Wait until I show this picture to Skyler's girlfriend in about 6 years.
Right:
Yesterday, we celebrated Jeff's ??th birthday. He wouldn't let me throw him a party, so our family tried our hardest to make him feel like King for the Day. First, we made him a breakfast casserole the night before so he could go off to work with a hot breakfast, then we took him a cupcake cake to work with balloons - balloons that I had to blow up myself with a helium tank since Walmart doesn't inflate them anymore - all the while my big test on Monday still needs studying for. Just when I thought my work was done and we were going out to dinner, he decided to grill steaks at home. So off to Kroger I went to get filet mignons and potatoes for baking. As I was cleaning the kitchen, he said, "see with a party you'd be doing lots of cooking and cleaning." I looked at him with my hands full of Dawn and agreed.
Now's my time to whine.....
I can't believe how much I've overcommitted myself since being back from Canada, on some days I don't know which way is up. I'm in my second Anatomy and Physiology class, I'm on the booster club as secretary and had the idea to host a flag football game with our kids versus the staff/coaches/parents. And, if I learned anything from group meetings, it is if you suggest the idea, you get to run with the ball (no pun). Well I just had the little idea, and now everyone looks at me at the meeting for leadership. So when I can, I look at the president...haha.
Anyway, this idea popped into my head a week ago. Our game is Monday, October 15. Not a lot of time to prepare but luckily we have 10 booster members that attend meetings and more on the club. I pray it doesn't flop and moreover that it is profitable, to the tune of $2000 for our goal posts. We don't have a football field of our own to host home games
Anyway, back to my overcommittal; I said I'd help with our LSA Auction, held November 10 - our school's biggest fundraiser, as classroom coordinator. That job has turned into working for 2 hours every friday creating bid sheets and documenting silent auction items and calling on retailers for donations. Mind you my college class requires 14 hours of study time/week outside of lab and lecture time. Also, Skyler has confirmation training on Wednesday nights and we have adult bible study as well. Spencer goes to preschool Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and speech therapy on Friday. Sebastian gets reading tutoring on Thursday after school and soccer practice on Wed and Fri with games on Saturday after his swimming class. Sierra has tumbling on Saturday, Nutcracker rehearsals on Sunday and Girl Scouts twice a month. At least football is over and basketball doesn't start until next Thursday. Whew, I'm tired just thinking of it all. Almost forgot, I also started this blog.
But it's nice to vent.
Oh, yea, Jeff also is doing training for Black Belt - an intense analytical course for his job and is a Lay Minister at church - he and his team will visit the homes of all 2000 church members. Also, he happens to be a wonderful husband of almost 15 years and an amazing father that we'd all be so lucky to have. The children and I are blessed to have him for a husband and father.
We also are in a new and quickly developing neighborhood with friends to meet and socialize with and playdates to arrange.
At least with us both studying, we can declare a quiet study time with no TV.
I have decided if I can get through until December, I'll have it licked.
But you know what, I wouldn't have it any other way. God is carrying me this semester and I give Him thanks. God is Good!
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