6-1-10 June

Kind of hard to believe it’s June already. Tempus fugit (I think that’s how you spell it, right, ASK?).

Levi and Jesse milked this morning, and the rest of us worked here. Jacob started out with a math page – he’s doing really good and is very determined to continue his math a couple days a week so he doesn’t forget what he’s learned. Tori finished her Algebra, getting a 94% on her final test. Good job, Tori! I did some phonic drill with Sarah and Jewel, and then we spent the morning in the kitchen and doing laundry. I won’t list today; I took a picture before we packaged everything away.

Jesse and Jacob worked on the farm, fence, and garden; Levi went to work at CIT around 10:00. One thing Jesse did was move the cows from the back pasture, where they’ve been for the last month, up to the front pasture where the grass has been growing nice and tall for them. We prefer them up by the house when calving time comes – it’s always great excitement when new calves are born. Hopefully soon…

After a fast lunch, we went swimming at Uncle Jerry’s for a couple hours; it was good to swim with Carmen, Kate, and Lincoln too. Arriving home, kids had a snack and jumped right into chores; I put Joshua down for a nap and went to Karol’s to walk. It was pretty warm but always a good feeling to exercise (and talk!) [smile]. I got home in time to finish preparing supper to take to John and Heather (John had surgery Friday when he donated a kidney to his brother Nic), and Tori finished up our supper while Ben, Sarah, Jewel, and I ran around town delivering things. After John’s, we stopped at Java Junction for a gift certificate for Grandma Steiner’s birthday; then we delivered a gift and some food to Matt and Jenni who welcomed baby Kayley on Friday. She is a beautiful beautiful little miracle; they are so blessed. Then we stopped to sing Happy Birthday to Grandma, but she wasn’t home, so we left her gifts between her doors; I left her a message so hope she finds them.

Home to supper, Bibletime at the table, and then Dad and I went to town again to Lila Moser’s visitation. She was 99 – so thankful her race is over…her crown is won…so thankful we all have the promise of heaven ONLY because of the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Stopped at Grandma Steiner’s again, but she wasn’t home again, so came on home to put kids to beds and head there ourselves. Not really. I was wiped out, so slept for an hour while Dad ran to Morton to get fertilizer for the potatoes. We’re convinced they are stunted in their growth, as they are starting to bloom already and they’re not very big…as compared to Ben’s monster plants in his little garden (which incidentally is where the compost pile used to be). SO. I held the flashlight while Dad broadcast fertilizer on them; we wanted to do it tonight because rain was forecast. THEN, finally, to bed.

That’s all.