- On this second day of school, I made muffins to start our morning. Unfortunately, I have no other ideas of things to easily make tomorrow. I could make scones, but I need a few more days of collecting sour dough discard to complete them, so tomorrow it will have to be pop tarts.
- This school morning went very well. I'm realizing that I might have given Whitman too many thing, but surely that will even out once he finishes a few more things. Keaton also finished later than I thought she would, plus she is not having to cram everything into the 3 days yet, so she will have a good bit of work to do each day.
- During lunch time, Anderson and I worked on his school packing list. We were able to mark quite a few things off of his list except all of his bedding I've decided to wash again. I washed it when he came home, but it still smells like stinky boy.
- Whitman had an orthodontist appointment this afternoon, and he does not have to wear his spacer any longer. (I think it was called a space.) Either way, he is already done with that step of his braces.
- After his appointment, he, Robby, Keaton, and Campbell all went to Texas Road House for supper. I was at mah jong where I mahjonged! Now I'm back home, and Campbell is making brownies for our evening snack.
August 4, 2026
August 3, 2026
- Today was the first day of school for Campbell, Keaton, and Whitman. I would have to say that overall, it went much better than I could have expected. I woke up on time and then went upstairs to walk on the treadmill for a bit. However, Graham was sleeping soundly up there, so I pivoted and did that short walk outside.
- I finished my walk and woke up and Marley. It didn't take long for her to look out the window and see the stray dog that has taken up residence on the neighbors back porch. This caused her to lose her mind, and I was close to losing my mind too because my morning was not turning out like I had thought with not being able to use the treadmill and having a dog hat would not stop barking.
- However, I was able to do quite a bit before waking everyone up. I even made the kids pancakes which was fun for the first day of school. However, there has already been a breakfast request for tomorrow so I'm not sure if I started a tradition.
- Campbell switched things up today and did her school in the school room with Keaton instead of . I read with Whitman for the first hour, and I quickly realized that I have more reading for us to do together than we will possibly finish.
- Campbell and Keaton had to hurry o finish their school because they had lunch out with the church people. They were ready to go when Graham stumbled downstairs to take his shower so they had to wait on him.
- Whitman had some work to do this afternoon, but I don't think that it was too much. Plus he had to wait on my to finish a few last things. I was walking out the door to take Bentley to the vet when Robby remembered seeing a piece of mail that was arriving today. (He sees a screen shot of our mail before it's delivered.) It said that Marley also needed an appointment soon, so I called and we were able to bring both dogs.
- After their shots, we ran to two Kroger for some errands. Then it was home for me to finish school with Keaton and Whitman. After we were all done, I went for a walk while Robby started making breakfast burritos-we triple the recipe so he makes it on the blackstone.
- When those were ready, we made quesadillas for supper. After supper, Campbell went to play volleyball, and Keaton and Anderson went to Walmart to do a little bit of shopping. It is nice sending them with my shopping list!
- Now, Robby and I are on the couch watching a show, and I'm struggling keeping my eyes open.
August 2, 2026
- Church this morning, and the seven of us took not one, not two, but three cars. We like to support the local gas stations. They were all necessary though-after church Graham went to a Sunday school cookout.
- The rest of us went to Nonna's house to celebrate Graham's birthday, but since he wasn't there we just ate his cake with out him. After we finished eating, Campbell left to go to a friend's house to swim, then out to eat supper, and then to play volleyball. If I were a betting woman, and I am, I would also bet that she goes to Sonic before coming home.
- After lunch, we came home, and I quickly made a pot of chili. Then Graham and I went to Old Navy with everyone else in Little Rock. It was crazy, but we still were able to find him some jeans quickly. Then we stopped off at Nonna and Pops' house so he could have some of his birthday cake and pick up his presents.
- From there we came home, and Whitman and I played a game. As soon as we were done, Whitman, Anderson, Graham, Keaton, and I played Mexican Train dominoes. That is a game that I feel is a standard game everyone should know how to play and tonight was their night to learn.
- After eating, we had our chili, and now I'm on the couch trying to mentally prepare for our first day of school tomorrow.
August 1, 2026
- Campbell left first this morning with Robby to go to the lake with some of her friends. He dropped her off, and then he ran errands all morning. While Robby was gone, I walked over 2 miles (I was going to do three, but lost track of time and needed to wake up Anderson and Whitman to leave.)
- When we left, Graham was already started on his morning run. Our first stop was Academy where we found Anderson a pair of tennis shoes. Then we ate at Texas Roadhouse. I think that we all enjoyed our meal and left full.
- Well, Whitman may not have left to full because as we were leaving Costco, our next stop, he didn't hesitate when offered ice cream. There we found Whitman two pairs of shoes along with his ice cream, a chicken bake for Graham, and some of a cookie mainly for Keaton and for the rest of us to share.
- This afternoon I worked with Graham packing his backpack for school. We have done nearly 75 percent of his packing. The main things left are clothes and a few things I need to gather around the house. Now, don't get me wrong, there are still some amazon purchases to be made.
- Whitman and I then played a new game. It was a good game which we both liked because of the strategy, but setting up a new game and learning a new game always takes a while. He ended up winning, but I would have won the very next turn.
- Keaton did a photo shoot for a few friends at Raymar this evening. After dropping her off, we took a car to Campbell so she could get home, and then we just say and played on our phones until she ran out of film-not really, but you get the idea.
- We came home to a nearly empty house-Graham was out with Brooklyn, Anderson was playing basketball, and Campbell was still out with her friends. Whitman had been holding down the fort for us!
July 31, 2026
- When let Marley out of her kennel this morning, she ran into the living room. She usually does this because she is looking for Bentley. I was turning the corner into the living room and could see Robby hurrying over to stop her-I didn't realize that Whitman was sound asleep on the floor, and Marley was happily greeting him.
- He was exhausted last night when he went to bed, so I assumed that he would go to bed soon. He thought he went to sleep around 1 which is near when we all did go to bed. However, Anderson disagreed. So I'm not really sure how long he did stay up, but later in the morning he was watching a movie and fell asleep during it. He said that he had to back the movie up so he could catch up.
- Campbell, Robby, and I ran a few errands this morning-first, Campbell found her a dress, and then we all found something at Costco. We came home, and Campbell was home for a little bit, and then she left to pick up Keaton and head to babysit.
- They were still babysitting now. Graham left early this morning too, and he did come home long enough to eat supper before leaving again. He even did a little bit of dorm shopping today and found himself a blanket. Anderson also helped with Graham's dorm prep too-Graham is going to use Anderson's little couch so he helped fix one leg and show me how to put it together. I made a school countdown the other night, and even though we have a few days left, it is still getting close.
July 30, 2026
- When Robby and I started stirring this morning, Anderson was already awake making his breakfast. I know that he was up at least until we went to bed after 2 last night. I guess he was just an early riser this morning.
- I was sitting here trying to figure out what all happened today-it's been a good day, but I was just blank on the day's events. I did finally remember-first this morning Grannymom and I went to Books by the Pound, a bookstore, in North Little Rock. We looked around, but since we both get our books from other places, we didn't even buy anything.
- We did go to lunch afterwards at Panda Express. This was Grannymom's first time, and I think that she enjoyed it. I enjoyed the food and the company. When I dropped Grannymom off, I headed home.
- Graham was went to lunch with some friends, so I did some dorm packing by myself for him. Not much though because I really think that he needs to know where everything is. Then it was time to pick Whitman up from his mission trip.
- Keaton drove me there, and we timed it perfectly. Whitman pulled up just as we had parked-though we were in the back of the church, and he was in the front of the church. Whitman had a really good time on his trip to Starkville. HIs favorite thing was skating, and he told me that we needed to go skating more often.
- Tonight, Robby and I went to the Powell's house with some other friends for supper and pool mahjong playing. It was a fun evening!
July 29, 2026-Happy 18th Birthday Graham!
- Graham was the first one awake this morning-he wanted to run 18 miles but only ended up running 8. I still think that 8 miles is pretty good especially since I didn't manage to walk anything at all (it did rain in my defense.)
- Graham text me early about something, but then we decided that we would run our errand to Walmart early this morning. We left around 8:30 and filled the shopping cart with things for his dorm room. I think that he enjoyed getting to spend a little bit of money.
- On the way home, we met Robby to fill up the cars with gas, and then Robby and Graham ran into the doughnut store to get Graham's birthday breakfast.
- The morning went by pretty quickly. I fried some hamburger meat and made some sourdough bread. It was pretty good because Anderson made the most beautiful grilled cheese on it. I even made some eggs for me to eat later this week.
- Robby and I were watching something on his computer when the storm rolled in. The thunder was pretty loud-Bentley was a little spooked and wanted to go upstairs. Marley was sleeping with her fan on so she missed most of it.
- We could tell that the power was going to go off because the lights started flickering. When it went off, Marley's fan stopped so she started whining. We got her out, and we all just watched the storm. It was dark and cozy in the house so I had me a short little nap.
- The rest of the afternoon was spent doing nothing until Campbell, Keaton, and Graham decided to play mah jong. I guess that their phones were about dead, but we played 2 rounds. Campbell and Keaton also played two rounds with me tonight-I might just have to invest in a mah jong table that stays out if we keep playing like we are now.
- Tonight we all went to Panda Express for Graham's birthday supper. Brooklyn and the Wilsons came with us but we still missed Reagan (work/camp) and Whitman (mission trip). After our supper, we all went to Menchies were we ran into the Smiths. David had everyone in the store sing Happy Birthday to Graham so that was fun.
- On the way home, a battery light came on on the van so Robby tried to figure that out. He thinks maybe he found a problem so he is crossing his fingers that he found the issue.
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