Just a check in

I know I need to update more frequently, just haven't been doing anything too interesting. Paul has had to Drill the last two weekends in a row. This past Saturday Abby went to a birthday party for one of her soccer teammates. She had a pretty good time, even with the huge thunderstorm that rolled through during the party. After Jacob and I dropped her off we hit a couple of thrift stores and JoAnn Fabric before going home. We scored in books, I think I spent $8 and came away with a whole bag full. I was really excited because two of them were on my "want" list! At the fabric store I found a carrying bag for the sewing machine marked down to $5! Woohoo! Been wanting something like that for awhile now. And it fits perfectly :) Jacob wasn't too bored shopping with me, LOL, it helps that he knew he had video game time when we got home.

Not too much going on. Just the normal day to day things. School is going well, we're in our groove and as long as I stay on top of keeping things organized it goes pretty smoothly. We are.even starting earlier since Abby decided she'd rather shower in the mornings instead of the evenings. Took a bit for me to get used to(I'm not a morning person at all!) but we're all getting more sleep, including Paul who has to get up really early for his 10 hour days. Speaking of , he says he's going to continue with them, I guess they are working well for him. He has a choice of 5 eight hour days or 4 tens. I really enjoy having him home on Fridays too. :) He gets to go along on most of our field trips as well.

Jacob has almost earned his Tenderfoot Rank in Boy Scouts. He still comes home pretty excited each week and looks forward to the next one. Paul says he's really fitting in with the troop. And I love how organized they seem to be. My only pet peeve is selling things, we are in the middle of popcorn sales and he brought home a form for selling Christmas wreaths! Yikes, we're having a hard enough time with the popcorn sales. We'll just do the best we can, I guess. They are both hoping to go on the November campout. So far the campouts have conflicted with other things each month.

Abby has a few more soccer games left in the season. She's been a bit jealous of Jacob's Boy Scouts and for personal reasons we won't do Girl Scouts, so I bit the bullet and started asking around to see if there were any Keepers of The Faith clubs going in the area. I haven't found one, but did find someone with interest in getting one going. So we are talking back and forth about starting one up. She has 5 children, with one of her daughter's very close in age to Abby. So hoping that works out for Abby :)

Well, need to get back to the daily routine. I've got to get dinner put together so Paul can pop it in the oven when he gets home, while we are at soccer practice.

Be Blessed!