September 30, 2026-The Month of Camping: trip 1

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I did school with everyone this morning. It was a bit hectic because lots had to be done today, but I think that we were able to accomplish most things. Whitman was happy to do his school work today because Robby offered to him to go camping tonight so he jumped at the chance to miss church tonight and miss school tomorrow. He didn't even care that I made him do a little bit extra school. 

This afternoon Robby and I went to a funeral. It was so crowded that we sat in the gym/overflow with at least 250 other people. The amount of people going to the funeral even caused traffic to be bad going there. After the funeral, Robby and I ran into Walmart and Sams to pick up a few things for this weekend.

Then once at home, we scrambled trying to get Robby, Whitman, the dogs, and the camper off to Maumelle. They left just a minute before Campbell and Keaton left for church. As soon as they left, I left right after them.

Tonight was fun because the kids are singing in church Sunday. They are singing two hymns with another song in between-and I'm in worship care so I'll miss it. I'm glad that I did get to hear it tonight though. After church I picked up some ChickFilA sandwiches that were about to expire from our apps. 

I then came home, sat for a few minutes to eat my supper, and then I started to work. I had a pretty long list of things to do. Plus when Campbell came in, we did a quick section of her math. Then I had Campbell and Keaton catch up on some chores. Campbell said that we could see our house because it was so clean-I don't plan on selling, but I do plan on some more cleaning tomorrow. 

Now, I'm going to start on the laundry and head to bed!

September 29, 2026

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• This morning we started right on our school work. Well, Keaton did sleep in a little bit. Campbell said that when Keaton did wake up, she immediately woke up Campbell. This would have normally been a good thing, but Campbell had already told me that she was going to sleep in a little bit this morning. She usually works on Tuesday mornings, but today she was not on the schedule.
• Campbell spent a good bit of her time today working on the act. She took the whole test today, and for some reason she made a great score. I hope that when she takes the test next time, she just scores 1 point higher than last time. My reasoning is if she can score one more point each time every time she takes the test, then she will do just fine. However, if she scores what she did today, then we will have ourselves a party.
• This afternoon the kids and I loaded up to go and see all of the OBU kids. We picked up Grannymom, Nonna, and Pops and headed down to Arkadelphia. We went to Graham's room first to see his room. Of course, his room is the smallest so it also felt the most cluttered. He was proud to show it off to the grandparents, and his suitemates were there as well.
• Graham had to go and play a pickleball game so we went to Anderson's room. Nonna and Pops had already seen his room, but it was all picked up. We delivered Anderson the most things-gatorade, water, pumpkin muffins, and sourdough bread. Graham just had water and gatorade, while Reagan just got water, watercolor paper, and 2 necklaces.
• Next up, we stalked Reagan until she was finished with her tutoring. Then we picked her up and took her to room. There we got the tour of her room. Her room is super cute and styled adorably. When we left Reagan's, we met everyone plus Lena at the nearby Mexican restaurant.
• I had forgotten that it was Taco Tuesday, and I had no idea that everyone would be at the restaurant. It was completely packed, but we did get our food really quickly-though Grannymom and I split something, and we definitely didn't get what we had ordered!
• It was all still good though, and our little outing to Arkadelphia was absolutely perfect. It was good to see all of the kids and spend some time with everyone else on our drive. And of course, we stopped at Buccees on the way home where everyone got a treat.
• As soon as we came home, Campbell turned around and left to go to a friend's house while Keaton ran up stairs to watch a show. Whitman has even convinced Robby to take him camping tomorrow...I think that maybe Whitman was very gung ho about this idea because not only would he miss Wednesday night church, but also he will miss a day of school. 

September 28, 2026

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• It was a nice Monday morning, and even though I was running a bit behind waking everyone up and getting the dogs to potty, I still managed to start school somewhat on time. After I read with Whitman, he took a huge pile of things upstairs to work on and didn't come down until lunch.
• Campbell worked on her math homework-it was quite a bit so we had to finish when she made it home from work. Thankfully, it wasn't hard; it was all just long. Keaton seemed to zoom through her school work.
• This afternoon I made a loaf of brown sugar cinnamon sourdough bread. I didn't bake it until tonight so I can now smell it cooling. I also made some pumpkin muffins before taking my afternoon walk. Plus I played a short game with Whitman-I guess that I had pretty busy this afternoon. 
• This evening we all ate some type of leftovers to help clean out the fridge. Then I sat on the couch for a while playing mahjong on my computer. Now, I think that I might have some ice cream or some hot chocolate...or both!

September 27, 2026-Happy 15th Birthday Keaton!

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• This morning was an early morning-Campbell was dog sitting for the day and ran to let the dog out before church, my Sunday school class was moving to a new room so we had to make monkey bread, we had to pick up doughnuts for Keaton's Sunday school class to celebrate her birthday, and Robby was singing in the men's choir so he had to be there early.
• We were able to get all of this done and be at church when we needed to be so that was a win. Keaton didn't have a lot of people there today so she had plenty of doughnuts leftover which she shared with Campbell's class. Whitman didn't have any teachers in his class, so he said that they just did the lesson or some version of it themselves-I would have loved to have been a fly on that 8th grade boys Sunday school wall for sure.
• We had Sunday lunch at Nonna and Pops' house. They had lasagna which was delicious plus there were three cakes for all of the birthday people: Robby, Keaton, and Jason. We sang and did presents after lunch. Robby opened a gift card and cash, Keaton had 3 pairs of shorts and an alani, while Jason opened some books and cash. It was a pretty uneventful gift giving session!
• After lunch, Campbell went back to her dog sitting house. Robby dropped me off for dog duty while he took Keaton to pick up her 7 Brew birthday drink and Whitman to get a much needed hair cut. His hair had gotten so long that it was starting to curl up in the back. Anderson also needed a hair cut the last time that we saw him, but he will be getting a pretty good cut next week or the week after that.
• When Robby back back, we both took a short little nap before loading up to take Keaton and Whitman to their life groups. Keaton took cookies to hers to celebrate her birthday a little bit more. While they were there, Robby and I did some shopping-I made more money than he did!
• We picked up the kids and went to the Wilson's house for some dessert and conversation before coming home and starting the weekend!

September 26, 2026

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• I woke right up at 7 this morning thinking about my bread which I had to add cheese to and put in the fridge. I snuck out of the room trying not to wake the dog. I was able to get the bread in the fridge and get back back into bed for a little bit longer.
• I did the laundry and dishes before cooking 4 pounds of meat before waking up Keaton and Whitman to go to Raymar to work the concession stand from 10-12. While they were working, I tried to find a Walmart delivery instead I just spent money at Walmart and Kroger.
• When I picked up Keaton, we went to a boutique where Keaton had a gift card. She didn't find anything. After we got home, Robby left to run his errands, and while he was gone I worked on organizing some of our games. 
• Robby made soup for supper, and I made some cheesy sourdough bread. My bread was pretty decent while the soup was pretty good as well. Grannymom came over tonight to watch some of the football game, and we even had cookies for our half time dessert. 

September 25, 2026

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• I was going to lay in the bed for a little bit longer this morning, but Robby and I shot out of bed when we heard Marley throwing up. It was just a bit, but it did go ahead and start our morning a bit earlier than we had planned.
• I did my morning things around the house and then took a walk. The weather was super nice, but my book isn't really keeping my attention. I still managed to walk 3 miles before coming in. 
• Campbell was awake by this time. She was eating her early lunch and trying to prepare herself mentally to go to work. Robby and I left a bit later to run to a few stores. We even stopped at Costco to pick up some dog treats.
• We then came home for a few minutes to unload our groceries, and then we left again. This time, we headed to the other side of town to eat a quick lunch. When I came home, I did some school work with Whitman that we didn't finish yesterday. 
• When Campbell came home from work, Keaton and she left for a few errands. They came back with supper for them along with a few other things. Robby worked outside while they were gone, and I printed some school work for later. 
• Now, everyone is home, and the house is quiet. I think that I might just have myself some hot chocolate. 

September 24, 2026

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• I helped at Mother's Day Out again this morning. I think that the girls would prefer I don't go with them because I think that I hamper their shopping afterwards. Today after MDO, I am the one who had us stop at ChickFilA and the library plus I even let them get a drink at the gas station. However, I think that they would have preferred to stop at Target or Altered State.
• When we came home, I started on a batch of pumpkin muffins. I'm not really sure what happened but the first batch was a fail, and the second batch was questionable even though I made it work. I was pretty disappointed especially since I have made that recipe before a few times.
• Campbell and I worked on her math next. It was much easier than what she has been doing, so we were both pleased about that. Whitman was at home all day today by himself doing school on his own. He had finished most of it by the time that we came home. 
• Tonight all of us but Whitman left to go to Arkadelphia. Brett was speaking at Refuge, and he had a van full and then row full of folks. The Wilson, Layne, Ben, and all of us rode together, and of course, we stopped at Buccees on the way for a bite to eat. 
• Refuge is the Thursday night worship service that is student led at OBU, and I think Robby and I left even more thankful that our kids have the opportunity to go to Ouachita. I think that they all go to Refuge most of the time, but all my Dennies were there tonight. We were able to see them and their friends so it was a great end to our evening.