This has been a whirlwind of a week....

It started out with a get together with friends...and friends of friends. It was sure a full house...but so much fun!

The next day, we had a really full house...full of children!!! We had a friend's 5 children here for a couple of days. She was in the hospital....33 weeks pregnant with a severe kidney infection. I've never seen a person in so much pain...and she handled it with grace. I pray no one ever suffers like that ever again.... She's not out of the woods yet...but the pain is much reduced...and the worst is over...

It was wonderful having a 2 year old sleeping between us again. I have missed that! During the night, his little hand hit Honey in the face...and I heard..."I didn't miss that". Ahhh, but he did...he misses it all as much as I do....

Anyhow, our week was filled with phone calls, cooking, running here and there...and just generally a busy week.

Today was the reading carnival...the end of the summer reading program through our local library. It's always a good time, and this year was no different. We then ran over to deliver a Burb load of food to our friends. She won't have to cook for some time! It felt sooooo good to bless them!!!

Came home to rest a bit...then had supper...then went to town for a fund raiser for our local crisis pregnancy center. Felt good to donate some funds there too.

We then went to Hardee's to get free milkshakes (earned by my babes with their summer reading...) Natalie can't eat store bought ice cream without getting a tummyache, so she didn't have hers. Rebecca exercises great personal restraint, so she didn't have hers either. So, Daddy and I got to have their milkshakes. We bought some curly fries also. A cheap, fun time! I just love being with my family...

On the way home, we stopped to see how the truck and tractor pull was going across the highway. It's so close, we can hear the motors working over there. Looked like it was still in full swing, so Honey brought us girls home and he and Thomas went back over to soak it up. They love engines..and the sounds they make....and all that goes with this stuff. I'm so thankful they are both so mechanically gifted.

It's time for bed...even though they aren't home yet. My eyes are getting heavy..and the girls are more than ready for slumber too. Maybe they'll read some of their new books, gained from the carnival today. They sure have a bunch of new reading material. It's a good thing...course, there's always those who take advantage of such things...but my children get books they'll actually read and enjoy...and then they'll pass them along to others.

The coming week will be busy too...Honey goes to the dentist on Monday. He's broken the inside of a tooth off (next to the filling)...this visit is to see what they can do for him..no pain yet and we'd like to keep it that way. Rebecca also has a birthday sleepover to attend...and we will be making visits to our friends....

We'll be heading back to school soon....and I soooo need to get to work on planning out our year...much to do...much to do.... :)