Last one

So last week, after 7 hours and 5 stops, I finally got my iPhone!! I only had it home a few hours when Michael started telling me to go get him one. We'll skip the part about how unfair it was that I wanted one for years and he's only wanted one for a few hours... Anyhoo... today I was headed back to get one for him and I was starting out by making my plan at home. Somewhat out loud, I asked where that store was... 168th and Dodge? "No," says Morgan, "it was Center." Good grief. I'm never going to learn Omaha. I should really stay home!!

Happy Birthday Matthew!!

As usual, the poor guy is sick on his birthday! But it's a great spring day, and he's out there searching the ditch for all his lost stuff that was buried with the first snow.


I didn't want to post a "birthday picture" of him, because he looks about as bad as he feels, so this is his school photo from the fall. He looks about the same, but a little scruffier today!

Happy Birthday, Matthew! Hope you're having a good time!!

Better days

So, you know all the snow days the school takes off? Well, we tend to (I'd like to say, "We LIKE to," but we merely TEND to) double up on those days and take days like yesterday and today off. We've been cleaning out the garage, walking around the yard with all the pets, burning trash, finding bikes and basketballs... all those things that pile up in the winter and get difficult to find or do. We also had a nice get-together yesterday with our homeschool group for Valentine's Day. I really like our annual Valentine's Day party. It brings some actual fun to "Mandatory Nice Day."