- 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 4, 2025
June 3, 2025
- 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
- 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
- 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!
May 31, 2025
- The one chore that I didn't finish yesterday was cleaning the potties so I made sure that I did that pretty soon after waking up this morning. I don't really know why I dread it since it takes about 20 minutes if that. The worst part is having to walk all around the house-I sound like an 80 year old!
- Robby was the first one to leave this morning. He had a few errands plus he had to mail a package-Graham, Whitman, and Keaton sold one of their Coca cola things that they rescued from the dump pile. Now they just have about 200 coke bottle to sell.
- I took Campbell to a friend's house, and they soon headed to the lake with 18 friends to celebrate Brooklyn's 16th birthday. I know that she is having a blast-I'm following their photo circle, and Campbell has posted most of the 300 pictures. All of my girls love taking pictures!
- When I came back from dropping her off, I left with Robby and Keaton. We stopped at Sams first and then 5 Guys. While we were in there, Keaton went into Platos to browse. After that stop, we dropped her off at Grannymom's house to help her with some yard work-they did a bit of bartering since Grannymom bought Keaton a dress as a payment for her work. Keaton was super pleased with her dress!
- The boys played pickleball this afternoon, but they were home in plenty of time for supper. We had hot dogs, beans, chili, and mac and cheese (per Graham's request). There was also brownies-the fridge is working well today, so that is one good thing. However, it is a wee bit difficult to cook a meal without a functioning oven or stove. It does make things challenging...and a bit exciting.
May 30, 2025
- I had a pretty big list of things to do today-and I did most everything except clean the potties and a few other non fun things like that. I almost did mess up pretty early this morning-I had not heard Reagan moving around upstairs, and I was about to text her when I realized that it was Friday, and she didn't have to go to work.
- I had to leave a note for everyone when I took a walk this morning, and then when I went to Nonna and Pops' house for a few minutes, I had to leave a note again because no one was out of bed yet so I assumed that they were all still asleep.
- When I was getting ready to leave, Bentley was following me around like I had asked if she wanted to come. I relented and let her climb in the car to join me on our trip. I think that it wore her out because Bentley slept the rest f the day away.
- Graham wore his blood pressure cuff all night long, but he was ready to get it off this morning. I went upstairs to gather everything, and he said that he was going right back to sleep. Indeed he did; Campbell had me wake him up before he had to go to work this afternoon.
- Not too long after they left for work, Reagan left to spend the night at Kennedy's house, and Anderson went to play basketball with some friends for most of the afternoon.
- Robby and I left with Keaton and Campbell to pick up Grannymom, Nonna, and Pops. Then we dropped off the girls to babysit once again-this girls have done well babysitting the last few days. If they had some more families to work for Campbell would already have enough saved for a car.
- After dropping the girls off, the rest of us went to Riverside Grocery for some catfish for supper. The line wasn't too long, and we found a seat easily. The food was good, and it was a fun evening. After eating, we dropped everyone back off at Nonna's house.
- Whitman opted to stay at the house. When I invited him to come, he said that it sounded like a good adult meal. He enjoyed hanging back at the house sneaking a gatorade or two.
- Back at the house, Graham left to play pickleball while Robby worked on the fridge some more-this morning it wasn't working, but right now it is-it has been cleaned, defrosted, vacuumed, and prayed over so maybe it will last a bit longer.
- I had to run and pick up the girls from babysitting, and Graham is currently still out playing pickleball. Since I'm full from supper, I'll skip ice cream (most of it actually melted this morning), but I'll work on finishing my book.
May 29, 2025
- This morning started off with Graham and me going to the nutrition center for his second of three visits. This visit was fairly short, but he did leave with a blood pressure cuff that he has to wear for 24 hours.
- I had assumed that it would be smaller than a regular blood pressure cuff, but no it is a big massive thing that makes some noises when it takes his blood pressure every 20 minutes. Not only does he had to deal with that, but I have to write down what he was doing every time it goes off. Thankfully, it is just for a few more hours.
- I made it home with him just as Robby was taking Campbell and Keaton to babysit for the afternoon. They spent the whole afternoon with their two favorite little people.
- I guess everyone was working for a little bit today. On our way home from the Nutrition Center, I dropped Graham off to help friends move. When I came home with the car, Anderson left to go and help as well.
- Reagan was at work as well. I have heard that she is very efficient at work and finishes every task they give her pretty quickly. I wonder where she gets that from-she a mini me, but shhh, don't tell her.
- After a few weeks of juggling life without all of the cars here, we were able to pick up the van this evening. Robby and I picked up the van before picking up the girls. Robby took Keaton home while I took Campbell to a birthday party.
- After dropping her off, I went to eat supper with my friends. We visited until they closed the restaurant, and then we stood out in the parking lot until it was time for me to go and pick up Campbell. I thought that I might be finished in time to run to the library or even Pops' house, but we were a bit too chatty for that.
- I picked up Campbell and made it home, soon afterwards the boys were home from their pickleballing. They had fun with quite a few friends this evening. Now, I'm finishing the blog while trying to get all of the information about the kids' evenings.
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