The Day
It's Karry's Birthday! AND Father's Day! He woke up to a "treasure hunt" that Isaac had put together, for him to follow a map and find wrapped up presents (filled with crayons, of course--I thought the crayon drawer was looking a bit sparse!). We had cereal (I know, exciting!), I wrapped presents, baked a cake, made pasta salad, and we left for church!
We went to Household of Faith again today, and Dr. Brian Ray spoke this morning about fatherhood. => Dr. Brian Ray does statistics & research about home education--I've seen and heard people quote his research before. He said today that 85% of kids who grow up in "evangelical Christian" homes do not walk with the Lord as adults. That is CRAZY!!
We told my brother & his wife that the get-together started at 1:30 today because they're always late (we told everyone else it was at 2). :) My brother called Karry when we were leaving Thriftway (picking up strawberries & a few sale items!), and he asked "where are you guys? I'm parked outside of your house." OOPS. They were there ON TIME!
We had good food with great people. My mom brought potato salad. I made pasta salad (gf) with Wishbone "Bountifuls" Italian marinade/dressing that I got really cheap (or free?) and olives I got for .50 per can w/coupons, and cherry tomatoes. We barbecued corn (I soaked it in sugar water for a few hours), and salmon burgers (Costco) and hamburgers (Costco). Mom brought buns for the bun eaters. I cut up cantaloupe. I mixed cherry jello (made it last night--the box was free w/coupons) with cool whip (.25 with coupons!), for a 25 cent side dish/dessert!
I made a cake that turned out horrible. It was a gf box mix that I've made before, but I did it in 2 smaller pans (rather than 1 big one) and it cooked too long and was hard....The strawberries & whipped cream I put all over it sort of helped...
I got K 2 nice shirts from Lands End (he likes the polos & button ups from there, they don't wrinkle as much :), and a starbucks card, and an itunes card, and a little Flip Video Camera. It was a "Goldbox Deal" on Amazon a while back, so about 1/2 the price of what it is now, and people were blogging about it and saying it was great. :) K wants to make short little movies with the boys. Thought this would help. :)
This Week
I re-arranged a lot of the house/organized stuff!! I swapped our dining room/kitchen tables and extended the one in the dining room to make more space for homeschooling. The boys are always fighting over their space (their math books are big, and the blocks take up space, etc.). I also don't really like homeschooling at the same place we eat breakfast at--we're always required to clean up before we can get any schooling done. So--I changed things! I put the living room loveseat into the den (ok, Karry did this part for me!! I moved the tables, he did the couch!). It has a big stain on it and doesn't look pretty anymore (I've tried to wash it and it hasn't worked!). Also, I wanted a comfy place to sit and cut my coupons/plan my deals. I set two small file cabinets together like a coffee table in front of the couch, with a table runner over the two...It's a perfect set up for my couponing!
I got a nice solid wood bookshelf from Craigslist this week and put it in the living room. I re-arranged homeschool stuff so I don't feel stuck in 1 room all day. Math & phonics are in the living room/dining room, as well as Bible & character stuff. Science & literature are in the family room. Art, history & geography are in the den. Music & games are upstairs in the bonus room. PE--well, that's every place they can run! =>
I organized the pantry and I think it's so pretty that I keep looking at it. :) I am so proud of my coupon deals in there. :)
I also organized the freezer & love the 15+ boxes of gogurts, 10 bags of cheese, several packs of hot dogs & bacon...Oh this is fun!
I hope we don't have a power outage, because I stayed up 'til 2 one morning making strawberry jam & freezing whole berries (3.5 flats total)!
The kids and I picked 1/2 a flat of berries on Wednesday. They did SO great. All of them. They had good attitudes, and they were seriously having fun. We quit because Kaleb had to go potty. :) Isaac asked the woman who worked at the farm if she believes in God. :)
We went to the Happy Valley garage sales w/my friend Erin on Friday. Whew! I got 4 pairs of shoes for Ruby for .50 each (NICE ones!!), and an adorable pair of boots for her for $2. Love it. Garage sales rock!!
Randomness...
Ruby is understanding so many more words and concepts and she's communicating so much more. We're getting tougher on her with "using words" instead of fussing, etc. She is becoming such a sweet little girl.
We still have paperwork to fill out to start the adoption process through the state...We'll work on that soon!
Have y'all ever heard of embryo adoption? Kind of a strange concept. My mom told me about a couple we know of who did envitro, and they have 6 fertilized eggs left (she's now pregnant w/twin boys), and they want to give the eggs away. So, whoever adopts them would then have the egg put into the adoptive mother's womb...she would then deliver a baby that has none of her genes or her husband's. So then, my question is (well, one of them!), who is birthmom? And then, how do you explain to a kid that they look very different from their siblings but they came from Mommy's tummy? And what about if they meet a true biological sibling someday? Wouldn't that be strange? Lots of questions. But then, another question--do we consider a fertilized egg to be a life? Yes for us, we do...And there are 500,000+ of these "snowflake babies" on ice out there, somewhere. So, anyone want a baby? :)
My house is a wreck and I didn't touch it tonight. Funny thing--we clean for parties & gatherings--and then clean after them, too. Did you know the Duggars use paper plates at lunch time w/their kids? Good plan!!
My brother and his wife are so thrifty and wise w/their new 3 acres, I'm so proud of them. Brad picked up 50 free tomato plants from someone off of Craigslist and planted a bunch yesterday and gave me 4. :) They're slaughtering their free chickens next week. They were talking about how common it is to find free cows in their area (McMinnville). Love it...They're awesome. :)
That's all folks!
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