7/5/22

Adam bought a new (used) phone.

 We took the van to the auto shop today to have the ac worked on.  Took Jared to work before heading home.  At home I worked on digging up and replanting zinnia plants.  I also edged around the flower garden by the bird bath.  The boys were awake when I went inside.  They came out and worked with their sheep.  Adam went for a run down the road.  Eli played with legos.  Jacob helped me work on putting up an electric fence for Bo.  He is eating over the fence and bending it badly.  We set up the tanks with automatic waterers.  I scrubbed tanks.  Around 4:30 I headed to Jared's work.  Jacob and Eli worked on cleaning the sheep stall.  Adam hoed the garden.  We picked up our van and its so nice to have working AC again.  They had to block it off so there is only air in the front but we can blow it to the back and it feels nice.  I went shopping for our Copper harbor groceries.  Jared took Adam to soccer practice.  We ate a late dinner when he got back.  

7/4/22

Isaac and Eli wanted eggs again for breakfast this morning.  They watched tv and played some Minecraft.  Jared and I sheared the boys 4H sheep and a couple ewes.  The clipper blade was getting dull after the third sheep.  We decided to wait on the rest and ordered some more sets of clipper blades.  The boys had ramen noodles for lunch.  We also had strawberry shortcake.  Jared mowed the lawn.  Eli played with legos.  Isaac sat out on the deck with me and played with magnetics and some other magnets.   Eli helped me wash the camping trailer.  Isaac played in the sandbox.  Jared and I weeded and trenched the big flower beds.  Nana brought the boys home from their weekend stay at the campground.  Adam worked on setting up his new phone.  We ate a late dinner and watched tv.  I sat on the deck under the umbrella while it was raining and talked to Vikki on the phone.  

7/3/22

Isaac wanted dunking eggs for breakfast and Eli had his scrambled.  We watched church online.   We went outside to work with the sheep.  Isaac was a little nervous with the barn swallows diving at him.  The boys stayed home while we went to Saginaw to buy a used phone for Adam.  He is selling his old phone.  We also stopped for groceries and got pizza for lunch.  The boys and Jared helped me make freezer jelly.  We also made bisquits for strawberry shortcake.  We made firestarters for camping.  We also got our coffee pods made with Eli and Isaac's help.  This evening we watched Dog with a blog.  Jared started a fire and the boys had fun with sparklers.  

7/2/22

Pretty flowers from Jared

Eli fell on his bike just minutes after we got to the campground.  He almost fainted!

We got to the campground around 1:00.  We relaxed, took some walks, got some ice cream, went swimming and had a yummy dinner.  Thanks Mom and Vikki.  They grilled hot dogs and hamburgers.  Around 8:30 we headed to the other campground in Standish where they are having a firework display.  The older boys brought their bikes.  We set up our chairs and then Jared and I took a walk with Isaac.  Isaac was cute talking about the different vehicles we walked past.  Nana brought licorice and orange slices for us to snack on. We all enjoyed the fireworks. Adam sent some videos to his friend Claire.  Isaac came home with us to spend the night.  

7/1/22

 

We worked with the sheep this morning.  Then Jacob practiced his instrument.  We headed to the campground and got there around noon.  We relaxed for awhile and had lunch.  Then we went swimming.  We played a game of 3-13 and Nana won.  Adam went to the store and surprised me with a banana laffy taffy.  Eli and I headed home around 7:00.  Jacob and Adam are spending the weekend at the campground. We worked on cleaning out the van.   Moved Bo in with the ram and Han.  Jared pulled the camping trailer out. We had popcorn and watched a movie with Eli.  

6/30/22

Vikki's basement

 We got to Vikki's house around 10:30.We first worked on taking down the full bed and bring up the king bed to her room.  The mattress barely fit up the stairs.  We shoved it up there.  Then I went to the basement and worked with the kids. The younger kids helped me wrap glassware things and box them up. Jacob and Adam swept and mopped and moved furniture.  The kids hauled alot of bags, boxes, and furniture up to the garage. We did alot of cleaning and the basement looks great.  Vikki worked on things upstairs.  She scrubbed the kitchen floor really good.  It was so dirty.  We had sandwiches for lunch.  We put up temporary walls to make a room in the basement and set up the full bed and dresser.  We put furniture in the other area and got it all set up nicely.  We helped Vikki upstairs hauling boxes to the rooms they needed to go in.  We got home around 11:30.