December 9, 2025

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• I was thinking that Marley did a little bit better last night, but apparently I slept through one of her potty breaks (or Robby dreamed going out twice). I went out at 1 and 4 with her. Robby went out at 2 (the one I slept through) and 6. I just checked the blog and by the end of the week, Marley should be sleeping through the night if she follows Bentley's schedule. We are making it, but we are a bit tired-and this is why old people do not have babies.
• We did school first this morning-I have been skipping my morning walks since I'm still a bit exhausted in the mornings. Maybe tomorrow I'll walk, but it sure doesn't encourage me with it being so chilly outside. 
• Graham is finished with his freshman comp class, and today he finished his Spanish 1 class. He had to make slideshow telling about himself all in Spanish. His pictures are great, and I love everything that he said-but man, that Spanish pronunciation is tough. 
• Campbell, Keaton, and I are going to be gone most of the day tomorrow so today is kind of their last day of school for the week. We are going to do school next week too since the big kids are still at OBU, but maybe we will not work as hard.
• This afternoon Keaton had her dentist appointment for her fillings. When she was finished, we ran to get a few gift cards (where we also got a free drink gift card). Then we dropped off some Amazon returns before picking up Keaton a Sonic drink on the way home. 
• Once at home, we all went to work on making tonight's supper: corn chowder. I had wanted to make corn chowder for a very long time, but since Anderson really hates corn, I have waited until he is at school. I am just now getting around to it. 
• Since we were trying to eat fairly soon, I had all the help-Campbell chopped carrots, Whitman chopped an onion and potatoes while Keaton and Graham helped manage the puppies. I loved the soup though most others suggested less corn and more potatoes (it is corn chowder and not potato soup)
• Campbell made snickerdoodles for Robby this afternoon. Keaton made a dessert for tomorrow night's church-twice. She made the first batch when the oven was preheating, and they burned. Now, Keaton is about to hem a shirt, and Whitman just finished working on his advent calendar. Tonight he made a bridge-it took us forever finish it. Graham is at the ACT class for the last time, and I really don't want to leave the couch for the rest of the night.