This Week at Our House # 18

1. John has been finishing up a short book he is writing on building Zion. I will be interested to read it when he has finished. I have this little vision that our kids come excitedly every night to sit around their father to hear what he has to teach about the scriptures. That is in no way true. Sometimes they come happily. Some of the littlest ones come kicking and screaming, but mostly the kids have a lot to say, or can't sit still or wrestle etc.
2. We had the missionaries over twice. John and I went to the Temple together (Kate and Sam came along). We did a lot of chores and cleaning. I homeschooled the kids. I have added in a couple of different things. We had a presentation given by a girl in Eastern Idaho about music. That was very interesting and left us with a lot to talk about. I had the kids watch the roots tech presentation from President and Sister Nelson. That gave us things to talk about too. And now I am adding in a Church book as part of required schooling for Rachel and older.
3. The bank covered what was stolen out of Ruth's bank account. She went with the sister missionaries to visit her friend Nathan from her senior year and ended up talking with her mother instead. Ruth got the first half of her Temple recommend, and I set up her appointment for her endowment. It's a pretty exciting time for Ruth right now.
4. Kate is finding that while the school year is coming to end, there is still so much she wants to learn. I think Kate will become a lifetime learner.
5. I got a text from the Young Men's President after the midweek youth activity. He said that Johnny was able to answer all the questions the young mens president had made from Preach My Gospel. The young mens president was very impressed. I was surprised because we don't even have that book. Johnny knows those answers from his scripture study.
6. Adam has some warts on his hands that have been very stubborn. I have been treating them with vitamin c and making hin take an oral vitamin c pill too. I am hoping that will do it. They are turning black.
7. Rachel loves to play games and do things with John and I. She will go to John with a snack and her scriptures and ask him to read with her. She will get me to play the story game or the picture game.
8. Anya and Joseph got all of their completed school workbooks, started a fire with them and made smores while they burned.
9. Did I ever say that Joseph has a lot of energy? He is constantly on the move.
10. Joshua has finished off all of his kindergarten curriculum, so now he just has to read and do his first grade math.
11. Arwen loves to kiss Sam, but Sam doesn't like it very much.
12. I started potty training Suzy. I think it will take a month or more. I cleaned a lot of poop out of her underwear as she has only made it twice. She mostly makes it to the toilet the other way, but that has a lot to do with us taking her and telling her to go.
13. Sam loves to play with cards. We gave him some of the old card games that needed replacing.

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