This Week at Our House # 6

1. John is starting a garden with the kids. He has now bought some non-GMO non-Monsanto heirloom vegetable seeds and has been reading books and watching videos on how to do high yield gardening. He also bought some good tools to break up and soften the soil.
2. I had an average week. Home school keeps me very busy and seminary keeps me tired. I got Kate and Johnny signed up for drivers ed. They will be going every Saturday from 8am to 2pm from March 4th through April 1st. None of us will enjoy it, and we will all be relieved when it is over. Drivers ed is law for anyone under 18 to obtain a drivers permit. I wish it wasn't. It would be so much easier if it was a choice.
3. Ruth went to visit her Grandparents over the weekend. She got to see Great Grandma too. Great Grandma is 97 and not doing well, so it's nice for Ruth to see her.
4. Kate went to our Stake's super Saturday and Valentine's dance. She said she likes the Utah dances better, but I think she still had a nice time. She has a couple of friends here that she really likes and she really likes our ward.
5. Johnny went to the dance too. Because he has older sisters and he knows how they feel standing around not being asked to dance, he asked a girl to dance every slow dance. Johnny got a 31.5 on his practice ACT. The practice tests are making a difference for him. They helped Kate and Ruth too. He was happy about the score, but unhappy that it isn't his official score and he could still do worse on the test.
6. Adam has been enjoying gardening. He really liked the videos John showed him. He went out and weeded the entire garden plot, and then loosened the soil underneath. He has planted a seedling bed and is remembering to water it everyday.
7. The dish washer broke down and Rachel has been real sweet and doing extra chores to help out with the extended time it takes to wash the dishes.
8. Anya is just a little sweetie. She is usually good natured and easy going.
9. Joseph was naughty in primary today. I am in primary now and can see him. I threatened that he would have to pick up the whole house before he could eat after church, if he did not behave. That worked. You could tell that he wanted to continue being naughty with all his heart, but his stomach spoke more reason to him.
10. Joshua dropped a heavy metal pole from our old trampoline onto his toe. He woke up in the middle of the night crying because his toe hurt. It looks like he is going to lose a toenail. 
11. Arwen only likes to wear skirts and dresses, and she thinks all girls should only wear skirts and dresses. When Kate and I are wearing pants, Arwen will come up to us and tell us we are ugly because we are wearing pants.
12. Suzy loves to stand up with me and wash the dishes. She also likes to change her clothes several times a day or wear nothing but her diaper.
13. Sam's eyes are so blue. We are all hoping his eyes will stay blue, and that we will have one kid with blue eyes. But Ruth had blue eyes until she was two and Rachel had blue eyes until she was one, and now they both have green eyes. Still, we can hope. Oh and Sam is 3 months now today. The time goes by too quickly.

Tender Mercies

1. Ruth has had some personal tender mercies this week.
2. Even though I know we have been exposed to the flu and the stomach flu, no one has been sick, and if they have gotten sick at all, it has been so mild it is hardly worth mentioning.
3. We had 3 bed wetters at the beginning of the year, and now we only have 2.

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