Sunday, May 18, 2008

Saturday & Sunday

Last evening, after supper, we had a huge "cleaning effort"! With seven children, two adults, three dogs, and two cats, the mess in the the house was incredible!! While at the dinner table, we assigned jobs and everyone took off in their own directions to get things done. Since we had used the slip & slide...there was grass everywhere, and I mean everywhere! Declan swept the main floor, Alyona handled the worst mess-the bathroom, I think she had a piece of sod when she was finished sweeping in there! Tanya, Kristin & Kim cleaned up the dress up mess in Kristin's bedroom, Ryan emptied & refilled the dishwasher, Alexis & I cleaned up the kitchen & supper leftovers, and I can't recall what happened to Bill?!!

After we were finished, the boys headed out to play, since it had cooled down to 85. They purchased rifles at the Civil War re-enactment, and had so much fun playing with them.





The girls, exhausted after a full day of playing outside,asked for a movie, so they watched Jim Henson's Jack & The Beanstalk...I had forgotten how long it was!! They enjoyed the movie, although we stopped it for showers, and then allowed them to watch the end of it with the promise of everyone heading to bed as soon as it was over. Before long, we were all in the livingroom, enjoying it together.









We headed to bed, and the talking and singing didn't slow until almost 11--but everyone was great about getting up and getting ready for church this morning. It was a beautiful morning, and everyone was ready, had their things loaded, and in the car by 9:30 to head to church.

The girls bought fans yesterday at the Civil War Re-enactment, and they showed off their fans this morning....



Alyona finished her bridge after some frustrating attempts with the string....thankfully I remembered to catch a picture with my cell phone before she left with it....





Shawnna & Bill had a great nap this afternoon in a quiet house. We love to have the kids...they are like our own. It was a great weekend...and everyone got along so well! Praise God for blending our families so well! (Sorry, not pictures of the nap!)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Thanks for the picture of the bridge!! It looks great...very impressed!