Our week in a nutshell

Shawn enjoys drawing up house plans in his spare time and he IS SO GOOD AT IT!!! He has drawn up about 5 in the last couple of months just for fun:

Also he jokingly informed me that his muscles are getting really big because while drying his back off after a shower, he flexed and his muscles ripped this towel:

We had a CRB (community review board) for Anni this week and I didn't make it to the gym until noon.  It was so fun to see Shawn there!:

After cleaning his room one morning, Abram showed me that he had "made a drawing area for Anni in case she wants to draw in their room":

On Tuesdays and Thursdays I take Nolan and Abram to soccer practice at 4:00.  Then I turn around and pick Isabelle up from track practice at 4:30.  Rather than run home and come all the way back, I have been taking Pace and Anni to the park to play.  This particular time I climbed a "rock wall" thing and Anni, of course, had to try it too.  I only had to tell her several times to look for a place for her foot and she shimmied right up this thing:

I was pretty proud of her and pleased that she would try something challenging until we got home and she used her new-found skill to climb a bank of drawers and get on top of the counter.  Nothing will be out of reach anymore!

I spent Saturday in LaGrande watching Abram play soccer:

It was fun to run into Jonathan and Kelly Kerns!  Cousins:

Shawn, Isabelle and Nolan left for Idaho on Friday for Piano festival.  I'm so grateful that Marilyn let Isabelle and Nolan slip in and play there since they don't have anything like that here!

Practicing before hand:

I'm also incredibly grateful that Maddie gets to live with the world's best piano teacher and make up for lost time with multiple lessons per week!  I think this was her 13th festival:

We sure miss having this girl at home, (one more month...one more month!!!) but love all of the experiences she is having in Idaho.  She got into the Bel Cantos choir, and got elected as the Student Body Secretary - she ran unopposed:D We are glad that she is happy, and involved and enjoying getting a good education again.

I just had three kids all weekend.  It was weird! It was also fun; we partied it up going to a park all afternoon after school, then to get pizza when the boys requested it (I only had to buy ONE!!!) and then home to a movie.

Sunday with my family of three kids: