School Night Evenings

Generally, we accomplish the most when we have our days scheduled out. I resist too many set plans though, because it can feel oppressive to have every moment of time committed. BUT...this year we are starting off pretty scheduled. As of this moment, our evenings are committed this way:

Monday - Todd teaches night class at Western. The kids and I go to BSF Bible Study and on special nights to Applebees with friends afterwards for half price appetizers.

Tuesday - Todd has elders meeting every other Tuesday. The kids take a Fencing Class 5:30-6:30. This is going to be our Theology Night. After dinner and after Pajamas are on, we will sit in the living room with a page to color or craft to work on, and listen to a sermon by Mark Driscoll, John Piper, or Art Azudia. We will start with a series by Driscoll where he preaches through different Christian Doctrines. All these guys are masterful preachers and easy to listen to because of their passion and preaching style. I will probably throw in popcorn and special drinks, or ice cream to make this something to look forward to Tuesdays.

Wednesday - Church Night. Nan and Ethan have Youth Group. Levi has AWANAs. And it has yet to be determined what Todd and I will be doing.

Thursday - Normal Family Evening. We will probably try to keep this clear.

Friday - Movie and Pizza night.

Saturday - We will be going to a handful of OSU football games so this will take up about a third of our weekends. Other ones we will try to have people over for dinner or do things like go to the Pumpkin Patch, hike in the Gorge, etc. We are trying to find a 5K Road Run that the kids and Todd can do nearby this fall and we'll probably try to recruit some friends to join us.

Sunday - Church. Todd will probably be preaching at least half the Sundays this fall at Hinson. We have small group in the evening every other week. We tend to need the evenings to regroup.

Of course, I have a whole list of other things I have to fit between these activities... like grocery shopping, lesson plan writing, yard work, laundry, a 4-H club I am beginning for the kids, piano lessons, guitar lessons (I am in search of a new teacher for this now.) Whew. Sounds like we are going to hit the ground running. But my time is short. These kids are growing up so fast and I want to be purposeful with the time I have. Look at the photo above. It seems just like yesterday.