First Waves...

So, the first wave of familiy arrived here at our hosue yesterday at around 3ish after frequenting the grocery store :) Everyone was so happy to be able to sit down and rest finally and the kids were all so excited to see MaMa, PaPa, G-PaPa and Baby Faith! I made everyone dinner and we had a rather relaxing evening. I also got to do some more gardening, Yipee!! I planted most of the plants that Grandma Marcia brought over on Wednesday. Only 3 pots left.... and I am still pondering where I want to put them :)

Today is going to be busy..... I have a Chiropractor appointment this morning at 9, and Jason's Mom (MaMa) is going to go with so that we can go grocery shopping for their week here after that... Hopefully it won't take too long. Tonight we are all going our separate ways, as we have a potluck for our last day meeting with the "10 Great Dates" crew. It should be lots of fun, and they have requested my "Mona Salad" as usual :) It's my Mona Salad cause a good friend that we met while living in Yuba City, CA made it for us one night and then gave us the recipe.... Who knows what it's actually called, but I called it "Mona Salad" from then on to remind me of the awesome woman that made it for us :)

VBS went great this week, the last day I brought bubble stuff so that we could take the nursery kiddos out to do bubbles. They LOVED that and made such a great mess with the bubbles, in their hair, on their clothes, in the grass.... I think that there is going to be a spot that "bubbles" every time someone waters that spot of grass!! My kids all had a great time, and the Johnston girls had a great time the one day that they were able to go. Poor things.... Kourtney was sick on Tuesday, and Brittney and Mom were sick Thursday and Friday!! I really am hoping that the sick season will come to a grinding halt now, so that everyone can enjoy summer!!!

Gotta go, not sure how often I will get to blog while we have family in town. 8 extra peoples to play with you know :) And the kids have been DYING to see Max and Keira!! I will try to get a few good pictures to put up here.

I know we are having the Potluck tonight and are BBQing tomorrow with who's here already and family that lives in town :) After that we haven't really planned, other than a wenie roast at the beach for 4th of July!

Not much happening..

today, that is. Cayleb is feeling better, so we are trying to catch up on some of the work that we missed this week.....
I have a dentist appt. this afternoon, yucky!!! No wait, Yipee!! Yeah, right! :( I have only left a regularly scheduled cleaning at a dentist like twice in my life without needing to come back for repairs! But here's hoping!
I need to go find a chiropractor because I have a pinched nerve in my back that has really been bothering me....
And Jason's Grandpa is having his 80th birthday next month and everyone is gathering for a "family reunion" of sorts, and we can't be there cause it's too stinking expensive to drive, and not much cheaper to fly. So, I totally feel like leftovers today. And I know that Jason has to be a little bummed about it too, but he has a better outlook about things sometimes and I don't think that he is letting it get him down. He's a good guy, you know. I love him so much that I can hardly contain it sometimes. We have really been enjoying our "dates" each Saturday and it really has seemed to help bring back our sense of humor and vibrance :) I think that we both live through each week looking forward to our date :) This week we don't meet because there is a HUGE concert happening at the church aka: no room for the kids to hang out while we are out on a date! So we, actually I, volunteered Jason to help a friend build his fence. The girls will get to hang out all day Saturday at their house with the kids (numbering 6) and we have a soccer game to go to sometime before lunch. So Saturday looks like fun :) Anywho, I need to go for now, Cayleb needs to move on to Science :)

4th Great Date :)

Last night was our Fourth Great Date of ten. It was a chapter about "Becoming an Encourager" and was very good to read through. It had 3 different ways that we can encourage our spouses, as well as some suggestions for what isn't encouraging :) To put it simply, they suggest giving honest vocal praise, not forgetting the power of written praise and lastly to strive for a healthy sense of humor. Humor is a good way to remedy a stressful situation, maybe waiting at the airport for hours.... find something witty to say, and don't take yourself too seriously
Our date was great, we went and had a light dinner at Bob's Burger's and Brew's. Up here, that's a GREAT place to get a HUGE hamburger, so perhaps it wasn't so light after all :) I had Clam Chowder and a small side salad, but Jason's double decker burger with sauteed onions and mushrooms and bacon piled high with lettuce, and tomatoes was almost too much to watch. He was just enjoying that way too much! After dinner and discussing our chapter questions, we went to the park and took a walk along one of the nature trails :) Very romantic, I loved it! And on the way back up the trail we decided to race to the truck, and I kept up all the way till about 20 feet from the truck and then had to stop.... I think I ate too much! So, he won!! Little Stinker!! I'm still waiting to see what he cashes that win in for! So, I'm gonna leave it at that. I hope that next weeks date goes as well! And I want to go spend some time with him now ;).