One of THOSE weeks...

Once again, my hat goes off to single parents. This has been a tough week...and as hard as I try, I can only be in one place at a time. Roger took the big boys on a fishing trip last weekend. So, I was responsible for several activities on Saturday, and getting everyone to church on Sunday. Not too bad. He got home Sunday evening. We had ball games and I had a meeting on Monday night. He then turned around and left for a conference at 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday. So, it began on Tuesday... Tuesday morning I heard Zane calling for me...and it was one of those calls that you know to come a runnin'!! Well, the kids had gotten up and thought they'd help me by running the dishwasher. Of course, it doesn't matter that I had already run the dishwasher, so the dishes were already clean. It's the thought that counts! Well, they couldn't get the dishwashing detergent open because it has a childproof cap. So, they used dishwashing LIQUID instead. Well, but the time Zane called me, there was quite a souffle of bubbles all over the floor and coming up out of the sink drain. All the kids came running...and I could tell they were wondering if I was going to "loose it". No, I didn't loose it...actually, we all had quite a laugh. Thankfully, it wasn't hard to clean up...
These last 3 days has been a whirlwind of piano recital, tae kwan do, young authors, youth group, baseball games...add to that school every day, keeping up with laundry, and various cleaning... it's been busy. I was in the car today for 2 hours and 20 minutes! That hasn't happend in a long time... Roger comes home tonight and we're excited!



If I had been on top of things, I would have gotten a picture of the bubbles before I cleaned it up. The entire dishwasher was filled with bubbles. So, I just left it open and the bubbles began to go down. Then I ran the dishwasher rince cycle.

Let the games begin!

Well, it's begun. Every time we agree to this, we know what we're getting in to. But, it doesn't make it any easier! It's time for.....Baseball. Take all the practices and games, and add them to the other stuff, and you have about 8 weeks of whirlwind activity. Now that we have 2 playing, and of course, they aren't on the same league, we have double the fun!! However, seeing them in their little uniforms, having a ball...well, I must say, it's fun. And, I might as well just watch the game because there's no way I can do anything else while I'm at a game. I've taken books, my planner, etc...and it's just one more thing to carry. So, I just watch my little guys. And believe me, if they hit, catch, or do anything out of the ordinary, they'll notice if I'm not watching. Do you remember when you used to sort of shake your head when you had little kids and your friends with older kids complained about how busy they were with their kids' sports? I would say to myself, "Just don't sign up! No one is forcing you to do this." Well, I continue to eat my words!! And, I'm not complaining...just making observations. Today, we went out to the field at 8:15 for team pictures. The wind was blowing...oh, I don't know... 100 MPH!!!!! Everyone had tears running out of their eyes. We left the second after the pictures were over and skipped opening day ceremonies. Here's a video of Sam's first homerun last year. Keep in mind that it was a totally "infield" homerun. At this age, baseball is pretty much error after error! So, while the other team was throwing the ball over each other's heads, Sam made a homerun. Enjoy!



Otherwise, we are just counting the days till we're done with school. Next week is state testing, so our schedule is out the window.

Where's my weekend?

OK, let the weekend begin!!! Oh wait! It's Sunday night at 9:30! Tomorrow's Monday. Where did my weekend go you ask? Well, we just happened to have about 10 things to do and they all fell on this weekend. You can be stressed out about it, or you can be glad to get them all over in one weekend so you can stay home next weekend! Glass half full...glass half full...glass half full...right?
This just happened to be the weekend where all of our activities happened in Tulsa. You probably don't know this, but Roger and I both went to ORU. And, you may not have heard...but ORU is going through some "transition" (aka. scandal) right now. Anyway, this was ORU's homecoming weekend, which we never attend. But, they were having a special free dinner on Friday night for anyone associated with the former medical school, dental school, or ever enrolled in any of the health sciences majors (biology and chemistry). Once I saw the list of the 300 people attending, I wanted to go. There were so many former professors and many classmates that we hadn't seen in many years. It was a wonderful time. And, we got to meet Mart Green, the man that has come one board to try to take ORU out of its mess. We went with a pretty skeptical attitude, but we were pleasantly surprised at what seemed like a genuine man. We are cautiously optimistic and will wait to see how things go before we get to excited.

While that was happening, our two oldest boys went to a youth conference in Tulsa. They left Friday afternoon and the conference was over Saturday at 5:30. So, Roger and I, and the 3 little ones went to Tulsa after we dropped the boys off at the church. We met my Aunt Gayle in Tulsa and she took the little ones to her house while Roger and I went to the dinner.

THEN...we hung out in Tulsa on Saturday. I signed up the little ones to make a Valentine's box at a Lowe's in Tulsa. Then, we went to Woodland Hills Mall. Here's a scary thing...I went to the grand opening of Woodland Hills Mall in 1976!! Our youngest son had NEVER been in a mall before. He was pretty impressed. Then we took them for a treat and ate lunch at Incredible Pizza. It was incredible. Then we had a coupon for Barnes and Noble. Yes, it was a great day! It was nice to focus some attention on the little ones.

THEN we met the big boys and we all went back to Gayle's to spend the night because today Zane had a swim meet in Jenks. So, Roger, Zane and I got up at 6:30 this morning to get to the pool by 7:15. Gayle and Jimmy brought the other kids around 10:00. Zane did great by the way! Then we ate lunch at Mazzios with 2 of the other swim families from Siloam...the Pannetts and the Schultzes. We had to hurry home because I always take a nap at 2:00! I couldn't be late.

So, now you can see why I'm ready for the weekend. Thankfully, I had a dishwasher full of clean dishes. I had done all the laundry and just have to fold the last load. I had actually gotten most of the house in good shape. I really dislike coming home for an overnighter and feeling behind before I even walk in the door.
Everyone is bathed and in bed and we are gearing up for another week. Only 14 weeks of school left!