playhouse. the main cooking ingredient is dirt - feel free to use your imagination from there.

i was humbled. it was a love language thing. acts of service.

but wow - it looks good.  after rex got home the garage miraculously came together.  i wanted to mow the lawn just for the finished off look. the yard guys are supposed to come tomorrow though . . . we'll see.

the boys did not wear shirts all day. benny slept till 7pm he was so tired & worn out from sun and work.

grammy went home and mom, dad and amie came for a bbq.  and after dinner -

 
we went on a bike ride. amie and i found some old treasures in mom's cellar. between that and what was in our garage we came up with enough wheels for everyone.



dad got grandma's old bike : ) ooh he was stylin'


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tomorrow jack's staples come out. the grocery shopping trip is planned. sailor is super excited to wear a pink dress and go out with amie. jack gets a date with grammy & grandpa - his first ever sleep over. its friday.

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this is the day that the Lord has made - let us rejoice and be glad in it. psalms 118
today was a good, busy, work hard, play hard summer day.
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and the bonus - we went on a date last night  : ) happiness.

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