Day 11 Thursday

Dad: work
Christopher: work
Steven: work
Chase: computer, no swimming! interview with Stake Pres. Killed more bees out on the front porch.
Zak: computer, reading, football
Quinn: tennis; computer
Kylie: tennis; computer; played with Brianna
Griffin: swimming lessons
Mom: driving children; shopped for slimming outfit for family picture.

Had quiche for dinner. The oven heated up the house. Chase suggested we open the fridge and freezer to make the house cooler.

Played tennis after dinner: Kylie, Mom, Quinn and Steven

Day 10 - Wednesday

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting!

We saw Kung Fu Panda today. It was good, enjoyed by all.

Swimming.

Griffin swimming lessons.

Kylie softball.

Electricity was out for a few hours, so we HAD to go to the movie.

Chase and Christopher got their teeth cleaned. Yea, no cavities.

EXTRA:
JOSH SHAPIRO came over to play DOTA with all the boys. It was a loud, late and good time.

Tues - Day 9

There is always swimming in the afternoon.

Oh, pictures to follow.

Day Eight

This is all for the "Official Record" since we are all HOME!! It is lovely - and as Christopher says, Kind of Messy!

We are doing our best!

Griffin had his swimming lesson this morning. He did fabulous.

Kylie has softball.

Zak has football.

Chase, Zak, Quinn, Kylie and Griffin went swimming.

Steven went to work.

I napped and cleaned and did laundry.

We hope to have Fried Rice for dinner....around 8:00pm

I hope to take pictures of my people!! (While I can.)

Conversations with Griffin

Just SOME of the conversations Griffin and I have had today:

"I was abouting to fall to sleep, but I invented a way not to fall to sleep. I just look at my toy upside-down and hold my breath for as long as I can."

"Knights have to fight a lot of things, right?"

"Let's talk about babies." "Ok", I said. "What do you want to talk about?" "Oh, what babies need, or what you have to do to make them happy." I then told him all the things. He then asked about "the baby machine". "What baby machine? Where did you hear that?" Griffin said he heard about the baby machine from TV. Fairly Odd Parents. They talked about babies on that show and Timmy saw a baby machine, but his dad wouldn't tell him what the baby machine did. I told Griffin I couldn't tell him either because my mom never told me.

He has been funny today.

Sorry Chase...

Pasta wasn't on sale, but STEAK was....so it was Porterhouse and flap steak for dinner. It was VERY good.

There was also more swimming, the pool this evening was 87 degrees.

Griffin fell to sleep about 1 minute after dinner.

Day Four

It has been great so far!

Kylie and I played Tennis. She is VERY good! We played 7 games, she won one.

Then Kylie, Griffin and I went swimming. The pool was 84 degrees - perfect!

I have a few errands to do and I must figure out what is for dinner. Any suggestions?

Day Three

What did we do today??

Dad: work

Mom: hung more sunblocking "curtain" over the hottest windows. It helped the house stay cool until around 4:00. Drove children to their various sporting activities. Made Chinese Chicken Salad for dinner with watermelon and french bread.

Steven: work, he ate lunch at The Hat today. He did not like it. He worked out with Josh at Arcadia High.

Zak: football and he opted out of his DUTY list!! He is in TROUBLE!

Quinn: He did do the cleaning of his assigned room, but he studiously did NOT do his piano!!

Kylie: did room and piano and played with Brianna and got the highest points in the game her softball team played during practice. She was sweaty.

Griffin: played with Vincent. Fell to sleep at 4:00, that is why I am blogging at 11:09pm.

Pictures!!

I can't seem to put writing in, next to the correct picture.

Obviously, Dodger game pictures...Juan Pierre is the guy with the blue socks way up.

Jeff Kent is the Right-handed batter, Blake DeWitt is the left-handed batter. That is Kylie with the new Clearplay.

Day Two

Haircuts!

Dad, Kylie and Quinn all got haircuts today.

Just imagine what Dad and Quinn look like.

Steven finished his 2nd day of work.

Zak was not at dinner, so the disscussion was not centered on Sports, this evenings discussion was about K-mart. Zak goes to football every evening from 5:30 - 8:30pm.

No cleaning was done.

I don't know what happened to the day.

It was hot.

Oh, by the way, CHASE, Daneilla Ma (sp?) says hi. Message from Zachary.