Today we went in so many directions, it took lots of phone calls to make sure everyone was where they needed to be at the right time!
David and I started early measuring of for post holes for the new grape plants. We did start digging them, but quickly realized we needed some water to soak in the soil first.
I then headed to the track to help set up the concessions stand for the invitational (13 team) track meet. Drew went to meet up with the team for the day. David took Caleb to his flag football clinic. I woke Erinn up enough to let her know she had Hannah and to remind her to take her to her ballet lesson in 2 hours.
David met us at the track meet to check in runners all day at the 'bull pen'. It was so sunny today he and Drew both got burnt!
I then ran to pick up Caleb from his football and promptly got LOST! I do not drive on that side of town often and got totally turned around. By the time I got there, Caleb and one other boy were all that was left. He said he was starting to get worried. I am always early to pick them up and usually stay for the whole practice. We then headed back to the track.
Erinn picked up Hannah from ballet and had to run home to meet the people buying a castle from us on Craig's List. She then had to help them tear it down and move it to their car. When she finished, she raced to the track with Hannah to just catch Drew setting a personal best in the 800M (2:03).
She told me her phone was not working and Mike was trying to get a hold of her and she was worried because he called so many times. She used mine to call and find out that he had badly twisted his knee while he was paint balling. It was about double size and turning colors!
I settled Hannah and Caleb in for the day in the tent we set up at the meet with blankets, books and toys! Keeps them very entertained and I do not have to worry where they are. We did have a couple big gusts and I thought he tent was going to blow away! An outhouse actually fell over with someone in it!!!
Erinn headed out to a look for a table and chairs. She found a new damaged set, and offered $30 for it and they took it! So she had to find some good friends with a truck to help her pick it up. In between she was able to make it back to the track to watch Drew run his mile race in 4:37.
She headed out to pick up her table. I helped close the concessions stand after we actually ran out of food! Helped the kids pick up their stuff. David finished clerking. Track meet was OVER!
When we got home we finished digging the post holes, got the posts in concrete, and planted the grapes. Liberty got one before we got it in the ground and was chewing on it! So we had to cage and net all of them to keep her out. David then mowed the lawn and I finished planting the onions.
So we just showered and are eating dinner at 8:00pm!! And then we realized it is supposed to freeze tonight so back out to cover all those new plants to keep them from freezing overnight!
We are exhausted! David is checked out with the basketball game, the little ones are playing, Erinn is at Bible study, Drew is at the movies and I am blogging. I guess we each find our different ways to relax after a crazy day!!
Hope your day was blessed as well!
Yep, it is our little Hannah!!
So this is what our bike rack looks like all taken apart on my front room floor. A few weekends ago David had one of the straps actually break while he had bikes on the back of the car!! Luckily they did not fall off and he was able to secure it somewhat by tying the ends together. So it has been sitting on the side of the house waiting for some TLC. Today it came apart and I was able to replace the worn out and broken straps with new ones. And I only broke 3 needles on the sewing machine!!
Had a fun morning shopping with Erinn and Hannah. Good girls time. Hannah is so proud of loosing that tooth, I think she told everyone we saw today about it. I guess she was more traumatized by having the last one pulled than I realized. I bought her a small toy at the used store as a prize. We avoided all fairies, magic and make believe when the kids first came home (it scared them). So there was no tooth fairy for Caleb, so we have instituted small prizes instead. 
David is again out of town for a couple of days, so I am trying to get another season of running scrapbooked.
Drew ran an 8:46 3000M, which is a 10 second PR.
Since David did not get any good pictures last night, I posted this one from the same race last year. I will update it if I get a new one from someone else from last night. 
David was able to find some familiar faces in the middle of the 5K. Here, he and Caleb are encouraging Heidi and Robin the final 400M of their 5K.
Part of the church group that showed up for the day! Pastor Dale, Dustin and David before their race. Bill, Anne and Kim after their 5K. Caleb, Hannah and Mason before their 1 mile race.
Both Caleb and Hannah struggle with everyday thinking skills. It is different than not listening or following through type of things we had with our first set of kids. No, my guess would be we are dealing with either adoption, lack of early stimulus, or malnutrition issues; all blog entries by themselves
So you can imagine I was excited to find these tanagrams and the dollar store. We covered the key cards with clear shelf paper to help them last longer and we were off.
Here I thought I was going to get serious, then right as I snapped the picture, Drew went to grab David's stomach!
Here it almost looks serious, but David has what we around here call his 'tourist pose', and he is running his hand up Drew's side tickling him!
Then of course you throw the lovable, but very mischievous 'Liberty' in the picture and all ideas of calmness are gone!
So when you see this sweet innocent looking face, know there is another side! A side I love and have been so blessed to have in my life. 
After working with Caleb this morning, I think I am convinced that I may NEVER understand what he is thinking!?! But I will continue to try!!
Caleb and I finally hit a good day after a couple of hard weeks of homeschooling!!!
Drew's second meet of the year was yesterday. He ran the 800M and the 3000M trying for qualifying times for later meets. He missed on both, but I think was happy with both races for this early in the season. And I know it looks nice in the picture, but if you notice the mom and child in the background you can see that it was actually quite cold. Drew said the finishing straight-away was killer cold wind, he hated to round that corner on the track and have to head into it each time.
You know you don't eat out much when your adoptive kids say, "You mean you can eat pizza at the store!!!" And your birth kids say, "We are eating at the pizza parlor?"
We did end up at a place where David had a good view of the NCAA basketball tournament and Caleb was watching some sort of cart car racing where everyone was crashing. We did put an end to Caleb's entertainment when at a big crash he laughed so loud his food came flying out of his mouth!! Literally he was picking chunks up off the floor!
Hannah got to wear her new shirt her sister bought her. She came down saying it was too big, but it actually fit her rather than being a little to small like all her winter shirts. Will her growing ever slow down. She grew another 2 1/2 inches this year, but still as little as possible in every other way.
Erinn started back to her college classes this week. She is so busy between classes, work and Bible studies, that we see very little of her. But with David gone and not much homework the first week of classes, we sat down on Wednesday evening to watch 'Australia' together. Little did we know that it was one of the longest movies we had ever watched! I worked on my ironing and she worked on the computer, we talked and just enjoyed being together. I do enjoy having older children around!
