- Campbell and Keaton left the house first this morning so they could get to church early to greet. Then Graham left; Keaton said that she was worried that he wasn't going to wake up. He did though and was there on time.
- Robby and I woke up in the camper mainly because Marley started fussing. It didn't take long for us to load up the last few things and head out of the campground. We came home and unpacked a little bit I eventually had to wake Whitman up because he was still sound asleep even though we had driven home and unloaded everything.
- He did finally wake up and came in the living room and fell right back asleep in the couch. I did wake him up so he could get ready for lunch at Nonna and Pops. We arrived there just a few minutes before the church kids did.
- Nonna and Pops had ham and cheese croissants which were very good. We stayed a visited for a while before heading home. Robby then drove me to a wedding shower. I didn't stay very long and soon we were back home.
- I tried to be productive this afternoon and evening, but I really didn't accomplish much from my list today-at least I wrote my list out. There was lots of running around tonight-Keaton had her lifegroup, Whitman had his life group, Graham had his d group, and Campbell went to Rock Creek plus Robby dropped the minivan off for the air to be worked on.
- We are now all at the house so it is time for me to start thinking about heading to bed. I do have a book that I could read a little bit of tonight or a book that I could listen to tonight and finish.
April 12, 2026-Maumelle with the Rock Creek Campers
April 11, 2026-Maumelle with the Rock Creek Campers
- I woke up to my alarm clock ringing, and I could also hear the girls' alarm clock ringing upstairs. I had convinced Whitman to sleep in their room so Graham could stay up late. By the time that I made it upstairs to double check that they were awake, they were all moving around. Graham was even awake and headed to the shower.
- Keaton, Campbell, and Whitman left for the ACT first. I had been a little bit worried about them since this was all of their first tests, and Keaton and Whitman are just middle schoolers and shouldn't really be taking the ACT yet.
- However, tonight as we were eating with the Rock Creekers, a lady who is here often with us came up to us after she recognized Whitman. She was their proctor today for their test. It made me feel super good that someone I knew was there during their test.
- Afterwards, Keaton was worried that she did really bad. Whitman is hoping for a really high score so Robby will buy him a game. And Campbell is also hoping for a decent score-Robby has promised her a car or a cruise if she can make it to a really high score. I'm sure they all did just fine, plus they all have many more rounds of ACT tests to go.
- Graham and I went to Raymar this morning for the first soccer game. He helped in the concession stand this morning and then reffed two games. It was a little warm out there today, but overall is was a super nice day. After the test, the girls dropped Whitman off and came out to the fields, and Keaton ended up reffing a game.
- When I made it home from the games, Robby and I quickly left and headed back to the campground. It was a pleasant rest of the afternoon, and I learned to play Mahjong. I was able to play twice today, and even though I'm don't understand all of it, I do get the general idea.
- Back at home, Campbell babysat tonight while Graham played volleyball. That just left Keaton at home, but we also left Bentley at home too so she had company this evening!
April 10, 2026-Maumelle with the Rock Creek Campers
- Robby and I slept wonderfully well last night-Marley didn't even stir until after 9. She really does wake up at home when she does because it gets so bright in our room. In the camper, it is so dark that she had no idea that it was really time to wake up. We could have let her bark for a few minutes, and then she probably would have gone back to sleep.
- Back at the house, there was not a whole lot happening even when we woke up. Graham did wake up decently early for a teenager on a no school day and did some running-he also ran tonight too. Campbell and Graham had work this afternoon, and then Campbell left to babysit. She is actually still babysitting-I didn't think it would be this late especially since she has the ACT tomorrow.
- Robby and I had breakfast at the Wilson's campsite. Robby made some pancakes to go along with Tony's breakfast. Then we walked the puppies on a quick loop around the campground.
- Around 2 maybe, Robby and I left to go and walk Pinnacle Mountain's Base Trail. Walking this trail had been on my to do list for a while. I had thought about coming and doing it when Graham and Keaton hiked the mountain a few weeks ago (I'm glad that I didn't because they would have had to wait on me.)
- It was quite a trail. It said that it was 3.5 miles, but our watches just said that it was a little less than 3 miles. We had assumed that it was going to be fairly flat, but it was fairly rocky. The elevation gain wasn't much, but we had to continuously watch where we were stepping making it more difficult. It was a nice walk in the shade and even with a cool breeze so it was perfect.
- We came back to the campground, and while Robby rested I sat outside with Shannon reading and crocheting. Soon it neared supper time, and while I didn't count, it was maybe close to 40 or 50 people. We had baked potatoes and bbq which were super yummy.
- Around 9, Robby brought me home-the dogs rode with us. We brought a few things home, and while he was there Robby took a shower. I straightened a few things, and made sure that Whitman and Keaton headed to bed. Now, I'm just waiting on Campbell to make it home so I can go to bed.
April 9, 2026-Maumelle with the Rock Creek Campers
- I guess I should have been calling the blogs Maumelle with the Rock Creek Campers for a few days since Robby has been camping since Tuesday, but since I wasn't there, I didn't really feel like it should count as a trip yet.
- I made it to the campsite around 4 today so that is why we can now title the blog with a special camping title.
- Campbell and Keaton left first thing this morning to go to work at Mother's Day Out. They actually worked all the day long because they also worked back at church tonight.
- Whitman and I did school work this morning-he had actually done quite a bit of reading last night before bed so he started the day off ahead. This afternoon we did science, and he just had one more thing.
- Since I just have to work with Whitman on Thursdays, the day is always super different. Marley and I walked early this morning while he was doing school. Then I did a few things in the house before lunch time-I usually don't get much done before lunch.
- This afternoon I made some brownies before Robby showed up. I was going to drive to the campground but we just ended up riding together. I brought Marley with me so I think that Bentley was glad to see her sister-I know that Marley was glad to see Bentley.
- We made it to the campground around 4, and after I unloaded we went out to sit. The dogs were pretty easy today which made it a nice afternoon. After a walk, it was time for supper. Then we spent the evening visiting before making another loop with the pups.
April 8, 2026
- I slept in a little bit this morning, but only having one dog to take potty makes a huge difference in my timing of the morning. Bentley is camping with Robby so she is living the life while Marley is a little confused here and can't figure out where Bentley is.
- We did our school work this morning-some days are crazy and long doing school, but man, I just really love it. We are in a good rhythm right now, and for the most part things go super smoothly. Everyone has started to finish things which makes their days shorter which also makes my days shorter as well.
- Graham and Campbell went to work a bit early this afternoon so they could leave early for church tonight. While they were gone, I walked Marley and walked myself. Then I worked with Whitman-his science curriculum today had him making a satellite to go on top of stomp rocket. I think that I may enjoy this science more than he does.
- Graham made it home before I left and joined Keaton and me. We left first for church and stopped by Nonna and Pops on the way. We dropped off Graham's suit for a bit of pressing before he needs it in a weeks.
- We all did the church thing tonight, and afterwards Whitman and I were the only ones who came straight home. Everyone else stopped at ChickFilA for their supper. Now, I'm set up in the kitchen eating my supper and doing some school work.
April 7, 2026
- Marley was not awake this morning when I left the bed, but by the time I could put on my clothes and brush my teeth, she was ready to get out of her kennel. That was fine with me because she is pretty easy in the mornings (and her behavior progressively declines throughout the day unless we are in the kitchen, and then she is perfect. Though right now she is actually cuddled up beside me chewing on a toy.)
- I did my morning things while watching my college kids on the life360-Anderson had a test early in the morning so I was happy to see that he made it to class on time. Reagan said the benediction at chapel today-she sent my a picture, and Anderson even sent a video. Reagan did say that no one would be listening because they would be busy packing up their backpacks, and from the video it was easy to see that they were all indeed getting ready to go.
- The rest of us did school around here during the day. Campbell and I did leave to take a car to Robby this afternoon. He has joined the Rock Creek campers at Maumelle Park for the week. I'll join him Thursday, but our weeks always seem busy when they have this camping week.
- On our way home, we stopped by 7 Brew-that girl loves her some expensive drinks. When we did come home, I started on supper-baked potatoes and chicken-and I took a poll about what people wanted to eat for the rest of this week.
- After we ate, Campbell and Keaton got a little restless. They said they were going to TJMax and Walmart-when I heard Walmart, I quickly handed those girls my grocery list and loaded an ice chest in the car for them. We shall see if that was a good plan when they get home, and I see what I actually did buy!
- While Graham worked out tonight (he said he didn't need me to spot him while he was lifting his weights), Whitman and I played a game. It was a hard game, and we barely got through it. I would have played longer, but alas my puppy had to wake up from her nap!
April 6, 2026
- I woke up on this Monday morning and put some scones in the oven for everyone. I think that they enjoyed them, but I ate 3 of them so I know that I certainly enjoyed them. (That wasn't a great start to my being healthy this week plan.)
- We all did our school work this morning, and things went very well. Graham and Campbell were the first ones to leave this house today because they had to go to work. I think that they were pretty busy most of the afternoon which makes the time pass quickly.
- Reagan was the next one to leave this afternoon. She had an interview at a camp that she would like to work at this summer. They really liked her, but there is just one position open so she wasn't really sure if she would end up getting it. I guess she will wait to find out before she starts applying for plan b (she doesn't yet have a plan b though.)
- Whitman and I left next for his first real visit to the orthodontist. Actually, it was a nothing visit because they just scanned his mouth and then let him pick a color for the thing that he is getting next. I'm not sure what they called it, but I think he has this for a few weeks before he does get braces.
- We came home, and I went for a walk. When I was done, Anderson left to head back to school. He has a big test tomorrow, plus he has to work on his summer job. Who knew this summer job stuff would be so stressful (maybe they aren't stressed but I am.)
- We all ate supper tonight-it was a fend for yourself night, but we did make a few things too like orange chicken and a frozen pizza. After supper, we didn't really do too much except for trying to watch the basketball game. It was difficult to watch since most of the tvs in the house were watching it, and it would kick our tv off occasionally. Whoever does end up winning the game, I will still be the big winner at the house because surprisingly my bracket had the most correct games.
April 5, 2026-Happy Easter!
- I guess that the girls were the first ones awake this morning. Keaton had to be at church at 8:15, and Campbell was her driver. They enjoyed getting there early to have a bit of socialization time, except Keaton was at a bad set of doors. She was at the doors that people had to walk past, but not doors that people were planning to go in. So she would open the doors and greet them, but they would just walk on to the next doors.
- Keaton had even saved us seats today, but we still ended up separated. That was fine though because we were all still near each other. After church there was some debate on where to take our family picture, but since Keaton and Campbell had already left, we opted to take it at home.
- However, since Keaton and Campbell stayed a bit to see their friends coming for the next service so that meant that Graham had to keep his Sunday clothes on which must have been painful because he was counting down the minutes until the girls arrived.
- We then took our pictures and within a bit, it was time for our Sunday lunch. Jason, Nonna, and Pops showed up, and Grannymom, Dana, Cash and Lacie were right behind them. Everyone brought food, and we had just as many leftovers as we ate!
- Everything was very good, and the kids really enjoyed the Easter egg hunt. Robby had candy, gift cards, and money for the winners. Everyone but Anderson and Reagan did an egg toss-Graham and Whitman were the first winners. I'm not really sure why an egg toss became a tradition here, but they absolutely love it.
- Soon everyone left, and I had myself a nap since Grannymom and Nonna had pretty much cleaned the kitchen. Robby ran some errands, and after my nap I worked on the house some. When he came home tonight, we all loaded up and went to the Wilson's house for our Sunday night supper. Campbell was at a friend's house so she missed most of our evening, but she swung by on the way home.
- Now, everyone is home for just one more night. Tomorrow Reagan has a summer job interview, Anderson goes back to school, and the rest of us do some school work.
April 4, 2026
- I woke up just in time to make sure that Graham was awake. He was already showered and ready-the last few school days I have started to worry about his ability to wake up in college, but he did fine today waking up.
- He went to another country club today to take more Easter bunny pictures. He finished a bit after noon and stopped to get lunch on his way home.
- Robby ran errands early this morning, and Keaton and Campbell left around lunch time to go to Nonna's house to help decorate the Easter bunny cake.
- Robby and I left soon after to run some errands. We were out for quite a while, and while we were gone the girls all left to go to Old Navy and Target. Reagan was the only one who bought anything, and as soon as they pulled into the driveway, Campbell jumped into another car and left to go to a friend's house.
- Keaton headed inside to make supper because this was her night to cook. She made "Chipotle at home," and it was all delicious. It wasn't that hard to make because she just had to heat everything especially since we had bought fancy Costco chicken.
- We all ate around the table, and then the big boys played basketball while I made a few things for tomorrow. After I finished that, Robby helped me make some cookies for one of tomorrow's desserts. Now I'm on the couch, and I don't plan to leave for the rest of the evening (though it is almost over!)
April 3, 2026
- Another slow and wonderful day. Campbell was awake early so she could watch some a show that she is binge watching. When I say early, I mean early for a 16 year old on a day that they do not have any school work.
- I had already walked Marley and Bentley and myself by the time that she did come downstairs. Not too long after she came down, Keaton and then Whitman came downstairs. I ended up watching some of Campbell's show with her for a little bit (I also closed my eyes for a little bit too.)
- Then she had to go to work. Sara came over to borrow some crock pots, and Shannon came over to deliver me some scones. Then Robby picked Campbell up so she could head to babysitting while Graham headed to the country club to help take Easter bunny pictures.
- Whitman and I made a stomp rocket today, and when he went to test it out, it landed on the roof. It took a little bit of failed creativity to get it off the roof because eventually the wind just blew it down.
- Reagan came home first, and after visiting with her, Robby and I left to run some errands. Anderson was home next, and then Graham finished working. We brought supper home for the big boys-they were the only ones who wanted any.
- I just made Reagan some ravioli and am cuddled up on the couch for a bit. The girls will get home later plus we have quite a bit of tv watching to do tonight.
April 2, 2026-Happy 13th Birthday Whitman!
- Robby went early this morning to get doughnuts for the birthday boy. He made it back home just in time for the girls to have one before they headed to work at Mother's Day Out.
- It usually takes a while for me to get Whitman up in the mornings, but this morning he didn't need any reminders to wake up. As soon as I said doughnuts, he was downstairs. It took Graham a little bit longer to get downstairs so he could have his doughnuts.
- Whitman didn't have much school this morning. He mostly had reading which made him happy, and this made me happy too because I didn't really have much school stuff to do today. I know that last week was spring break, but it was still nice to have a slow day.
- I was able to work early this morning, but I had to walk quickly because it was about to rain. I did let Marley walk for half a mile with me and then came back to take Bentley for another half mile. Then I put them both up so I could finish.
- When I was walking, I saw the trash truck. I noticed that Robby had taken the trash can and put it up I was quite impressed because the truck had really just left. He saw that the trash can was gone and was surprised that I had already put the can up.
- After my walk, I saw that the trash can wasn't behind the house, but i just thought that Robby didn't want to wake Marley. Finally, I asked, and we realized that our can was missing! Robby called and the lady said it probably just fell in the truck. They would deliver us one within the next week-we need that thing tomorrow! We make a lot of trash around here.
- This afternoon Keaton and Campbell picked up a drink for Whitman on their way home for his birthday. Grannymom even came over to give him his gift-which he immediately spent!
- Robby and I ran a few errands this afternoon and picked up pizza for our supper. I think that Whitman had a great 13th birthday especially since he is out watching a movie with Robby.
April 1, 2026
- I was awake again a lot last night to go to the bathroom-I had a water bottle and a bottle of coke before bed. I was able to go right back to sleep, but I sure was having some crazy dreams. My dream was Trump took the presidential train down the road to eat dinner at the neighbors house. I don't think that there are presidential trains, and I know that there are not train tracks down my road. It as all just odd.
- Since I was crazy dreaming, I did sleep a little bit longer, but I was able to get the basics done before it was time to start on school. Today while we were reading, I did have to keep saying Whitman's name to make sure that he was awake. He gets a little drowsy if he doesn't eat breakfast.
- Everyone worked on their school work, and I had a bit of extra time this morning to do a few things around the house. I finally had the time late this afternoon to clean the bonus room really well.
- Campbell and Graham went to work this afternoon, and I took my walk and then finished up school with Whitman before taking my shower to get ready for church.
- We did the church thing tonight, and the kids had free pizza, prizes, and lots of fun tonight. Graham even won a 25 dollar gift card which he had Robby buy from him. After church Campbell and Graham went to ChickFilA, and Keaton and Whitman convinced me to stop by Sonic on the way home because was the day before his birthday!
March 31, 2026
- Is this Wednesday? No, it is Tuesday still. Seriously, I have been super confused on my days this week, and the week has only just begun. I woke up twice in the middle of the night last night to go to the bathroom, and each time it was like super early in the night. Then I woke up once and thought for sure that it was 8 already, but it was just 6. It was wonderful!
- Of course all of my wonderful sleeping made me a little bit short on time this morning before school started. I can't believe that I used to walk before school began, and now I struggle to take the dogs potty before we start school.
- We still started on time even though I wasn't moving quickly. Everyone did all of their work, and at lunch time I had the little 3 do another subtest of the ACT. I would love to see those three in a real classroom trying to be quiet taking the ACT in a few weeks. They were pretty wound up today, but everyone did fine on their scores (Whitman is still in the lead, just barely though because Campbell is catching up with him.)
- This afternoon I was trying to get a few things done around the house, but I also made some dip and a cake to take with me to a friend's house tonight. I also helped Campbell fill up the dog pool to let Marley play. At first Campbell said that Marley didn't enjoy it, but she did eventually have a bit more fun. (We didn't even offer for Bentley to play because she would not enjoy it at all.)
- I left around 7 and didn't make it back home until late. Before I did leave, I made some of the kids a grilled cheese with the few slices of bread I had left. I had to do a little bit of creative work to have enough bread!
- Robby came home with ice cream for everyone, and when I did come home everyone was already in their rooms for the night.
March 30, 2026
- It was a little hard to wake up on this Monday morning. Reagan was already ready to leave when I went upstairs to wake up Campbell and Keaton to start on their school work. Reagan left the house around 8:30, but she did stop to get a fun drink on the way to school.
- I had some leftover biscuits so I made some mini monkey bread for the kids today-It was not a hit with them. I did just kind of wing it because I wasn't making a whole thing of bread. I thought it was good, but I was in the minority.
- We started on our school work, and things went pretty smooth. Whitman was still finishing his work late this afternoon. He was in no hurry so I guess that was fine.
- This afternoon I went through some of Whitman's clothes to see if I had any new ones for him. I might possibly have found him an Easter shirt so that was worthwhile.
- Then when Robby made it home, we went to work cleaning the bonus room bathroom which had gotten a little bad. Then we moved on to cleaning out the girls' sink drain which was horrible. This caused a bit mess so it took longer than the first project. Finally, Robby ended the working evening by cleaning our shower very quickly.
- We ate and then played a game with Whitman, Campbell, and Keaton. Now, we are sitting on the couch for a little bit longer before we head to bed.
March 29, 2026
- Church day, and I sure do love it when all of my people are there. Campbell set with her people, but we were still a row full of Dennies, and I loved every minute of it. After church, we all went to Nonna and Pops' house for Sunday lunch.
- We visited for a little bit there, but then we headed home. Reagan and Anderson started getting ready to go back, and around 5 Anderson did leave for school. About that time, Reagan decided that she was just going to go back tomorrow since her first class isn't until 1.
- Campbell took Keaton to meet some friends at Chilis tonight for supper. They also walked around Target for a little bit, and then arrived home about the same time that the Wilson's came over for supper and at about the same time that Graham made it home from his house sitting duty.
- We made poppyseed chicken for supper-I doubled the recipe so we will have poppyseed chicken for days. I guess that I was thinking I was feeding more than just who all was here. I also made sourdough blondies, but I struck out with them. However, the leftover oreo delight that we had in the fridge was still good.
March 28, 2026
- Robby left first this morning to run a few errands. I then left to take Keaton and Campbell to babysit. I was going to let Keaton drive, but since it was over 30 minutes away plus the car we were going to take was Anderson's car-she decided to not drive.
- That was fine so we just brought my big van instead. After dropping them off, I met up with Robby and did a little bit of shopping myself. This was actually my biggest shopping day-I made a decent amount of money.
- However, I made nothing compared to what Campbell and Keaton made today. They did babysit for 9 hours and made 4 times what I made. They were keeping 5 kiddos, and even though the day was long, they still enjoyed it, and they especially enjoyed the payday.
- When I came home, I made some sourdough snickerdoodle cookies. They were really pretty good. I had intentions of baking some sourdough something every day this week, but two times isn't that bad I guess.
- When the girls were finished babysitting, we picked them up while the kids from the house met us at Chilis. Graham came from his housesitting gig. We all ate and then went to Menchies for a snack. Now, 6 of us got Menchies, and I promise you that we have spent 60 dollars there before, and that is what we were expecting when we put our ice cream up there to be measured. However, it was just 30 dollars-we were shocked.
- The boys ended up playing basketball tonight so Anderson took Reagan's car and left from the ice cream place. So Reagan rode home with us. The girls wanted to stop at Target on the way so we did that, and then we stopped by Campbell's chicken feeding gig.
March 27, 2026
- I didn't do much from my list today. As soon as Marley went down for her nap, I left to run a few errands-my own. I fed some puppies, looked for a fan for Reagan, made a return at Walmart and bought a few things, got some free lotion at Bath and Body, and picked up a book from the library.
- Once I made it home, most people were awake-not Whitman though. He has been sleeping pretty soundly, but he did wake up around 2 today which is hours before when he woke up yesterday. It will be hard to get him back on a schedule. It will be hard for me to get back on a schedule too.
- I worked on my last Camp Geyer recipe. I have now made all my recipes plus written out exactly what I need. It isn't a hard task, but it takes quite a bit of time. Now I'm done until I panic in June because I don't really remember what I did back in March.
- Anderson said that Graham ran a half marathon in the neighborhood where he is dog sitting. It was his best running time too, but this was a messy and grey day to be outside.
- Whitman made supper for us tonight-Grilled cheese, homemade potato chips, and mac and cheese. Everyone ate, and the kid started watching some basketball. Robby and I ran some errands and came home with some candy.
- Before it was too late, most of us here played a game. Whitman had been ahead the entire game, but he lost in the final round. However, he still proclaimed himself the winner because he had the family game trophy in his pocket during the game.
March 26, 2026
- I am getting sad that our Spring Break is almost over. I wish that we had a bit more time, but in 6 weeks it will be summer vacation for everyone. (I love a short break, but I so enjoy the routine of the school days.)
- I worked on my third VBS recipe for my cooking track. I just have one more to do, but I can not remember to buy the ingredients for it. I was just telling Campbell that she needs a way to send herself a reminder...apparently, I need a way to send myself a reminder too.
- Campbell spent the night at a friend's house-actually in a tent. Robby took Keaton to babysit this morning, and she worked until the mid afternoon, and Anderson went to play basketball for a bit today.
- Reagan did come home from her mission trip. She has spent the week in New Orleans. She really enjoyed it, but she wasn't a big fan of the New Orleans food that they ate. I think that she was pretty tired when she came home, but we are glad to have her home.
- Tonight Graham came home to watch the ballgame, and this was the first time that we were all home together this Spring Break week. That will probably happen again on Sunday at church and at Nonna and Pops' house after church, but before too long on Sunday afternoon Reagan and Anderson will be heading back to school.
- When I think about it, I hope that us all being together wasn't what caused the Hogs to not do so well on the ballgame tonight! The Wilsons came over too so it was a house full which was fun even though the game didn't turn out like we had hoped.
March 25, 2026
- My first task this morning was making a meal for Graham. He is house sitting this weekend so he wanted to have a few meals to eat. We had made a trial run on this meal so he knew it was good-it actually smelled so good that Anderson requested me to save him some and not give it all to Graham.
- It was fairly quiet in the house for most of the morning, until about 10:30. That is when everyone had to move on outside to start on some yard work. We worked until a little bit after noon. and probably just need to work about 7 more days, and we will have it all done. Kidding, we really did make a big difference in the yard.
- Campbell ran to do her chicken duty, and then Graham left for his house sitting gig. Then Anderson and I left for a doctor's appointment. His asthma has been more frequent so I convinced him to go to a doctor's appointment. She prescribed him some new meds, so hopefully they will help...and hopefully, we can easily get them tomorrow,
- Actually, Anderson and I barely made it to his doctor's appointment. I couldn't find keys to the van. I searched and searched and finally convinced myself that I lost them last time I drove (yesterday). later I found out that Robby had the keys, but thankfully, Anderson was able to rive.
- We came home, and soon Anderson was leaving to meet Graham and play volleyball. Then Campbell left to spend the night at a friend's house, and I have already had my hot chocolate!
March 24, 2026
- This second day of Spring Break was a good one. I woke up and started on my things. I did make granola bars this morning, but I don't think that anyone has touched them yet. I know that Graham and I like them so we will definitely eat them though.
- Campbell had a friend spend the night so I should have made them breakfast but didn't. I left the house fairly early to meet with a friend to discuss school things. We went to Newks and had a soup and sandwich while discussing all things high school homeschool.
- When I left there, I hurried to meet everyone else at Top Golf. The boys made a stop on the way there to get their hair cut. They all looked really nice-and Easter ready.
- Keaton and Campbell both brought two friends and the rest of us brought Grannymom. We had lots of fun and lots of food this afternoon while there. We also had excellent service today, and even though we stayed a long time, we could have stayed longer.
- Once we made it home, Campbell had more friends come over so they could watch a movie. I whipped up some cheese dip and chicken so they could have some chicken nachos. They ate, but most of us were still so full from all of our eating at Top Golf.
- Robby worked in the yard a little bit, and I did a few things in the house. Currently, Anderson is in the garage lifting weights, Keaton and Whitman are chatting in the kitchen, Campbell and Graham are upstairs, and I have been told that we are playing a game much later tonight!
March 23, 2026
- I guess this is the first official day of Spring Break. No one told Marley that it was Spring Break though because she was up earlier than usual. Robby did take her potty, and then she did hang out on the bed for a little bit.
- Even though it was Spring Break, I still had my chores to do this morning. Soon though Keaton and Graham were awake. They picked up Brett and headed to climb the hard side of Pinnacle. Keaton said that she barely made it up to the top. Apparently, the boys would stop and wait for her; then go ahead a little bit more and wait again.
- They came home from the mountain, and it wasn't too much later that the big boys left again to go and play basketball. Graham and Campbell didn't have to go to work today so Laynie came over.
- It didn't take long for the girls to decide that they needed to go shopping. They left to feed some chickens on their way, but then Robby and I decided that I would come and meet him, so the girls came back towards the house to pick me up.
- Whitman watched Marley for a while, and then put her up. The boys came home while she was asleep, and the girls even came home while she was asleep, but no one thought about getting her or checking on how long she had been asleep-so this was probably her longest time in the kennel.
- Before we made it home from our errands, the boys had already left again. This time they went to play volleyball with some more friends.
- The girls have been eating supper while Robby and I are sitting on the couch watching a cooking show while I'm thinking about what would be an easy snack to have tonight.
March 22, 2026
- We did the church thing this morning-it is always a little bit difficult juggling Robby, Graham, and my showers on Sunday mornings since we all take showers in the same bathroom. I was up first, and then had to motivate Robby to move quickly so I could wake up Graham in time for his shower.
- After church we ate at Grannymom's house. She had hamburgers which were really yummy. Robby and I ran two quick errands before coming home. I did a few things in the kitchen and around the house for a little bit, then Marley went back in her kennel, and Robby and I had ourselves a wonderful Sunday afternoon nap.
- Oh, I did forget-poor Marley was sick again this afternoon. She had herself a piece of pizza last night and was then sick. For breakfast, I gave her her food, but I gave it to her slowly where she couldn't gobble it down. For lunch, I wasn't here when she ate, so I'm sure she scarfed it down despite her slow feeder bowl.
- When she was sick this afternoon, Campbell tried to move her to the hard floor and was kind of able. Anyway, it was a mess-plus I had to clean the carpet and the floor. Sweet Campbell gave her a bath, and I do think that she felt better afterwards. However, tonight I just gave her a little bit of food, and she's been fine.
- Campbell went to play volleyball with friends tonight, but she still showed up at the Wilsons. We had all been over there eating chicken spaghetti and watching basketball. We stayed until it was time to start our Monday, but when we came home-everyone ended up listing some weights, and then the big boys played basketball for a good while before coming in. In case you were wondering, I struggle to lift just the bar on the weight lifting!
March 21, 2026
- Last night when I finished this blog, we were waiting on Campbell and Keaton to make it home. They did and soon after we played a game around the kitchen table until about 11:30. I looked at the clock and knew that it was indeed Spring Break and college people (just one so far) are home because we have lost all track of time and schedules around here.
- The next order of business was completely emptying the inside fridge and freezer. It leaks if we do not defrost it occasionally, and it was past time. So with lots of help, we did all unload it to the garage. Robby worked on it today, and things looks to be working well-I haven't checked the ice maker-but I'm only going to bring things back into this fridge when we use it and maybe clean out some.
- I made scones this morning for the crew, and Keaton and Campbell left to go and babysit at 11 this morning. They are actually still babysitting-it is 20 til 12 so their paycheck should be pretty hefty.
- Robby ran some errands this morning, and I met him at Walmart to help him do some shopping. Then we came home and both fell asleep on the couch while watching basketball. We did eventually go out and shop a bit more-our goal was to pick up pizza for the boys' supper before the game.
- When we came home, we ate, and then we all went to the Wilson's house to watch the Hogs play their basketball game. I came home and updates our bracket-but I accidentally updated one game that hasn't been played yet! Hope I got it right!
March 20, 2026
- My house is happy tonight...well, almost happy. Anderson is home for Spring Break so that is exciting. However, Reagan will not get home until late Thursday night because she is going on a mission trip to New Orleans this next week. Currently, Keaton and Campbell are out shopping and on a Sonic run so my house and heart would really be happy if they were home right now too.
- Marley let me sleep in a little bit this morning so that was nice. I did a few things in the house, and then I left to run a few errands. My first stop was the library to pick up a book. I had one ready for me, and of course, I had another book become ready later this afternoon.
- Then I ran to the gas station before going and picking up Grannymom for a little bit. Robby and I then had a few errands and stopped to grab a bit of lunch. Lunch did not go well-it took forever-long enough that they were handing out free desserts (unfortunately, they weren't very good desserts-just a rice krispy treat).
- I went to Walmart next and quickly grabbed a few things off of my list. I was going to stay out and play longer, but I saw that Anderson was already on the way home. He had one class today at 1 and was going to come home after it. Of course, his class was canceled by email late this morning so he could have come home last night.
- He had some laundry and a tub of things that he brought home. He caught us up on school and all the details which made me supper happy. We caught him up on our March Madness brackets, and soon Nonna and Pops came over for a little bit to get their food out of our fridge. They came in and visited for a little bit.
- When they left, Campbell and Graham were almost home. They had been at work, and Campbell had started the day at breakfast with some friends so she has had a big day. It was pretty much on your own for supper, but I did make all of the boys meatball subs-well, I made all of the boys meatball subs and Marley one too. She only got about half, but her counter surfing is about to drive me insane. I tried spraying her with water the other day, but she liked it!
March 19, 2026
- When I went to bed last night, Graham wanted me to wake him up at 8:30 when I woke up Whitman to start on his school. Keaton and Campbell didn't have work, but I needed to wake up Campbell by 10:30 and Keaton by 11.
- It wasn't long after I woke up that I got a test from Graham that said not to wake him up. He had stayed up late studying for and then taking a test (he made a 90), so he slept in. Not too long after that Keaton wrote and told me to not wake her up either.
- That just left Whitman who I got up at the regular time to start on his school. He was done super quick this morning, and we were able to work together. We were working on some of his science and needed glue sticks, but of course they were in my amazon delivery happening later in the day.
- Campbell woke up on her own, and went to see about her small little spring break job. She is just watching some cats and chickens down the road. Keaton and Graham then woke up.
- When the games started happening, Campbell decided to make a huge March Madness bracket. It is massive and fun! It took us a while to make it and write all of the team names on it, but we are keeping it updated as the games are played. It is fun because everyone keeps turning around to check the bracket while watching basketball.
- Keaton and Campbell spent some time tanning outside, but everyone was inside to watch the Hogs play basketball. I did snooze just a little bit, but as soon as the game was over, Campbell had to start on her meal.
- She has been wanting to make steak forever, but we have been dragging our feet because we don't really know how to make steak to help. Robby bought the ingredients and sent her recipe, and that girl did it. Not only did we have steak, but also roasted green beans and mashed potatoes. (I also made some chicken because I wasn't sure that Keaton and Whitman were going to want steak-they did! And I ended up eating the chicken because I really don't like steak at all.) Robby and Campbell both said that the steak was like Texas Roadhouse so I guess that she did really good on it.
- It took a bit to clean the kitchen, but now we have watched some basketball. I figure that I just might read a little bit. Hopefully, I can finish my book this weekend.
March 18, 2026
- Another school day here. This was Keaton and Campbell's last day of school before Spring Break so the mood was high here. The kids are knocking out quite a bit of school work, but I have a long list of things that I want for them to finish this summer too.
- Campbell and Graham had work this afternoon so the house was pretty quiet. Whitman finished his work early again, but we did have to work together in the afternoon. We even had time to do some of his new science things.
- When Campbell and Graham made it home, Campbell and I headed to church. We had to stop at the library so Keaton decided to go to with Graham in hopes that he would beat us to church-he did! Campbell even made me run when I went into the library (well, she encouraged me to run, but I did not.)
- After church tonight, Campbell and Keaton went to ChickFilA while Graham had me stop there on the way home so he could get his free sandwich, and since we were there, Whitman bought himself a milkshake.
- Graham has a test tomorrow, but I think that he is planning on camping out in front of the tv to watch a few basketball games.
March 17, 2026
- Today was a fun day-first, Marley slept until 8. That isn't much later than usual, but it was still wonderful. There is nothing better than laying in bed knowing that you don't have to get up quite yet.
- We did our school this morning. The kids (Campbell, Keaton, and Whitman) took an ACT test a few weeks ago, and then Friday they took one subtest. We still have two more to take again, but I haven't been reviewing this test with them, so it has made our school day shorter. And for some reason, Whitman was finished with school by noon today-I'm not sure what happened!
- Campbell had an Accuplacer math test today-she needed to get a certain score so she can take college math next semester. She was pretty far off of it last time she took the test, but that girl has been studying super hard so today she scored higher on that test than any Dennie has before.
- She celebrated her test with a fun drink from 7 Brew. Unfortunately, she now has to start studying for the next test that she has to take (she has two more).
- Whitman was finished with his school early, but he still had to work with me this afternoon. That didn't take too long because we also played a game when we were done. Then I started working on my class meeting food-roasted green beans and sweet potatoes. It took me forever to chop all of the sweet potatoes and take the ends off of all of the green beans, but I was able to get it all in the oven in time.
- I then went to class meeting this evening while Robby brought home the kids a "mystery supper." It wasn't really a mystery since he let them pick it out, but it was a mystery for a while because Robby didn't know where he was going to stop when he first wrote and asked them if they wanted food from someplace.
- I made it home in time to sit on the couch with the dogs for a little bit before it was finally bedtime.
March 16, 2026
- It was super cold this morning so I when I heard Marley whining I laid super still until Robby got up and took her out. It is no secret because he knew exactly what I was doing since I made it clear last night I was going to do ignore the dog in the morning. Unfortunately, I still had to get up and go to the bathroom so I couldn't lay in the bed too long.
- I had forgotten to start the dishes last night when we went to bed. Our fancy dishwasher has a one hour setting which is normally what it is set to. However, when I started the dishwasher this morning, it reverted back to the default because the power had been out. The default is heavy wash so it took at least 4 hours to wash those dishes-I could have washed them quicker by hand.
- We did the school thing this morning. It all went fairly smoothly. I was excited because Whitman received some new science in the mail. We did one of the lessons today, but I really need more glue sticks to finish-and I should have gotten some more tonight when I was at Walmart. Oh, well, I'm sure we will be back tomorrow.
- Graham and Campbell went to work this afternoon, and they even had to call 911 on the way there. A car had been following Graham closely on Lawson, so after he turned on the next street he was looking at the car. The next thing he saw was the car flipping three times. They did stop and called 911 (I made sure that Campbell knew that she was not to stop at all when she is by herself.) The people were fine but a little shaken up. I hate that the wreck happened, but I'm glad that the kids saw it because it will be a good reminder for them to slow down!
- Campbell and Graham finished work early so once home, it didn't take too long for Keaton and Campbell to decide that they wanted to go shopping. They left the house, but I'm not sure they really bought anything except for some candy.
- Robby and I ate supper, and then we realized that I needed some veggies to cook for tomorrow's class meeting. We ran to the store and bought about 6 pounds of sweet potatoes and 5 pounds of green beans plus we delivered 3 people their groceries before coming home.
March 15, 2026
- I woke up pretty early this morning when I heard Bentley bark. I didn't look at my clock, but I knew that it was still dark outside. I did know that it wasn't too much later when I woke up again when the lights went off. I did look at my clock this time, and it was near 6:30.
- Hearing Bentley bark plus the immediate silence with our fans off caused Marley to wake up. Robby turned on a white noise on his phone in hopes that Marley would go back to sleep. I'm not sure she really did go back to sleep, but she did at least only whimper every so often for the next hour and a half.
- With the power out, Robby wanted to shave so he headed to the camper to get things set up for him to shower there. I had washed my hair yesterday so I was good. I had worship care plus I had to get food to Pops (their fridge is out right now), so the girls and I left fairly early. Thankfully, the light did come back on a little bit before we did have to leave so I was able to at least look in the mirror to make sure that I didn't look too scary.
- Robby's car stopped at the doughnut store on the way to church. He said that he felt like he needed a little something to wake Whitman up. After church we hurried on to Nonna's house so we could watch the Hogs basketball game. We watched the beginning, ate, and then watched the end.
- When the game was over, the kids come home to do their chores (not of their own free will) while Robby and I went out to run some errands. Since we stayed longer at Nonna's house, we didn't make it home for a good bit.
- When we came home, it was almost time for Campbell to leave for Rock Creek. I hurried her up telling her to leave earlier because it was about to storm. By the time she made it to the car, it had already started pouring and hailing. She came back in the house for about 3 minutes, and then the sun was practically out again and things were calm so she headed on. Once she made it safely there, we both napped for a little bit.
- Then we worked on supper for our Sunday night supper. We made sloppy joes which the kids have always abhorred-they have had them maybe twice when they were tiny so really, they don't even remember them. We like them though, plus we had chicken patties for them so no one went hungry tonight especially when we ended the meal with oreo delight.
March 14, 2026
- I was able to sleep until my alarm this morning, but I was not able to sleep until my snooze alarm was up. By this time, Marley was awake-once she does wake up and especially after she hears me get out of bed, her barks just become louder and louder.
- My goal is to get completely ready and put the laundry from the dryer into my basket before getting her. However, most mornings I just have to get half way read-pants and shoes-so I can take her out and not scare the neighbors.
- I do really like the dogs most of the time, but I'm just tired of them. For example, by the time I had left the house this morning at 9:30 I had taken the dogs out 6 different times plus since this is Saturday I didn't even think about brushing their teeth, brushing them, or taking them on a walk.
- Campbell and I dropped Keaton off at her first birthday party at Blue House Bakery. They had muffins, and then they ended up doing some shopping in the boutiques nearby. Campbell and I went to a wedding shower this morning, and when we left, we picked up Keaton and took her to her second birthday party where they ate and painted pottery.
- When we came home, Campbell went outside and tanned (or should I say burned), and I took a nap. We didn't get to be home long because we had to pick up Keaton from her party, and then we headed to the Banana Ball baseball game.
- Graham opted to stay home and watch basketball so I took his ticket (we just had 5). The game was definitely something to see-it is basically like the Harlem Globetrotters times 50 but with baseball. There was always something to look at-music, dancing, games, fireworks, plus they were playing a baseball game the whole time too.
- When the game was over, we came home and watched the end of the Bryant basketball game before eventually heading to bed.
March 13, 2026
- I read relieved when Marley woke up this morning looking well. Last night Campbell saw her gobble up a wasp and then quickly spit it out. I was pretty convinced that after a few minutes, I could see that the side of her mouth was a bit swollen. She loves ice so we made sure that she ate quite a bit during the evening, and by bedtime I couldn't see the swelling anymore.
- This is the second Friday that I have done a good bit of crocheting. I have to do my crocheting standing at the bar when Marley is awake, so this is also the second Friday that my legs have been super tired! However, I'm getting close to finishing up all of my yarn for this blanket...now I just have to buy more yarn to put it all together!
- I did another subtest of the ACT this morning with Whitman, Keaton, and Campbell. Everyone's scores were different this time, but Campbell did tie Whitman's score on this section. Since I had to wake them up to do this, I had candy laying at the table waiting on them and made pancakes for breakfast/lunch afterwards.
- Campbell and Graham went to work and dropped Keaton off at Lily's house so she could do Keaton's nails. Then I picked up Keaton, and we ran to Trader Joe's to buy some things for all of Keaton's parties tomorrow. (She has two birthday parties-this the second week in a row that she has had two parties on the same day.)
- When Campbell walked in the door from work today, she and Keaton pretty much walked back out. They spend the evening babysitting. Graham spend the evening watching basketball, while Whitman spent a good bit of time playing on his Switch.
- Robby and I ran some errands tonight and grabbed some pimento cheese bites from the store to try as part of our supper-we tried them but won't need to try them again!
March 12, 2026
- Campbell and Keaton left first this morning for work. I woke Graham up fairly early too, and Whitman and I did our morning reading together. I really enjoy the book that we are reading together so I wish that we made more time to read on these Thursday mornings.
- Whitman knocked out most of his school work early, but it was still a busy morning. Graham had a test today which was quite difficult for him to take because he had to jump through quite a few hoops to get the computer to work for the test.
- When the girls came home this afternoon, they both headed outside. Keaton walked, Campbell laid on the trampoline, and even Graham ran. Bentley saw everyone outside, and she was not happy at all because she wanted to be out there with everyone else. I relented and did let her hang out on the trampoline with Campbell for a while.
- Keaton and Campbell left again to go back to church and work some more this evening. I left right after they did to meet Robby. We ran some errands and came home with pizza for the boys. The girls are already back home so now it is the best part of the evening-all of the kids are home (well, most of them), and I'm sitting on the couch.
March 11, 2026
- This was the hardest morning to wake up since we have changed our clocks because it was so dark and dreary outside when it was time to wake up. I could barely see how to get to Marley's kennel to let her out.
- Even though it was hard, I was able to get everyone awake and doing their school at a decent time this morning. We are certainly starting to finish school work around here, but no one's school is really getting any easier since I just keep adding things.
- Campbell and Graham went to work today-they said that it was pretty quiet there, but they were able to find enough things to keep them busy. They came home just in time for Campbell to leave with me.
- I just had the library to go to on the way to church, but it was about to rain so I had to hurry. Then we made it to church. The girls jumped out, but I sat in the car for a bit. However, it did start raining so I scurried to grab my things and run into the church house.
- After church, all of his ended up stopping at ChickFIlA. Keaton drove with us, but when she saw that her friends were there with Campbell and Graham she opted to join them. Whitman and I came home and ate after taking the dogs out.
- Now everyone is already home, and I'm about to try to sit on the couch for a little bit before bed-possibly with some hot chocolate.
March 10, 2026
- We didn't sleep in this morning, so we started bright and early. It wasn't really bright today either, but at least it wasn't rainy. Everyone did their school work, though no one had started on their work the night before.
- Marley usually takes her morning nap at 9:30, but I have moved it back to 10 lately. She still, however, is waking up at 11:30, but I just let her stay in her kennel until noon or whenever I'm finished working with the kids. Today, Graham finally rescued her because Whitman and I were still working well after noon.
- Whitman, Campbell, Keaton, and I met some friends at the Food Bank today. We helped bag food for school kids to take home on Friday afternoons. Our group, us and a lot of other people, bagged over 1500 bags while we were there.
- We celebrated our hard work with Sonic. We had already ordered when Graham, who must have been tracking us, requested a drink. Since he had Marley duty, he did get a drink too. Graham also made supper tonight-he wants to have a few meals ready to take when he house sits, so tonight we were trying one of his out. I thought it was really good-I would change the pasta that we used, but other than that it was pretty tasty.
- Whitman and I played a game this afternoon. We did the same thing yesterday too, and while we were playing the game I was kind of working a puzzle that is on the table. Yesterday, Marley watched me work the puzzle, and I guess that she thought it was actually food and not just pictures of doughnuts because she jumped onto the table! I'm sure I will not have all of the pieces to this puzzle.
- After supper, everyone went their separate ways, and Robby and I are waiting to watch our show later tonight.
March 9, 2026
- Keaton and Whitman convinced me to start school an hour later this morning since everyone had already done much of their school work already, plus it was the first day after turning the clocks back. I agreed even though the agreement included us doing our morning together work at noon.
- School time went smoothly even though everyone does have a lot of work to do with me right now. Plus, there was a the storm that came through-Marley was sleeping, but Bentley doesn't like storms so she settled herself in Robby's office for a while and then beside Campbell as we worked together.
- We did our work together during lunch like I said that I would. Usually, Robby showers while we work together and keeps Marley with him. Today thankfully, Campbell was around during some of our reading time to watch Marley, but then the rest of the time she was with us-this caused Keaton to cover up herself with a blanket while Whitman crawled into the kennel leaving me out with the dog.
- Campbell and Graham went to work this afternoon. While they were gone, I even forgot that Keaton was here because I only saw her once. Whitman and I did play a game this afternoon, and I worked some of a puzzle.
- It was around 5 when Robby wrote asking if I wanted to come and shop with him. I ended up riding with the Wilson's to Walmart and then meeting Robby. We did a few orders before meeting back up for supper.
- Now it is almost bedtime, but Robby and I have some computer work to do before bedtime!
March 8, 2026
- This was Time Change Sunday so we were moving a little bit slowly. The "we" I mean is Robby, the boys, and me. Campbell and Keaton had to greet this morning at the doors so they were awake and heading to church before I even had Whitman out of the bed.
- After church we talked for a bit, and then we hurried to Grannymom's house for Sunday lunch. She had a yummy soup along with a delicious lemon cake. Lilly was there because she is home for the weekend, and Les and Shelley even showed up on their way home.
- When we left there, Robby and I ran to the store really quickly while the kids headed home. When we made it home, Marley had already been up for a while, so she took a nap while Robby and I took a nap!
- Before too long it was time for everyone to leave. Keaton left with Robby to go to her lifegroup first. Robby let her drive there and even back home. Whitman left with Graham and Campbell. They dropped him off at his lifegroup before going to their Dgroups at the church house. This left me all alone at the house. I did work on Graham's transcript, but other than that I did nothing at all!
- We all met back up at the Wilson's house (except for Whitman) for Sunday supper. Shannon had hot dogs and ice cream for supper-the supper was good, but the visiting was better. The kids left, and we stayed a bit longer before heading home for the saddest part of the weekend.
March 7, 2026
- The thunder woke me up around 5 this morning, and it took me a little bit to get back to sleep. Then I was awake again when the next round passed through. I had to leave at 8:45 this morning, and when the lights flashed once, I jumped out of bed to take my shower and dry my hair before the lights went out (they never did go out).
- I needed to be in Arkadelphia at 10:30 this morning, so I figured leaving at 8:45 would give me plenty of time in the rain. I did leave a few minutes later than I planned plus I did stop once to run an errand for Robby, but I took me just about the whole time to get there.
- Today was Mom's Day for Reagan's EEE social club. It was really nice. There were vendors which we really didn't look too much at. Then, there was breakfast-they had all kinds of pastries, plus a coffee bar and yogurt with fruit and granola. It was all very good!
- After we ate, we did some watercolor for our craft. I'm not good at it, but Reagan and her friend at the table were both really good at it. When it was over, it was raining pretty good again, but the drive home was not too rainy.
- Once at home, I had a quick nap. Then Keaton and Campbell left to go and babysit. They were home by 10 which was fairly early for them. Graham and I left soon to go and meet Grannymom and Robby.
- This was Graham's last basketball game-they lost by 5ish. It was a really good game, and Graham played great-I think that he scored around 13. Even though they lost, we still celebrated with David's Burgers afterwards.
- We got home from the game, and I finished my crocheting for the day, wrapped a package to mail, and bought a birthday present for Whitman.
March 6, 2026
- I stayed busy most of the morning long-crocheting! No one stirred around here until 11 so the morning was super quiet. I would do a few things from my list and then would crochet a little bit. I have a blanket I'm trying to make with leftover yarn of mine; however, I'm starting to run out of yarn. My blanket will probably end of being a little smaller than I planned.
- Graham and Campbell went to work this afternoon while Keaton, Whitman, and I left the house too. Since they are taking the ACT in a few weeks. they needed to fill out an extra form because they do not have id cards.
- We met Robby at the bank so we could have a notary notarize those papers. Then Keaton ran into two different stores while I got gas. And since we passed a Sonic, we stopped for a drink and even a pretzel.
- On our way home, we stopped at Nonna's house to see them for a little bit. I think that Nonna was getting around really well today, and I think that they were glad to see us. We visited for a bit, and then headed home because Keaton had two birthday parties to get ready for.
- One of Keaton's friend's had to reschedule a birthday party, and that party ended up on the same night as another party. Keaton opted to just go to both of them. I took her to one, and my plan was to go to Walmart for a bit. However, I was 20 minutes away so by the time I made it, I would have just a few minutes before having to come back. I ended up just sitting in a parking lot and read some of my book.
- Keaton left the first party early so she could make it to the second party. During the second party, I did run home since I was close by. Before I left to pick up Keaton, Campbell left for her party which was for the sister of Keaton's first party tonight.
- Robby brought home some pizza tonight for everyone at home, and now Robby is working on a house project while I'm trying to convince myself that I should get off the couch and pick up the kitchen.
March 5, 2026
- I heard Marley this morning and picked up my phone. My phone alarm had been going off so I turned it off. I then looked at the time and even scrolled for a minute before I realized what the time really was. My silly alarm had been going off SILENTLY for over an hour!
- That is not the way I wanted to start my morning. Robby said that he thought I was just sleeping in because it was Thursday. It's still a school day so there is no sleeping in. Thankfully, I just had to take the dogs out and then wake up Whitman to get started.
- Whitman had a lot of reading today so he did that while I caught up on what I didn't get done while I was sleeping. We both ended up finishing most things about the same time and worked together.
- Thursdays are quiet here with Campbell and Keaton gone, and I don't see Graham much during the day. It will be really strange around here next year with my Graham gone, and that will make my Thursdays super quiet.
- The afternoon was kind of quiet plus I was able to do a little bit of crocheting which I haven't done much the last few weeks. I made a sheet pan meal tonight (it was just from a bag)-it was a flop! I figured that it would be, but Robby had already eaten, Campbell, Keaton, and Whitman didn't really even want to try it, and it was too spicy for Graham. I did kind of like it (it was pretty hot plus there were a ton of carrots which aren't my favorite.)
- Marley is currently napping so we are enjoying sitting on the couch quietly for a little bit.
March 4, 2026
- When I went to bed last night, around midnight, Campbell and Whitman were in the school room waiting on a 3d print to finish. I think that they went to bed fairly soon after it finished, but Campbell was able to successfully print a snake.
- Then she started an Albert Einstein glasses stand. It finished this morning, and she painted it. It turned out really cute, plus she just got some new glasses in the mail today so she was super pleased.
- Campbell and Graham had work this afternoon, and as soon as they left I pretty much left for my eye doctor appointment. My eyes keep improving-they were once -2.5 and are now a -.75. I guess my eyes are trying to improve enough that I don't have to go to the eye doctor anymore.
- Keaton has been crafting like a mad woman lately, and she needed a different kind of batting so I ran to Hobby Lobby on my way home. Once I made it home, I finished school with Whitman before jumping into the shower to get ready for church.
- We did church tonight, and Campbell was the only one who went to ChickFilA afterwards. Well, the rest of us ran by CFA to pick up our sandwiches on our way home. Once home, we ate, and now Robby and I are on the couch catching up on our tv watching.
March 3, 2026I
- Robby and I both keep thinking that it is further in the week than just Tuesday, but I'm glad that it is just Tuesday. We did the school thing this morning, and Whitman, who usually does things the same every single day, switched it all up again.
- Since the kids did an ACT test yesterday, we started working on reviewing all of that today. It takes a while, so once I lost track of time, and poor Marley was in the kennel for a good while. She didn't mind though because we fed her when we got her out-all she cares about right now is eating and biting.
- This afternoon Campbell, Keaton, and I ran a few errands. We left earlier than planned because Graham was possibly going to play basketball, but he ended up not. Keaton wanted to drive so she drove us to Goodwill.
- We were just going to run in there, but ended up leaving with a dresses for both girls, a shirt for me, and 2 books as well for me. Then we went to Hobby Lobby where Keaton was looking for some crafty items. Campbell also found her a diamond art painting. Next it was to Seven Brew where Campbell bought herself a drink before we ran to Grannymom's house for a little bit.
- Once at home, I finished working with Whitman. Then pretty soon afterwards, Robby and I left to run some errands and go out to eat with the Wilsons. While we were gone, Campbell figured out how to print on Anderson's 3D printer so she plans on staying up late tonight to see if it finishes correctly!
March 2, 2026
- I feel like I packed everything that I could into this day-and I didn't even leave the house. I have done most of my daily list and 24.8 percent of my weekly/monthly list. I would get up and see the exact amount I have completed of my daily list, but I'm tired, and since it doesn't really matter!
- Coming back from a trip is always a bit busy plus for some reason I made this the day that everyone took a practice ACT. Campbell did hers yesterday, and Keaton and Whitman did theirs today. Let's just say the youngest made the best score, but everyone has some work to do which is fine because we all have plenty of time! (Well, Campbell doesn't have that much time, but she will be fine.)
- Marley slept until 8 this morning so we don't have to move into the camper. Hopefully, that trend continues. My goal would be to start walking again in the mornings, but staying in bed a little bit longer is nice too.
- Everyone did their school work today, and because we were trying to squeeze in the ACT too, school did seem to take forever. That was fine though because it is all finished now. Campbell and Graham went to work at the normal time, and Keaton and Whitman even had some downtime this afternoon...though he does have one more school thing, but I'll let it slide.
- This afternoon I cleaned the caper and reloaded all of the clean things back in. I should have restocked it with all of the things I needed to add, like forks-I gave all my extras to Reagan, but I decided to save something for tomorrow.
- Robby is bringing home supper for the kids, and they have been watching him like a hawk. He has been out running some errands. Campbell is not watching Robby because she is out with some friends. Last night she figured up how much she had spent during the month of February, and Robby's total was vastly different. She probably should be home working on finding a 3rd or 4th job, but you only live once.
- Marley and I currently in the living room-I have been leaving Marley alone for longer and longer time periods during the day. Today, I went outside to cut the laropa while she was in the living room. When I came back inside, everything was as it should be. I do know though that will probably not be the case every time that she is unattended.
March 1, 2026-Camping in February?
Once again Marley gets a gold star. She slept until 10 again this morning. Now don't think that I'm slighting Bentley; we know that she is the perfect dog, and trust me, she has been given many, many gold stars.
Pretty much as soon as we climbed out of bed, we went to work packing up the inside and the outside. I was dreading the ride home because Marley was a little stressed on the way down to Degray even with Campbell and Keaton beside her.
I made Whitman wake up and ride with me so he could handle her during the ride home. There really would be no way I could deal with her in the white van because there isn't a seat near me that I could have my hand on her during the ride. However, from the moment I started the car, Marley was perfect. She would try to sit in Whitman's lap some, but mostly she just laid right beside him and was super content. I'm not really sure why the change because on the way there, I regretted not getting her a marijuana gummy or two to snack on.
Robby pulled out of the campground a bit before me, and it took me a while to catch up to him. Eventually though, I did tuck in behind him for the rest of the ride home. Silly Whitman did look up and said, "well, that camper looks like ours."
We went right to unpacking as quickly as we could. I like to take one load into the house, put it away, and then try to do a few other things in the house before going to get the next load. So when the camper was finally emptied, the house was kind of straightened as well.
The kids went to church this morning and then ate Sunday lunch at Pops' house. They made it home about the same time that we had finished with the camper. Now, I still have to clean the camper, but it is emptied and everything that came out is now clean and ready to be put back in again.
This afternoon Robby ran some errands while I kept up with the laundry and tried to mark a few things off of this weeks list. I think that most everyone took a nap here except for Campbell; she did an ACT practice tests and then went to Rock Creek.
The Wilson's came over for supper tonight. They helped us clean out the fridge and ate our camper food. When they left, we quickly cleaned the kitchen and now the wonderful weekend is over!
February 28, 2026-Camping in February?
It was another wonderful camping day-this morning not a one of us stirred in the camper until 10. Marley was still sound asleep at 10 and only started moving around because she heard Robby and me talking. Our morning conversation was something like this: "We should move into the camper?" "What time is it?" "10:00" "Definitely moving into the camper."
We haven't slept late like today since Marley came to live at our house. Bentley was still pretty tired and in no hurry to go out, but Marley was a little more anxious. Robby and I started working on breakfast-eggs in the hole, pancakes, and sausage. Robby wrote Anderson to come over for breakfast, and he was here before Robby was done cooking. Reagan loves the cafeteria, but Anderson is not a big fan of it at all, so he was definitely up for a home cooked breakfast meal.
Soon after everyone finished their breakfasts, everyone left-Graham, Campbell, and Keaton headed home to Little Rock. Graham had a basketball game tonight (they lost, but came back quite a bit during the last half), Keaton had a party (Pops had to pick bring her home from it since all my other drivers were busy), and Campbell had to babysit (this was just her second time at this house, and she does well while she is there.) Anderson headed back to Ouachita because he had some school work and laundry for today.
Once everyone left, it was just us and Whitman. We didn't see much of him today because he was living his best life! Robby and I sat outside all day except for probably about an hour. I read and finished one book and started another. I had bought yarn to crochet some on this trip, but never really felt like pulling it out.
Around 6 we started on supper. Anderson invited a few people to come tonight to eat, but everyone was gone, so he just brought one friend which was still perfect. We are glad to feed one or many! Tonight we made meatball subs which were super easy to make and pretty good-they were good enough that Anderson took our extras home with him.
We watched some of the Hogs game, and then we started cleaning up. It didn't take too long to put everything away. Now hopefully tomorrow we will sleep super late again (not counting on it!)
February 27, 2026-Camping in February?
We weren't expecting much from Marley last night; we were even dreading it a little bit. However, she did so good and didn't wake up until 8:30. (This doesn't happen, and I'm not expecting it tonight.) After she woke up, Robby took her potty and then put her back in the kennel, and she slept even longer.
We all really didn't still until 9:30ish or even a bit later. Graham and I left around 11:30 for a quick trip to OBU. Graham has decided that he wants to add Business to his Communications major in the fall so we met with the dean of the business school. Then we saw Reagan and finally Anderson, before meeting with the lady that he will do work study with in the fall.
When we finished, Graham was famished so we ran to Sonic-and who was there, but Robby and everyone else. They had been to Walmart and needed a drink on the way back to camp. Once we were all back at camp, we pretty much stayed outside all afternoon.
The kids rode their bikes some, even Whitman. Anderson even came back to see us for a little bit. He visited for a while, and we asked him all of the questions that we could think of. When we left, we started on supper.
Reagan brought a group of friends to eat tonight, and boy did they eat! We thought that we had enough food, but we had to pull out more chicken because even though it was mostly girls they just kept going back to get seconds. One of them even requested oreo delight-we actually had made it for tomorrow night's meal, but we pulled it out of the freezer to eat some tonight!
The Smiths pulled in to their campsite late, but they came over and visited with us. After Reagan's people left, we moved by the fire and talked until Robby started putting the food up. We had a mess to clean up inside and outside. It didn't take too incredibly long to clean up, and then we took the dogs on a short walk-now, here's to hoping that everyone sleeps well tonight!
February 26, 2026-Camping in February?
Keaton and Campbell went to work this morning, and they were a bit disappointed that they didn't have any free sandwiches at ChickFilA. The rest of us did, so Robby headed the same way to pick up our sandwiches before they expired.
While Campbell and Keaton were at work, Whitman worked on his school. I should be able to say that Graham worked on his school as well. He did some, but he also did some xboxing and even some cleaning. This afternoon when I was leaving, I was also reminding him to make sure that he did his work that was due today! He could possibly be a procrastinator.
While Whitman was working, I did a bit of last minute packing plus I helped Graham organize all of his drawers. He has a lot of tshirts. We got rid of about 5-well, we didn't really get rid of them because we put 3 in Whitman's drawers to wear later and 2 in Anderson's drawers because they were his.
Around 1:30 Robby and Whitman left. They ran a few errands on the way to Degray, but they were there and set up before Campbell, Keaton, and I arrived. The girls stopped at a gas station on the way home, and after Campbell took a shower we left.
Graham didn't leave with us because he had a basketball game tonight. He knew that they were playing one of the best teams plus they only had 5 players tonight. Graham's team lost by a good margin, and the picture I saw of Graham he was dripping wet with sweat. He took Grannymom home after the game, went home to take a shower, and then drove on to the campsite.
When we did arrive at the campsite, Robby had everything set up. I just helped hang the lights-our lights are just perfect on this trip. It helps that we have a pretty great spot this weekend. And let's talk about the weather for a bit-we didn't really think that we would be able to camp this weekend since we weren't going to come if it was cold. Right now though the weather is perfect!
February 25, 2026
- It was another busy day around here. We did the school thing this morning, and school kind of flowed on into the afternoon. Graham and I were still working on his paper after noon today-we were going to work much earlier in the day, but he got a text saying that the internet was out at work today so no work for him and Campbell.
- Needless to say, they were devastated-ha! Graham did opt to go to church with me this evening. He wanted to go with me even though I was leaving so early because he gets a bit bored on days that he doesn't go to work.
- This afternoon I just ran around trying to get things ready for tomorrow. I made a pan of gluten free brownies for Reagan. Then I made a pan of sourdough brownies because I had a friend rave about the recipe. (Don't tell anyone, but I guess I messed it up a little bit because it is good, but they are by no means great.) I started worrying about those brownies so I just made a box of brownies. Seriously, we will never eat all of them! Plus tonight Robby made oreo delight and peanut butter pie to bring camping.
- I left for church early with Keaton and Graham because we had a few stops on the way. First, we stopped at Nonna and Pops' house to pick up some wire hangers. Then on to the library to drop off some books and pick up one. Finally, we went to Michaels so I could buy some yarn.
- I even splurged at Michaels and bought a candle (it was just 2.40), but when I came home I set my library bag which was full of everything from the car on the bar....and it fell over breaking my candle. Ugh!
- When we came home from church, I helped Robby finish up his cooking and now I'm setting on the couch!
February 24, 2026
- This was a fairly busy day-busy enough that I didn't even rewrite my to do list for tomorrow, I just added a few more things to mark off..or a few more things that I probably won't get around to marking off.
- We did our school this morning, and the morning went by very quickly. Soon Campbell and I were headed to take her Accuplacer test. We just did all three today without any studying at all just to get a baseline. She did fine, but we will have to start studying so she can pass all 3 before school starts in the fall. She is going to start studying math this week so she can try again in a couple of weeks.
- After we finished, we ran to Walmart to pick up a few things-mainly a drink for her. Then we browsed for a bit before doing some shopping and a delivery. Once at home, I had to work with Whitman, but we sped through everything so I could leave again.
- This time I met Robby at the store to do our shopping for this weekend. We never really made a list so hopefully we have everything. We will set down and figure things out tomorrow so maybe we will remember anything that we have missed.
- I picked up some supper on the way home, and everyone ate while I tried to straighten a few things and catch up a little bit. Right now Marley is sleeping, and I think that I'm going to have my second cup of hot chocolate!
February 23, 2026
- Mondays make me sleepy, and today was definitely a sleepy Monday. Plus I wasn't really expecting it to be so chilly today. I love winter and want some more, or so I thought. After today, I'm not too sure if I really do enjoy chilly weather.
- This afternoon I went to get the mail, and it was just cold so I opted to skip my walk. I was fine with this, but I think that it upset Bentley a little bit. She had been a bit on edge today, because she knew that Marley got to go to the camper (I'm trying to get her used to it), and Bentley saw me take a load of things out there. When we start doing things in and for the camper, Bentley gets a bit anxious because she does not want to get left at home.
- This morning we did our school work-things are slow the first part of the morning, and then I always look at the clock, and somehow it is already lunch time. I'm not sure why the last half of the morning flies by; maybe it is because everyone is waiting to work with me plus it is also the time that Marley wakes up from her nap.
- This afternoon Graham and Campbell went to work. They went to help shoot some pictures so that made their day go by a little bit faster. While they were gone, Whitman finished school, and I did some crocheting.
- Keaton and Graham went to Goodwill when Graham came home from work. Keaton found shoes, and then they decided to stop at Panda Express on their way home. It was quite interesting listening to them split the food that they bought-they got out the scale to make sure that they had the exact amount.
- Robby came home, and we finished off some leftovers. Now, I'm sitting on the couch freezing and thinking about getting myself some hot chocolate.
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