should have grabbed the camera

Tonight we had dinner with a couple from church... and NINE of their grandchildren...

It was crazy trying to fit 15 people in our house, but I loved every minute of it.

After dinner & dessert, the kids played the Galactic Dance Off on Princess N's Star Wars game.  Laughter was contagious.

There wasn't too much adult conversation, but these kids are some of the most well behaved kids I have met in a while.  It was a pleasure having them here.

Since there were 15 of us, I decided to make Pastichio with salad and Orange Creamscicle Cupcakes for dessert.  There was not much left of any of it...

I think I'm going to bed now...  Good night!

Time out!

The backyard project has been postponed.

While many people are accustomed to working outdoors in record high temperatures, the girls and I are not.

After tying up 2 bundles of sticks to take to the curb last night, I called it quits on the 3rd.  Michael was kind enough to finish it off and carry it around front for me.  It was after 7pm.  The heat index was still over 100 degrees at that point.

At 11:30pm tonight, it is 85 degrees with a heat index of 98 degrees.  At 2:30 this afternoon, the heat index was 114 degrees.  At 8pm tonight, it was about 94 degrees with a heat index of 108 degrees.

Those numbers were the deciding factor in letting the remaining branches sit in our yard. 

6/29 - EDITED TO ADD: We did finally finish the yard.  I woke up early to a heat index of 78 which was also the actual temperature.  Half an hour later when we finished, the temperature had risen 8 degrees and the heat index had risen 22 degrees.  But, we managed to take care of all but the largest branches.  Those would make good fireplace logs...

However, I did promise pictures.  I really should have taken them on day 1 or 2, but these are from day 3 with about a quarter of the branches trimmed and placed in piles.

Piles of branches

More piles of branches - the one in the center back was about waist high on me at that point



Let the sun shine in!

A single vine

Tired toes
Hurting heels
Aching back
Sore muscles

What does that equal?  Why yard work, of course!  Michael decided that he was going to pull a vine and ended up with a 3 (maybe 4) day project.

Pictures to come. :)

Recent photos

The lighting at our church is not the best for photos without a lot of equipment (or a tripod which I forgot at home).  Anyway, here are some recent photos of the girls.  They are actually from last week!

I know most of you are gasping in shock.  Why don't you sit and take a few breaths... the photos will be here when you get back! :)

Love ya!

Math

College Algebra to be precise.

Eight weeks and one day left.

In other words, 25 classes until my final.

This can be done! (somehow...)