- I am getting sad that our Spring Break is almost over. I wish that we had a bit more time, but in 6 weeks it will be summer vacation for everyone. (I love a short break, but I so enjoy the routine of the school days.)
- I worked on my third VBS recipe for my cooking track. I just have one more to do, but I can not remember to buy the ingredients for it. I was just telling Campbell that she needs a way to send herself a reminder...apparently, I need a way to send myself a reminder too.
- Campbell spent the night at a friend's house-actually in a tent. Robby took Keaton to babysit this morning, and she worked until the mid afternoon, and Anderson went to play basketball for a bit today.
- Reagan did come home from her mission trip. She has spent the week in New Orleans. She really enjoyed it, but she wasn't a big fan of the New Orleans food that they ate. I think that she was pretty tired when she came home, but we are glad to have her home.
- Tonight Graham came home to watch the ballgame, and this was the first time that we were all home together this Spring Break week. That will probably happen again on Sunday at church and at Nonna and Pops' house after church, but before too long on Sunday afternoon Reagan and Anderson will be heading back to school.
- When I think about it, I hope that us all being together wasn't what caused the Hogs to not do so well on the ballgame tonight! The Wilsons came over too so it was a house full which was fun even though the game didn't turn out like we had hoped.
March 26, 2026
March 25, 2026
- My first task this morning was making a meal for Graham. He is house sitting this weekend so he wanted to have a few meals to eat. We had made a trial run on this meal so he knew it was good-it actually smelled so good that Anderson requested me to save him some and not give it all to Graham.
- It was fairly quiet in the house for most of the morning, until about 10:30. That is when everyone had to move on outside to start on some yard work. We worked until a little bit after noon. and probably just need to work about 7 more days, and we will have it all done. Kidding, we really did make a big difference in the yard.
- Campbell ran to do her chicken duty, and then Graham left for his house sitting gig. Then Anderson and I left for a doctor's appointment. His asthma has been more frequent so I convinced him to go to a doctor's appointment. She prescribed him some new meds, so hopefully they will help...and hopefully, we can easily get them tomorrow,
- Actually, Anderson and I barely made it to his doctor's appointment. I couldn't find keys to the van. I searched and searched and finally convinced myself that I lost them last time I drove (yesterday). later I found out that Robby had the keys, but thankfully, Anderson was able to rive.
- We came home, and soon Anderson was leaving to meet Graham and play volleyball. Then Campbell left to spend the night at a friend's house, and I have already had my hot chocolate!
March 24, 2026
- This second day of Spring Break was a good one. I woke up and started on my things. I did make granola bars this morning, but I don't think that anyone has touched them yet. I know that Graham and I like them so we will definitely eat them though.
- Campbell had a friend spend the night so I should have made them breakfast but didn't. I left the house fairly early to meet with a friend to discuss school things. We went to Newks and had a soup and sandwich while discussing all things high school homeschool.
- When I left there, I hurried to meet everyone else at Top Golf. The boys made a stop on the way there to get their hair cut. They all looked really nice-and Easter ready.
- Keaton and Campbell both brought two friends and the rest of us brought Grannymom. We had lots of fun and lots of food this afternoon while there. We also had excellent service today, and even though we stayed a long time, we could have stayed longer.
- Once we made it home, Campbell had more friends come over so they could watch a movie. I whipped up some cheese dip and chicken so they could have some chicken nachos. They ate, but most of us were still so full from all of our eating at Top Golf.
- Robby worked in the yard a little bit, and I did a few things in the house. Currently, Anderson is in the garage lifting weights, Keaton and Whitman are chatting in the kitchen, Campbell and Graham are upstairs, and I have been told that we are playing a game much later tonight!
March 23, 2026
- I guess this is the first official day of Spring Break. No one told Marley that it was Spring Break though because she was up earlier than usual. Robby did take her potty, and then she did hang out on the bed for a little bit.
- Even though it was Spring Break, I still had my chores to do this morning. Soon though Keaton and Graham were awake. They picked up Brett and headed to climb the hard side of Pinnacle. Keaton said that she barely made it up to the top. Apparently, the boys would stop and wait for her; then go ahead a little bit more and wait again.
- They came home from the mountain, and it wasn't too much later that the big boys left again to go and play basketball. Graham and Campbell didn't have to go to work today so Laynie came over.
- It didn't take long for the girls to decide that they needed to go shopping. They left to feed some chickens on their way, but then Robby and I decided that I would come and meet him, so the girls came back towards the house to pick me up.
- Whitman watched Marley for a while, and then put her up. The boys came home while she was asleep, and the girls even came home while she was asleep, but no one thought about getting her or checking on how long she had been asleep-so this was probably her longest time in the kennel.
- Before we made it home from our errands, the boys had already left again. This time they went to play volleyball with some more friends.
- The girls have been eating supper while Robby and I are sitting on the couch watching a cooking show while I'm thinking about what would be an easy snack to have tonight.
March 22, 2026
- We did the church thing this morning-it is always a little bit difficult juggling Robby, Graham, and my showers on Sunday mornings since we all take showers in the same bathroom. I was up first, and then had to motivate Robby to move quickly so I could wake up Graham in time for his shower.
- After church we ate at Grannymom's house. She had hamburgers which were really yummy. Robby and I ran two quick errands before coming home. I did a few things in the kitchen and around the house for a little bit, then Marley went back in her kennel, and Robby and I had ourselves a wonderful Sunday afternoon nap.
- Oh, I did forget-poor Marley was sick again this afternoon. She had herself a piece of pizza last night and was then sick. For breakfast, I gave her her food, but I gave it to her slowly where she couldn't gobble it down. For lunch, I wasn't here when she ate, so I'm sure she scarfed it down despite her slow feeder bowl.
- When she was sick this afternoon, Campbell tried to move her to the hard floor and was kind of able. Anyway, it was a mess-plus I had to clean the carpet and the floor. Sweet Campbell gave her a bath, and I do think that she felt better afterwards. However, tonight I just gave her a little bit of food, and she's been fine.
- Campbell went to play volleyball with friends tonight, but she still showed up at the Wilsons. We had all been over there eating chicken spaghetti and watching basketball. We stayed until it was time to start our Monday, but when we came home-everyone ended up listing some weights, and then the big boys played basketball for a good while before coming in. In case you were wondering, I struggle to lift just the bar on the weight lifting!
March 21, 2026
- Last night when I finished this blog, we were waiting on Campbell and Keaton to make it home. They did and soon after we played a game around the kitchen table until about 11:30. I looked at the clock and knew that it was indeed Spring Break and college people (just one so far) are home because we have lost all track of time and schedules around here.
- The next order of business was completely emptying the inside fridge and freezer. It leaks if we do not defrost it occasionally, and it was past time. So with lots of help, we did all unload it to the garage. Robby worked on it today, and things looks to be working well-I haven't checked the ice maker-but I'm only going to bring things back into this fridge when we use it and maybe clean out some.
- I made scones this morning for the crew, and Keaton and Campbell left to go and babysit at 11 this morning. They are actually still babysitting-it is 20 til 12 so their paycheck should be pretty hefty.
- Robby ran some errands this morning, and I met him at Walmart to help him do some shopping. Then we came home and both fell asleep on the couch while watching basketball. We did eventually go out and shop a bit more-our goal was to pick up pizza for the boys' supper before the game.
- When we came home, we ate, and then we all went to the Wilson's house to watch the Hogs play their basketball game. I came home and updates our bracket-but I accidentally updated one game that hasn't been played yet! Hope I got it right!
March 20, 2026
- My house is happy tonight...well, almost happy. Anderson is home for Spring Break so that is exciting. However, Reagan will not get home until late Thursday night because she is going on a mission trip to New Orleans this next week. Currently, Keaton and Campbell are out shopping and on a Sonic run so my house and heart would really be happy if they were home right now too.
- Marley let me sleep in a little bit this morning so that was nice. I did a few things in the house, and then I left to run a few errands. My first stop was the library to pick up a book. I had one ready for me, and of course, I had another book become ready later this afternoon.
- Then I ran to the gas station before going and picking up Grannymom for a little bit. Robby and I then had a few errands and stopped to grab a bit of lunch. Lunch did not go well-it took forever-long enough that they were handing out free desserts (unfortunately, they weren't very good desserts-just a rice krispy treat).
- I went to Walmart next and quickly grabbed a few things off of my list. I was going to stay out and play longer, but I saw that Anderson was already on the way home. He had one class today at 1 and was going to come home after it. Of course, his class was canceled by email late this morning so he could have come home last night.
- He had some laundry and a tub of things that he brought home. He caught us up on school and all the details which made me supper happy. We caught him up on our March Madness brackets, and soon Nonna and Pops came over for a little bit to get their food out of our fridge. They came in and visited for a little bit.
- When they left, Campbell and Graham were almost home. They had been at work, and Campbell had started the day at breakfast with some friends so she has had a big day. It was pretty much on your own for supper, but I did make all of the boys meatball subs-well, I made all of the boys meatball subs and Marley one too. She only got about half, but her counter surfing is about to drive me insane. I tried spraying her with water the other day, but she liked it!
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