- Well, it was the first day of school, and don't tell anyone, but things went very smoothly. Reagan only has 2 tiny things to do for me, so she really slept through school today. Anderson basically just has English with me and 3 tiny things so he did the minimum. Graham does everything with me except for science, and well, he also did the minimum. I'm find with a gradual start that doesn't stress me out as long as everything is finished by Thursday this week.
- Campbell, Keaton, and Whitman start their day off reading with me for almost an hour. They didn't seem to mind too much though I did have to continually call Keaton by name so I could make sure that she wasn't asleep because she was laying super still all cuddled up on my bed.
- Campbell has a load right now. She will finish some things which will make things easier for her, but right now it is a lot which is a lot of reading (back to that). She wasn't the last one finished today, but she did work almost until lunch. Keaton also had a lot, but she is doing her math right now so she was ahead today and always works hard. And Whitman, well, he just needs me to motivate him a little bit ("Do this," "Now, do this." "This is next.") He had a lot but was finished by 12:30 so that is a super win.
- The rest of the afternoon was spent with me trying to do a few chores. Then it was time to head off for our adventure of the day. First Keaton, Campbell, and I went to Walmart to pick up a few things. Then we went to the main event-an eye appointment for Campbell.
- She complained last week of not being able to see when she reads very well. Also she has had a few headaches lately. I called last week to get an appointment, and surprisingly they had one for today. I had thought that it would have been months.
- Much to Campbell's disappointment she has an astigmatism, is far sighted, and there was something else that he said that I couldn't remember. None of these 3 things are very much, but combined he said that it would definitely make things difficult for her. It is something that contact wouldn't help, but glasses would.
- She then picked out some glasses. The poor thing was so stressed about taking too long and getting the right pair. She even text Reagan to get her opinion. Campbell finally settled on some so they will be here in a few weeks-hopefully those will help with all the things!
- We came home for a bit, then Robby and I ran to Grannymom's house for a minute before going back to Walmart. We needed milk and eggs that I couldn't get before the eye appointment. We picked up a few things and then came home.
- Once we were home, Graham started icing his cake that he made this afternoon. I had just bought the icing. The boy said that he was going to make a cake because he didn't have one for his birthday. I think that he was kidding!
- The kitchen is kind of clean so I think that a tv show is about to be turned on in the living room! Since we have to wake up early now for school, I think that we will just be able to watch one episode instead of our normal 3 or 4.
July 31, 2023-First Day of School 2023-2024
July 30, 2023
- Church morning this morning. The kids were fairly easy to wake up so we were there on time. I did have a moment of panic right before big church started because I wasn't sure if Reagan remembered that she was in the nursery this morning for worship care.
- I quickly text her to check. I guess I did forget that she is almost grown and one of the most responsible Dennies. Seriously, how did they all grow up so quickly? After Graham's birthday, it is always my favorite time to tell people their ages-17, 16, 15-I love it when their ages are all so close. Though I really can't believe that at one time we had a 1, 2, and 3 year old.
- After church, Robby picked up pizza while I ran in the store with some of the kids. We did some speed shopping. Reagan had asked for 2 things-kettle popcorn and rosemary, but we were unable to find either of those things. Thankfully, we were able to find the things that we needed though for supper tonight.
- It was a quiet afternoon with Robby and I leaving first for supper and a Sunday school meeting at church. Then the others left for Rock Creek leaving just Whitman and Keaton at home. Keaton made good use of her time and did some more school work. She is currently in her bedroom doing her school work for tomorrow.
- Robby and I returned home first, followed by all of the Wilsons, our kids, their kids and three extra kids. We fed everyone grilled cheese sandwiches along with pan fulls of Oreo delight. My kids would normally complain about grilled cheese, but no one said anything tonight-sandwiches are always more fun with friends.
- The evening eventually ended which means that our official summer has also ended. Tomorrow starts school for this little Dennie crew. Wish us luck!
July 29, 2023-Happy 15th Birthday Graham!
- Robby was awake and back with doughnuts for the birthday boy well before the birthday boy climbed out of bed. When Graham did come down for breakfast, Anderson, Robby, and I were the only ones awake to sing to him.
- I did my little bit of chores this morning and then read a little bit. Robby headed outside to do some work on the camper locks. He worked all of the day in the crazy heat. After he finished the locks, he then moved on to washing the camper. The camper is pretty big so it took all of the day long.
- Really though the rest of us just had a pretty lazy Saturday. We didn't do much at all. I did work on some some school. Keaton really worked on some school and even did some for next week.
- Graham drove me to Campbell's friend's house tonight. Campbell and her friends were going to pass out notes to encourage people at Walmart, and then she was going to spend the night at her friends.
- Robby ran to ChickFilA to pick up the birthday boy's supper. He also bought supper for the rest of us. Most of the kids showered, and now we are ending the night like we have the past few nights-on the couch watching our show.
July 28, 2023
- This morning I was surprised by how late I slept, but I was also surprised that Anderson wasn't up yet on the couch. Last night he said that he was going to wake up before 7 to watch some car racing on tv.
- The morning started off fairly slowly. Reagan spent a good deal of the morning trying to get concert tickets. Unfortunately, she turned down the 300 dollar tickets trying to get a cheaper ticket, and then she was 20,000th in line. It wasn't a surprise that she didn't get tickets, but she wasn't too bummed about it.
- The girls then headed to the Goodwill Bins. They were prepared and even took gloves which I don't think that they used. Reagan came home asking to be reminded that she does not want to go back there again, while Campbell came home with 2 new cute sweatshirts.
- When they came home, we all headed to Defy. Graham hurt his ankle some last night so he didn't jump, so he came with me to Mardels to print his name on his new Bible. When we finished there, we picked up the others and ran to the new Taco Bell for a drink.
- It wasn't until 6:30 that Reagan, Anderson, Graham, and Campbell left for dodgeball at Rock Creek. Anderson's team won two games, but Graham won individual round with Reagan in 2nd place and Anderson in 4th. They had pizza and ice cream and all came in talking tonight.
- While they were gone, Robby and I went to ChickFilA to pick up some free food for Keaton and Whitman's suppers. We took the longest time to decide where we wanted to go but ended up at the Goat Indian place.
- We had cheesy naan bread along with butter chicken and tikii masala. It was all delicious! Now that we have finished our supper, we are watching tv in the living room and eating Keaton's chocolate chip cookies that she made earlier today.
July 27, 2023
- Some days just seem really long. I am not sure why this day does seem long, but for some reason I can't really remember the morning.
- Actually, it is coming back to me. Anderson had to be at church at 9 this morning to help move some boxes. They thought it would take them through lunch time and had even offered lunch, but really it doesn't take long for a bunch of high school boys to move quite a few boxes.
- So Anderson was home fairly quickly. When he did come home, we still hadn't seen any of the girls yet. I am not sure if they slept late or if they just didn't come downstairs all morning long.
- I think that Whitman was the only one who did any school today. Actually, Keaton did some as well, but I am pretty sure that no one got any chores done today which I am not sure why.
- At 1, I took Whitman and Keaton to Defy for a little bit. We were quite a bit down Lawson when we had to turn around for a wreck. But we did make it, and they stayed almost a whole hour jumping-Whitman was so sweaty when he finished.
- Then it was back to the house for just a few minutes. I headed with Robby to pick up the camper-it isn't fixed, but there is a plan-an expensive plan, very expensive plan, but at least we have a plan. Though really, we don't know if the plan will fix the problem so it is all just a gamble.
- After dropping Robby off, I went to Kroger to buy some peaches that were on sale, but they were all gone. Then I headed to the library while Campbell was church.
- Reagan and Graham had dropped Campbell off earlier today so she could help pack lunches. Reagan and Graham were out because they were having a ChickFilA craving and had free food on their apps.
- I picked Campbell up, and we came home. By the time that we came home, Anderson and Graham were on their way to Raymar to play spike ball with some kids. When they came home, most everyone had eaten some type of supper even if it was a very early supper from ChickFilA so Robby and I just snacked.
- Campbell sat with us for a little bit to watch Rookie, but then when we all started to get our snacks she snuck out to chat with some of her friends on her phone.
July 26, 2023
- The last two mornings we have had something early, but today we didn't, so I wasn't in a huge hurry to get moving this morning. Bentley is never in a hurry to get out of bed or go to the bathroom in the morning either.
- It was sprinkling a little bit when I did take Bentley on a walk this morning. It kind of cooled us off a bit, but it was still super humid. So when we were finished, I was super sweaty and Bentley slightly smelled of wet dog. I knew that Keaton's chore today was washing Bentley.
- The kids all seemed to wake up fairly early this morning. Now, I think that it was Campbell who first came down the stairs at 11:30-I guess "early this morning" is just a matter of perspective.
- I had a mammogram this afternoon, and since the minivan had no gas (seriously, no gas), Robby drove me there and got gas during my appointment. Then it was back home for us.
- The kids had some school today so I worked with Whitman on his spelling and then some coding. And while I was thinking about school, I completely changed some of Whitman's school work for next year. I guess I just wanted to spice things up-changing everything a few days before school starts.
- We made supper-we really need to try to clean out all of the food in this house. Then most of us headed to the movies: Reagan, Graham, and Campbell saw the Barbie movie while Robby and I went to the Sound of Freedom.
- Currently, we are watching a Rookie with Keaton and Whitman since they missed out on the movie tonight.
July 25, 2023
- Since Graham's retainers (yes, 2) were lost somewhere in Florida at Beach Camp, today was the day to go for a replacement. This is the first appointment that I could get that he would be home for, so of course with all of this passing time, his teeth have shifted quite a bit.
- Thankfully, they just charged me for one retainer and not two. And we no longer will take retainers to camp or probably really out of the house or camper. Luckily for Graham, we don't pick up his retainers for about another two weeks so Graham has another few weeks of a retainer break.
- Afterwards, we headed to Mardels to look for Graham a new Bible. We found one that he wanted, but it was half price on Amazon so we placed an order there before we walked out of the store. On the way home, we stopped by Sonic very quickly-though I am not sure if losing retainers deserve a reward.
- The kids weren't home too long until they all loaded up with Robby to go to church. Robby drove the van full of Reagan, Anderson, Graham, Campbell, Kennedy, and Alyssa to the church house. He went along so he could drive Grannymom's car back to their house.
- The kids then headed on to a Traveler's baseball game today. Anderson was the only one who came home a little bit burned but he also came home with a ball. I think that they had a good time since they told us all about it when they came home.
- While they were gone, I took Keaton and Whitman to the pool. I did some reading while they did a lot of swimming. I came home with 2 extra girls for a little bit. The girls played some games, including poker, and spent some time on the trampoline.
- We took the friends home, and then came home to start making supper. I made most folks air fryer pizzas. Keaton did have leftovers from last night, Campbell had eaten chickfila later in the afternoon so she skipped supper, and even though Reagan had a salad she still had some salad.
- We watched some of our tv show tonight, and Keaton and Whitman were happy that we were watching a few episodes. I think that Whitman likes us watching tv because he thinks that he can stay up later when we watch tv-though we are always staying up later around here.
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