We are busy getting ready today to go to Grandma's for the week. We have a lot to do with cleaning up the house and laundry and packing and school work, but the boys have been really helpful today ( by some miracle -- they have even kept the bickering between each other to a minimum ), and I think we will do ok. We are not really on a time table to get there, except that we need to arrive in time for the big dinner Grandma is fixing ( fried chicken and mashed potatoes ).
This has been a really busy weekend/week for us. We had football again on Saturday, and this time we had the reverse issue to last time. Last time the games were so late everyone was miserable from being up way past their bed time. This time they were so early I had to wake everyone up to go to the games. We did survive the day though, and I found out that Roy Rogers serves a pretty good biscuits and gravy. :D Russell and Zeke both played really good games this week, but despite their efforts both of their teams lost again. Zeke's coach is going to start using him on the offensive line in addition to the defensive line, and Russell -- well Russell just plays the whole game. He managed to force one fumble and recover 2 fumbles this week, and carried the ball more times than I can remember. Not sure how many yards he got but he never carried for a loss. He is good that way.
After the football games we rushed home so the boys could shower, before Claire and Bob and their gang came over. The boys had so much fun with Bob here. The older boys and Bob played football and the younger ones ran around inside while Claire and I visited. It sure is nice to have a little adult conversation. The kids all behaved and enjoyed themselves even if we couldn't use the pool this time. Anna actually let the puppy get within a foot of her without going into hysterics, and the kids all enjoyed Popsicles. Everyone played to exhaustion and then they had to go, but not before Claire left us with some of the best pumpkin muffins I have ever had -- Yum. I had to hide the last two so that they would last til breakfast the next morning.
The boys have been doing their school work really well and helping out around the house a lot, but they seemed to have lost the capacity to resolve differences between them. I would say we have been working on getting along, but I think it has reached the point of "enforcing civility". After a few days of "enforcement" they seem to be coming around -- we can only hope.
Tomorrow morning we leave for Grandma's house until next week. Russell's coach was devastated when I told him that Russell would be missing a game, but it can't be helped. I am especially excite for the trip since I get to have a birthday dinner with my brothers and their families ( it is my older brother Joel's birthday ), and I get to hear my father preach on Sunday. Also, I am going to Florida for a day to watch my friend Mari pin on Major, and have a night of quiet adult time with 4 of our girlfriends. While I am there I will get my new Florida ID and check on our house down there. We are driving Chris truck to Ohio since the Lincoln needs work. Anyway, it gives us the opportunity to take a few things to Grandma that wouldn't fit in the Lincoln, and bring back a few things from Grandma's. It will be nice to get away for a few days. Hopefully everything will go without a hitch.
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It must be something in the air about losing the capacity to resolve differences between themselves. We've been dealing with that too, and we have 4 boys to not get along with various ones at various times (sounds like a probability problem, LOL). You know, Bob is TDY this week, so maybe that has something to do with it? Anyway, I am jealous of your little trip! : ) i hope you have a great time, both at your parents', and down in Florida. Remember--always leave your wallet in the car while pumping gas! : )
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