Nothin' new on my side of the fence!

Well, gee, how did a whole week go by without my even noticing?! Guess that is what happens when you are too busy to see straight. Life has actually been pretty uneventful around here lately, which is unusual but nice for a change. Greg's dad came up on Thursday for a visit. He likes to go the the annual Steam Engine show in Pawnee, OK, which is about an hour away, so he did that on Friday. The girls were out of school on Friday so they spent the whole morning playing outside with their neighborhood friends. The only negatives I have come up with so far about moving to our new house is that the kids won't have anywhere to ride their bikes and they won't have friends close by to play with at a moment's notice. But I guess those things can be worked around. Playdates and bike rides can both be planned.

We've been to the soccer field a few extra times this week and will be back there this afternoon as well. Susannah's head coach signed their team up for a tournament next weekend. We've never done that before, but it should be fun. I may have to find a sitter for Greyson, though. Chasing him around out there is a full-time job! It's a huge space of back to back fields with big hills (dikes) around the edges. Sometimes he is well entertained rolling down the dikes over and over, but most days, I really have to watch him. This year at least he knows to stay off the fields and usually does, thank goodness, but he doesn't like to stay close. After our game was over a few weeks ago, I told him he could play on the field, which is our normal routine. (After keeping him off for an hour or more, he is finally allowed to kick a goal!) Well, I thought Greg was with him and Greg thought I still had him, and by the time we discovered he was gone, he was all the way back in the parking lot -- a good five minute walk away! Fortunately, some of our friends came across him as they were leaving. So needless to say, I keep much closer tabs on him now. Oh, the joys of being a soccer mom ...

Today we are also going to an asssisted living center in Enid to deliver goody bags for Join Hands Day. This particular project is sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America, which is a fraternal organization that we got involved in when we purchased life insurance policies for our kids. They sell insurance, that's their main thing, but then there are activities monthly for the children to attend and several other "perks," if you will. I actually head up a Modern Woodmen youth service club, which is the group going to the nursing home today. MWA is just one of many organizations doing this sort of thing today, however.

Okay, well, consider yourself caught up on my life. Now let me know what's going on in yours! Have a great weekend!