No energy for a detailed post

so You get the condensed version of my log for the day:
Woke apx. 6:47 a.m. started scripture reading and preparing for the marathon day.
Dressed kids & fed breakfast
Did a load of Laundry
Madi, Zeke & I left for the city, we stopped at Home Depot picked up some paint and faucets for the double vanity (THANKS MICHELLE!!!!)

Had to drive 25 min out of my way to a Credit union who could cash my Alaska USA check, which put me 1.5 hr behind schedule.

Drove to Prairie Village to pick up my new appliances: want to see them? they are AWESOME! as soon as I have the kitchen laid out I will post pics.

Made the mad dash (through traffic galore) home to the kids
emptied out the appliances swept out the house for the contractor
Prepared the house for the final stage of blown in insulation.

Came home and showered off the fiberglass
Came here to shmoooz with you.

I am off to take the Jone's Family Reunion Photo's Neat neat family, 8 kids from all over the U.S. coming to see thier awesome parents (Don & Leigh Jones)
I am privelaged to call them friends and I get to V.T. Leigh

The Golden Rule

He who has the Gold makes the Rules.

Some new friends

I have been having fun (in between major bouts of nausea)
We went to for a date night last week, we had so much fun, chatting with Skembo's our fun neighbors

their wonderful kids who were visiting
Marla & John with
Janika who is missing her other half...

All in all, it has been fun. At the end of this month I get to host my family for Gracie's baptism and then a quick trip to Nauvoo.

Thanks Skembo's for sharing your family with us!

Loving the lake

We have a 1 acre lake on the property we are renting right now.

It is the BEST!

It motivates the kids to get their chores done, and in the heat of the day I get to watch from the window as they gleefully romp and scream in the water.


Right now Rubi is unloading the dishwasher, and Gracie is cleaning the Library, and Abigel has cleaned the bathroom, all in order to go to the lake!

Phew.

I also made 20 pizza pockets , for a later date, and 3 huge Pizzas for dinner tonight. One Pepperoni, One cheesy and One Veggie Lovers all-a Dee style! yummy! I think we should have dinner early! Like 3 p.m. how does that sound...dang it if Wes was home we could get away with that, but since he is slaving away on my new house, taping the sheet rock to perfection, I will have to wait for him.

Tuesday is going to the Tamale day. I think I will go all out, grocery shopping in the A.m. and making Tamales the rest of the day! Yummy I wish I could go shopping for the ingredients before then, durn budget....It will have to wait!

For those observant enough....

Here is a wee bit of an announcement...

We are hoping to be in the new house by Sept. (Praying it will be Zeke's birthday present)

The drywall is going up tomorrow, then when Wes leaves...I get to paint!

This means I have total creative liberty in colors..haa haa! he should not be so brave as to leave this stage to me! I LOVE COLOR!

But then again, I hate to paint, so we will see what happens.

We bought the girls a Horse. I will try to post pictures later. She is a 2 year old mix but very mild & sweet, perfect for the kids.

Enjoy your Sabbath I am off to do more family search names....