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!