This is the crew that cheered for the Upwards family. Free popcorn in the am. Now that makes kids (of all ages) happy. Coffee at folks. Anabel goes to SC for a cancer check tomorrow. After school I brought MW, CM and MT home to work with Phillip. I went to church to lead games and see who was going to Awana Games on Saturday. Planning for Awana games is always an unorganized mess. Took MT, CM and Evan home after Awana.
The pix is grandpa with Grands and leggos. We had to keep them up on the table out of the reach of Brooks. KId sure like to put things together. Coffee at folks Monday am, I had an IEP at 3 with L. that I was alittle concerned about. It went okay.
Me and my kids! Thanks for all coming together for the weekend. Special Thanks to Matt and Becky for the bed and breakfast (plus lunch and supper times 2). It couldn't have been any better (well, it would have been nice to have everyone healthy, but with 14 in one house we still count our blessing.) THANKS!!!
It does not get any better for me than snuggling in and watching Little House on the Prairie on a laptop, in bed with the Grands, and having the whole family together. Thanks you, Jesus. I am happy to sleep on the pull out and be with the little ones early in the morning. (Of course that only lasted about 30 minutes then they were off to play in Haley and Torren's bedroom with the toys.) Becky had egg casserole for breakfast and chicken noodle soup for lunch, lasagne for supper with 2 birthday cakes ... Wonderful food and family. I am so blessed. We all went to watch Haley play Upwards BB at the church. Then to tour Becky's work site. The new indoor football field / training center was so impressive. We did get naps in afternoon. Plus play outside with kids. (Anabel got sick.) Before the birthday cakes the kids each read me a list of (birthday number) things about me/mom/grandma. Quite the bunch. Great funny idea.
It is the last day for the students AR reading. At least 3 SPED students didn't pass the test after reading pages. (That's a F for 1/4 th of their grade. Ouch.) When I got home from school I went to work finishing assignments for 532. Well, I did not do a thorough job, but I did submit the last of the course work for the class. Kinda of a relief to get it done. I did what I had time for. Next week I have 2 major IEP's to do. I won't have extra time to work on class. We left for St. Joe. about 7:30. Phillip drove their van. Once again Brooks rode the whole way with out a peep. (That is just what he did yesterday traveling to Des Moines. ) We got to Matt's about 11. ALL MY KIDS WERE THERE. Yes, the 3 had flown Mandy to KC for my birthday. What a great present to have all of us together. How Amazing!! Thanks, kids. You are a blessings to my life. Unbelievable!!
We have a schedule to keep. In the car to go to Des Moines by 7 am. Three year picture for Anabel at Portraits Inovations. $10. Great deal. Only hard part is picking out one picture. Missy fed Brooks while E&A and I went to Trader Joes. Then off to state BB game. Missy let the 4 of us off at the corner of the Wells Fargo Arena, she parked and walked to join us. GReat Game. We won!! I got to hold Brooks all through the game. He slept most of 3rd quarter. After game we headed to Carroll. We shopped alittle and stopped to see Missy's friend, Kristy and Grace. I talked to Denny on his way home and he decided to head down to Denison for a visitation. I got home and worked on 532 assignments. I have a couple assignments not completed, but I would like to get them done. We'll see.
