The Brittons

Yep.  It's been less than a week since my last update, but we had such a good week, I didn't want to wait.  We've had more fun times with Grandma Deb.  Some busy days, and some not so much.  But all of them are good.  She got to go see 2 practices for Gracie with her softball team, took the kids out for ice cream, we went boating at the lake, rode bikes, walked, and many more things.  We have been working and doing school, but we are so fortunate to spend that much time together. Gracie waiting so "patiently" for the pizza to get done. We've had many more family dinners and Nick decided that last Friday night was a good night for pizza.  Any night is a good night for pizza, especially homemade. Boating!!!! We took the day off from work on Tuesday to go play at the lake.  My parents decided that was the day to move their boat 25 miles upstream to a new slip, closer to where they live.  What a great day!  The weather wasn'...

I guess it's been almost 3 weeks since the last update.  We are still doing more of the same.  Gracie and Owen are almost done with "school."  I'm not going to lie...it has been hard to find continued motivation for the past couple of weeks, both for myself and to keep them engaged in learning.  Owen doesn't see the point if it's optional (not required)  and Gracie wants to do more, but she needs more variety in her schedule.  Unfortunately she loses focus pretty easily.  They are both scheduled to be done with school May 22.  Gracie will go to the middle school to collect all of her things on May 18.  I am going to the elementary school on May 20 to retrieve Owen's stuff.   In the mean time, we have continued to be at home for the most part.  We made a lot more progress in the basement a couple of weeks ago, clearing out more space and piling up some stuff for the trash/burn pile. Look what Owen found!  Grandma...