Thanksgiving Day was GREAT! It started out with the newspaper delivery. John went with us so that we had an extra hand because of the size of the paper. We delivered about 230 papers and then went back home to go to bed. We knew that papers were big, but when we got home Daniel went over to the scale to weigh the paper. This years Thanksgiving paper was 5 pounds. Wow, that is heavy!
After some sleep we got up and made some pies and corn casserole to take over to my parents house. We made a pumpkin and a dutch apple from scratch....Nattalie did such an awesome job. I took some pictures that I will have to upload later. So early afternoon we headed to my parents and had an enjoyable Thanksgiving day. After dinner we headed to my Grandma's to decorate her door for Christmas. That was fun....wow it was so cold outside, but inside there was like a heat wave.
We ended up staying at my parents until Midnight to hit some of the sales at Walmart. My mom, Nattalie, and Daniel went with me. We got there a little early to know where our items were. The sale started at midnight and everything was covered in black plastic. I was caught trying to peek and I got in trouble. :) So at 12:01 everything was uncovered. Mom and Nattalie were in charge of some and then Daniel and I got the rest. Dan and I were picking out our last item when we got a text they were in line. We checked out and we in the car headed home at 12:12....now that is some power shopping.
We enjoyed the rest of that weekend with some family time, small group, and church.
This week John is off! It has been nice having him at home. The kids were a little side tracked with him there and didn't want to get started with school on Monday, but we got it all done. Then we headed to my parents that night....my Mom's birthday is on December 1st so we went to wish her Happy Birthday. Couldn't do it on her birthday because she headed out to Arizona for a few days.
Then Tuesday came and we had some plans so no school that day....well not book work. Nattalie and Daniel went with me to the Mall and they checked out the Live Wolves that they have at Merle Hay....interesting and educating! Then we went to Carlise for a tour of the water plant. We have a great friend from church that works there and he gave the kids a great tour. We started that the wells that pump the water to the water station. Then at the station he explained all the process the water went through so that it was drinkable and usable for us. Then we also did some tests on the water to check chlorine levels. Then after the drinking water he also explained the process of the waste water... the kids didn't think that sounded like too much fun! They learned a lot and I am so grateful that Dylan took the time to explain it all to the kids. Then off to Dylan and April's for dinner that night....GREAT dinner April! Thank you!
Wednesday, the kids had a hard time with school. They worked on math the entire day. They all seemed to be stuck on the new concepts they were learning and we going very slow. After school we headed to church for AWANA.
Now, today! The kids worked very hard today. Math didn't seem to be such a time consuming task for them today...yeah! This is typically their best subject. Then we had some make up work from Tuesday and Wednesday to add to today. We worked hard and we are all caught up....good job you guys.
It has been awesome having John home with week. When the kids have had trouble with math he has been able to help out and it is good to have someone else come in and teach something with a different spin on it....wow, they kinda learn like their dad! :)
Nattalie and I have cooking class tonight....it is chicken. Nattalie is really beginning to cook... but I think that she is turning out a lot like me....she likes to bake things more than cook. Watch out John....we are going to have a lot of desserts to eat!
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