June 30, 2025

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  • Robby had his last physical therapy, he thinks, this morning. Reagan left early for work, and I was almost out of the bed by the time that they both left. I was staying in bed as long as I could though.
  • Since I was the only one awake this morning, I went on a 2 mile walk-Bentley on lasted one of those miles. We were walking down the driveway, and I needed just a bit to get to one mile. I always leave the driveway and head to the door right after I walk past a certain tree each day. Since I needed a bit more to make a mile, I tried to keep going on the driveway-she would have none of that so I dropped her off.
  • Soon I was running upstairs to wake Keaton up for her Bible study this morning. I had meant to wake her up earlier, and she had meant to not his snooze for so long. She had plenty of time though, and soon I was dropping her off at church.
  • I ran home for a few minutes and picked up Whitman, and then picked Keaton up. We stopped by Nonna and Pops' house for some lunch on our way home. 
  • This afternoon Keaton worked on a sign that she is painting for a fourth of July party. Whitman and I did our summer spelling and summer math. They both have some chores left to do today, and I believe that Whitman still has his other school work to do. 
  • Keaton, Whitman, Robby, and I ran a few errands this afternoon. Keaton wanted to go to Platos, and she found 2 shirts. Whitman and Robby hit up Baskin Robbins while we were at the other store. Then we went to Walmart to pick up their snacks for their mission trip which leaves on Saturday. Finally, we stopped at Sams and picked up pizza for our supper. 
  • We have all eaten now, watched the campers eat supper on instagram, and watched the news. Now, we are going to stay on this couch for the rest of the evening.

June 29, 2025

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  • Sunday morning here, and we were out the door at a decent time. Keaton was wearing something that Reagan would wear, and Reagan was wearing Keaton's clothes. Anderson and I were matching so when we left Grannymom's house, so we had our pictures made.
  • Reagan worked in the preschool during Sunday school. The other kids' Sunday school class was very short, so they spent a good deal of time waiting on our class to finish. 
  • After eating and visiting at Grannymom's house, we headed home. Reagan was the first one to leave to go and play pickleball and possibly hammock (that is the young person tern used for laying in a hammock). Keaton was the next to leave because she went to the pool with Charlotte.
  • Robby left next to go and pick up supper for us. Well, he mainly picked up supper for the campers before they spend the night on the bus to Beach Camp with Rock Creek. After everyone ate, the big boys went to play volleyball.
  • Robby and I are binge-ing youtube videos, and I possibly will make some chocolate chip cookies. However, I stalled for a bit before calling Whitman to help. We made the cookies, and I was in the bathroom while he took the cookies out of the oven. Apparently, he touched the pan after it was on the counter and burned the mess out of his arm.
  • He handled it well, and thankfully we have prescription burn cream from another time with Graham. The cookies were good though. However, Whitman said that they were not as good as all of the work that we had to put in-the recipe called for brown butter so that took us a while.
  • At 9:30, we dropped Campbell, Anderson, and Graham off at Rock Creek for their week at the beach. They were excited but were also dreading the bus ride a bit since it is so long.

June 28, 2025

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  • What have we done today? Nothing at all. It was a fairly slow day around here-no one left the house except for Reagan, and she actually left the house twice.
  • Reagan left early this morning to go and walk a trail at Lake Catherine with Ethan, and tonight she went to eat with a friend and then to play pickleball.
  • I woke up and did the house things, but then I sat down and finished a book and finished one more square for my quilt. I actually have only 20 more to crochet, but then I have to attach all 100+ to each other, but first I will have to learn how to do that. 
  • Robby and I tried to fix a shelf in the camper. He had a good idea of how to make it work, but it didn't. We bought something for plan b, so we will have to wait to see if it works. I went back inside and moved somethings around in the school room closet. 
  • I am getting anxious to buy my things for school, but I'm going to have to wait for a few more weeks. Hopefully, I can get things in time to finish in time, but we shall see. Next week, Whitman and Keaton will be home so they will be able to get a good bit done.
  • We made orange chicken for supper, and then Campbell made chocolate chip cookies for dessert. There has been lots of packing this evening-Campbell, of course, packed quite a few days ago. Graham had me help him pack, and it didn't take too long since he had everything already out in the floor. I think that Anderson has packed-at least I hope so!

June 27, 2025

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  • I was up in plenty of time this morning so I didn't have to scurry around. I was able to do a few chores plus make some muffins for Laynie's breakfast. We left a few minutes early and dropped Laynie off on the way home. Campbell had spent a long time last night doing Laynie's nails, and they were quiet impressive.
  • Then I dropped the girls off to babysit. I hurried on to Academy to pick up another pair of shorts for Anderson, and then I went to Walmart to buy snacks for the beach camp goers (Campbell, Anderson, and Graham).
  • I came back home and did a few things around the house-the not so fun activities included cleaning the shower and organizing a closet. The fun items were working on Anderson's college stuff (it's like a scavenger hunt around the house finding things plus every time I go to the store I buy a few things he needs.) and helping Graham fill out his application to Ouachita.
  • Soon it was time to pick up Campbell and Keaton. They made good money, so we went off to spend it. Our first stop was the revenue office for Reagan to get her real id. We waited a bit over 30 minutes, but since we were in Bryant I think that our wait was less than it would have been in Little Rock. 
  • Then we went to TJMax. Everyone found something there-I had just bought Keaton sports bras, so when Campbell and Reagan both found some, I had to volunteer to pay for those too. Keaton found two other tops that she bought plus she found a birthday present for a friend.
  • While we were home between Campbell and Keaton's jobs, I made banana bread with Whitman. The recipe is our standard, but it is delicious. He made the whole thing himself because I was busy with other things around the kitchen-I did melt the butter and spray the pan, but other than that I was no help to him at all except for clean up.
  • I left again with Campbell and Keaton to take them to church to keep kids tonight. Usually they are just paid in camp money, but tonight they were paid in cash so that was fun. After dropping them off, I picked up ChickFilA for Graham and Reagan who had gift cards Anderson had a gift card, but he opted to save it for another time. 
  • I came home and offered to fix Whitman a snacky supper so I filled a muffin tin with everything I could think of. It was a lot of food, but I think that he ate it all. I did sit down for a few minutes, but soon it was time to leave again to pick up the girls. They wanted to go to ChickFilA on the way home, and since they had both made plenty of money today, we stopped there. 
  • On the way home, Campbell asked what we were doing tomorrow, and I told her that I did not know what we were doing, but I did know that I was not driving them anywhere at all!...though I'm sure I will.

June 26, 2025

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  • Last night before I put my phone up, I set my alarm this morning so I could wake everyone up early enough that we wouldn't have to hurry and so that we would have time to make lunches. I sat up in bed about 30 minutes after my alarm should have rang-I sat my alarm for pm last night.
  • Thankfully, all of the kids except for Whitman were already awake and moving upstairs. (Reagan was still laying in bed-the girls had woken her up, but she was off today and would have liked to sleep in a bit.) I woke Whitman up and started taking lunch orders.
  • Everyone was in a decent mood even though they were having to scurry a little bit. Today was Fun Day at church-it is a bit ambitious naming something "Fun Day," but I do think that all of my kids had fun. 
  • They played games at church the first half of the day-Murder in the Dark and Hide and Seek were some of them. Whitman won one of those games so I really think that he enjoyed that part of the day. They then had lunch a the church house.
  • The next part of the day was not Whitman's favorite-they went to a gym to play for a bit. Everyone else loved every minute of it-my crew mostly played volleyball. Whitman did play some pickleball at the very end. 
  • Since Whitman persevered through the day, I had Anderson swing by the gas station and let everyone get a drink. When they all came in, everyone had lots to tell me about the day.
  • It was a little bit after they arrived, that Reagan left to go and meet her friend. Then she met up with Anderson and everyone else at church for Bible study. After church Reagan and her friends went to one Sonic while Anderson met up with Graham and their buddies at another Sonic.
  • Robby and I went to eat without Sunday school class. Robby had brought home some pizza for everyone to eat tonight. Laynie came over, and Campbell has spent most of the night painting her nails. 

June 25, 2025-Camping at Petit Jean

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Robby and I slept decently late this morning. However, we aren't really good at just relaxing on our last day at a campground. We aren't just not good at relaxing on the last day, we are pretty horrible at it. Robby had swept the camper before we even ventured outside to start tearing things down.

It was hot this morning, but we took it slow and didn't get hot...well, the zipper on the tent did get stuck, so that caused a slowdown. Finally, Robby was able to get it unstuck, and all was well. Soon, Robby started the camper, and I started the van, and we were on our way.

I had to run to Hobby Lobby to buy a tshirt for Campbell on the way home. I put Hobby Lobby in the phone, and it took me home through Conway-I wanted to go home the back roads and just get off nearby, but I didn't realize I was going a different way until it was too late. However, when I was near Conway, I did remember that their Hobby lobby is right off the interstate, so I ran in there to get her shirt.

Also, when I was driving home, I started to wonder if Whitman was actually in the camper. Yesterday, we had to wake him up at 1, and he wouldn't leave the camper without telling us. However, my mind did start wondering if maybe he wasn't in the camper, and we had left. I debated calling Robby to just double check. You will be glad to know that Whitman was safely in the camper sound asleep. He did stir when Robby made it to Chenal. Robby knew that he was awake because he got down from his spot to make himself lunch just 8 minutes from the house.

We pulled in and started to unload. The house was fairly straight which was surprising since Reagan had just returned this morning from her mission trip. Graham had picked her up from church a bit before we made it home. She had a good time and had already started her laundry when I walked in the door. 

It didn't take us too long to unpack the camper. Robby even cleaned it this afternoon so it is ready to go again. This evening I heated up chicken tacos for everyone's supper. Right now I would have to say that is everyone's favorite meal for sure.

Later in the evening, we went to On the Border with the Wilsons. We have missed a few Sunday nights and will miss a few more, so it was nice to catch up. Now, to get these people in the bed!

June 24, 2025-Camping at Petit Jean

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We slept late enough this morning that we didn't even go on a walk because we knew that it was too hot. It was almost noon when we finally realized that Bentley had not been out. Robby and I had both gotten ready and then climbed back in the bed. He did some work, and I did some crocheting. 

At 2, we decided to go to the pool. Whitman, to our surprise, said that he would ride his bike there. We took off in the van, and he took off on his bike. It didn't take Robby and I long to realize that the pool was closed. That was a bit disappointing. 

We caught Whitman before he rode all the way to the pool. Robby put his bike in the back of the van, and we headed off for another adventure. This adventure wasn't Whitman's favorite, but we walked on Cedar Creek trail. It was a little over a mile, but it was really a neat trail.

Whitman isn't much of a hiker, and about after a half of a mile, he was done. He pressed on, and we made it out alive. Most of the trail we were by the creek, but there were also some cool rocks and one area that we were in was like a grotto. 

When we finished the hike, we did celebrate with some ice cream. Robby and Whitman both had 2 scoops, but I just had one. Whitman should have probably only had one scoop because he didn't eat his ice cream fast enough that it didn't melt everywhere.

Tonight we had baked potatoes and grilled chicken for supper. I heated up some of my famous baked beans (from Sams.) We had things to make s'mores this trip and even wood for a fire, but we never got around to it. Whitman did find the marshmallows tonight so I guess that is at least part of a s'more.

Robby and I picked up some tonight so we won't have to do as much tomorrow since it will be warm. We could stay a few more days here-especially a few more days when the weather is a little bit cooler. 

June 23, 2025-Camping at Petit Jean

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t was a warm day at Petit Jean. The high was 90, so Robby and I tried to beat the heat a little bit this morning and went on a walk. We walked for about 2 miles, and even though we had started before 9, it was still a little warm by the time that we finished.

We had a slow day for the most part. I didn't think about crocheting until fairly late in the afternoon. Robby and I would got outside for a little bit, and then we would go inside when we got too warm. It wasn't horrible in the shade, but every once in a while the sun would come from behind a cloud, and it would get hot. 

Whitman rode his bike around a few times yesterday, but he didn't today at all. When we walked the hill, Robby and I both agreed that the hilly part of our loop was pretty hilly after all. I actually rode the bike around yesterday and told Robby that we would need electric bikes someday because that hill was almost too much for me.

We went with the Smiths tonight to the Rock House Cave trail. It is a short trail where you walk over turtle shaped rocks to get to a large cave shelter where there is ancient writings from native Americans. It took us no time to explore the cave, and the boys enjoyed climbing on the rocks. 

Once we were back at the campground, we started on hamburgers for supper. Then we sat outside and visited. While I visited, I stayed busy tracking the kids who have all had a busy day.

Reagan has been in Monticello on the children's mission trip today. She spent part of her time at Walmart with the kids purchasing things to give away. Nonna did some driving today for me and took Keaton to Bible study at church, Anderson went to help a friend do something before he met the others at David's Burger for the lunch hangout with the youth. Campbell and Graham drove to lunch and met Keaton and Anderson. Keaton went home with a friend, but later in the afternoon Graham picked her up before picking up Grannymom from her D.C. trip. Next Anderson took Campbell to a birthday party, and then Graham picked her up. They all have been a busy day, and I'm thankful that everyone is snug in their beds!

June 22, 2025-Camping at Petit Jean

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We had a fairly lazy day around the campsite. Robby and I didn't even manage to go on a single long walk. We made the loop at one point this morning-or maybe we didn't, I'm not even sure now.

When I went to the bathroom at 6:30 this morning, Whitman was sitting on the couch wide awake. I leaned over to him and asked if he had been asleep. He assured me that he had and said that he was awake because it was light. We think that he wanted to wake up early because he had opened the blinds in the window beside him.

Robby and I slept a little bit longer this morning, but we left early to go to a park ranger tour about the Mather Lodge. A lot of the things that we learned, I had told to Robby over breakfast as I was reading the brochure, but it was still a really good program. We were going to let Whitman sleep longer this morning and skip it and still let him skip it even though he was awake, but he would have found it interesting.

When we came back from the tour, we saw that our next campsite was empty, so we quickly loaded up and moved to the next site. Thankfully, we do have some shade, but not nearly as much as the other site. We set all the things up-even the baggo boards.

Robby and I walked to the visitor's center and were there for a little bit looking around. Then we came back to the camper. We had our lunch as the game started. He watched tv while I read and took a nap. I didn't even get around to crocheting today, and we didn't even do much at all.

The Smiths pulled in this afternoon-we sat outside so we could watch them pull into their site. There was no drama so it was uneventful. The man on the other side of us did hit the pole when he pulled in, so that was a little bit of drama. 

We visited with them for most of the evening. For supper, Robby made chicken tacos along with all of the fixings. The kids all ate cheese quesadillas though, but after they had all gone in, Robby heated some cookies up on the griddle. 

Robby forgot to turn on the hot water heater after our move, so hopefully I will have enough hot water tonight. He did jump in the shower first so I'm wondering if he will use it all up!


June 21, 2025-Petit Jean Camping

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I was up early this morning so I could run by the library before arriving at church at 8. There were about 4 other people there when I showed up to start helping for the baby shower. I was able to put yogurt in cups and slice cheese before the shower.

There was a time that we were busy with lots of baby and wedding showers, but over the past few years we haven't had too many, but I sense that will start changing, and there will be more showers soon to help with. Needless to say, I have started taking a lot of pictures and taking notes.

After the shower, clean up didn't take too long, and I hurried home to change my clothes and fold the last bit of laundry. I had some fruit that I gave to the girls, and Campbell and Graham grabbed a leftover ham and cheese croissant. 

I told the kids goodbye-last night the boys had a draft to determine who was driving who where and when this next week with Robby, Reagan, and me gone. (She will be on the children's mission trip to Monticello.) Graham had the first round of driving tonight when he had to take Campbell and Keaton to babysit. I believe that Anderson is the one picking them up since Reagan is playing pickleball this evening. 

On the way to Petit Jean, I stopped at Kroger for a few things. I was pretty sleepy on the drive, so when I saw a Sonic I pulled over for a drink. Robby text about Wheat Thins-we forget how much we like them until we are camping, so I stopped at the next Dollar General to see if they had any-they did not.

Robby had walked a few times this morning, but he and Whitman had walked to the pool this afternoon. They both swam for a while. When I made it to the top of the mountain, Robby was under the pavilion while Whitman was still swimming. He had fun swimming, but I think that he was pretty worn out when we made it back to the camper.

Robby's spot for these two night is just perfect. We move across the street tomorrow to be near the Smiths, and I don't think that we will have as much shade. We heated up our own ham and cheese croissants for supper, and then Robby and I walked for 2 miles around this loop and explored some. 

When we grabbed Whitman and met a ranger to explore Bear Cave Trail. We had done this trail with the Wilsons but with the ranger, we went to the very top of the rocks. Whitman wasn't crazy about climbing to the top-it was a bit of a climb up, and a bit more dicey going down. The story goes that two hunters were chased by a bear in the area, and they ended up in the cave. Once in the cave, the realized they still had their guns, so they used them on the bear from the cave-hence the name bear cave. However, the last black bear spotted at Petit Jean was in the parking lot of Bear Cave. It was a neat trail, a perfect length, and a great guide so we all enjoyed it.

When we got back to the camper, Robby and I walked another loop, and then he watched the end of the baseball game. Now, I guess I'm going to crawl into bed!

June 20, 2025-Petit Jean Camping

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I don't really remember what all we did first this morning-Robby and I were both getting things ready for camping this weekend. I did most of my things, and then I decided to use up my sourdough discard in the fridge. 

I made blueberry scones, and they were delicious. However, I used just about every dish in the kitchen. I actually used so many dishes that I'm running the dishwasher right now ahead of schedule. I took a walk first with Bentley this morning and then I didn't get to take my other walk until almost 1 so it was a little bit warm.

Robby went to Sams to pic up a few things for this weekend, and when he came home, the girls and I quickly unloaded his van. Then I left with Campbell and Keaton to help set up for a baby shower tomorrow that I'm helping with.

Afterwards, we went to Dollar Tree and Walmart to start buying things for Anderson's dorm room. Campbell asked why I was buying thing now, and I tried to explain that there was a lot to buy, so I wanted to do a few things when I can. 

By the time that we came home, Robby and Whitman had already left for the weekend. They zoomed on up to Petit Jean and found their spot for the night. I think that we change spots tomorrow or maybe the next day. Robby took a walk or two, and they made a pizza for supper.

I made tostados for everyone here for supper. They must have enjoyed them because they are all gone. While they were cooking, I made some chocolate chip muffins, and now Campbell just pulled some chocolate chip cookies out of the oven. 

Reagan tried to dye a shirt black this evening, but it turned out brown which she says is fine. Keaton also tried with one of her shirts, but it just stayed the same color. Currently, I'm watching a reality show with Keaton, and I'm completely distracted!

June 19, 2025

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  • I had just made my list this morning and even wrote out what time I needed to do things. The first item on my list was "walk," and I was headed out the door when I looked out, and it was pouring. Robby had just been mowing so I couldn't figure out where he was (he came in just as I was wondering), and then I couldn't figure out why it was raining when I had just looked at the weather app.
  • Eventually, the weather cleared, and I was just about finished with all my other chores. Then the lights went out. Graham was downstairs already, but it didn't take too long with the girls' fan being off for them to come downstairs. 
  • I briefly again thought about walking, and Robby was mowing again, but soon it started to rain again. Robby and I had to get ready in the dark-he had to take a shower upstairs because our hot water tank is electric downstairs so that was completely in the dark. I put on my make up in the dark so I just winged it.
  • We then picked up Nonna and Pops' to go to Jennifer's grandmother's funeral. It was a good service, and even though Pops hadn't been on to many excursions since his last hospital stay, he did well today on our outing. 
  • While we were gone, the kids dutifully checked off their chores and school work. I encouraged them to do most of it when we just left-Graham was quick to point out that he couldn't vacuum without power. They had said that the power wouldn't come back on until 3 or 4. Thankfully, it came back on earlier that that so the vacuuming was indeed done when we came home. 
  • We made it home about 5 which gave us plenty of time to get supper prepared for Campbell and possibly 14 of her friends. We were just going to do something easy like ham and cheese croissants, but Campbell really wanted chicken tacos so that is what we had. 
  • Reagan and Anderson went to church for Bible study this evening. Afterwards, Kennedy came here with Reagan, and Graham left to meet Anderson and bunch of others to play pickleball. Cookies have been made for all of Campbell's people, and they are all starting to trickle home. 

June 18, 2025

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  • Robby left early for his Dgroup meeting and then headed to physical therapy. He is about to finish his pt visits. He then ran some errands while I did my things at home. He made it home a little bit before I had to leave. He had a car full of groceries from Sams that we put up. 
  • Then I took the girls to babysit again. This is their second time to babysit this week, plus they are already signed up to go there on Saturday night. If they keep working, and keep saving, Campbell, at least, will have her car bought by the time that she leaves for college for sure.
  • This morning I noticed that Reagan had left her lunch bag at home. I text just to find out what her lunch plans are because I'm nosey. She was going out to eat with Ethan at Blue House so I know that she had a good meal. 
  • Robby and I went to pick up the mini van-they fixed the brakes which were squeaking after they redid the brakes. The mechanic also tried to fix the leak, but he ended up saying that it was too expensive to fix, and we are just on borrowed time with the mini van.
  • After picking up the van, we picked up Campbell and Keaton. Then we all met up at Kroger to do some shopping for tomorrow night and for this weekend. We hurried home so the girls would have a bit of time before they left again. 
  • Tonight Reagan had a mission trip meeting at church for her mission trip to Monticello with the kids. Keaton and Whitman had a meeting for their mission trip to Starkville. Campbell had a meeting for her mission trip to Cincinnati. Graham and Anderson had a meeting for their mission trip to San Diego. I also had a parent's meeting-well, three different parent's meetings. I was able to make an appearance in all 3 of the meeting.
  • Robby had a supper ready for us all when we came home. We all huddled around the tv watching the Hogs lose their game. Now, it's time for a snack around here to help make some people happy. 

June 17, 2025

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  • Reagan left first this morning, and I was up not too soon after she left. Actually, I was awake at 6:30 this morning; I thought that I heard someone's alarm going off. I knew it wasn't Reagan's since it was too early for her alarm, and no one else in this house would be getting up that early. I puzzled if it was the refrigerator alarm (we now have 5 of those alarms), but it wasn't those. By this time, I had woken myself up with the alarm mystery. I still don't know what it was.
  • The morning was kind of quiet-Keaton went to a friend's house this afternoon. Robby took her, and I had to take Graham's blood pressure cuff back to the nutrition center. I did leave with his complete payment so he was pretty pleased with that-I should have taken my mileage from him though. 
  • Reagan came home at lunch, and then she headed to her dentist appointment for her fillings. She was going to play pickleball this evening, but work and the dentist completely wore her out. Campbell and Keaton were not happy that she is already asleep tonight.
  • Whitman and I made bread today-I'm still not used to the new oven; I guess that it is just going to take some time to figure it all out. I'm not good with change, and it is kind of exasperating me a little bit-especially since our large loaf of bread got a bit burned, and the small loaves were a bit underdone. However, everyone didn't seem to mind when they were fresh out of the oven. 
  • This evening Robby had just left the house to run some errands-he was still on Lawson-when he got rear ended. He was in Grandpa's car, and even though it wasn't his fault it is still a hassle. However, he is fine (a headache tonight and will probably be sore tomorrow) so there is still much to be thankful for.
  • Anderson drove everyone to Raymar for Bible study tonight. The big boys were going to play pickleball afterwards so I left the Wilson's house where we were watching the ballgame to get them. There were a lot of kids there, and Whitman was playing with his buddy when I pulled up so I just let everyone play for a few more minutes. 
  • I dropped them off at the house and then hurried back to the Wilson's house to watch the end of the baseball game. Now, we are home-Whitman is building a fort in the bonus room, Reagan is asleep, Campbell and Keaton are trying unsuccessfully to be quiet in their room, Robby is showering, and Anderson and Graham are out playing pickleball.

June 16, 2025

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  • Reagan was the first one to leave this morning for work. I heard her in the kitchen making her sandwich before work. When the kids come in at night, I always get up and chat with them when they come in. However, I do not have the morning shift, and as much as I would like to say hi before she goes to work, I just can't do it.
  • Robby left next to go to physical therapy. His shoulder is much better, but he is going to continue with his last few appointments. I left the house too next, but I didn't go far since I just walked around the neighborhood.
  • When Bentley woke up, I made my same walk with her. The weather was pretty pleasant this morning so I wanted to get her walk over with. I came in and started on my things in the house-sometimes I feel like my mornings are like the movie Groundhog Day-I haven't actually seen the movie, but I at least know what happened.
  • Keaton had Bible study at church at 11:45. I dropped her off and then ended up going home. I had thought that it was over at 12:30, but it was 12, so Robby ended up picking her up. I could have gone to the grocery store, but I didn't plan ahead and had no list.
  • The next outing was to the dentist. Graham, Anderson, and Keaton all had to have fillings. There was a bit of confusion when we were leaving-I tried to make the second appointment for Anderson, who they told me last time would have to come back. Instead, it was Graham who had more fillings-this caused quite the drama. Graham was not happy about having to come back, and Anderson was thrilled about NOT having to come back.
  • We did stop by Sonic on the way home-even those sugary drinks probably caused those cavities in the first place. Reagan goes tomorrow to get her filling filled so the Dennie family has paid the car payment for our dentist this month.
  • We weren't home too long this afternoon-just long enough for me to work with Whitman-and then it was time for me to take the girls to go and babysit. They enjoy babysitting so much, and the family is so sweet to them-they gave them Chickfila and Crumbl tonight. 
  • I was able to read and crochet this evening before getting the text "leave now" from Campbell. So I jumped in the car to go and pick them up. Now, it is after 10, and I'm just now working on the blog. 

June 15, 2025-Happy Father's Day

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  • Reagan and I both had to work worship care this morning so we missed big church and had to leave the house a little bit early. Some of the kids had made Robby cards for Father's Day, and even though he had to read them quickly, he caught the mistake on Graham's card. 
  • Graham had made block letters on the front and wrote Happy Fatter's Day. That's what happens when you have to make a card early on a Sunday morning. Even though everyone was rushed, we still managed to get a kid picture with Robby.
  • After church we went to Grannymom's house. She had Mexican casserole for lunch along with ooey gooey. We stayed and visited for a while, but then we all came home. I, of course, had my nap this afternoon, and it was a lovely nap.
  • Anderson was dressed and ready for church this morning, but he didn't feel good at all so I offered for him to stay home. He did, but I don't think that he really wanted to  miss church. By this afternoon though he was feeling well enough to go and play volleyball with Graham and a bunch of other people. 
  • Campbell intended to go to Rock Creek tonight, but after her nap, she said that she was just too tired to go. I think that my kids are still recovering from camp-they are all tired. Well, they are all tired except for Whitman. He has rebounded the easiest which is kind of surprising.
  • I went to see Pops and took him his Father's Day gift this evening. Jason had a spare camera and gave it to me for the girls. Campbell is the only one without a big camera so I told her that this one was mainly hers-she was excited. I love that our girls love taking pictures...if I could only get the boys to enjoy photography too.
  • We all found supper on our own tonight, but Campbell did make cornflake cookies. We have a kind of crazy week, so I worked on my list trying to organize things in my head-it didn't work! Now, I'm going to read my book for a little bit. 

June 14, 2025

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  • Graham was awake before I was this morning sending me notes about when he blood pressure cuff was going off. He was glad to yank that thing off this morning when the time was up. He then went on a run as soon as he could since he had missed not being able to do that yesterday.
  • Robby and I left soon-he dropped me off to see Pops, who is now home from the hospital, while he ran an errand. Then we went to a gas station. On the way, we saw a Blue Bell ice cream truck at Bass Pro along with some blood mobiles. 
  • After getting some free ice cream, Robby tried to give blood but his hemoglobin was too low. We then ran into Walmart for a few things followed by lunch at Texas Roadhouse. We took more things home than we ate-5 rolls, 5 potato skins, a complete side salad, 2 baked potatoes, a piece of steak, and most of my chicken fried chicken. 
  • We then bought a few deals at Kroger before running by Dairy Queen for a mystery shop. It was well past lunch time, but the kids were clamoring at the door when we came home because they wanted our leftovers. 
  • It wasn't too long after we came home, that I left again in the rain to go and pick up Campbell. She had a great time at the lake with Adilyn and her family. She came back a little burned but also exhausted. Tonight as we were waiting on Robby and supper to arrive home, she fell asleep while Graham, Keaton, and I were talking. She was even a part of the conversation.
  • Ethan came over for supper, and then Reagan and Ethan went to play pickleball. Keaton has a friend coming over this evening, and the rest of us are anxiously watching the Hogs play.

June 13, 2025

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  • Last night after church, Reagan wrote and said that she was going to Swig in Conway. It was a long way for a drink, but she went with friends and had fun. Though when she did get home, I tried her drink, and the one that she bought for Keaton, and wasn't too impressed. She said that she liked her Sonic drink better.
  • Graham and I left right after Robby this morning. He had his last nutrition center visit-they made him do 30 minutes of "aerobic exercise." He really thought that he was going to get sweaty and even brought a change of clothes-he was underwhelmed since they just made him walk on a treadmill. He could have run for a few miles for them, but walking was all they needed. 
  • He now has to wear a blood pressure cuff for 24 hours. It doesn't bother him, but I think that it makes him a little stir crazy. It makes me a little crazy though since I have to write down what he is doing every time it goes off. Last time they had to get 40 readings for it to be a success, and they only got 48 so I guess that was cutting it close. Hopefully, we will do better this time.
  • He did luck out in that he didn't have to go to work this afternoon. When we came home, everyone was awake and stirring downstairs. It was nearly noon, but it is rather quite here most days so everyone downstairs talking can get a bit overwhelming. 
  • The only real activity that anyone did this afternoon was a bit of school work. Tonight, Robby picked up pizzas for supper. Then Whitman and I made some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Reagan then left to play pickleball, and not too soon after that Campbell left to go to a friend's house for the night and possibly to the lake tomorrow. Graham offered to drive her so of course we let him do that!

June 12, 2025

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  • The kids pretty much slept most of the day long. I had to wake Anderson up a bit after 8-I think that he had been asleep since yesterday afternoon. He at least did wake up fairly easily and then left to help a friend move.
  • He was gone all morning long, but Reagan was here. She had a day off of work today-a paid day off, so that was a nice bonus.
  • I left the house to go and check on Pops and Nonna. I brought them a few things from their house and set off their house alarm at the same time. Watching me try to get to the keypad would have been a funny sight for sure. 
  • Robby left this afternoon for his physical therapy, and then he ran a few errands. While he was gone, Whitman and I made a batch of cookies, and Graham walked Bentley. When Robby came home, he had a few things for supper so I pulled out the fridge leftovers to supplement.
  • Reagan and Anderson didn't eat supper because they went to church tonight for Bible study. They took two cars so one or both of them have plans afterwards-Reagan is the one who has plans now, but I'm not sure if Anderson will find some plans too.
  • Even though all of the camp laundry has been done since yesterday, the girls haven't really put much of their things away-I can't do a final camp clean up until they put up a few more things, but overall most things are put away.
  • Even though it is the middle of summer, I had some hot chocolate last night, and that is high on my list for tonight as well. 

June 11, 2025-June Lake Degray Trip

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Robby and I left the campground around 10:30ish. We didn't have much to clean up. Robby emptied the tanks while I ran on to a gas station for a quick shop. When he got close, I went ahead and got on the road. 

It took the whole hour, Robby did eventually catch up with me though. We met up at Kroger so we could fill up the camper and the white van with gas. Then we hurried home to start unloading. I didn't have a whole lot of time so I unloaded the van first. (I knew that in just a little bit, I would completely fill up the back with the kids luggage.)

Then I started working on everything in the camper. I grabbed my clothes and the food, but soon it was time to head to pick up the kids. I couldn't track them, but they were supposed to be home at 12:30. I was about 10 minute away from the house when I got a message that they had just left Arkadelphia. 

I went to the library really quickly. Then I knew I couldn't wait in my car for an hour, so I found Reagan in the church house. She was organizing the resource room-it looked like a huge project to me, but she said that she finished it before she came home this evening.

The campers were about 45 minutes late, but I believe that they all had fun. Whitman, who can be a bit of an Eeyore, said that it was a 5 out of 10. I will take that, and most of the pictures that I saw of him, he was having a good time. He is bent to see the negative more than the positive, so his reaction to camp was what I expected.

Anderson's group won the Collide Cup so that was good for them. Campbell and Keaton took a ton of pictures so there are quite a few that I have posted today. I have actually spent a good deal of time looking through picture today and trying to find the kids.

When we came home, I had 5 laundry baskets out so everyone put their laundry in a basket. I have been working through those all day long. It does make it nice folding clothes when I know that it is all one persons-my biggest laundry challenge right now is the boys' underwear. They all have the same type-it is just in 3 different sizes. I every pair of undies that I touch I have turn them inside out since no one seems to take off socks or underwear without it being inside out. Then I have to look at the size, but sometimes the sizes are worn off, so then I have to hold them up to measure the size and guess whose they are. Then I have to refold them. I know I'm blessed that my biggest drama is underwear folding! But my 5 laundry basket system did make things much easier today. 

June 10, 2025-June Lake Degray Trip

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I would have to assume that my campers are tired today, and by the lack of pictures posted I also assume that the camp workers are tired. I did see a few pictures of my kiddos, and one of those was the first picture all week that I have seen of Graham: him and about 7 other guys all wearing banana costumes. 

Robby and I have had a pretty slow day around here. We did the one mile loop this morning after waking up. He then had a few work calls that he did while I crocheted and read. I have actually read quite a bit today-so much that I think if we did this full time, I would have to read less or my eye sight would start to go. 

Actually, my eyes seem to bother me in the summer each year-more than once on a camping trip have we had to go and buy me eye drops for itchy eyes. I have to assume that it is something in the air and not the camper. Since it always happens in the summer and since we have spent nearly a year in the camper since 2020, it must just be allergies.

We had cheese and crackers for lunch. Today Robby added sausage since we were out of wheat thins. I also had salsa with my cheese and crackers-I believe that we have eaten cheese and crackers for 4 different meals on our little trip, and it has just been plain wonderful.

Now, we did have a fancy supper-lasagna. We had made some before we left for the trip and had some in a little container to heat up. Plus I made some toast to go along with it-not fancy, but the after dinner snow cones were a fun treat. I knew Robby would want to go back to the snow cone place tonight; Bentley was certainly happy to return too!

June 9, 2025-June Lake Degray Trip

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Very few Collide updates today, and very few Collide pictures so far tonight. There was one of Keaton having a "date" with a boy. He had spun the wheel which landed on "dinner date." His sister's group, also Campbell's group, picked who he would have to eat with, and Keaton was chosen. I have seen Whitman in one picture, and Anderson in a couple. 

Keaton and Campbell took their cameras so I know that they will come home with lots of pictures. However, there will be a lot fewer with Anderson and Graham. They needed Reagan there to take some pictures-maybe the girls will take a few pictures of their brothers. 

There were a few updates on the home front from Reagan. She reported that the trash did come and pick up our piles of trash. It was a lot, and she said that it was all gone except pieces that fell out. Robby looked on the camera, and it didn't look too bad, but I did tell her not to drive that way just in case there was something sharp.

Also, after Camp Geyer everything that was used was just shoved into a room. Grannymom and I put some things in that room early in the day on Thursday, and it wasn't that bad. However, the before pictures that Reagan sent was a bit overwhelming. By the end of the day though or really before then, Reagan had completed that project. That girl is a hard worker. 

Robby and I were in no hurry to get out of the bed this morning. We eventually did get up and go on a 5 mile walk around the campground. We had to let Bentley get a drink in the lake 3 different times. I did try to get her far in the water, but without my shoes on the bottom of the lake was too rocky for me to go very far. She did get pretty wet though. 

When we made it back to the camper, we had about .1 mile left so we walked past the camper. Bentley would not have any of that. She refused to walk any further-I guess she recognized the camper. We were able to get her to walk a bit more so we could make it a whole 5 miles. I was worried early in our walk that she was going to refuse to continue, and Robby would have to carry her 2 miles back.

After our walk, Robby worked, and I read and read. After a bit we sat outside some, but soon Robby and I were headed to get snow cones in Caddo. Bentley came too and had a pup cup. Robby had jolly rancher while I had something that had a scoop of ice cream in it. It was all very good!

On our way back, we drove and drove. We went through the Iron Mountain campground and then Alpine Ridge. It was quite a haul, and we were surprised to see people camping in so many different spots. And we were surprised to see how many campsites needed some repair. 

It didn't take us long to get back to the campground, so we went on one last walk of the day. After our walk, we made some crab cakes for our supper (don't think we are fancy, they were just from a box.) Now, we are watching some tv before we head to bed. 


June 8, 2025-June Lake Degray Trip

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Robby and I slept as late as we could this morning. It had rained some during the evening, and then another round of rain came through in the middle of the night. It was just rain so we still slept fine. When we first started camping, it was nice to see trees surrounding your site. However, after the close call we had one time with a tree falling close to the camper, I am sometimes pleased to not have any trees near us. There are tons of trees near us now, but the rain was gentle last night and lulled me back to sleep.

We took a quick walk around the loop this morning, and then we went to check in. Then on our way back to the campsite, we drove around this campground and Edgewood. We were probably gone an hour, but since Bentley went with us, she also enjoyed the ride. 

Robby and I then sat outside until 2-it was fairly pleasant outside as long as we were out of the sun. I read some and listened to my book some while crocheting. My goal is to make 11 squares while we are here, and so far I have 6 so I'm doing pretty good. 

At 2, we went inside to watch the Hogs baseball game. I watched most of it, but then I took a little nap since they were so far ahead. We headed into town to meet the Smiths at a Mexican restaurant in Arkadelphia for supper. It was pretty good, and then we walked around Walmart some before walking around the campground with Bentley.

I have been able to see a few pictures from the kids today. Whitman did move up to favorite child today-he came up to Candice and asked for her to take a picture of him and sent it to me. He was wearing different clothes and had a smile on his face so what more can I ask for. 

June 7, 2025-June Lake Degray Trip

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Robby was up first this morning. He left the house before I got out of bed (don't judge-I had done all of my work yesterday). He picked up Grannymom and then headed towards Ozark. After eating lunch out, they went to a restored cemetery and were able to visit with some family members. He didn't get back until almost five this evening.

My first task this morning was waking up Anderson at 9. Now, he had laid out a few things to pack last night, but since he is an adult now going off to college, I had to let him do things his way. I would have preferred that he make a detailed list two days before, then laid out clothes and things while checking off the list, and finally methodically packing each of the items. 

That, of course, is what I would have done. It is also what the girls pretty much did-maybe I have raised them right or maybe that is just a girl thing. However, by 9:30 Anderson was holding the list I had made it his hand while walking down the stairs with all of his things packed so I can't complain. 

The boys were all awake with Anderson packing-well, Whitman was pretending to be asleep. Then I woke up Campbell to tell her that we would be leaving in an hour. She usually has alarms set and is up when she wants to be, but I guess the time this morning snuck up on her. She still had plenty of time but had to have me make her a grilled cheese. 

I dropped off the big kids at church. I took the obligatory pre drop off camp picture. They were all excited to go, and on the way home someone sent a picture of Anderson's group when they were in the sixth grade at camp. He looks so much like Whitman-I have posted it so you will be able to see it. There was talk that maybe those boys would recreate it this week.

I hurried home, and soon I was back to church to drop off Whitman, Keaton, and Sophia. I stuck around a little bit longer this time-until one of Whitman's friends had arrived. Then I left and went towards Dollar Tree. We had watched a video about Dollar Tree where they mentioned some of the deals and neat things that they had-well, none of those things are at the store where I stopped.

I was then home for a bit more time, but soon Robby came rolling in. He didn't take him long to change and load a few more things. Then he was pulling out in the camper. I moved the suburban under the camper barn and then left in the white van. 

I stopped by Nonna and Pops' house to pick up some pork tenderloin on my way. That became our supper when we ate this evening. By the time that I got there, Robby had just finished leveling and most of his hooking up. 

The rain was starting, but we were able to take a short walk around our little loop before coming in. Then they rain really began, and it has rained steadily all evening long. We have eaten, and I have read and crocheted and soon there will be ice cream!

June 6, 2025

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  • If I thought that a few days at VBS were tiring, I had actually forgotten about the day before camp. Gracious, getting 5 kids ready for camp is not for the faint of heart. Actually, Keaton and Campbell packed without any assistance by me. Graham pulled his things out but wanted me to put his things in his suitcase. Whitman and I packed together, and Anderson has not packed yet-this kind of makes me want to panic, but he isn't concerned and is slowly working on it.
  • It took two walks today-the first one Bentley went with me. We were halfway done when it started sprinkling on us. We weren't too wet when we came in, but we both smelled like wet dog when we made it home. I tried to spray her with some good smelling dog spray, but she saw the spray bottle and took off.
  • Around lunch time I went to pick up Keaton. She had spent the night at a friend's house and had a good time. When we came home, Robby was leaving to run some errands, and Graham and Campbell were leaving for work. 
  • While the worked, Whitman and I did his packing plus I worked on the school room. It had gotten bad-the worst that it has ever been. During the day, I would work about 10 minutes at a time, and it took until mid afternoon before I did finally finished. Right now, it is so straight that it makes me just want to go and lay down in there.
  • Tonight Robby and Whitman went to eat with Grannymom, and then they went to see Karate Kid. I haven't asked Whitman if he liked the movie, but he did like the popcorn. The big boys went to Rock Creek for Bible study (I guess they had Bible study) and then they played some type of game where Anderson and Graham won a 10 dollar ChickFilA gift card. 
  • Robby had bought the girls and me chicken tacos from Sams for supper. We all made ourselves some big plates, but we didn't make a dent in our supper. Reagan can eat on it over the next few days. 
  • When Robby came home, we made lasagna and salsa. Then he loaded a few things up in the camper before we both ended up sitting on the couch watching baseball.

June 5, 2025

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  • Today was the last day of Camp Geyer. We all showed up early because they were passing out cinnamon rolls again for the workers for a breakfast treat. I took mine and Campbell's and put them in a baggie to take home-Reagan and Robby both had a cinnamon rolls this afternoon.
  • I spent quite a bit of time prepping for Cam Geyer, and then ever day we would work for a couple of hours getting things ready for the day. When it is over though, it takes no time at all to put everything away. We cleaned our room, packed up my things and put them in my car, packed up the churches things and put them away, and moved the tables in our room. and we were done!
  • Grannymom and I helped serve some hot dogs during family day. We didn't have a hard job at all, except that every so often it would get pretty sunny. I did drink two water bottles while we were working.
  • Before I went outside at church, Keaton had a bag of things to take to a friend's house-a shirt and tie dye-because they were going to tie dye. I sat it on a desk in the church house, but when Keaton went to get it, it was gone. She looked and looked-it was not a huge deal though she was a bit panicked. We went to Walmart-and they didn't have a shirt her size or dye. I could have cried, but thankfully they had a shirt that would work plus we found dye on another aisle so that crisis was averted. 
  • I dropped Keaton off at her friends and then dropped Campbell off to babysit for a few hours. Then I came home and helped Robby with our new oven. It's new, and it's an oven. I guess it is fun having new things, but none of the new things that we have gotten lately are not what I would like to have new.
  • Soon it was time for me to pick up Keaton, drop off on of her friends, and then thankfully Campbell was done at the same time. When I came home that time, the project was to move all of the things to the street. We will have to take a picture of all of the things on the street-oven, microwave, washer, and so, so much more. The neighbor asked if we were moving, and we just hope that they pick everything up.
  • It wasn't long after that project was done that we left to take Keaton to another friend's house to spend the night. Plus we dropped of the minivan since the new brakes are still pretty squeaky-embarrassingly so. 
  • Robby and I stopped at Shannon's house for a few minutes, then we came home to an almost empty house. Reagan and Anderson went to church for the young adult's thing, and Graham was getting ready to leave to meet people for pickleball. Now those three are all playing pickleball while Campbell is packing, Whitman is eating supper, and Robby is testing out the new oven. 

June 4, 2025

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  • Day 3 of Camp Geyer. They had cinnamon rolls for the workers this morning which was a big hit. Campbell did just tell me that she didn't get one-ugh! These children! We did get a text a few minutes ago saying that they have leftovers and to come to the kitchen today. I told her that she was going to get one tomorrow, and I would happily bring it home.
  • There was a bit of excitement early when the lights went out briefly-people seemed to be relatively calm, but the janitor's walkie talkies were filled with chatter and all the staff that I saw were on their phones. Thankfully, the power did come back on quickly.
  • Today, since I had a different group of kids come for cooking, we did the same first recipes again-they are really both winners: apple pies and pizza pies. Tomorrow is the crazy day, but maybe we have the kinks worked out.
  • Robby got the oil changed on two cars while we were all parked at church. He then left the car he drove and went to eat with Grannymom. Reagan, of course, stayed at work to finish the day. Anderson went to eat, to Goodwill and bought a coat of tacky prom at camp, and to a friend's house to swim, Campbell and Graham went to work, and I went with Keaton, Sophia, and Whitman to Walmart for a few camp supplies and to Great Clips for a hair cut for Whitman. 
  • People all started coming in this afternoon. They were all here for a bit-Reagan and Keaton have napped for a while, Campbell just finished making brownies for us, Anderson and Whitman are on their devices, and Graham went to play pickleball after the rain. 

June 3, 2025

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  • Camp Geyer Day 2-I felt bad waking the kids up this morning, but as I was stirring everyone I knew that I would really feel bad when I have to wake everyone up on Thursday. For us homeschool families, waking up early and being gone most of the day along with having to deal with a lot of people is difficult for us! It makes us tired!
  • Today was hat day, and Whitman was pretty pleased with his hat-he even said that he "won hat day." Tomorrow is sock day, and he has a plan for it!
  • Anderson and Graham went out to eat on the way home. The rest of us dropped Keaton off at a friend's house to swim and plan for Collide. She was there until Whitman and I came back to pick her up on our way to his Collide tie dying party.
  • Reagan made it home a bit early today, but the boys left this evening to go and play pickleball. We all don't really seem like we are at the house much at the same time this summer.
  • Robby spent some time outside tonight watching the bats-or the lack of bats. Only 3 bats left their nest tonight so maybe that is a good sign, and the others can't get home-hopefully they aren't finding a spot in the eaves on the other side of the house. 

June 2, 2025

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  • This morning was the first day of Camp Geyer here, so I was awake at 6:30. After I finished a few chores, I went upstairs to start waking everyone up. Keaton had spent a night with a friend, so it was just Campbell and Reagan in their room. They both were pretty quick to get up.
  • However, Whitman was the quickest for sure to wake up. I woke him up, and he sat right up and started getting ready. He has been so exciting about working this week-only twice today was he mistaken for a kid and not a worker. 
  • Reagan had to leave a few minutes before the rest of us, and Campbell and Graham went with her. Then Anderson, Whitman, and I left. Anderson and I both drove-Reagan drove the suburban so this morning Robby filled her car with gas and returned it during Camp Geyer.
  • I did my cooking track today making apple pies and pizza pies. Everything went well in my group. And all of my kids that were guides said that everything went well in their groups too. 
  • When it was over, Reagan went to lunch with all of the church interns, and then she worked until after her usual quitting time today. Anderson went out to eat with some of his buddies, and the rest of us headed to Nonna's house for lunch. She made quesadillas and had cheese dip for lunch. 
  • At home this afternoon, I planned on taking a short nap, but I never got around to it. I really didn't even read much of my book. Robby was working outside and decided to clean the roof so I couldn't go back in and leave him unattended.
  • Then the next activity was to hang a netting over some of the back of the house-we started working on mission bat removal. Robby hung the curtain in hopes that the bats could get out but then could not get back in again. After we hung the netting, we pulled out our chairs and waited.
  • Eventually, the bats started coming out of the net-I'm not even going to tell you how many came out. It was enough to get most of the kids outside to watch at some point. A few got stuck so Robby had to encourage them with a long pole. Once the bats are out for a few days, Robby will work on sealing it up, and then we will move on to the next hole. We actually should be making a bat box to put in the yard, but hopefully they will figure out they are not welcome here!

June 1, 2025

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  • We had church this morning, and when we left we bumped into Reagan working. She had to stay all afternoon today and help with Camp Geyer set up. It was a long day for her, but I do think that she enjoyed it.
  • The rest of us left church and went to Grannymom's house. She made pork chops which were a hit with Robby-he even got the recipe. We stayed for a bit to visit, but then we had to hurry off so I could get to church too.
  • I had to get everything ready for my cooking track this afternoon. It was a bit overwhelming-moving tables, finding more tables for our griddles, getting the tables as ready as I could-table cloths plus all the things the kids need except for the food, and their was an 8 foot table filled with all of the supplies that I had asked for. It was a lot, but Keaton, Graham, and Whitman were there to help. 
  • Keaton would have been my best help, but she got an invite to a friend's house so she didn't stick around there long. I did discover that the intern (Reagan) didn't buy enough pie crusts for me, so I ran to Walmart on the way home.
  • Robby had already been cooking when we came home. We planned supper-2 things of ooey gooey and lasagna-all of which need the oven that we don't have. However, the toaster oven did work for us, but you can just bake one thing at a time in there so he had to work all afternoon baking supper.
  • The Wilsons came over to eat our Sunday supper plus we did some baseball watching. In the middle of it all, Campbell came home from the birthday lake party. She had lots of fun, but I'm not sure if her sunburn will be fun tomorrow. 
  • Graham graciously offered to go and pick her up so that was nice. I think that he enjoys driving quite a bit right now. When she came home, she told us all about her outing as we watched the rest of the baseball games.
  • I worked on the kitchen, but I also had to hem Reagan's shirts tonight-it was a rush order so I didn't have time to get them to Grannymom. I think the tshirt material was too soft for my sewing machine to work or maybe my sewing machine is dying-either way, I had to sew them by hand. As I worked all I could think about was that I was glad I don't live during Little House on the Prairie days or all of our clothing would be falling off of us!