THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF.....!!!!!

Lacey wrote such a fun blog about how her day goes! Emily, Zachary & Elyse wanted me to do the same. It won't be as much fun as Lacey's was, but you can see how much we do in a day. If you are like us, after reading it, you will be exhausted.

6:30 – alarm goes off for me only, get up, shower, have devotions

7:00 – check emails, blogs and weather

7:50 – wake up kids

8:00 – start school while waiting for Dan & Emily to get up for breakfast. School at Emily's house is in the spare bedroom. Zachary sleeps on the floor, Elyse sleeps in the twin bed. In the morning, we have to put Zachary's make-shift bed on top of Elyse's bed in order to have room for the school table.

8:30 – breakfast, clean kitchen (here's our lovely crew with our mouths full - we are eating yummy banana bread)

8:50 – brush teeth, comb hair, get coats on

9:00 – drive Emily to work (one hour away)

10:00 – drop Emily at work, head to grocery store

10:45 – arrive at grocery store

11:15 – head back to Grand Haven

11:45 – arrive at Grand Haven, unpack groceries

12:00 – finish school (Elyse likes to read her Bible on top of both beds - it is a real balancing act).

While Emily & Dan are at work, we take care of George. George likes to do school with Zachary.

That is George's favorite soccer ball. We are tempted to throw it away, he has learned to squeak it and it is very annoying (thanks Titus and Rogue).

12:30 – pack for weekend in Vernon Hills.

Even George takes in a reading lesson or two.

1:00 – make lunch, clean kitchen again

1:30 – check email

2:00 – run to Walmart (to get things Meijer’s didn’t have)

3:30 – go get Emily at therapy

4:30 – arrive in Grand Haven, make dinner

6:00 – eat dinner, clean kitchen again

7:00 – relax, read, play table games

9:30 – get ready for bed, read for awhile until I fall asleep

Now wasn't that boring? At least you can see how much driving we have to do each day. Thankfully, Emily got Dan, Luke and friends to do some of the driving. Or there would be more driving instead of getting other things done. Thanks to Luke, Dan and Deb for helping with the driving.

And finally, our new living room! We have a new couch, loveseat, two end tables, two lamps and two pillows. Do you like it?

Zachary, Elyse and I are home for the weekend. We have LOTS of sorting and putting things away. We are THRILLED our new couch and loveseat has arrived. The living room shrunk while we were gone (lol).

We will be at Emily's until the 19th. I won't be updating another "day in the life of" so you won't have to be bored again. Thanks for reading!

DECISIONS, DECISIONS!!!!!

Keep it, or shave it!!!!!

What do you think?

FINALLY!!!!!

IT IS FINISHED!!!!! It took forEVER, but it is finally done. Thanks Erin & Tobin for giving me something to do! Dan helped with a few pieces. Zachary did too. Mostly, it was done by me. I know you can't see it, but there are 12 things hidden in this puzzle. The puzzle is so long, I couldn't get it all in the picture. The left side goes out another inch or so.

Emily will start working part time on Monday, February 1. She will do two weeks of four-hour days, then two weeks of six-hour days, and finally full time. Dr. F. says she should be able to drive in a month (which would be February 20). Therapy is still two days a week. Emily is improving every day. She is able to do housework, grocery shopping and meal preparation.

Please pray for our friend, Ruthie Benson. She will be meeting her Savior very soon. She is such a prayer warrior - she has prayed for our family each and every day. She will be missed!

SLEDDING & FOURTH ONE DONE!!!!!

We took the kids sledding. We had to watch them carefully because a kid died on that hill last week (he hit a tree). If you look beyond where the kids are at the bottom of the hill, that is where the kid went down and hit the tree. Zachary tried that hill once, and Dad told him not to use it again.

Team work gets you up the hill faster!

Puzzle #4: This one was the hardest one yet. I only worked a few minutes at a time on it because it was so maddening. It was so hard, I couldn't even do the edges. I had to do each box separately and fit them together.

Tim was here for the weekend. He left after lunch today (Sunday) and stopped by the Portage house to check on things. There was over two feet of snow there. At least the driveway was shoveled. We have a showing on Tuesday. Maybe this will be it - we can at least hope and pray to that extent.

THIRD ONE DONE!!!!!

Emily & Dan took George to the vet and went grocery shopping. While they were gone, I started puzzle #3. I stopped for lunch and clean up - then went right back to it. Here is the finished product:

In case you can't tell from the picture, the puzzle is a man holding his jacket open with a huge amount of buttons pinned on his shirt and inside of his jacket. It was a little hard doing this one, but I made it.

I know you are sick of seeing puzzles that are put together, but Betsey told me to send her proof that I finished each and every one of them. I will post the rest when I get them done as well.

We are having a relaxing day today - hope you are too!