Anyway...
Alice is in PA now and then headed to OH for a business meeting. She'll be away til the end of the week. Eli and I are on our own, so I guess you know what that means - hot dogs and bologna sandwiches! It's good that Alice has a few days with family. Allows her the chance to do some chores for her folks and get to see the rest of the family that's near by.
My mom is getting some work done around her house. My nephew Mike has come over for a few days to help her get some painting done and some yard work. After all, she needs to get her house in order so she can head to Hawaii worry-free. Mom and her friend Sharon are headed to the big Island next week so that should be a wonderful trip for them both. Then I also heard a rumor she was looking into an Alaskan cruise sometime next year. Oh my....what a traveler.
The latest news from the kiddos is that all is well. All of the boys have started school, with the exception of Hunter and Trystan. Hunter may be enrolling in a church pre-school, but we haven't heard whether a spot opened up for him or not. Clay, Sam and Dawson are all playing football and enjoying that a lot. Elam and Silas started school also, a picture is below. My what handsome English lads. We've not received any school shots from the TX boys, so perhaps we'll get some soon.
Autumn and Paul have found it necessary to get a "new" car. Autumn's trusty steed came up with a bum leg so they had to shoot it. Well, at least retire it for a time.
We're hoping to get some yard work done this week. I have someone coming over to do what they call here "pulverising". He churns up the surface much like a rota tiller, but with a less clumps. Then we'll re-seed and fertilize some spots that have been bare for a while. We'll also have some aeration done and do some over seeding there. We're keeping our fingers crossed that this will take. What we did last year did not. Of course, having some consistent rain will help.
I may have mentioned this before, but Alice is helping to lead a new members class at our church. I pitch in where I can, but she's doing a great job and it looks like they will continue the class on a regular basis. She enjoys meeting new people and sees this as a integral ministry for the church.
Eli is doing great. Gets his walk in almost every morning and several evenings. I do the morning, Alice does the evening. He enjoys the time outdoors in addition to his playing and chasing critters. Just so you know, critters for us means, lizards, snakes, deer, and of course cats. His favorite is cats!
Well, that's it for now. Hope all is well with you and yours.
Norm
