Camping and Keeping busy

Memorial day weekend was spent apart...
Tom & the kids went 'camping' in the Sacramento area with a group of friends. I had a wedding to help with, so stayed here.
The gang had a blast. Good food and fun. Visited an old cemetary, swam in a stream, cooked over a BBQ, made cookies, hung out in a spa, and visited a historic mining town. You'll have to ask why there was a spa, among other things on a 'camping' trip. Harrison caught a fish. Chandler played with friends, Tom found a flake of gold.
I salvaged the wedding flowers that had become rotten before the ceremony began, spring cleaned the living room, dining room and kitchen (I know, you're all just clamoring to do that too.), finished a couple of gifts for people (no, sadly, they probably aren't for you), and got a lot of reading done. Since I was home alone I freaked myself out after watching a murder mystery Saturday night[Agatha Christie is a favorite] and stayed awake till 5 am. Fell asleep and didn't wake up till 11:30 am. Needless to say I missed church.
I know, I'm pathetic.
School is SOOOO close to being done. Two more big party flings and then summer begins. The kids are basicly done with all their books. Math will be the only subject that remains thru the summer. Something I was planning on anyway so that we don't loose our knowledge of math facts.

Races, Weddings & Year End stuff

Well life continues on. Sometimes just flying by without us...other times we are indeed on the band wagon. Harrison participated in the car races for AWANA. He and Tom made the car look like a green shark. It is quite impressive. The car did very well, placing 14th. They have plans for next years games already in the works.

The end of the school year is upon us. I am so ready to be done. I have more of a 'spring itch' than the kids do. I don't know why...I just do. The writing class is going smoothly. At least I think it is. None of the moms really give me feed back. I'll just have to wait and see. As one of the aids for the class says, "I'm so intimidating to talk to. Especially when I wear the bow in my hair." Next week I have to give a little 'talk' to the moms about what we will be teaching next year. I hope to give them some guidelines for next year too. That way if there is a concern, etc. they may actually come talk with me. I think I have also come up with next year's theme: The King's Court. Keep it centered around a medieval theme.
This last weekend I coordinated a wedding in Riverside. It was quite fun and turned out beautifully. It was an exhausting but very rewarding weekend. I was quite proud of the programs I designed. The only 'hiccup' was when 20 of them got wet, bled, and had to be reprinted the morning of. Kinko's didn't charge us for them since the paper I provided didn't get cut properly and had to be reprinted again. God protected the 3 days of work putting them all together. We were all so thankful that only 20 were ruined, not the whole 140 of them.