On a Mission

Weekends are wonderful-- aren't they?

Julia had a friend spend the night. Saturday morning Julia practiced her recital pieces while they both sang at the top of their lungs. Near the end, John joined them too.

Rachel and Annalyn helped me organize the bookshelves.

It took a few hours, but the end result was awesome. We not only organized books by age and size, but we sorted through crayons, pens, pencils, and puzzle pieces.

John helped Anna and William with their fourth grade mission projects. He got them so pumped up that soon Andrew, Annalyn, and Adam were helping out too!

Early afternoon, Adam and Julia practiced their two recital songs that they are doing together.

Still working on mission projects. This was an all day thing.

Adam and Andrew were a big help.

John-- an awesome Dad and husband-- sportin' new glasses from Zenni Optical. Thanks to all of you who suggested the website!

It was neat to see the missions come together... piece by piece.

Anna and Annalyn really enjoyed the painting part of the project.

Can you recognize what two missions the kids made?

Alex and Dennis played outside nearly all day yesterday. Every time I glanced outside, the two boys made me smile.

For dinner, I made homemade waffles. The kids were thrilled of course!

Then back to the mission projects.

Finally around 7 pm. the crew called it quits for the day. They still have another week before they turn them in so they will finish them during that time. William was so sweet how he complimented his sister's mission without a competitive bone in his body. It is times like these that make parenting such a blessing. Today was full of smiles..... only one trial.