Hello to everyone,   Just a short post to let you know we are leaving in the morn for Garnett, Ks.   Pauls grandmother passed away Fri. eve. and her funeral will be Tues.

   We have been soooo busy the last while with extra babysitting, butchering and getting ready for Paul’s folks semi-retirment farm sale which was on Sat.   They had a lot on them , knowing  grandma wasn’t doing well at all and just praying she would hang on until the sale is over with.  But God is good and its all in his timing!

   Soon I will post pictures of recent happenings, but for now I must go get busy and get ready for all of us to go in about 3 different directions as the children will not be going along!  

   I was telling Jessica that she would be missing almost the same amount of days at school that she did when we had gone to Ind. (refer to earlier post) and she had an awful time catching up, she gives this long-suffering sigh and was like,-”Mom, it’s just not worth it to me!!”  She had been warned very much about how hard it would be to catch up, but still wanted to go and I guess this time decided maybe mom does know what she is talking about after all!!!  I guess as they say experience is the best teacher!!

A Fun Day all around!!!

        Today Paul was gonna be gone for most of the day and so when I started thinking this thru, I thought it seemed like a great idea to take the day off myself!!!!! So this morn I got up  and was out spraying those nasty weeds already by 6:30, you finally had to end up doing it at an unearthly hour like that on a Sat. morn just to beat the wind!!!! I so bad wanted to sleep in, but oh well–duty calls!!!

    So soon after 9 we were headed out first off we went to the library where everyone “loaded up” you’d think we were getting ready for some cold weather or something and we have lots of time on our hands, the way we all needed books…..

    After that it was a stop at our local thrift store…..oh boy, I’m sure all you other mothers out there never hear anything like— mom, I need this…… mom, can I have that……!!! No my dear son you may not have that…….

   And then it was off to the park>>>>…….

Devon hasn’t quite gotten brave enough to try the roller blades or the rip-stick yet  AND I was informed today that there is a difference between roller blades or roller skates!!!!!

Cody has gotten quite good with these roller BLADES recently, they’ve only laid around here for a year or so and all of a sudden they are quite popular!!

Jessica is quite good on the rip-stick and can take the corners and curves with ease, she actually makes it look so easy her mom was trying it today, but for some reason it’s just not as easy to wiggle your “back” foot as she makes it look!!!!

He felt very daring on the circular slide today, for some reason he didn’t enjoy those slides like his mother used too!!! But today he got brave…..

YAY, He did it!!!!

After they had were wore down on all that we took a break, ate sandwiches and went for it again!!!

    Then it was wal-mart time, just for a few necessities and also a box of drumsticks to take back to Jenny’s house so we could enjoy them together!!!

    By this evening they were done in!!!!!! In bed and asleep by soon after 9!!!

   And now please tell me time change isn’t tonight as it’s already past 10!!!!

      We (as in Jessica, my folks, my cousin and her daughter and myself)  Left last Wed. morn @ 6:00 to go to Ind. for the sad funeral of my cousins daughter, who had been on her way to school with her 3 other siblings when they hit an icy patch lost control and went over into an oncoming car which hit on the passengers broadside!   They were able to all get out except for the 12 yr. old girl, Naleta’s seatbelt was stuck and they couldn’t get it open, so the one guy helping ran to his car to get a knife and in that split-second time the car explode killing Naleta!!!

   The timing was really something as even if it had been a minute earlier it could have killed 3 or 4 of them and a minute later they could maybe have gotten her out!! Only God knows , “WHY”!!!!

  The family really needs our prayers as they go thru the coming days in adjusting- 

       9 yr. old Sonja lost her only sister, they shared everything, friends, the bedroom and did everything together!

    16 yr. old Carlton was burned before they had gotten him out of the jeep on the back of his hands and on his head, they are desperately praying that he won’t need skin grafting, esp. not on his head as then the hair would not grow back but if it heals on it’s own it will!!  He was also not able to be at the funeral of his sister cuz of still being in the hospital!! So he didn’t have the closure the others had!

   18 yr old Layton was the driver and was frantically trying to get them all out as there was smoke coming out of the front of the jeep, he has a hard time not blaming himself!

   20 yr old Weston was not involved in the accident, but is there for the rest of them even as he tries to deal with the loss himself!

   I was so glad that I was able to go as I saw many friends and family that I haven’t seen for years!

   So now today I played catch-up all day, went with Jessica to school to help check work that had been done while we were gone and try to get her all caught up again and then did laundry and ran the sweeper!!

   Paul and the boys did a great job, with keeping the house picked up and dishes all washed while we were gone! Paul also kept one of our little girls that we babysit for 2 days while I was gone!!!

    The one night Jessica was bored and so called home to talk to the boys and then Cody wanted to talk to me and then I asked to also talk to Devon, when he got on the phone, he was like, what do ya need mom? I don’t have much time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   OKAY THEN!!!!!    I guess boys will be boys!!!  He was really glad to see me yest. morn when I got home!!!

   We ended up driving all night Sat. night instead of stopping for the night how the plans had first been made out, so when we walked in here sunday morn they were all quite surprised. Jessica and I didn’t make sunday school, but then went over for church!!!