- I guess that you could say that today is officially snow day number 8. There was even some sledding that happened today by Campbell and Whitman, but the picture that I'm posting is not real (it looks like Campbell is 10 feet in the air on her sled.)
- Keaton had a Valentine's party early this morning so Robby took her there. Campbell decided the other day that we are also going to have a Valentine's party here in a few days. Keaton and all the girls wore little dresses today even though it was 10 degrees outside this morning!
- While she was at the party, Robby ran some errands, and I was on dog duty. When Keaton came home from the party, Robby and I left to do a bit of shopping.We did plenty of shopping for other people, but I didn't buy anything that I needed-there's always tomorrow though.
- We made it home with 2 of the kids' free ChickFilA sandwiches. That was their meals, but I also made ravioli for the rest of us. We watched the Hogs game during our supper. Now we are looking forward to having a little bit of extra time before church tomorrow, and probably tomorrow will be our last snow day!
January 31, 2026
January 30, 2026
- It was an odd day for me because I did keep thinking that today was Saturday for most of the day. The first thing that I really started on this morning, after Marley went down for her nap, was making lemon poppyseed muffins from my new cookbook. They were actually really good, but they were a lot of work-there is probably a lemon poppyseed muffin package that would have been a lot quicker for sure though they probably would not have been as good.
- Robby left pretty early, and even swung by a place and bought a car. He didn't think that he was going to buy a car today, but I knew he would. He didn't have any luck with his people in NWA really, so he talked to an old buddy who now sells cars. They were able to get him into a car for a price that he could stomach having payments at.
- This is our first new car in quite a few years, and certainly our first car payments in a while. This new car will mainly be the kid car, but right now Robby thinks that I will drive it when they are not. Campbell has big plans for driving the new car around as well as Keaton. Graham isn't so sure about it and said that he still wishes the suburban was working. He is still thankful that he has a car that works though.
- Robby and I took Campbell and Graham to work today. While they were there, we ran a few errands before picking up the minivan, picking up Keaton, picking up Graham and Campbell. Then Robby took the girls to babysit while I brought Graham home.
- Babysitting was just enough time that Robby didn't know weather to come home or stay out so he decided to stay out. That left me at home with Graham, Whitman, and the dogs. I did talk to Graham for a good while plus I saw Whitman occasionally, but really, it was just the dogs and I.
- I've been home for about 2 and half hours and have taken Marley out, taken Bentley out, taken both of them out, taken both of them out, taken Marley out, taken Bentley out, taken Marley out, and taken Marley out again-I KID YOU NOT! If we need to, Robby can confirm this statement with our doorbell footage.
- ....It is now after midnight, and I pulled out my computer to do some school planning and saw that I never finished this post. I probably didn't finish because I got distracted with taking a dog outside to potty. Actually, since Marley didn't have an accident today, I will count it as a win.
- Campbell and Keaton ended up babysitting until after 10. Robby took the long way home instead of the back way since he wasn't sure about the roads. Then everyone was in the kitchen talking for a while before any of us went to bed. Keaton isn't even in bed yet because she is painting a banner for tomorrow.
January 29, 2026
- Snow day 6 possibly. Campbell and Keaton usually have Mother's Day Out on Thursdays, so they have already finished their school work finished for the week. That just left Graham and Whitman doing their school today.
- I am glad that they had to do work today because I have had to keep reminding myself that today is Thursday. I've done quite a bit today, so I'm not really sure what I will do tomorrow. Now please don't misunderstand; there is plenty of things that I don't want to do that I could do (like clean the bathrooms).
- Whitman did his school work today, and he continues to finish things...and then I continue to add things! Though I think I'm adding fun-ish things, but he may not think that.
- Robby left the house today to run a few errands...and he barely made it home. He was driving the suburban because he certainly still needed its 4 wheel drive. He got to Grannymom's house to drop off her supper, but by the time he got there, the suburban had already stalled on him and was making a horrible noise.
- Grannymom and I prayed him all the way home. The kids were all looking out the windows to watch the last time they would be driving that suburban. The best he can tell, using the 4 wheel drive of the suburban probably made whatever happened happen sooner. Either way, it was going to happen, and we are glad that it happened with Robby driving it and not Graham driving it to Arkadelphia next weekend.
- The Suburban has over 404,000 miles on it. I'm not sure exactly how many miles it had on it when we got it. I do remember praying around 380k that we could make it to 400k, so we are thankful for those extra few thousand miles. Though we are now in a little bit of a pickle until that is replaced, but we will make it work.
- Robby had supper with him so the kids ate plus he had groceries. He did forget he regular butter, but he did remember the extra special butter. We used this butter tonight to try to replicate Shannon's cookies. We did decide that we need to up our oven temperature and lower the rack, but Graham did say that they were "pretty good" so we will take that as a win.
January 28, 2026
- Snow Day 5 and really, I am still loving it! Whitman had mentioned last night that he might want to sled in the morning when things were still frozen, so I had told him that he could. However, when I woke him up, he wasn't actually that ready to go out into the cold.
- Instead we did our reading as normal this morning, and school day went on as usual. It was a fairly quiet morning. I couldn't get my schedule right though-there are some things I can do when Marley is awake, and there are other things that work best for me to do when she is asleep. Today, I always seemed to be doing the opposite.
- Keaton convinced me to make muffins this morning. When I say "make muffins" I am just referring to the ones in the package. Unfortunately, we only had one package. I tried to quickly think if I had an easy and quick muffin recipe, but I really didn't have time for that so package muffins it was-each person could have 1 and a half.
- Whitman went outside some this afternoon, and we didn't really finish his school until after 4. Robby and I ventured out tonight to pick up ChickFilA sandwiches for everyone. Lawson is fine, but all of the other roads are not fine at all. Robby had told the girls that they could babysit Friday night (with him taking them), but he wasn't too sure when we made it home.
- Keaton did manage to get a friend to come over and spend the night tonight. They have just made brownies so that will be a nice treat!
January 27, 2026
- Snow Day 4 (possibly-I have lost count). We again woke up and did our school work this morning. Whitman was pretty hard to wake up this morning. I'm sure that was because he played hard yesterday in the snow.
- We did our early reading, and then Keaton asked me to make pancakes. I obliged, but the only problem was that Robby was in his office on a call. I peeked my head in and saw all the faces on the screen so I quickly retreated. I text Robby thinking that he might see it, but he didn't. Campbell was doing school in the living room so I made sure that she was listening for Robby to hang up.
- Eventually, he did hang up, and I was able to retrieve the griddle and start on the pancakes. It was hard finding a spot on the counter to use for breakfast because I had already folded 2 loads of clothes. Last night I decided to wash all their snow clothes because the mudroom was getting a little bit smelly, so I had so many big heavy clothes to fold.
- Around noon the kids went out for their first round of playing. The snow was kind of melting some so everyone didn't stay out too long. Whitman came in to finish his school, but after doing a bit he decided to go back outside to work on their sledding track. He was outside long enough that I went to check on (I just peeked at him from the bonus room window.)
- We ventured out to the Wilson's house tonight for supper. We wouldn't have made it down our street and Tony's street if we didn't have the Suburban's 4 wheel drive. Lawson was clear, but it will be a while until all these roads are clear.
- We stayed through the basketball game, and Shannon even made chocolate chip cookies for us (Robby brought the chocolate chips). The girls, Shannon, and I played a new card game as well. As soon as we made it home, the kids went outside to do some sledding.
- Robby and I are hiding out in our bedroom tonight because it is easier to keep an eye on Marley when she is trapped in here with us. And here is a quick Marley report-she sleeps through the night well, but she is occasionally still having a few accidents in the house, and goodness she is super bitey. Sometimes we wonder if she might be a little bit extra special...if you catch my drift!
January 26, 2026
- Snow Day 3-Even though no one else went to school today, we did our full day today. Well, we kind of did a full day. By 11, the kids were already outside in the snow. They have worked on a sledding track so they can sled from the camper into the woods.
- When they came in around 1, I made grilled cheese for everyone. I had just convinced Whitman to start back on his school when Graham encouraged everyone to go out again. This round they were outside for at least 3 hours. I would take the dogs out and walk around to see them playing. I know that they must be exhausted.
- They even walked in the woods far enough that my phone dinged saying that Graham had left the house. Keaton said that Graham had filled his pockets with Robby's chocolate candies so they had a snack on their exploration.
- When they came home, I went to town with Whitman so he could finish his school for the day. We did skip our last little bit of spelling, but everything else he did finish. I figure that tomorrow will be similar to today so there will be lots more sledding.
- We made chicken nuggets and fried potatoes for supper. It was an easier supper, but it was probably a favorite so far of our snow day suppers. I would assume that one of the girls will make a dessert tonight, but right now they all bundled up and left the house to go sledding once again.
January 25, 2026
- Snow Day 2-I woke up and started making cinnamon rolls. The recipe that I have been using only takes about an hour, but this one took about 3 hours so they were more like a lunch item. I could have made my other ones, but I'm working through the cookbook.
- I thought they were good, but Graham and Robby both thought my other recipe was better. I haven't really made anything yet from the cookbook that people have just raved about. I would guess it is the maker and not the recipes.
- I watched a bit of church, read some, finished my 22 squares for the week for my blanket, and tried to keep the house straight most of the day.
- Graham, Whitman, Keaton, and Whitman all went out a a few times today. All of them but Graham are actually outside right now. I did just peek out the window and saw that Whitman does indeed have a jacket on. I did see a few pictures, and I believe that Reagan did a little bit of sledding too!
- The Wilsons came over fora little bit this afternoon to eat a cinnamon roll. They stayed and watched some of the football game with us. Once they left, it was soon time for me to start work on tonight's snow day supper-quesadillas.
- We ate, and now after the football game that is on the tv is over, there will be another Ticket To Ride game happening.
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