tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46163613751635776452024-03-18T19:50:41.590-05:00Adventures in Dennieland...Follow along the adventures of our family of eight!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8075125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-75208507281511040382024-03-18T19:49:00.001-05:002024-03-18T19:49:41.067-05:00March 18, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/18/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I have loved this first day of Spring Break. I woke up early in a mad dash to work through my list. I did chore after chore trying to mark things off. I did sit down twice to read a little bit, but each time I had to get up for something-and once was to walk Bentley since she was barking.</li><li>The reason for my insistence on finishing my list had to do with the mail. I was anxiously awaiting a new shipment of curriculum. So, from Reagan on we have pretty much done the same thing each year. I have added things, but I have rarely just about scraped everything and started over. However, that is what I am doing next year for Keaton and Campbell.</li><li>And I could not be more excited about it. My box today had language arts for Graham, Campbell, and Keaton. I worked just about all afternoon on reading through everything tying to understand and getting as much as I could ready for the fall. If I could just jump to the fall, I would right now! Keaton and Campbell don't seem to be as thrilled as I am about all of this though.</li><li>Robby ran a few errands in the morning and was back in time to take Graham to work. He met Reagan there since she is still house sitting. Late this afternoon, we ran a few more errands-Campbell and Keaton were oh so bored, so they went with us. They did manage to get some candy and a drink on the outing so they were pleased.</li><li>Anderson and Whitman were just as happy as they could be here though, but they were anxious to know what supper was going to be. I made english muffin pizzas and fries in my effort to clean out the freezer some. </li><li>After eating, most of the kids worked on their brackets, and now Robby is working and I'm cuddled up on the couch.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-48017133707223645742024-03-17T21:56:00.002-05:002024-03-17T21:56:54.596-05:00March 17, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/17/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We managed to leave a bit after the usual time this Sunday morning. There wasn't too much concern about leaving a little bit later since we thought that there would be a few folks gone because of spring break. </li><li>We did the church thing, and then headed to Nonna and Pops' house for Sunday lunch. We all ate-Reagan discovered that she likes Nonna's corn dip (also known as Texas cavier). We have had it before at Nonna's house but she has never tried it, so I'm glad she tried something new. They also had raspberries which my girls demolished before I even had my plate ready.</li><li>Reagan then headed back to her house sitting house, and the rest of us headed home. Robby and I, of course, had our nap. Usually everyone leaves for life groups and Rock Creek, but all of that was cancelled tonight for Spring Break so all the people were here all evening.</li><li>That kind of threw Robby and me off since we usually start working on things when they leave. And since no one left, our supper ended up being even a little bit later than usual. It was all good though-chicken fried steak. mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, and brownies. </li><li>The kids played pickleball this afternoon and then also this evening. I think that some one might even be outside now playing as well. The kitchen is clean, and now my blog is written. I have a fairly large list of things that I want to do tomorrow-plus I should be getting a shipment of school books for next year, so I want to finish my chores before they arrive so it should be a busy day!</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-82437081865400612512024-03-16T20:01:00.002-05:002024-03-16T20:01:26.967-05:00March 16, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/16/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>None of the girls were home last night, but the boys' room was full and noisy-I have no idea what time they went to bed. Graham was the first one stirring this morning, and he was actually downstairs before Robby and I left.</li><li>Our first stop this morning was no where near here-Riverside Grocery which is just a gas station, but they have cinnamon rolls...which we missed! Oh, well, another day. We then went to a Mexican grocery store in Benton. </li><li>We bought some pastries there, but really our only winner was the cream cheese churro. Every thing else we bought wasn't that great. The boys have munched on some things during the day, but there are still two things left in the kitchen. </li><li>The winner from the Mexican store was the tamales that we bought. Robby and I ate them for supper tonight, and they were delicious for sure. Now, I do think that tamales need a little something so mine were covered in salsa and sour cream.</li><li>When I volunteered at the pregnancy center, I would always pass a meat place, and I always wanted to stop and get him a sandwich. Well, we did today. Though, I don't think that we chose the best one-we just got a bbq sandwich so it was fine, but not great. Graham did eat half of it when we finally made it home. </li><li>We also managed to do 2 mystery shop stops before picking up Keaton from the house that she spent the night at. We then went home to divide up all of the food that we came home with. </li><li>Robby then worked in the camper for a little bit while I read, took a short nap, and then made apple muffins. They are decent, but I didn't see the part in the recipe about turning the oven temperature down so I really could have burnt them, and they are quite possibly a smidge overdone. </li><li>Then Robby and I went to Grannymom's house for a little bit. While we were there, Campbell made it back from her night out-she had lots of fun and had a big day-even bought a sweater. We ran to the grocery store before going home to pick up a few things.</li><li>Everyone had already eaten some type of supper, so the kids all played pickleball while Robby and I ate. Now, they will begin cycling through the shower for tomorrow while I read some and Robby watches basketball.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-77330365155180693142024-03-15T19:49:00.000-05:002024-03-15T19:49:02.813-05:00March 15, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/15/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I did nothing really all day long-well, I did take Graham to work at 1, Campbell to a friend's house at 2, and Keaton to a friend's house at 4:30. So really if you need a ride anywhere, I'm your gal!</li><li>Here is the day in a bit of detail-though there really isn't much. Reagan went to her house sitting gig around 10 and stayed there until work time. That is why I took Graham to work.</li><li>I then went to the library to pick up some books because that was my fun activity for the day. On the way to the library, Campbell wrote asking about spending the night at a friend's house. I should have been proactive then and had Keaton find a friend to come over here, but I wasn't.</li><li>So a bit later, during my afternoon nap, Keaton asked if she could spend the night at a friend's house, and I was soon back in the car driving back to Bryant. I could be convinced to move someplace closer some days.</li><li>Other than that, we didn't leave the house today and it was pretty nice. I just sat in my chair and read and slept. After work, Reagan dropped Graham off and picked up some supper to make and left again. She did get her senior pictures scheduled next week so that will be a fun activity.</li><li>The baseball game is on right now, and it is just me here with a house full of men. Everyone has found their own suppers-no one wanted any of my chickpea masala. </li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-24179381144094440582024-03-14T21:30:00.002-05:002024-03-14T21:30:55.061-05:00March 14, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/14/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Thursdays are just the best day around here. Robby and I have always loved Thursdays, and now the kids love it too. I think that they love that this is the last day of school for them-that would certainly make me happy. </li><li>Now seeing that I neglected to run the dishwasher yesterday did not make me happy at all. That started my day off poorly-and it will start my day off poorly in the morning when I have a crammed full dishwasher to empty.</li><li>We did our school work and then Campbell and I went to work in the kitchen. Campbell made a batch of sour dough pretzels while I made a chocolate chip pie. It took me about 15 minutes to make my pie, but it took Campbell most of the afternoon to finish her project.</li><li>I heard talk of a pickleball game, so I quickly grabbed Whitman for spelling with the promise of being done before anyone went outside. We quickly spelled, and then I took Bentley on a walk. I was expected rain all day long, but surprisingly we have yet to get any. (The sirens just went off here, but it looks like so far we will miss the rain.)</li><li>Reagan was going to have to go to work today, but it was cancelled because of the storms coming. Robby went to his coaches meeting for soccer, and on the way home, he grabbed pizzas on the way home so we could fully celebrate pi day with pizza pies and a real pie.</li><li>While he was gone, most of the time I was outside playing pickleball. This was at least the second time today that most people had played pickleball outside. When Robby came home, we ate our pizza, and most of us hung out in the living room watching tv.</li><li>I eventually had to call down all of the upstairs people for a few minutes because of the weather, but that soon passed and now everyone has left, and it is just Robby, Bentley, and I in the living room. Poor Bentley is not moving from her spot-the thunder terrifies her! She doesn't whine, but she gets as close to one of us as she can.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-67040157892018984072024-03-13T21:12:00.000-05:002024-03-13T21:12:02.245-05:00March 13, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/13/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>This was a fairly normal school day-Graham and Reagan leave early so Graham has to hurry through things. Whitman took a five minute break today every time that he completed a certain number of school things. I urged him not to do this because I thought it would take him a lot longer, but I guess he figured it all out and was done at about his normal time.</li><li>A bit after lunch, I left with Robby to go and pick up some of his medicine, and then we ran to Kroger for a few things. We bought really nothing that we could use to make a meal, but we felt like we got a few really good deals so that was fun.</li><li>Back at home, I tried to work with Whitman but he quickly mentioned that they were about to have a pickleball game. So I let him do that while I walked Bentley and did a few other things on my list. When I went to find him again, he was quick to say that they were about to play football-they were not, but he was pulling out all of the stops to get out of spelling today (it didn't work).</li><li>Reagan and Graham came home at 4, and Reagan, Campbell, and Keaton left soon after that. My car load was the next to leave around 5:10-Graham likes to be there early so he rushes us to leave, but he doesn't want to go as early as Reagan though.</li><li>After church, Anderson and Campbell went to ChickFilA while the rest of us hurried home. I am afraid that Graham spent most of church tonight watching the Hogs play. We were able to listen to the last few minutes of overtime on the way home. </li><li>Robby had tacos for our supper. We pretty much devoured them, and he had to make us some more. Campbell and Anderson are on their way home now from their outing, while I am covered up in a blanket-I thought that it was supposed to get warm!</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-60715655751165587072024-03-12T21:12:00.001-05:002024-03-12T21:12:17.040-05:00March 12, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/12/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>In case you were wondering, we were back to our old sides of the bed last night. Sleeping on my regular side didn't help me get up any quicker though I wasn't in a huge hurry this morning because I knew I had very little laundry to fold today.</li><li>Now, little laundry this morning means lots of laundry tonight and tomorrow morning. We started our school this morning, but gracious the kids kept looking at their phones tracking Pops-they knew that he was bringing them doughnuts this morning.</li><li>After Nonna and Pops stopped by, I finished working with Campbell, Graham, and then Whitman. Then I quickly got myself ready, and Campbell drove me to Nonna's house. She made lunch for Graham, Campbell, and Keaton. </li><li>We visited for a little bit, and then Graham drove us to the library and then to home. Everyone was getting their driving practice in today. We weren't home for too long before Reagan left for her work and Anderson left for Raymar to work. He took Campbell, Keaton, and Whitman with him-they went to get a drink, but I think that they had fun.</li><li>Everyone trickled in from their jobs, while Robby was making pork tenderloin for supper. I added green beans, crescent rolls, and mashed potatoes. We all ate at the table, and then folks dispersed. </li><li>Keaton is making some type of dessert while Robby and I are watching a tv show. Bentley is destroying a toy, and most folks are cycling through the showers.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-6650442911810707952024-03-11T20:02:00.000-05:002024-03-11T20:02:01.570-05:00March 11, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/11/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>For some reason last night, Robby thought that we should switch sides of the bed. We did, and I slept just fine, but I am not so sure how he slept because when we woke up, Bentley had taken over most of Robby's spot. I would bet that we will be back to our regular sides tonight.</li><li>When my alarm did ring, Robby had to hand me my phone to turn it off this morning. I hit snooze the normal amount of times today leaving myself no time for the laundry before starting school. That was fine though because I did squeeze in getting a few loaves of bread ready to bake. </li><li>I should try to wake up in time to do the laundry before the school day starts, but I am having more and more free time during the day. This free time comes in short 10 minute segments, but that does allow me to finish that pesky laundry. Today I even worked on a shirt that Reagan had found in the bins in the attic-it had originally had pleats in the sleeves to make them puffy, but the pleats had been pulled out so I fixed that.</li><li>Soon almost everyone was finished with school-Anderson was working on an essay so that took a bit of time. Graham was pleased that I finally sliced my bread before he did have to leave for work. It was a success-we all had some. Graham then left for work with Reagan for the afternoon.</li><li>Keaton spent a good deal of time outside today-she went on a run, played soccer with Whitman, and right now she is outside with everyone but Reagan and Whitman playing pickleball. We worked on Reagan's old cleats to clean them up for her, so she made use of them today.</li><li>I worked on the attic a little bit and have found a few things to get rid of up there. Then all too soon it was supper time. I heated up some chicken pasta along with some grilled cheese for tonight. Everyone ate and afterwards, we did some quick chores. </li><li>Now it is already 8, and that makes me sad! The kids are out playing so that is good at least, but bedtime will come all too soon.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-73879784375811828652024-03-10T21:25:00.001-05:002024-03-10T21:25:56.791-05:00March 10, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/10/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>This morning when my alarm rang, I looked at my clock and couldn't figure out how I had set my alarm to ring an hour early. Thankfully, it didn't take me too long to realize that it was time change Sunday and I needed to get out of the bed.</li><li>Robby had already woken everyone up, but I did have to turn the lights on Anderson to go ahead and get him up. He can get up to watch a race, but other times he doesn't jump up too quickly. </li><li>Campbell had worship care this morning, but Keaton and Whitman sat with us. We still are kind of liking our new spots-we feel a bit more apart of church and not so much like outsiders. After church, Whitman stayed after church with the children's ministry for some Olympic games, and I stayed to help.</li><li>We had pizza and cookies, and the kids played a few games. While we were there, everyone else went to Grannymom's house for Sunday lunch. They stayed for a bit and did have to stop for gas on the way home. We all arrived home at about the same time.</li><li>I had myself a long afternoon nap, but soon it was time for people to start leaving for church. Graham and Anderson were the first ones to leave today for Rock Creek. Then Keaton and Reagan left-Reagan was able to drop Keaton off at her life group before going to her own. Finally, Robby, Campbell, and I left to take her to her lifegroup. This did leave Whitman at home, but next year his Sunday nights will finally be full.</li><li>Robby and I dropped off Campbell, and since we didn't have to time to go home really, we went to Chilis to eat supper. Then we picked up Campbell and then picked up Keaton. The boys beat us home and even had their pizza in the oven by the time that we made it home. </li><li>Now, everyone has eaten, or even eaten twice. Reagan isn't yet home, but the rest of the people are fairly quiet, maybe time change is catching up with us.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-55694291693604946362024-03-09T20:19:00.001-06:002024-03-09T20:19:14.295-06:00March 9, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/09/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I have four recipes that I want to master this year: chicken tortilla soup like at ChickFilA, chocolate chip scones, chocolate chip biscuits, and rolls like Texas Roadhouse. Earlier this year, I found the perfect soup recipe. </li><li>Today, I think I mastered the scones. However, I was out of milk so I had to alter the recipe some. First there was supposed to be 2 tablespoons of heavy cream in the recipe, but I already knew I was going to use milk for that. Imagine my surprise when I opened the fridge to find no milk so I substituted some sour cream for that. Then I needed milk to mix with sugar for the tops of the scones, so I had to use an egg wash and sugar instead. I guess I need to make some notes on the recipe so I can recreate it when the time comes.</li><li>After we had some scones, Robby and I went to do his mystery shop for the day and drop it off at Grannymom's house. We stayed there until the end of the Hog game, and then we went to Kroger for a few things-and milk was one of them.</li><li>Back at home, Robby rearranged his office, Reagan emptied the dishwasher, Keaton and Whitman played soccer upstairs, and then played Mario Kart with Anderson, and I did a bit of school work and read some as well.</li><li>Tonight I was super pleased with out supper-I was able to dole out quite a few leftovers. Graham at the girls' leftover sandwiches from Friday, Anderson had Robby's leftover Sonic burger, I had the kids' leftover orange chicken, Reagan had my leftover food from BJs, Keaton had leftover meatballs, and Robby and Campbell split a frozen pizza. It is pretty nice to clean out the fridge a little bit!</li><li>Then I urged everyone to start on their showers and now I'm considering going to bed since tomorrow is time change.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-65177396056579727432024-03-08T21:58:00.002-06:002024-03-08T21:58:39.443-06:00March 8, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/08/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I always feel a bit like a slacker mom on Fridays, but for the most part, I did my own thing today. When I did get up, Whitman was already awake. I asked why he was up so early since this wasn't a school day, but he explained that Graham had set an alarm at 7.</li><li>I'm not sure exactly about that because Graham did get up early, but not until about 9:30. Anderson was up before Graham and came downstairs to watch some of one of his car races.</li><li>I made cinnamon muffins this morning. They were a solid B, I thought, but Anderson said they were a C. I wasn't too broken hearted over his grade, since it was quite a bit of work for just 12 muffins. If I'm going to have to work hard, I would prefer to make 2 or three dozen muffins.</li><li>I was a bit worried that it was going to rain later today, which it did, so I took Bentley on an early walk. I brushed her, she pottied, I listened to my book-we were very productive, but that is about the extent of my productivity today.</li><li>Robby, Campbell, Keaton, and I went to eat out for lunch. Then we had a few Sonics to drive through. When we came home, I read some and then had myself a wonderful Friday afternoon nap.</li><li>Robby and I then went to eat supper with the Wilsons-we had Mexican, and goodness, our taquito was so good. It was my favorite part of the meal. After eating we walked around Walmart, and bought a few of the Walmart brand candy bars and had a taste test with the real things: Snickers and Twix. And not surprisingly, the real candy bar brands won!</li><li>Then we watched the last half of the Bryant and Central basketball game. Now Robby is working on his mystery shop reports, but otherwise, the house is fairly quiet.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-23140926122881986042024-03-07T20:20:00.001-06:002024-03-07T20:20:47.137-06:00March 7, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/07/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I usually keep up with the weather, but I sure was not expecting rain this morning. I didn't even notice it when I got out of bed. When I walked through the mudroom though, I just stopped and stared at the rain like I had never seen it before. </li><li>I debated not taking Bentley out for her morning potty, and just trying to keep her near Robby so he would hear and take her. However, I decided that I should take her so that rain did make that a bit harder-though I don't think that she likes the rain because she gets her business done quickly when it is raining.</li><li>We did the school thing-the big boys still have some work to do tomorrow while the others are finished for the week. Well, Whitman has spelling to do tomorrow, but we do that every Friday. </li><li>The adventure for the day was taking Anderson and Graham out to look for dress shirts. Of course their little sisters came as well. We were able to find a few shirts for both boys at Old Navy, but then we ran to Academy so Graham could look for some shorts, but we didn't have any luck there.</li><li>I had told Anderson that we only had those two stops, so he was a little cross when I remembered that I needed to buy Reagan deodorant. Keaton and I ran into Target-and I mean ran-we were back in the car in about 4 minutes, but we had to wait in line to check out so that definitely slowed us down.</li><li>Back at home, I spend the rest of the afternoon walking Bentley (we didn't get very far since there was a scary dog outside) and reading. Reagan went to work late and came home late. Keaton, Campbell, Robby, and I ran to Costco to get gas and pick up some pizza supper for all of us. We even splurged and bought cookies!</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-18012746645710324712024-03-06T20:54:00.001-06:002024-03-06T20:54:09.039-06:00March 6, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/06/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Another school morning that I am struggling to get out of bed. I feel like I might do better staying up all night than having to get up. I have had to cut my morning chores down though I still get them done during school. </li><li>It is pretty surprising how quickly I can put on my clothes, empty the dishwasher, take the dog out, wake people up, and start school-all of that can be done in about 15 minutes if you are moving pretty quickly.</li><li>We did the school thing-but this is the morning that Graham doesn't have much time at all. He didn't even get a chance to work on his next test that he has to take. Reagan and he headed off to work before noon. </li><li>Robby was out at lunch time doing some shops so the boys all had Sonic hamburgers while the girls all had Sonic drinks. Graham mentioned on the way home that Sonic is a fine hamburger, but not spectacular. People tonight at church were talking about Davids, and that did sound really good to both of us. </li><li>However, Robby had quesadillas for all of us when we came home. Anderson and Campbell went to ChickFilA with their friends so they didn't have our yummy supper. Robby even had cookies ready for us. <br /></li><li>I had intended to make some bread this evening, but I didn't calculate my timing right so I will have to do that another day which is fine. I had also planned to make muffins early today but didn't have all of my ingredients. </li><li>Right now the ChickFilAers are on their way home, and we are eating cookies and watching tv-a pretty perfect ending to the day.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-73387990823439689632024-03-05T21:46:00.002-06:002024-03-05T21:46:17.468-06:00March 5, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/05/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>This was the busiest day on the calendar for the week, and it really wasn't too busy. This morning we did our school work. Everyone's math right now seems to be pretty easy-they are all at the end or the beginning of their math books so there is more easy math which makes everyone's day go by quicker.</li><li>At noon, Graham had his second Accuplacer test. If you remember, he was just a few points short last time. This time, however, he had not really been putting much effort into studying so I wasn't too sure how the score would turn out. He rocked it though, and now he just has to take the math portion of it in a few weeks.</li><li>We came home for a little bit, and then Graham, Anderson, Campbell, and Keaton left again for Raymar. Anderson was working during Upward soccer evals, but the others were earning money for camps. They said that things were super slow today so they spent a good deal of time just hanging out.</li><li>Reagan, Robby, and I were the next to leave. We met down the road for Reagan's first time to vote. That was fun, and the poll workers even clapped for when they found out she was a first time voter. </li><li>She went on to work, and we came home. Poor Whitman is missing out on a lot of the comings and goings lately. He doesn't seem to care at all though, but I wish he had a few more activities, but that time will definitely come for him.</li><li>The Raymar people came home, and Reagan wasn't too far behind them. I had made spaghetti and meatballs for some of the people. Then most of us left again for the boys' last basketball game.</li><li>This was the first game of the tournament, and they didn't fare so well. They only lost by 8 or so. The other team was super aggressive so it kind of psyched our boys out early on. Both boys did really well, but Anderson probably had his best game and acted more like a football player out on the court.</li><li>We came home, and the boys had showers and quite a few folks had ice cream. Now Robby, Keaton, Campbell, Whitman, and I are watching a tv show before bed.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-9497474205606573302024-03-04T23:52:00.003-06:002024-03-04T23:52:53.040-06:00March 4, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/04/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>For a Monday this was a pretty busy Monday for most of the kids at least. We did our school thing, and everyone seemed to be a pretty good mood. Most people were finished by noon which gave them time to do their chores.</li><li>Reagan and Graham were the first ones out of the door to head to work. When they left, Graham told me to save him some bread. This was a my second attempt at sourdough bread, and I think that it was pretty good. It was a tiny loaf, but it is almost gone so I think that people liked it. Whitman even came back into the kitchen for a second piece.</li><li>Campbell, Keaton, and Anderson were the next to leave. They went to Raymar to work soccer evaluations. Of course Anderson was busy, but Campbell and Keaton stayed busy the whole time working-until the little hail storm popped up and ended evals early.</li><li>That just left Whitman at the house alone most of the afternoon-we did pass some of the time doing his spelling! He loved that of course. Robby also brought him home a Sonic drink so that made him happy. </li><li>Soon the worker people were on their way home, and I was on my way out the door. I had a girls' night where we took and left with people's favorite things. It was a fun night, and I made it home earlier than usual for a night out.</li><li>The kids were just going to bed when I came in so I was able to tell everyone good night. </li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-17171799774740718412024-03-03T22:26:00.001-06:002024-03-03T22:26:18.160-06:00March 3, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/03/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Well, if poor Bentley has a few more nights like she has had the last few nights, then she is going back to her kennel. She wakes up and wants to leave our room, so she just comes and stares and breathes on me. She was up like a newborn last night, and I am way too old for that mess.</li><li>I guess it was a good thing that we didn't sleep much because we were too tired to rest well so that meant that we woke up when our alarms went off. Robby made cinnamon rolls for the kids and the extras. I had my shower and started waking people off, and soon we were all off to church.</li><li>Robby and I tried out a new spot today for church. It was different-I couldn't see everyone which probably helps me not be as distracted and it was not freezing cold so we might just end up there next week too.</li><li>After church we went to Nonna and Pops' house for Sunday lunch. They had everyone's favorite-pork tenderloin. We stayed, ate, and visited for a good while. Then we all headed home-I believe that everyone in this house had a nap except for Whitman. </li><li>When Campbell went to get ready for Rock Creek, she went upstairs and wrote me that everyone was asleep. Anderson said that he wasn't sleeping, but it sure was quiet all afternoon. I guess all of the kids were tired-or maybe they are banking some extra sleep for this week ahead.</li><li>Everyone but Whitman went to Rock Creek tonight, and then we all met up at the Wilson's house for Sunday supper. The kids ate and then headed home, but Robby and I stayed and chatted for a while. We are back home now, and I am starting two try my second batch of sourdough bread! (I did make some chocolate chip muffins today, and they were good so that was a success, but really there are probably a lot of good recipes for chocolate chip muffins.)</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-67980590372428534822024-03-02T21:12:00.002-06:002024-03-02T21:12:42.094-06:00March 1, 2024-Happy Very Belated Birthday (Party) Campbell<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/02/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The day started off kind of quiet, but it is ending pretty loud! Anderson was the first one awake and was downstairs watching car racing pretty early this morning. Bentley joined him on the couch for the last few laps of the race.</li><li>Robby and I ran a few errands this morning-he had 2 mystery shops while I had a porch pick up of some dog toys. I have been the one giving stuff away from my porch, but this is only the second time that I have picked something up-the first was a graphing calculator about a year ago, and then today I picked up two bags of dog toys. They have been washed, and now Bentley is enjoying the ones that we have let her have-the others, we have saved for Christmas.</li><li>When we left for our errands, Campbell was up and working on her balloon arch for her party. She bought a thing from Amazon which came with a ton of decorations. It also came with balloons to make an arch, and that girl did a great job. Now she struggled hanging it up, but it looked super cute.</li><li>The big boys went to play basketball this afternoon. They were gone for almost 3 hours and came back home sweaty messes. They had fun though. Keaton was the next one to leave this afternoon-she had a birthday party to go to. She was gone for most of Campbell's party, but she came home with 10 dollars because she was able to eat a lime without making a face.</li><li>Campbell's birthday was the next to happen. Whitman had been in his pajamas, but Anderson told him to put on clothes since all of the people were coming over. However, Whitman did a good job hiding from all of those girls, but he soon had his shower and ended up back in his pajamas.</li><li>Campbell had a slew of friends over-so, so many girls. It was incredibly noisy, but I think that she would say that it was incredibly fun! They had pizza for supper, played some games, hit the volley ball, ate Spiderman birthday cake, and took a lot of pictures. They even have a photo circle that I am going to have to join to get some pictures from this evening!</li><li>I think that most of the birthday guests have now left, so the evening will start quietening down a little bit!....maybe!</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-66980181870606026172024-03-01T22:24:00.002-06:002024-03-01T22:24:59.504-06:00March 1, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-03/01/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Fridays are always fun around here especially since there isn't much school happening. Robby had his Dgroup this morning so he was up and gone early. I just stayed right in bed until he came back though.</li><li>When I did get up, I started on my chores. I tried to be productive since Campbell is having her little belated birthday here tomorrow. Campbell worked more on the bonus room today, and tomorrow there is big balloon arch plans.</li><li>I was able to read quite a bit of my book plus do spelling with Whitman. It is his very favorite time of the day for sure-he acts like he hates it, but I know that he doesn't really. Actually, Anderson and Whitman spent a good deal of time today playing some video game together.</li><li>Graham and Reagan went to work this afternoon while Robby, Keaton, Campbell, and I went to a few stores. First we had to pick up Campbell's Spiderman birthday cake. Then Keaton had to go buy her friend a birthday present, and finally, Robby had a mystery shop.</li><li>Then we headed home. Supper tonight was fend for yourself night-Robby and I had meatloaf, but there will be no surprise for you to read that we had no one else that wanted meatloaf. It was pretty decent for frozen meatloaf. </li><li>After we ate, we picked up the Wilsons for a Kroger and Crumble run. Crumble had our favorite cornbread cookie this week so that was fun. Plus we had a few things on the grocery list. I had plans of starting my sourdough bread again tonight, but by the time that I made it home, the starter had already deflated-and really, since I have no idea what I'm doing, I thought I better wait.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-68720150203182736372024-02-29T20:55:00.002-06:002024-02-29T20:55:26.541-06:00February 29, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-02/29/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I had big plans for this last day of February, but none of them happened! I did make my first sourdough bread-and possibly my last! Ha! No, I'll try again, but I the bread was pretty heavy and dense. </li><li>It didn't take long to do though so I didn't feel like I had wasted my time. We did our school work this morning, and I tried to pull out school for next week. I have dreaded this every Thursday for the last 13 years-it doesn't take my nearly as long any more, but gracious it isn't my favorite thing to do. However, I do get excited when I see things that we are finishing up-Campbell and Graham both finished something up this week.</li><li>After school, I did a few things around here, but then I left with the girls in the middle of the sleet storm. It was freezing and a bit nasty, but we still stopped at a few places. First Reagan tried on some shoes at a shoe store. Then we went to Walmart to buy things for Campbell's party. We then ran into the Dollar Tree but didn't find a thing there. And finally, we went to Academy where Keaton found some shoes. </li><li>Campbell and Keaton spent a good deal of time decorating for Campbell's belated birthday party on Saturday. She has waited a long time for her party, so she is pretty excited about it.</li><li>Back at home, I sat in my chair and read some. Robby and I went to Panda Express for supper-he had a shop to do. Then we picked up more food for the kids along with a pizza for Anderson. We all ate, and then I made chocolate chip cookies using a new recipe, and we will just add them to the growing list of things that I can not make.</li><li>The kids are eating desserts while Keaton is doing some shopping for a party that she is going to go to this weekend. I am sitting here trying to decide if I would like to have some hot chocolate for my dessert or if I would like something cold!</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-90993138976598738292024-02-28T22:01:00.001-06:002024-02-28T22:01:14.476-06:00February 28, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-02/28/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>This Wednesday was kind of quiet. We woke up and did school-hmm, I think the only thing exciting was that I cleaned my earrings this morning! Ha! Things haven't been too exciting this week, and for that I am very thankful.</li><li>Graham and Reagan went to work at noon, and around 2 Robby saw that Reagan had just completed a drive. I guess that they wanted Sonic while at work so she picked it up and delivered it to everyone. I hope they know how good of a job that they have-going and getting drinks on company time.</li><li>The afternoon was kind of quiet-Campbell did drive me to Nonna's house, well, she drove me most of the way. Lawson still feels super busy, but she is improving and really, I should have let her drive home from the library. </li><li>When we came home, I read for a bit and then had a shower before I left first for church. I don't need to be there early, but Campbell and Keaton feel the need to be there early. Graham came early too since he didn't want to come with Reagan who left 20 minutes later. </li><li>Anderson and Campbell went to ChickFilA tonight after church, while the rest of us came home and had chicken taquitos for supper. After supper, the Wilsons came over for a few minutes, and we caught up. </li><li>Now I am having hot chocolate waiting to do my second stretch and fold of my sourdough. I don't have high hopes for this little experiment, but we shall see!</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-3951130727720912782024-02-27T21:55:00.002-06:002024-02-27T21:55:28.345-06:00February 27, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-02/27/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Whitman was the first one awake this morning, but I was fairly close behind him. I do believe that I heard him come down the stairs or into the kitchen; however, I didn't worry about him having fallen down the stairs though today. </li><li>I let the big boys sleep for a little bit, but I woke up Keaton and Campbell so we could start on school. My thought was that if I let Anderson sleep some that would help heal his ankle. They do say sleep is good for so many things, and I guess it worked since he was able to play in the basketball game tonight.</li><li>We did all of the school things, and I even had a chance to feed my sourdough starter this morning. I really still don't know what I am doing with it, but I did use some of the extra to make some crackers today. They were edible but not re-makeable. Tomorrow I am going to attempt to start the bread process. </li><li>When Keaton finished school this morning she worked most of a puzzle. Campbell helped some and Anderson came along after lunch with them, and they all finished it together. I think that I am going to have to start looking for a bit larger piece puzzles since the ones we have borrowed from Grannyom are just taking them about an hour to do.</li><li>Reagan had her class today where she gave her speech, and then she was home for a bit before she left again for work. She hadn't been home for too long before the rest of us left for the boys' last basketball game.</li><li>We saw the "coach" from the other team warming up with his players; except imagine our surprise when their "coach" was just a player. While they lined up for tip off, Anderson walked over to the man and asked, "how old are you?" He said that he was 18, but he must have been an old 18-old enough to have a full beard!</li><li>Thankfully, the other team was pretty pushy, but they were also pretty sloppy. We started the game up by 5, but soon were down by 10. However, our boys ended up winning by 2. Anderson took 2 charges knocking him on the ground each time. Both boys scored some points, and my favorite part was when Graham passed the ball to Anderson who scored. Our maybe my favorite part was when our shortest player, who is smaller than Keaton, was guarding the man sized player.</li><li>When we came home, the boys showered and the rest of us caught up on our tv shows.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-82129670032612368152024-02-26T20:29:00.001-06:002024-02-26T20:29:36.412-06:00February 26, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-02/26/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>It took me a while to fall asleep last night, so even though I woke up at a decent time this morning, I waited as long as I could until getting out of bed. Actually, Whitman woke me up this morning-or at least I thought it was him.</li><li>I heard a pretty loud kerplunk which woke me up and made me think that he had fallen down the stairs. He is the early morning riser. I laid in bed for a while, but eventually I started to wonder if he was laying at the bottom of the steps so I went to check on him. He was curled up on the couch and had no idea what I was talking about. I should have gotten up then, but I ran back to the bed for a little bit longer. </li><li>We then started on our school work. Whitman likes Mondays the best because he has 8 pages of math and can pick the easiest ones to do. Of course this method just saves the hard stuff for the end of the week, but today at least he was pleased that he had finished early.</li><li>Once the kids kind of finished up, I started on a few of my chores. For lunch, I worked on my final Camp Geyer recipe-empanadas. I have made everything, taken notes, and worked on a list of ingredients needed. I still have to tweak some things, but I do have until June so I guess I have plenty of time. Even though I made those empanadas-Graham and Robby were the only ones who even tried them. </li><li>This afternoon Reagan and Graham went to work, Whitman and I did spelling, Keaton made cake pops, and I took Bentley on a walk. When Graham and Reagan came home, all the kids but Reagan played football outside. That ended when Anderson sprained his ankle. Ugh, I don't think it is as bad as last time, but his last basketball game is tomorrow so I doubt that he will be playing in that. </li><li>Robby made chicken pitas for supper tonight. After we ate, many of us had free milkshakes on our ChickFilA ap so we ran there and picked up tonight's dessert for everyone. Now, I'm back on the couch and am going to read for a little bit before bedtime.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-16670120616666488802024-02-25T21:02:00.001-06:002024-02-25T21:02:10.275-06:00February 25, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-02/25/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I felt like I was getting up a little bit earlier this Sunday morning, and I guess that I did; however, I was still scrambling around. Reagan zoomed in about 4 minutes before we left, and we all made it out the door about on time.</li><li>Of course, us leaving on time now means that we are early to big church. The kids enjoy being able to have time to see their friends, and Robby and I enjoy getting to sit quietly for a few minutes before everything starts.</li><li>After church, we all went to our Sunday school classes. We didn't have a ton of time this morning with just our little class, so that made it go by fairly quickly. Then we found all of our people and headed to Grannymom's house for her birthday lunch.</li><li>Graham drove the suburban with Robby. He has his license and all, but he doesn't get many chances to drive. Of course, he did fine. At Grannymoms, we had pizza and oreo delight. Reagan left to go and check on Annie so Graham went back with her. The rest of us stayed a bit longer, and then headed home ourselves.</li><li>At home, I did some research and a bit of panicking. I was gifted some sour dough starter today at church so I am trying to learn what to do with it! Soon though it was time for our people go their different places.</li><li>Anderson and Graham left first to go to Rock Creek. Then Reagan left with Keaton-they each went to different life groups and thankfully Reagan was able to drop Keaton off. Then Robby and I took Campbell to her life group. Keaton and Campbell were just visiting different life groups tonight, but that did mean that Robby and I had to stay out the whole time to pick them both up. </li><li>We didn't get home until after the boys, but I am glad that they all want to go to church things, and I am glad that we have a few different options for everyone. While Robby and I were out, we ran to Walmart and then we stopped to pick up some bread sticks at US Pizza. We used to eat those breadsticks all of the time, and they sure were good tonight.</li><li>Now Reagan is the only one still out, and the rest of us have found our normal evening spots so the house is fairly quiet except for Graham occasionally screaming at his xbox.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-63469545864646220362024-02-24T21:21:00.001-06:002024-02-24T21:21:05.296-06:00February 24, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-02/24/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>When Robby and I woke up this morning, we headed to Walmart so we both could do some shopping. I needed to buy things for my Operation Christmas Child boxes-yes, I'm doing those now. And Robby had some deals that he was picking up. He ran all over the store filling his cart while I ran over the store filling my cart-actually, no one's cart was full by any means, but we sure did our shopping separately.</li><li>Then we went to Costco, and we did stay together there at least. Our first stop was for a chocolate chip cookie. We enjoyed that treat before moving on to try the samples. Now, we were surprised because almost all of the samples today were drinks-that wasn't any fun at all. </li><li>We hurried home and had a bit of downtime before we all left again for Grannymom's birthday party. Grandpa's 80th birthday party was about 12 years ago, and I vividly remember Anderson crying because he didn't want to wear fancy clothes. (He had to wear kahki short and a polo, but spend a good bit of the party playing with his cousin in the dirt pile.) Twelve years later, I still had boys complaining about having to wear church clothes. (Anderson would want me to clarify him that he was not the one complaining today though.)</li><li>Everyone looked nice though so it was worth their trouble (which wasn't really any). Grannymom's birthday party was at The Cove where we and all of her friends had coffee and yogurt. It was a great spot for a party, and Dana had everything perfect.</li><li>After the party, Keaton, Campbell, Whitman, and I went to Academy. We found Whitman some shoes that fit-the cheaper pair didn't have the size that he needed so we ended up buying the more expensive pair.</li><li>Then we had to wait in one certain line because we were also picking up shoes that Keaton had ordered. Our line went to slow-like we thought about just sitting down on the floor while we were waiting. We finally did get to the front, and Whitman's shoes were on sale so that was great.</li><li>When we did get to the car, Keaton tried on her shoes, and they were so the wrong size so that was not great. She and I went into the store to just see if we could find the right size to order. We could not find the shoe anywhere in the store. I don't know how they had one last night there when we ordered it, but didn't have any there today. Did we buy the last shoe that looked just like that? Who knows? </li><li>Anyway, she tried on another shoe so we do know her size. I decided when we got back to the car, that I should just return the shoes that we had just bought. I had originally thought that I would just wait until we bought new ones, but by this time I knew she was going to have trouble finding them again.</li><li>So after my third trip into Academy, we finally headed home. By the time that we got home, Robby had already made pancakes, sausage, eggs and bacon for supper. The kids all ate, and then we headed to the boys' basketball game.</li><li>Reagan is house sitting so she was down the road, so Whitman just stayed at home and skipped out on the games. Anderson and Graham's team is just consistent-they lose by about 2 every game. They played hard today, and both of them scored a few points, but gracious, their team just has some bad luck-but I think that they do have fun. </li><li>People are showering now at home and finding snacks-I think that I could go right to bed, and I just might.!</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616361375163577645.post-54908148911218609872024-02-23T20:59:00.001-06:002024-02-23T20:59:17.172-06:00February 23, 2024<p><a href="https://dennieadventure.smugmug.com/2024/2024-02/23/" id="id_aac9_8eca_7e85_723" style="background-color: white; color: #339933; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">(click for today's pictures)</a></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I slept quite a while this morning, and then I had to get up and start my daily chores. Now on Fridays I spice things up and do something fun between my regular chores. Honestly, my "fun" things probably don't sound fun to anyone else-but they are to me. Robby though does make fun of my because all of my fun things are usually things that don't really need to be done yet-like I was working on something for Christmas today.</li><li>The kids were all slow to wake up this morning. Graham was the first one up because he usually takes a shower before going to work. Then as soon as I noticed Whitman, I did spelling with him. I did just do a little bit which made him happy.</li><li>Now even though I was productive this morning, I really didn't do one of the main things on my list today-clean the kitchen. I have now decided that I am going to wait on the maid to come and do that for me or maybe a kid will do it. Ha! Anderson did take our little kitchen rug and shake it out outside today so maybe there is hope!</li><li>Reagan and Graham went to work, and really no one did anything around here this afternoon. It was very quiet. Keaton did make a huge batch of cookies, and it took her a while to bake them all. </li><li>This evening, Anderson, Campbell, Keaton, Robby, and I went to eat at Tacos for Life. We ran into Kroger first to buy more English muffins. Then we ate and picked up pizza for Graham and Whitman on the way home. Reagan had our Tacos for Life leftovers. </li><li>Now, the big boys are playing basketball outside, Reagan just had a shower, Whitman is on the couch beside me, Campbell is in the bonus room, and Keaton is in her bedroom-it is turning out to be a pretty quiet Friday night.</li></ul><p></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10762810112715185686noreply@blogger.com0