interesting day

Well, this morning was a rush like always to get ready and to church on time. After that we went to lunch with Mom & Rick. They got there extremely late and so we started eating before them. Once they were there we were up and down getting the kids food since we were at a buffet. Phil left for work and finally a few minutes later the rest of us were at the table together and the kids were eating quietly. We talked for a couple min and then my mom told me that her and Rick are getting married! It was pretty funny cause she started with "On a brighter note" and in my head I said "you and rick are getting married?" So when she said it I almost bust up laughing. All I really said was that Phil and I had been predicting a wedding before Christmas. Then we asked the kids if they wanted Rick to be their new grandpa and call him Papaw Rick. Makenzie said "sure." Nick just looked at him like "aren't you already my gpa?" It was funny cause it didn't faze either one of them. They both really like Rick alot.

Since both Heidi and Michael are currently out of the country my mom has to e-mail them to tell them. We're hoping that if she does that tonight then they will find out from her and not through someone else. I guess word at their church already got out and they weren't very happy about it. They met with the pastor to ask his blessing and to marry them. They made it clear that they wanted it to be kept quiet till they told their kids. I guess he told his wife and she told like 8 people at a chior thing. Mom was in another room and went to turn around and tell a friend and the friend said "So, I think someone let the cat out of the bag for you." Mom wasn't very happy! I think that's why they were late today, cause mom said that there were alot of people who wanted to talk to her. lol. At least I heard it from her and not through the grapevine! I'm friends with two people who go to her church.

I guess the plan is to get married in the church office for now. Once Heidi and Michael are back in the country they will have a bigger ceremony with a dinner and stuff at the church. I'm glad about that. We really like him and would like to have the kids involved in the ceremony. I totally understand waiting till the others are back though, and I think that will make them really happy as well. They are both skeptical since they've never met him.



Homeschooling was CRAZY tonight!!! The kids were at the kitchen table shouting "shout it out, GOD IS GOOOODDD!!!!!" over and over. I love to hear them saying things like that but shouting it at the top of their lungs was driving me nuts. They did this off and on for about 90 minutes!!! It was a very trying/stressful time but we finally got today's homework done....Today on two of the pages that needed coloring Makenzie used a white crayon. I had to write down on the page that I watched her and knew she did actually color the correct things. You couldn't see it at all, even if you held it at a angle to the light.