Monday July 29 was Daniel's birthday. Katelyn's going to write a birthday tribute for him later. We sold a bunch of his stuff online, which is really a bizzare way to spend your birthday. We went to Cowboy Chicken for dinner at his request and Katelyn made a birthday cake for him. Random times during the day were probably spent picking lice out of Haley's hair.
Tuesday Rin and Daniel stayed home all day, sold some more stuff and packed up their car. The contractors were at our house working on the sewer. I'm sure they were confused to see two white girls, a black guy, and a mexican, along with two little babies messing with a whole bunch of random furniture on the back patio. I left in the afternoon to drive up to Wichita for recurrent training and Corinne and Daniel went to PA about midnight because they had to be in Atlanta at 9am.
Wednesday Katelyn cleaned the house and did laundry. She thought Haley's lice were gone so they went to the church potluck. The Watsons wanted haley to spend the night but Katelyn said no because she is not ready. She said Chloe could sleep at our house since the mattress was still up from rin. However, she is also not ready and got scared and ended up sleeping with Katelyn.
Thursday morning they went to Bible study and Chloe's mom was there to pick her up. They took naps in the afternoon.She thinks they just hung out Thursday evening.
Friday they went to the gym. Then they went to DQ to celebrate a friends birthday for lunch. This particular DQ had a large carpeted play area which Haley loved. Chloe Liebengood babysat Haley and Emily so Katelyn could go to a MOPs retreat at a hotel in town. Haley did really well, but Emily woke up after being put down for two hours and was sitting in Chloe's lap when Katelyn got home. She fed her and put her back to bed. Meanwhile I had finished training so I drove through the night so Katelyn wouldn't need to get a babysitter in the morning.
Saturday, I stayed with the girls in the morning during Katleyn's deal. then we went to the splash pad for Kai's bithrday party. The rest of the day was low key.
I led worship on sunday and Katelyn did nursery. the kids were good but there was one kid that was bad but it wasnt haley or emily. i worked sunday afternoon. at night I tried to put new brakes on the van and snapped a lug bolt off to my great frustration.
Monday was my birthday. I worked. Katelyn did laundry and cleaned and made super yummy chicken with a basil cream sauce and yummy yeast rolls. Katelyn had a sweet idea of taking the car in for me since I wouldn't be back till later on monday. Although it was a good idea, Firestone gave us the run around for a few days and I hope they go out of business but doubt that they will. I had men's prayer meeting at our house when I got back.
Tuesday I worked and Katelyn got ready for Todd Feenstra to arrive. They also went to a bunch of consignment shops to look for shoes for the wedding for the girls and some cousins. They found a few pairs. At night, Katelyn made creme brulee and merengue cookies which were really good. Amanda also came for dinner because I was gone for dinner. They stayed till almost bed time. Todd arrived around 11:30pm.
Wednesday I worked all day and got back during missio dei which was at our house. Not sure what else happened during the day. Katelyn had a cake for me when I arrived.
Thursday, nobody showed up for Bible study because everyone was out of town so Katelyn took the girls to run some errands. I worked......Katelyn packed for the trip on friday and did some laundry. that evening, Katelyhn saw Haley scratching her head and found another louse. we picked more lice and knits from her hair while she watched Dorah. Todd ran out and bought some Lice MD stuff that worked really well. Katelyn washed all the sheets agian.
Friday Katelyn packed the van and cleaned the whole house again. Haley watched so0mee dora and EMily took two naps. I worked and broke an airplane and had a whole big mess but ended up getting back to longview around 5pm. We left straight from the airport and drove to jackson MS where we spent the night.
Saturday we woke up early and drove the rest of the way. arrived 8:30pm and ate dinner. saw our welcome bags. met paul iya, daniels bro. we were the first family with kids to arrive. then I went with merle to the grocery store for the first of several times. then we waited for fentons, mountz, and brusts to arrive.
Katelyn will cover next week later.
"Who even cares?" I do!!! Thanks for the update. We were all so busy that week that I had no idea what was going on at the Canche house. I get tired just reading about it. Miss you all,Love, Mimi
ReplyDeleteI care, too. Wish I had been there to help pick nits!
ReplyDeleteLove you, Mom