This Week at Our House #9 It's March Already?

We went to Wednesday night youth activities for the first time since we moved. We have to be very careful with how much money we spend on anything, gas included, so I have started to grocery shop on Wednesday nights every other week at the same times as youth activities to let our kids do that and enjoy their friends. Kate has also set that time aside with the sister missionaries to join them. We had stake conference this week too, which was an hour and a half drive away!! That is the furthest we have ever had to go for stake conference.
         

1. Well, John did not get the job he interviewed for. But it was only a 2 month position, so hopefully he will get something else that will last longer.
2. I have potatoes coming up in my garden, and I have been hanging out all of our laundry to bring down our electric bill. I really do love being outside here.
3. Ruth has been transferred. She has had to face some pretty angry people both members and non-members and is relieved to be moved to a more country area. I look forward to hearing from her tomorrow.
4. Kate got to go out with the sister missionaries this week. They taught a member of the Navy who has decided to be baptized!
5. John has been making Johnny do a lot more computer programming. Johnny wants to learn it, but not necessarily on John's schedule. Johnny likes to get up early and get his work done then. John tends to get started at 5pm. 
6. Adam quotes from movies all the time. His Uncle Jeremy did this. I wonder if it is genetic.
7. Rachel is so hard to get up in the mornings. She whines and complains and says it is not fair that she should have to wake up, and she is not even a teenager yet.
8. Anya has been drawing a lot of pictures and is planning a book she wants to write. 
9. I give the kids a treat for each chapter book they read. I grocery shop every two weeks, so they get a treat for every book they read in those two weeks. Joseph had neglected to read anything, but when he found out I was going to the store in 2 days, he read two books.
10. Joshua's reading is coming along very well. He is reading books on his own now, and when he reads with me he isn't so slow and he can sound out words without help. I think in another year, he will be a good reader.
11. Arwen loves and adores Rachel and is always asking to play with her. I love how the little kids admire their older siblings.
12. Susan has decided her name is Lila-- which happens to be my older sister's name-- though Susan has only met her once. When you ask Susan what her name is, she says, "Wiwa".  This really bothers Joshua, who insists his name is Josh-u-a and apparently feels like everyone should be called by their name. So Josh runs after Susan and says, "Your name is Susan," or your name is "Suzy". Then Susan cries and says, "No, my name is Wiwa."
13. Sam put a bunch of duplo blocks together and then very happily and proudly brought them to John to show what he had done. John was quite impressed too, because Sam is only 15 months and we don't think any of the kids could put those blocks together so young. Sam has been saying Anya's name and calling her and Anya just loves that!

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