Life at the Peters house.

Nothing truly exciting is happening right now and that is OK. We had a Scout Court of Honor last night, Gunnar and Qatar received numerous awards. Gunnar presented his Eagle project idea and got lots of great feedback. I think he has chosen a big project with many steps, I have read up on other projects done in the area and this is rather large and it is going to be a challenge. Multiple days and many volunteers needed. Refreshments and other items will need to be gathered, it will be a challenge. Training of the volunteers needs to be done also.
Cenny did not win Student Council for her class, instead a girl who promised to buy wheel chairs for all those who needed them did. I told her next year to promise to have pop and candy machines put into all the classrooms. Why not, that is how the political system seems to work, LIE LIE LIE LIE.
My "MOM JEANS" well they are the most comfortable jeans I have ever owned. David saw them on me and said they do not look like "MOM JEANS",(he even showed me what he thinks "MOM JEANS" look like in a catalog, and yes these do not look like that.) but I do not care at this point. They fit well, look good, don't gap in the back when I lean over and they are like wearing my favorite pair of old sweats. I will be getting more in every color available. I was wrong these are so much better then the "YOUNGER JEANS" out there.
Here is a photo of JT triing on every pair of underwear he has at the same time. He is a nut.

TIVO problems

I am so behind in what is going on in town and in the world. I blame my TIVO, I speed through commercials and I watch only the shows I want to watch. I am not aware of world going ons unless I actually watch the news. Example: today at taste panel, one of the other people was wearing a "I voted" sticker. I had to ask what we were voting for? Primaries was the answer. OOHHH. I blame TIVO completely for my lack of knowledge. When I watched commercials I saw the bits of news here and there, and the political commercials. OH well I am ignorant of going ons, but happy for the bliss. I do love watching what I want when I want and not watching commercials. I do catch myself stopping the speed through to see a new commercial for something interesting and funny. TIVO has changed the way I watch TV. JT feels the same. JT speeds through the commercials like a champ and when he is sometimes watching live TV (hardly ever) he gets upset that he cannot speed through the boring parts, he comes to get me just to make sure he is not doing something wrong.
Gunnar auditions for Austinaires tomorrow. I am already nervous for him. I swear someone forgot to cut the umbilical cord completely. I get more nervous for the kids then they do for themselves. Hopefully the cord will be completely cut soon, Gunnar is so outgoing he may kill me if I continue to get sick every time he does something in public.

Crazy after school

We are writing speeches today for Student Council. Zeke and Cenny want to represent their classrooms and Zeke also wants to run for Vice President. He let me come up with slogans, "A Vote for Zeke is a Vote for Geeks, Geeks is a lifestyle choice."( He wasn't thrilled by that one. I think Geek is a choice, Nerd is just how some people our born. ) "He plays the piano and loves music, vote for Ezekiel Peters." "Ezekiel will be a great Advocate for YOU!!!" I had to explain 'Advocate', in case someone asks them what it means, but I think they get it. Go Bobcats!!!
I have taste panel for the next three weeks, Bacon again. I am sick of bacon by the first week usually and we get three, yea.
It is 57 degrees here and it is only 3:40 pm. This is not normal September weather. This is normal October weather and maybe even November. It better warm up and be a great Indian Summer, or winter is coming way to fast.
I love this picture of Cenneidigh, she looks like this most of the time. She says I never listen to her and yet I feel that all I do in this life is listen to her. Are you sure you want a girl, Heidi?

Camping at Oxbow Park.

Friday started cold and dark and then warmed up, but it sprinkled on the way to the camping park. I was worried it would rain all night. But, the sky cleared and was beautiful after dark. Stars everywhere and very close to see. Shawn cooked chicken, potatoes, and onions for dinner and it was incredible. Camping has a way of making you hungry. We set up the tents and realized that a sleeps 12 is not talking about using blow up mattresses and large kids. Gunnar slept in the van with the dog. Parker really enjoyed all the freedom and attention.
The kids went into the tents about 11pm. The adults stayed up at the fire laughing and joking around, yelling at the kids to settle down every so often. David was wearing black and kept
hiding and sneaking up on us. It was very dark. Shawn stopped talking about 12:45pm, we kept asking if he was asleep and he kept saying "no" but he was. We got to bed abut 1:20am and it was cold. The night was clear and the sky was beautiful. Everyone slept until about 6:30am.
In the AM Shawn made breakfast and we had eggs, pancakes, bacon, and re fried potatoes. YUM, I ate way too much. We told the kids to go take a hike, after an hour we started to worry, but who knew they would really take a hike. We went to look for them and David found them at the Oxbow Zoo. They had taken the long hike about 3 miles to the zoo, they did follow the trail signs. We followed the road and it took 10 mins, they followed the trail and it took over an hour.
All and all we had a great time and the food was great. Who knew how much our kids can eat. They went through tons of food and drinks. Thanks Shawn for the food, he is a great camp cook.

School is cool.

The first few days of school have gone well. Everyone has gotten to school on time and had lots to talk about when they return home. I have to gear up for their return from school, with lots of yelling and fighting with each other over my attention. I take one at a time and the others do their homework. There are lots of things for me to read and to sign, papers to look over and homework to correct. It is quite crazy from 3pm to 4pm around here. I am glad when four arrives and everyone that is done with homework, piano, and reading can then go outside and find a friend to play with. The house gets quiet again, at least until dinner.
Tomorrow we go camping for the weekend in Oxbow park. It is 54 degrees right now, I hope it warms up. Camping in the cold is not fun, I hope it warms up before winter set in. Cenny's teach called to see if we had any questions about the first week and to tell us Cenny is doing great.
Dawn took this picture of Cenny on the 1st day.

School School Glorious School!

The 1st day of school yea!!. I got lunches made and jumped in the shower. Gunnar walked to school and Qatar took the bus while I was getting ready. Zeke, Cenny and JT were anxious to get to school so we left about 8:45am. We got there and had a hard time parking, I pulled up really close to a truck with a hitch and hoped not to hit the hitch. I took one photo of the three of them before the battery died. I then watched them play until it was time for JT to line up for his class. We saw Cade, Vanessa, Dawn, Emily and many other known faces. I went in after JT's class to be sure he found his room. As I was walking back to the van, Vanessa said there is a guy waiting to talk to you, "HE hit your van". I so do not have time for this, I have an appt for an oil change in 5 mins, were my thoughts. I walked over and the guy walked towards me. He introduced himself as Jeff Brinkman and I took a double look and said, "We went to high school together". He reminded me that no that was Kristi (Kristi had a crush on him, he looks pretty good Kris. He has lots of muscles. He did ask how you were doing.) who he graduated with and I graduated with his sister. Well after some quick catching up and the fact that he only dented the license plate with the hitch on the truck we parted as friends again. Yea, no time for damage. The fast lube place here is closed for some reason, so I went to the dealer and it took over and hour for the oil change. So much for all day with nothing to do.

Labor Day FUN

Well today for the holiday David and I cleaned out the gutters on the house. All but one side that we could not reach without danger to life and limb. The side that looks out on the backyard and the big tree. We did not get them cleaned out this spring or last fall so they really needed it. Yuck, dirty work and I am filthy from head to toe, dirt in my hair, on my scalp, and in all my finger nails.
You can see the tree growing in the gutter on the top floor by the window.
My parents took the kids to a picnic at the park.

David got electrocuted when he was putting the ladder away and touched the hanging light on the porch. He had wet feet, the ladder was on wet concrete and it is aluminum. I looked at the light, the chain is broken and it is hanging only by the electrical cord. We need to fix the chain when the porch dries and we turn off the electricity. He is feeling pretty lousy with the four good pumps of electricity he got.
Here is the house with David's home gym in the yard. Tires and the slush pipe.