Busy days!

I haven't been blogging much this past week because things have been very busy out here. Now that the weather is getting nice it is time to get the garden ready for planting and I've been painting our wood fence with a wood protector so that it will resist water and last longer. I've only done the front of the fence so far and it's taking a lot of paint and a lot of time. The wood is just soaking up the paint. (In the picture the left side is painted and the right side is not.) We've also been busy looking after my parents' new house (mowing the lawn, setting out the garbage and collecting mail). Luke has been out of school this week so the teacher could conduct end-of-the-year testing. I've also been visiting a lot of stores looking for some items for the adult craft activity for the W Family Reunion.

Here is my week in review:

Friday - Get our sectional! Go to the grocery store. Try to mow the backyard but it starts raining. M&M attends a birthday party.
Saturday - Drive to my parents house. DH mows the lawn while the kids & I vacuum the house. Come home. DH gets the kids lunch while I finish mowing the backyard. Luke attends a birthday party. M&M & I do some shopping until the party's over.
Sunday - YW board meeting, Elder's Quorum Pres. meeting, church, Elder's Quorum visits
Monday - Go to Furniture Warehouse. Return something to a store and do some shopping for the family reunion. Pick up M&M from gymnastics. Eat dinner. Go to my parents' house to put out the garbage & take a walk up there for FHE. Neighbor sees us and we visit for a while. Don't get home until about 10 p.m.
Tuesday - Do laundry all day. Luke has kindergarten testing. Go to a few more stores. Paint some of the fence. Run out of paint. Make dinner. Take M&M & DH to get some eye exams. M&M will need glasses soon but the longer we can wait the better. We will probably get her some when school starts up again after the summer. She is taking after DH it appears... Order some glasses & sunglasses for DH. Go home and eat dinner at about 8 p.m. :( Get a call from the optical dept saying they overcharged us $100. :) Missed enrichment since we got home so late (the appointments were for 5 & 5:30).
Wednesday - Take the kids to a neighbor's house so I can help with M&M's class at school. Go to the store to get more paint. Eat lunch. Mail some packages at the post office. Paint some more fence. Do another load of laundry. Make dinner. DH gets home and takes apart the dryer so he can fix it with the replacement parts we got that day. Find out that we need to order another part. :( DH puts the dryer back together while I run off to a YW activity.
Thursday - Work outside in the garden. Fill up the trash can with weeds and rocks. Hopefully it will be ready to plant on Saturday. Take a shower. Pick M&M up from school for her orthodontist appt. Stop at Wendy's for lunch on the way. M&M gets her braces off!! :) (More details tomorrow)