April 15, 2025

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• We did the school thing this morning. The kids were up, and I even think that they worked harder since they knew that it was yard working day so they needed to get things done. I text everyone around 11:30 telling them to come outside in about 15 minutes.
• Keaton was the first one because she wanted to claim her seat on the lawnmower. She picked up trailer fulls of sticks. Whitman helped her some, but he also carried tarps-the smaller ones. Anderson and Graham would carry tarp after tarp-the only problem was that Robby, Campbell, and I couldn't fill them up fast enough. 
• We were finished earlier than we really expected today-I thought that the girls would have to go in first to get a shower, but they had plenty of time. It wasn't long after I came in that I took Campbell and Keaton to babysit.
• I worked with Whitman when I came home, and then the big boys had to go to Raymar together-Robby and I both needed cars tonight. They had to be there at the same time, but Graham and Campbell were probably finished before Anderson.
• On Anderson and Graham's way, they picked up Campbell from the babysitting gig. Keaton worked for another hour-I knew I had to pick her up, but I guess I was running a bit short on time because she text me while my hair was still wet from my shower. 
• I was getting ready for class meeting and had planned to come home. Keaton convinced me to hurry and get ready so I could run her to Walmart and then drop her off at Raymar so she could get home Then I could go straight to class meeting. She had figured all of this out, and surprisingly it all worked out well-though we had to run through the Walmart. I even picked up a few extra things so we weren't in that much of a hurry. 
• I then went to class meeting-when I left Robby was working in the yard, and he worked for a good while. Then he ran a few errands and made it home a bit after the kids had all arrived. He had supper so they were anxiously awaiting his arrival!