WHEW! I made it through the first full week of working at the ballpark. The learning curve was huge the first 3 games. I worked my own cart one night and sold $140 worth of desserts to the public plus serving 3 suites. It was an exhausting, but fun experience. My $ and cash register receipts worked out perfectly but my inventory didn't match. The paperwork to figure it all out was challenging to say the least. I worked with 3 different ladies for on the job training over the 5 nights and 1 day game. I learned good tips from each of them.  The greatest thing I learned is that all of these ladies have unique challenges in life and are in need of a Savior. Some of them wear their need on the outside, several of them don't show the need until they really start sharing their story. I have gone to bed at night praying for them. They have accepted me as one of the team, most have made me feel welcome. I am trying my best to serve and love them as my Savior would want to do.

Home life is good. The dishes, meals and laundry are being kept up with well. The boys are doing their normal chores and their summer school this week, ie: Bible, Math and Reading. Ben is "Shakespeare's Scribe" right now. Kenny is still reading his Abeka readers and doing well right now.  The hardest adjustment for me- the boys and Darin are in bed asleep when I get home, Darin lets me sleep in since I am not getting home until 11:30-11:45 PM and I don't fall right asleep like he does. So we only saw each other sleeping for 3 days. FInally on Thursday AM, he awoke me thinking that I had to go to work by 7AM, no I need to be there at 10AM. He worked from home that day and I worked at the game from 10-4PM. That would have been a really long day at home for the boys. I will be working on that for the next day game in 2 weeks. :)

Jasmine's graduation photos have been ordered, the invitations will be printed today and she is working on address labels tonight. So that will be a good task completed by tomorrow afternoon.

Darin took the boys fishing 2 different nights this week. The boys and I planted Basil, Zinnia seeds and bought a Fern and a perinnal flower plant to add to our landscaping flowers. We visitied the Domes to complete our Botany science study on Monday.Ben has been jogging twice this week while Kenny rides this bike. Ben caught a 10 inch Bass while trolling but it was smaller than the 14 inch minimum. The boys helped me dust, vaccum and sweep, mop today so we are off this afternoon to see "Prince Caspian" at a matinee showing. Then I have a scrapbooking crop tonight at church. I am looking forward to doing something fun with  my friends tonight.

Ben is making lunch for us, then we off to Walgreens to buy movie candy. :)

Let us know what is going on with your lives this week-

Love-Sarah