Planned meals for the week- made shopping list - Van helped plan
Cleaned: Mom cleaned kitchen, floors, laundry
Van cleaned bedroom, toy-room, front room, washed windows, put away dishes
Made Pizza, made bread, prepared and started crockpot beans and beef roast
Van read a few verses in the Book for Mormon, about 2 Nephi Chapter 1
Van read through Dave Ramseys Finance for children. He taught Arianne about it. He organized his money into savings, donation/tithings and spending.
Van planned family Home Evening "Love At Home"
Read and told the story of Issac and Jacob from the Bible, played games, made a crown told each other why we love each-other.
Reserved 17 books at the library for reading for the kids
July 8th -
Van had gymnastics - First time moving to Gold level, since he is older. He is getting better at doing flips.
I went shopping for food while Van was at gymnastics and survived with the three younger kids. They did surprisingly well. :) I was sweating pretty hard when I was done though. Spent 125 dollars
Van did Reflex Math for a half hour - Put away dishes and took out garbage
Read Book of Mormon for a half hour
Made clay Sculptures for the Washington County Fair - Van made a humming bird, Arianne, made a tower and a star and I made a pinch pot
Looked up History of Phoenicians https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VVKlra4pxJQ Watched documentary
and made Phoenician ships out of lego's. Van told me, I was pretty good at lego building for someone with no experience and I informed him of my years of experience as a child. He was pretty impressed. :)
Made Taco's out of the night before's beans and shredded beef roast. Meal was a success. :) Everyone was happy.
No Scouts this week.
Finished washing Laundry - Van put away dishes and took out garbage
Van and I planned his science project (Bird Behaviors)
Here is the list:
Make list of birds who show up to front yard.
Took photo of clothing put together for dummy
Make dummy, put outside with tray and birdseed.
Research list of birds, make list of behaviors and draw and color picture of birds
make a chart of birds who show up, time of day they show up, kind of food they eat, the weather and time seen each day.
Compare real Van outside with bird, each week to see if birds land on him. Compare data with that of the dummy.
Van read for a half an hour on Birds and Book of Mormon
Van held a lemonade stand for an hour, till wind started to blow and ants became an issue, only earned about 5 bucks.
Gavin and Garret stayed over and played for another hour or so.
We watched the history of Glass Blowing (like the Phoenicians who were artist glass blowers.)
Made Salmon Patties, Mashed Potatoes, Garden Salad - Everyone was happy again.
Had scripture study
Thursday- July 10th
Got up went to the library to pick up books on reserve.
Kids played at the nearby swim park
Cleaned up and went in and had story time, little ones colored
Went outside and went for Merry Go Round Ride
Played frisbee with the kids
Van did an hour of Reflex Math Facts, put away dishes & took out garbage
Van read for an hour - Some Book of Mormon and Library Books
Van made more Phoenician ships our of legos
Kids showered and bathed
Made large ham sandwiches, with lettuce and broiled cheese. Served with left over mashed potatoes and grapes and plums. Let everyone eat and watch the movie they picked out from the library (muppet pirate movie).
Had family scripture study
Friday - July 11th - Laramie's 41st birthday!
Van did Book of Mormon Reading and Reflex
Listened to about 8 chapters of the "Guardians of Ga'Hoole
While folding and putting away laundry
I cleaned the rest of the house and made food.
Made Gnochchi and Chocolate Cake for Laramies birthday
Laramie came home and we ate dinner and celebrated
My mom babysat the kids while Laramie and I went to see a movie
Saturday - July 12th
Van put away dishes and took out garbage
Light cleaning to get ready for church, made food for Sunday (Bread & Roast)
Slept, watched movies, read, relaxed
Van listened to Guardians of Ga'Hoole
Read Book of Mormon
Did Family Scripture study (New Testament)
July 13th - the 17th
Went to church
Came home ate food: roast, mashed potatoes, salad
rested
kids watched cartoons
scripture study (old testament)
Listened to the book on tape "let it go" based on this man named Chris Williams who lost his family in a fatal car crash by a teenage boy who had been out drinking. http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=911104787001
Monday - July 14th
Went to the water park in little valley and invited Malea's kids over to play there. Afterward Van stayed at Malea's
and played until about 4pm
Liam and Arianne watched Pirates of Penzance with me
We made scones, mexican rice, white chili with turkey
Made cinnamon rolls with sweetened of condensed milk spread over them and cooked more (success!!!)
did basic cleaning
made shopping list - meal plan for week
Had Family Home Evening - The Sacrament - Kids drew, watched videos on Mormon Chanel and played, SImon Says,
and put a chocolate on top of a flour tower and cut the flour till Arianne made the chocolate piece fall and then made Arianne
fish out the chocolate with her nose. Was fun! Everyone got a piece of chocolate. Went to bed.
Tuesday - July 15th
Liam drew all over himself with marker. It's sort of washable, (package says it's washable, but not totally:) Kids watched cartoons
Family Morning Prayer
Exercised, Van was in charge of telling us what to do
Took Van to Gymnastics, Went Shopping with younger kids. They were good and very helpful to me. :) Liam unloaded almost the entire cart onto the bolt while her was in the back of the cart.
PIcked Van up, unloaded groceries and put away
Van took shower
Had our cleaning day- I cleaned kitchen, floors and washed all laundry & looked up information for Laramie to take ASE bus test for interview with Washington COunty School District
Van cleaned bedroom and toy room and vacuumed front room floor.
Glenda Hacker brought us a delicious turkey dinner
Took Van to scouts they worked on their citizen badge.
I took shower, went to pick up Van, payed Tithing, gave Celia her oil and talked to her about going over Van's scouts tomorrow
Family Prayer - No time for scriptures tonight.
Laramie studied over test materials
Kids were hungry again, made late snack, put them all to bed finally and started typing all this! :)
Wednesday - July 16th
Book of Mormon Chapter 3, 1st five chapters. Van and I talked about what a "righteous branch" means. I had Van read the first five verses and then he needed to tell me about the scriptures he read and then ask me a question.
Exercise for 40 minutes. Sit ups, push ups, lunges, planks, head stands (Van only), mini trampoline and jumping jacks. Van taught the little ones how to exercise. Then relaxation, breathing and stretching.
Reading time (mom read) - Persia's Cinderella Story
Free Reading - Van read Owl book
Study - Mourning Dove - Documentary, looked up web pages, read them, printed them out, drew a mourning dove and colored it.
I showed Van how to see shapes in images and to help him draw accurately
Liam took a nap, Arianne colored.
Reflex Math 40 minutes
Took out trash - Helped play with kids, while I made dinner and cleaned (whole wheat flapjacks, homemade syrup, fruit salad, sausage)
Watched Magic School Bus
Family Scripture Study (Learned Song "How Great Thou Art")
Van asked earlier about wanting to create his family tree,
I shared the scripture Malachi 4:6 "He will turn the hearts of the fathers to thier children and the hearts of the children to thier fathers...." Talked about the nature of what that scripture meant and geneyology. I showed him a church video on geneology as well.
Thursday - July 17th
Exercise
Morning Prayer
- I spent time with Carolyn Dodson and my Mom over phone working on Family Search. Van and I printed out his family tree. We noticed there is much research and work to be done on Paul Dodson's side of the family, many people are missing. Van is interested in helping Carolyn find them. I also printed out Laramie's, mine and updated both of our accounts with much information as well as Ethan's birthdate.
Book of Mormon
Reading
Listened to 4 chapters of Guardian of Ga'hoole
Basic Cleaning - Van put away dishes, took out trash, I cleaned kitchen, front room
Reflex Math 20 minutes
Lego's
Played outside on the trampoline
Ham sandwiches for dinner
Magic School bus
Scripture Study
Friday - July 18th
Relaxed, slept in
Get Van and Laramie ready for trip, made popcorn, sandwiches and carrots
Downloaded all of Van's pictures and video's from his Ipod and then deleted them all so he could have room to take more videos and photos. He wanted a video and photo of him and Ethan. I will post it. It was super cute.
Kids played and watched TV
Took time alone with Laramie
Lesson Planning for school year
Showed the little ones this video and talked about being nice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp3IH8ZNviQ
and had them repeat Matthew 25:40 "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren. Ye have done it unto me." We talked about being "nice" and how it makes Jesus happy.
I read the first chapter of "Fairies and the Quest for Neverland"
They ate fried toquitoes, cottage cheese and grapes and lettuce. Popcorn for treats
Slept in the front room
Vacuumed up their popcorn mess
They eat considerably less than Laramie and Van, it was easy making dinner tonight
Talked to Lauren and Nichole today over the phone (separate conversations). It was nice to catch up. I haven't talked to them in a long time, or really anyone over the phone for that matter, which has been a really nice break off the phone.
We are trying to plan to go camping next week. I hope it works out.
The Bishop called me to see if I would take photos for his son and his fiancé at the temple, after their wedding.
Thursday - July 17th
Exercise
Morning Prayer
- I spent time with Carolyn Dodson and my Mom over phone working on Family Search. Van and I printed out his family tree. We noticed there is much research and work to be done on Paul Dodson's side of the family, many people are missing. Van is interested in helping Carolyn find them. I also printed out Laramie's, mine and updated both of our accounts with much information as well as Ethan's birthdate.
Book of Mormon
Reading
Listened to 4 chapters of Guardian of Ga'hoole
Basic Cleaning - Van put away dishes, took out trash, I cleaned kitchen, front room
Reflex Math 20 minutes
Lego's
Played outside on the trampoline
Ham sandwiches for dinner
Magic School bus
Scripture Study
Friday - July 18th
Relaxed, slept in
Get Van and Laramie ready for trip, made popcorn, sandwiches and carrots
Downloaded all of Van's pictures and video's from his Ipod and then deleted them all so he could have room to take more videos and photos. He wanted a video and photo of him and Ethan. I will post it. It was super cute.
Kids played and watched TV
Took time alone with Laramie
Lesson Planning for school year
Showed the little ones this video and talked about being nice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp3IH8ZNviQ
and had them repeat Matthew 25:40 "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren. Ye have done it unto me." We talked about being "nice" and how it makes Jesus happy.
I read the first chapter of "Fairies and the Quest for Neverland"
They ate fried toquitoes, cottage cheese and grapes and lettuce. Popcorn for treats
Slept in the front room
Vacuumed up their popcorn mess
They eat considerably less than Laramie and Van, it was easy making dinner tonight
Talked to Lauren and Nichole today over the phone (separate conversations). It was nice to catch up. I haven't talked to them in a long time, or really anyone over the phone for that matter, which has been a really nice break off the phone.
We are trying to plan to go camping next week. I hope it works out.
The Bishop called me to see if I would take photos for his son and his fiancé at the temple, after their wedding.
Van and Ethan look allot alike :)
Van took this photo a while ago, but had to share because it was funny enough to post!
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