Sami's World

Saturday was the continuation of Friday. I left the house by 7 am and got home at 3. It was worth it though. A lot of good things for primary but even more good things for my family. Scott stayed home and helped the kids do their Saturday chores. When I got home we went into cooking mode and had everything ready for the missionaries by 5. It was a successful dinner followed by a successful going to bed routine. Scott and I then spent the next couple of hours getting ourselves ready for the sabbath day. We retired pretty late, but it was a good day.

Sunday was pretty low key. We did have a family over for dinner. This GREAT family (the Fafita’s) moved in about 5 months ago. They have 5 kids the same ages as ours and the same sex (except remove Milo and let him play with the 10 year old boy). Anyway, they decided to move to Utah (go figure!!). So we had them come over for a good bye dinner. We enjoyed it very much. They are an amazing family and the only one who I have met that can truly sympathize with me in my current station in life. The only one I know with the exact same family dynamics as us. Anyway, to prove my point, Fiana, the mom, walks in and the first thing she says is ‘How do you keep your house so clean?’ For those of you who have ever come to our home, it would not be classified as clean. Well, it is clean but it is cluttered. However, since she understands, to her our house was clean. It was an amazing compliment and I have looked at my house a little differently this week. After they left we took some balls and went to the park and played for about an hour. When we got home I told Scott that I just didn’t feel too well and I needed to go sit up in the comfy chair in our room. I was out in about 3 minutes (it was 7pm) and didn’t move till the next morning! It sure felt good though!

Monday May 5, was low key. I did make enchilada’s for dinner but planned that before I realized it was Cinco De Mayo. Dinner was good, FHE was good and bed time was very good.

Tuesday we had the bug guy come for an extra treatment. The warm weather is bringing the bugs out of the wood works! Anyway, he came at 10 and so we walked over to the park. I was watching a couple of extra little ones for my friend so she could take her new little one in for some blood work. They all seemed to enjoy the park and the mom came just as we were going to walk back home. The rest of the day was spent doing school and chores and playing.

Wednesday, May 7 was pretty low key. We went to P.E. and enjoyed the sunny skies and beautiful weather that is here this time of year. We came home to school and chores and then we had the Sister Missionaries over for dinner. That went well. Scott came home at his usual time but took on the putting to bed routine for me. I was just wiped out. We got to bed a little late, but that’s what happens when you take the time to communicate….

Thursday we went to Alix’s science class again. What a great class!! The first class consisted of learning about the animals and habitats that live at Lake Elizabeth. They made a collage of things they found while on a walk, they let a whole bowl of lady bugs go, they got to touch and play with some frogs…. Anyway, she had a great time, but Thursday topped that! They taught the kids proper fishing techniques and rules and then took them out in a fishing boat to fish in the lake. Alix was soooo excited. They even let each kid take a turn driving the boat. When they got back to the class room, a bird had flown in and so the Ranger caught the bird and the kids got to hold it and pet it. Alix was thrilled! While she was having so much fun the other kids and I went to the play area and watched the boat speed across the water and talked with other moms. It was a fun hour and a half. Once we got home we did a quick lunch, naps and then school and chores. We left by 3:15 and made it to piano right on time. Dance class went well. Jaime got her outfit for the dance recital. She was VERY excited about that. We got home and decided some hamburgers would be fun. So we waited for Scott and we took the kids to Wendy’s. When we got home I had to leave for a primary meeting and so Scott did the bed time routine. I got home “early” around 10:30. Boy was I glad to get to bed!!

So as not to overwhelm you all and keep you coming back for more, I will make this post in segments!

With life being what it is, I have not taken the time to update y’all on our life. Here we go:

Sunday April 27 was just like most Sundays. We got up, got to church, were spiritually uplifted and then came home for quiet time. After just a short quiet time we cleaned up just a bit, not too much since it is the Sabbath, and then we prepared some food. We had some dinner guests coming, 5 families (including us) and the missionaries. It was fun and we have decided to make this a monthly thing. Well, that is till June. Then we’ll pick it back up again later in the year!!

Monday was an “easy” day. I did have a dr appointment in the early evening. I’m sure you all know how that went….. ‘Let’s see, you gained too much weight, you are measuring just right, the heart beat sounds great….Any questions? Ok, see you next time.’ A whole 5 minute conversation but 2 hours of my day!!

Tuesday was easy too.

Wednesday, April 30, the real fun started!! Jaime had to be in Newark for testing by 9:30. The morning was a bit crazy but we got her there on time. I took Alix to her P.E class at 10:30. Left there at 11:30 and went back and picked up Jaime. We got home by 12:30 and I fed everyone. The little ones went for their naps and we did abbreviated school for the day. I had a follow-up dentist appointment at 2. Got back home by 4. Scott got home early at 5. We had dinner and then attempted to take advantage of Basking Robbins 31 cent night. Too crazy so we went to the store and bought ice cream and cones for the same price we would have spent at the ice cream shop. We each had a cone and then we put all the kids to bed. Well, I left in the middle of it to go to my Primary meeting at 7:30pm. I got home at 11:30pm and crashed by midnight.

Thursday was another testing day but also the start of Alix’s science class at Lake Elizabeth. I dropped off Jaime at 9:30. Got Alix to her class at 10:30. Had about 45 minutes of free time. I spent it in the parking lot of the testing site listening to the World Wide leadership training meeting put on by the church. Grabbed Jaime at 11:30, got back to Alix by noon and we rushed home. Scott had spent the morning at home with the little ones because he was going to work till 10 or 11 that night. He left by 12:30 and was to work by 1. I fed the three of us (Scott had already fed the little ones and put them to nap) and then we started into school. By 2:30 we started getting ready again and left by 3:15. Jaime’s piano went well, we then rushed over to dance class. That seemed to go well too. We got home by 6, had a quick dinner and then bed. Since I had a few hours since Scott was going be home I finally put Jaime’s baptism scrap book together. It came out quite nicely and the kids are having fun looking at it.

Friday May 2, I had an 8:30 appointment in Pleasanton. We got out of the house and there on time. Since I was going to be in Pleasanton anyway, I arranged with a lady to sell her bumbo seat for a friend of mine. I met up with her and we left Pleasanton by 10 am. We rushed to Jaime’s testing as fast as we could. She was 1 ½ late, but that didn’t seem to matter much. She is always done so early. The other kids and I played at the park right next to the testing site and waited for Jaime to be done. She was done in an hour and we went home. We at lunch and I put the little ones down for bed. We did a little bit of school and a lot of chores. Scott came home early because I had a Primary meeting that night at 6:30 in Pleasanton. He actually came home very early because he was feeling sick. So while he rested upstairs we did our normal Friday park day. I got home in enough time to put dinner on the table, help Scott get the kids ready to go to Milo’s sports class and then shower and leave. The meeting was AWESOME. I really glad I went. I learned a lot about primary and cub scouts and how they work together, but I learned more about what I could be doing with my own boy and how to make things work better in our family. It was a good experience.