Thursday: snow

We finally got some snow.  I guess we had some yesterday too, but most of it was today and it was beautiful.

Beyond that, it was a pretty normal day for me.  Isaac climbed his first V2 route at rock climbing, so that was exciting.  (It starts with VB, Beginner.  Then VB+, V0, V1, and now he's done V2.  It gets hard quickly.)  I belayed Joshua several times on a route.  He did the run several times.  First just to try it, then with fewer breaks, then with no breaks, and then with as many breaks as he could.  It was a funny challenge.

Wednesday

 Isaac enjoyed eating dinner with both cats on his lap this evening.

Google also made a nice collage of Ben and the boys.  It's cute.

Tuesday: before and after

Before: 

And after:

As I mentioned before, I didn't get rid of a ton of stuff.  It is reorganized so that the bottom shelf holds more of the commonly used items.  I've also used up a few of the items that have been sitting around for a while and we just haven't eaten them.  I'm hoping to do a few more within the next few weeks to help clean it out even a bit more.

Monday

Today I went to help out at kids' food basket.  I always try to sign up for packing lunches and half the time I feel like I end up on food prep.  While the change isn't a big deal I do enjoy doing the lunches more.

I cleaned another cupboard, but the lazy susans I was using were dirty enough that they needed to go in the dishwasher.  So I'll post about the final result later: I was expecting this one to be a more drastic change than what it ended up being.

Weekend

 It's been a busy weekend and we've seen people, but at the same time nothing all that noteworthy has happened.

My amaryllis finally bloomed.  It was a bit late, but I'm still enjoying it.

We did some rock climbing.  Isaac is on the Rockwall of the Week, which tends to have large pieces and is currently above his level.  But you get to sign your name on a piece of paper if you make it to the finish point and they are different than the normal routes so he's been spending a lot of time on them.  I know Joshua looks bored here but I think I just got him at a bad time.  On Saturday Isaac's friend Isis joined us and that was nice.

Thursday: star student

Apparently the latest popular question for the Star Student in Joshua's class is "If you could do anything, what would you do?"  Now, Joshua has already been star student, but he's been thinking about it.  He told me that if he could do anything he'd like to meet God.

And my heart melted a bit.  One of my biggest prayers is that the kids have a relationship with God, so it's nice to know that they think about God outside the adult-led times.

Wednesday: tired

After going to bed early last night I was still tired all day.  It was a poor day to be tired, because it was also busy.

I've had a friend come over some days night before school pick-up and we've been working on a puzzle.  The top edge was surprisingly hard; we ended up taking it apart and working our way up.

Not wanting to do anything else, I worked on a small section of the kitchen.

I didn't change much, but cleaned up the wall and under the cabinets well.  I straightened up some stuff so that it just looks nice too.  I was hoping to avoid any paint, but there are a few spots that really would look better with some touch up.

I only had one girl in my GEMS class this evening, but it was relaxed and pretty nice.