A Day

We managed to fill our “empty” day with lots of activity. I can’t count the number of times one of the children said, “I can’t believe it is Thursday already”. I think the counting down of days until the girls leave is on all of our minds.


Krista filled the day washing their car with the little ones. She also is literally plowing through every Nero Wolfe and Louis L’Amour book in the house. I think her goal is to read all that SA has to offer before she moves. I’m suspecting she will succeed.

Josiah, Jamin and Jared valiantly continue with school.

I spent the a.m. digging out my “normal clothes” and packing away maternity clothes. I ended up putting the fat clothes in the closet and the skinny clothes back in storage for a few more months. Hey – at least 4 weeks out I’m into the FAT CLOTHES I could still be in maternity clothes.

The cheap theater is showing Madagascar, a movie that the younger ones and I had not yet seen. We splurged and after we dropped Jamin at his pep rally the rest of us headed to the movies. I’m not sure the movie will ever be a classic but it was o.k. for the cheap theater. It did provide a cool spot for some mindless diversion.

Mike was able to get off work on time and join us for Jamin’s game tonight. We packed a picnic and headed for Water Valley. NO water in sight, BTW. Jamin’s team won 27 – 0. The game was called with 5 minutes left…due to lightening. We all noted that we’d seen no lightening. The team is really excited. They were last in their division last year….OK tied for last but they insist that they had more yards than the other team so the other team was REALLY LAST….but this year they are NUMBER ONE in their division (a division for private and small public schools). Jamin studiously ignored us in the stands as he waved last week and the coach asked him if he’d rather be sitting in the stands with us. Why I NEVER. We are all very proud of our newest little Texan who attended her first football game before she was a month old (one day before). I think that is a requirement to be a TRUE Texan…football in the blood and all.

I promptly fell asleep in the recliner while trying to get Stacia to fall asleep. Bre woke me up and took her and sent me to bed. She told me that Stacia was cooing and wide awake and I was sound asleep (think that means I was snoring?). I realize again how much different things like movies, football games, mall trips and even sleeping will be when the girls leave…they are jewels. We are all feeling more and more ready for the transition as it approaches.