I took zero pictures this week. Can you believe it? Maybe I will put in some pictures of Cali and Cheyenne playing tennis last week! That’s what they did this week too. They had matches on Tuesday and Thursday both matches were at home in the lower courts with the shade and the view of the horse pasture. My favorite place! The tennis was really good so I didn’t get to spend much time gazing at horses. Calianne won on Tuesday and lost on Thursday. Cheyenne lost on Tuesday and one on Thursday! It is super fun to watch them!

Look! Their friend on the yearbook staff took some pictures of them that actually happened this week! Lucky us!

This week, they also volunteered to help at a school carnival Friday night. Afterwards they had friends over to our house for games. On Saturday night they went to another friend’s house for games. They have a lot of friends and a lot of social opportunities but they are really not liking their academic classrooms right now. I think it’s too bad. But I’m proud of them for working hard still.

Cheyenne had a fun opportunity on Saturday. Uncle Mike offered two tickets to the BYU football game! So Kevin took Cheyenne. They got to visit with those cool Gazdiks and enjoy the atmosphere of a big college game! They made some great memories.

Sarah continues to go to the elementary school for her college classes. She gets to spend a lot of free time with McKay and she loves that! He’s been at our house more and we all love that!

Savannah had work and college classes this week but got pretty sick on Wednesday and had to come home early. It was a tough week for her! We’re hoping next week will be better.

Bethany had karate this week on two days and piano on one. She was not quite so resistant to piano as she has been the last two weeks. Maybe she has resigned herself to the fact that she’s got to do it at least one more year! On the other days, Bethany has played with the girls across the street. They’ve become quite close knit!

Benjamin had karate two days this week as well as a day of football practice. Their game got canceled because they didn’t have enough players. Sad! Ben wasn’t too sad though because his friend Nico was over and then he didn’t have to stop playing! 

On Saturday, Eden came over with the express purpose of helping Beth and Ben on their treehouse. She brought wood and her own set of tools. She and her family are my new heroes! Bethany helped on and off as well as the girls across the street but Benjamin was in heaven! Ben played with the girls all day and they had a great time. They weren’t on the computer even once. It just proves that it is possible for kids to have fun without one! Maybe I should throw them all out the window. What do you think? They could work on stuff at the library for their homework. Hmmm. Tempting.

Kevin worked all week, of course, and helped lots of people. He's also gearing up to write a new book.

What did I do this week? I don’t really know. I worked on my new book. Scrapped my old idea and started working on a new one and then went back to the old idea. I went walking with a friend. I went walking with Kevin. I went shopping and did laundry. I think I vacuumed. I did lots of dishes. I kept the house looking nice at least until about 7 PM and then I usually gave up and straightened up the next day. I should plant a tree. I worked on Sarah‘s wedding, mostly thinking. Oh! I did do some accounting the beginning of the week. I drove children to lots of places. I brought things that they had forgotten. I finished a couple of audiobooks that I have been working on and even a hard copy of a book. I guess I did a lot of stuff and yet nothing really. I was there when my kids needed to talk. That’s something I feel good about. :)