Last week included a major shopping expedition with the kids and church work day.  The shopping expedition was on Thursday.  I loaded all of the kids in the car and took them to Shafer's to buy rolls for the funeral.  We got there before they opened, so we wandered down to their new lawn and garden store behind the produce store, and looked at the posies.  I was telling the girls all the names of the different flowers, and one lady working there asked me, "Do you homeschool?"  I said yes, and she said, "I thought so.  I could tell by the way you were talking to the kids."  We had a nice chat with her and found out that she had homeschooled hers and that she was a Christian.  I bought some thyme and sage and a bag of potting soil.

We dropped the rolls off at the church and then made our way to the shoe store to use a gift certificate.  I was thankful for a very helpful clerk who measured everyone's feet and who checked on fit for me.  Even with her help, it was still a little crazy. But the girls were delighted with their pretty new shoes and Benjamin was fascinated by his first pair of shoes.  Hopefully this will get us through the summer.

Saturday was church work day, and Bruce was home, so we all went together and had a fun time.  I raked up trimmings outdoors and cleaned out the kitchen cabinets indoors, and the children behaved themselves so nicely that I was able to accomplish quite a bit.  Bruce worked on the roof, and the older girls took rides behind a three wheeler with the other kids.  Then there was pizza for lunch.....

This week has been quiet by comparison.  It was oppressively hot at the beginning of the week, followed by a few days of rain, and now today the weather is perfect, sunny and breezy again.  I planted my tomatoes the day before the rains, and they seem to be happy where they are.  We have beans popping up.

And that is about all there is to say about this quiet week.