We had our last neighborhood bible study last night. The topic was problem resolution. We particularly enjoyed having our neighbor Hank Whitsit there. We are very sad that he and his wife are moving across town. After the study, everyone stayed for chips, salsa, cake, and cookies. We found that there will be only two more Sunday evening gospel meetings and then the Lyle Waldo will be leaving to help Dave Nealon for the rest of the year and Joe Layman will be going to help at the convention grounds and then on to Canadian and other conventions until next fall. That is a pretty long dry spell. We will really miss them.
After the meeting, a lot of the folks stuck around for a long time. Joe and I sat at the table with Hank and discussed the bible for about an hour. Heather Eblen, Louise Doolittle, Joy Vandenberg, and Lorena sat and talked in the living room. Kelly, Christian, Lyle, and Malia Doolittle sat in the den drawing, reading books, and telling stories. Lyle told the kids about the poetry and stories he had written. He has a nice way with kids.
The new little video camera I ordered for the kids came, but it did not work. We are sending it back and Amazon is sending us a replacement. It looks like a great little product if it will only work! Hopefully it will get here soon and we can post some pictures taken by the kids. The main reason I got it is so that Kelly and Christian can do a clay-mation movie this year.
The kids did great, both on their homeschool and on cleaning up the bonus room yesterday. Lorena started into here Intermediate (College) Algebra class last night. It is going to be a tough course, but I know she can do it. It will be very important for the kids to help out with keeping the bonus room picked up and in order every day. I need to start giving them some additional chores so they can really start developing good work habits.