This Week at Our House #36

1. Not much to say. John is back to applying for jobs, and we're are still waiting for full pay from the last job. We went to the Temple this week to pray about where to go and what to do, and we will keep going back every week for now until we have a better idea of what we need to do for our family.
2. Well we made it through the inspection and we are set to close Oct 1st. But we are renting our house back from the buyers for 3 weeks. So our latest move date will be Oct 22nd, though we will probably pack up on the 20th to give us enough time to get the house nice and clean. I need to remember to get all the paper work into the title companies tomorrow. I have been meaning to do that for about 3 days in a row. Life is just so busy. I did however, finish reading Ezra Taft Benson's biography. I learned so much from it. I would say that after reading that and a few of his older talks, I have changed my mind on a some things. It's really a great thing to be able to learn and grow and change.
3. Ruth worked a ton and she has loads of homework. She's been very emotional. Ruth has always stressed a lot over everything. I wish I knew how to help her to calm down. I've told her to roll with the punches rather than letting the punches beat her down, but that does take some time and talent to learn to do.
4. Kate seems to have a lot less homework this year. She is either hanging around a lot more or sleeping a lot more.
5. I think Johnny is easing into Bountiful High a little better. He needs to work on Orchestra a more. I think I'll have to remind him to practice. His 14th birthday is next week, and I just think how well he is doing and how much he has accomplished in his short 14 years. He's really a stalwart young man.
6. Adam has been saying that he has no friends in the family. John and I both thought that was odd because Johnny thinks of Adam as his best friend. But Johnny has been doing a lot with Kate, and Adam and Rachel tend to fight a lot. I guess we have something to work on. I want all of my children to feel like they belong in this family all of their lives.
7. Rachel is loving musical practice and a little nervous we might move too far away for her to stay in school here. 
8. I have been talking to Anya about how she needs to try and find someone to play with during recess. Well, she has recess the same time as Joseph, so Joseph and Anya have been playing together. If we do move out of state and home school (the school plan for moving out of state) I don't think Anya and Joseph will miss friends at all. 
9. Joseph seemed to fix any behavior issues in school this week and is doing great.
10. Since John is no longer working, he has been spending a couple of hours in the afternoon building legos with Joshua. That's been really good for Josh because suddenly he is not as aggressive and mean as he was.
11. Arwen doesn't have to wear a diaper to bed anymore. She only wet the bed once in more than 2 weeks. I love that. Ruth and Kate are the only other kids that trained at night right away. Arwen has been really enjoying the time I have to spend with her and Josh while the older kids are at school. 
12. Suzy has started bringing me books to read to her or little toys to play with her. I love it when the babies do that.

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