Weekend

I commented to Phil Sunday evening that weekends are "supposed" to be a time to recover from the week not be just as busy and have no down time.  Today (Monday) marks the 11th day of obligations outside the home from the normal of tutoring, piano lessons, a field trip, Awanas, craft club, Phil gone for supervision, etc..  Then the weekend, a hair appointment, dinner with the other admin from Phil's school before Phil had to chaperone prom, Sunday church/ushering, errands, and the Jr. High hot dog/sausage feed fundraiser.  Honestly, I was ready to cry Sunday at 5:00 as we were heading out again (for the 3rd time), knowing that tomorrow I was starting another busy week of being gone every single day except for Tuesday and not feeling like I had time to breathe. 

I spent the random hours in between weekend outings mowing and helping Phil.  4 hours of mowing during the week doesn't seem like that much but when you never have a full day at home and you are gone almost every afternoon/evening, you can't get dinner and housework done let alone manage outside work.  I just want to be home, soaking up the beautiful Spring sunshine.  (Three glorious days ahead of sun and warm weather ahead to be spent driving, sitting in a parking lot, or sitting at the school table.)

So, Phil asked me to prom.  I said no.  I did however agree to go with him to dinner.  The admin team has a tradition to meet at a nice restaurant with their spouses before chaperoning.  I was actually a little nervous.  I don't ever do big social gatherings that don't involve children.  Would I remember how to interact with other adults in uninterrupted conversation that didn't revolve around kid stuff?  I did and it was fun.

So, because life isn't crazy enough, we got goats LOL.  We are definitely trying to figure out to work our 14 acres.  We must do something farm related to get a tax deferral and show some sort of income.  We wanted the children to experience different farm animals and farm options and see if there were any that they took a particular liking to and wanted to learn more about and take charge of.  We knew there would be a steep learning curve and trial and error.  We have experienced both.  Phil's most favorite farm animals are goats and we had planned to add them to our farm.  We now have two little 8 week old Nigerian Dwarf babies.  Sawyer named one Amber and Phil named the other Opal.  Oh my, they are so cute!  I think I could have a whole herd of them!  Sawyer is really taken by them, they just might be "his" farm animal. 



They look so tiny in their big pen.

Amber on the left, Opal on the right

Goats on leashes.  They are too little to go out in the field.  We will keep them in their pen, the little pasture in the front, or on leashes until they are bigger.

Amber

Opal

We will have a kid (human and goat) play ground.


The other animals were so curious.  They immediately came running to the fence line.

It felt as though we were being watched as we set up the goat pen....

The Jr. High youth group put on a hot dog/sausage feed fundraiser as a thank you to the church for the retreat that they went on at the beginning of April and to help raise money for one of our missionary families.  We were very impressed!  The kids did all the set up, clean up, cooking (including homemade apple crisp), serving, clearing, and gave testimonies.   It was very well done and I was very impressed.  It was a packed house too!  People were eating out in the hall and they ran out of food.  

Sawyer sat us at his table and he is a natural born waiter LOL.  He was confident, take charge, attentive, saw the need (water, more condiments, etc..) and took care of it right away and he carried his tray like an experienced waiter!

Sawyer in black with his tray up in the air balanced on his finger tips.  

Jubilee helped a little with the other tables.  She was more behind the scenes because she was at church all day doing food prep.


Of course, I was taking pictures and he indulged me.  Here he is giving me a wave while serving a group of people behind us who weren't fortunate enough to get a table.

Lots of people!

 Jubilee gave a testimony using one of the key words from the retreat "adoration".  She was flawless, both her speech and the delivery.  She was super nervous but was so well prepared (worked on this for two weeks).


 I snapped a few shots of the beautiful mustard field on our way home.

Our house is just down the hill, a little off center to the right of this picture.

I actually took this one with my cell phone a couple of days before.


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