Weekly Review and Preview

Suzy came down with strep throat, so her party has to be rescheduled. We are hoping to have it Friday night THIS week.

Emily is doing well with drivers ed and is about halfway through.

David still needs a job. But he has a girlfriend!

James is just hanging out!

I am trying to write and exercise, which is keeping me busier. Plus I have watched 46 episodes of White Collar in the last three weeks or so. LOL Obsessed much????

6/23 Sunday - Church
Monday - Work 4, Karate, Drivers Ed (E), Swim Lessons (S)
Tuesday - Work 4, Dr Ed (E), Swim (S)
Wednesday - Work 4, Dr Ed (E), Swim (S)
Thursday - Work 4, Karate, Dr Ed (E), Swim (S)
 Friday - Work 4, Swim (S), Beach Day, Suzy Party?
Saturday - Suzy Party?

Suzy decided she wanted to do swim lessons this summer, so that starts Monday and will run til July 3.

We have a beach day coming up this week and Emily will finish drivers ed. Otherwise, there isn't much else going on except karate.

Weekly Preview and Review

Emily had a lovely time at her team party. James and Suzy got their church awards. In fact, James earned the bronze medal in Royal Rangers. We all earned our 1st stripe on our red belts, which moves us to 2nd gup. (I know that probably means nothing to most of you.) Suzy wasn't at belt promotion because she was at Missionettes Camp Thursday to Saturday. David had no cavities. Suzy had two (or three?) cavities filled.

On Saturday, we went to Bob's sister's son's open house. After that I went out with friends to see Man of Steel and then we went for frozen yogurt to have an in-depth chat about an issue one friend is having.

6/16 Sunday - Church, College Reunion Potluck
Monday - Work 4, Karate, Emily Drivers Ed
Tuesday - Work 4, Emily Drivers Ed
Wednesday - Work 4, Emily Drivers Ed, Book Sale
Thursday - Work 4, Karate, Emily Drivers Ed,
Friday - Work 4, Emily Drivers Ed, Suzy Party
Saturday - Suzy Party

Today we met up with some friends from college to have an informal "reunion" at our pastor's house. They went to Spring Arbor also. What a nice relaxing afternoon just chatting and hanging out together.

Afterwards we went for frozen yogurt (yes, again) to treat Bob for Father's Day. He had never been to the froyo place in Lapeer. (It's owned by a family from our church.)

Emily has drivers ed every morning from 8-10 am and she will drive at least twice this week with the instructor.

Suzy finally has her birthday party this weekend. There was ABSOLUTELY no way we could squish that into May. (See my last post for why not.) So, we have been waiting for a free Friday night with good weather and we hope that comes this Friday since she wants to have a sleepover.

I am hoping to sell some curriculum and books at a tailgate sale my homeschool group is having this week.

Weekly Preview and Review

Somehow I missed blogging last week here. Sorry!

This past couple of weeks few days (since June 2, I guess, lol) have been rather relaxed. A bit of decompressing from our crazy-busy May which included the following:

• Two birthdays - Bob and Suzy
• The end of the 2012-13 school year (a big deal for a homeschooling family)
• Mother's Day 
• A spring banquet for Emily
• A day at the opera with David
• Our quarterly karate test (lots of stress and practice)
•  Our first visit to Motor City Comic Con - hotel stay #1 
• Soccer, soccer, and more soccer (3 kids playing - 2 on travel teams) 
• A soccer tournament out of town - hotel stay #2 
• An all-day planning meeting for our homeschool group 
• Emily exhibited a photograph in an art show and we went to the reception
• The three oldest kids worked several days at a local vineyard 
• Taught an all-day essay writing seminar 
• Worked my regular 20 hours per week every week 
• David's high school graduation (practice, commencement and tons of preparation)

Whew! I am exhausted all over again! (Yeah, I know I posted that at Mirkwood too. -smile-)

Emily's team had a family scrimmage on Monday night; James and David joined in. There will be drop-in soccer throughout June and July and I hope the kids will want to play. I know they all like just playing soccer all out. Her awards night was Thursday night and she got her 2nd year varsity pin.

Co-op registration was Tuesday all day. This, for me, is the culmination of months of work - choosing classes and matching up teachers, getting the schedule all set and finally getting to see what people choose and how it all works out. Seeing the families we haven't seen in a few weeks is fun as well. 

James went to Cedar Point with friends on Friday; it was his first time there and he had a BLAST. He can't wait to go back!

David is not having an open house which is a huge relief for me. I believe we were invited to six open houses in June alone. Three were this weekend and I bailed on all of them.

6/9 Sunday - Church
Monday - Work 4, Karate
Tuesday - Work 4, Emily Team Party
Wednesday - Work 4, Church Awards Night, Emily Drivers Ed, Dentist (S,D), Gymnastics???
Thursday - Work 4, Karate Belt Promotion, Emily Drivers Ed, Suzy Missionettes Camp
Friday - Work 4, Emily Drivers Ed, David College Orientation, Park Day, Suzy Missionettes Camp
Saturday - Suzy Missionettes Camp

Now I feel like we can dig into summer. I plan to have the kids do some "homework" over the summer. They will each work on just one subject plus they will have some silent reading time and I may give them some other structure if they seem to need it. Suzy and James will practice Sitting Still Training.

Emily will have drivers ed in the next couple weeks. We will have park days and beach days with our homeschool group. I will try to get back into an exercise schedule.

This Wednesday will mark the end of the kids' involvement with their Wednesday night church. At least that's my plan. We need to fully engage with our new church and since their youth group meets on Wednesday nights, we will go there. David may continue to attend the other church once he heads off to college, or even through the summer, but I'll leave that up to him. While he lives home though, he will attend with us on Sundays.

David will have orientation for the college dorm on Friday so I imagine after that date, we will have a lot more information on what will happen with him. He needs to find a job right away! Please pray the right one comes along.

Suzy is attending Missionettes Camp this weekend. She is glad because her best friend is also going.

Emily begins Drivers Ed on Wednesday which meets every weekday morning from 8-10AM for two weeks. I know there will be driving along with that too.

Now that I am not teaching, I plan to get some writing done and hopefully get a couple of Kindle books online very soon.

So, here comes summer!