We are home from Grass Valley where it was very warm.  The children visited Empire Mine, went swimming for a couple of hours, and after a nice BBQ dinner we all watched the traditional fourth of July fireworks.  We drove home Thursday stopping at the Jelly Belly Factory, just in time to see them making jelly bellies.  A dinner stop at Macaroni Grill, then on to home.

This morning Lauren was ready with Math Book in hand ready to do the next lesson.   We have all been cleaning, doing laundry, and even went to the grocery store to stock up for the weekend.  I went to try and find a variety of foods I could eat.  Turns out that my recent blood work showed my cholesterol levels were a bit high.  That motivated me to actually follow through and sign up for Weight Watchers Online, and start tracking what I eat.  I still have some reading to do about high cholesterol and eating better, plus figure out all the stuff on the WW website. 

I think that they kids are anxious to start school, (Lauren with her math book at 8:30 this morning was definitely a big clue!) but I have to do a bit of planning before we can officially start.  What I will do is spend the next few weeks summer cleaning the house, and going through everything.  While I do that they children do have a few subjects that they can do until I get things ready for our official start in August.  I finished the paperwork (for this past school year) and it's ready to be mailed.  My laptop is at the service center, so I won't be doing any other paperwork right away since all my school stuff is kept on there. 

It looks like we will be visiting with friends this weekend, so I do need to tidy up our house quickly today!  And then next weekend will be visiting them. 

Stay Cool and have a great weekend everyone!