What We've Been Up To

The last week or so has gone by quickly and I am reminded that there are only nine.more.days until the kids are out of school. I look forward to the break from the routine and to having some special time with them. So much to do, so little time.

Meanwhile, we have still been throwing around the idea of putting an addition on our house. A big undertaking because Carl will design it and be the general contractor, subbing out parts of the work such as backhoe service, block laying, electrical, etc. He could do the whole thing himself if there were 48 hours in his day.

I saw an ad in the Pennysaver last week that our old house is for sale. The ad said, "Open House" Sunday. "Our house is for sale! Can we go see it?" That would be me shrieking with excitement!

How do you take 10 people - my mom and some friends were with us - and go incognito to an Open House? How do you act nonchalant when your kids are saying (loudly), "Ooh, this used to be my room" or "Was this our old house"? What had seemed like a fun trip down memory lane became one of life's most embarrassing moments as Brianna(10) and Jeremy(9) ran around snapping pictures of each room with their digital cameras. I tried to shush the blabber-mouths, Travis(6) and Corey(4), and keep the photographers shooting in a less conspicuous area. Carl of course had to check out the mechanics, especially the plumbing and let me know that everything was just the same. The realtor was the buyers' agent when we sold the house 4 years ago. I wondered if she remembered us? We probably had her head spinning. I don't know why we do these things. Nuts,I guess.

Friday morning the kids had a Memorial Day program at school, one of the highlights of the end of the year. This was the school's 22nd such program. Carl came with us, and we enjoyed the cool, but sunny morning while we listened to patriotic speeches by some of our local politicians and musical numbers presented by each grade.

Yesterday was the first picnic of the summer season. We all congregated at my sister's house for a cookout in their awesome backyard. So nice and peaceful. Except for Kaylee(8mo) crying much of the time. And the Corey(4) climbing the tree in the neighbor's yard. And Carl trying to kill bees the whole time we were eating. And my pyromaniac sons roasting hot dogs over the fire on plastic forks. Other than that, "a great time was had by all"! Di & Mike always have great food and hospitality. The day was topped off by getting to see fireworks on the way home.


That's what we've been up to. Just in case you were wondering. Hope your weekend was great, too!