Today Christian and I are going to go sing at the library’s annual talent show. You can win twenty dollars, ten dollars, or five dollars. We are saving up for a new Nancy Drew computer game OR a rocket OR a new King of the Trees book! Even if we don’t win anything it’ll be really fun! Wish us luck!
Day: July 11, 2006
Yesterday, we had quite a nice evening. We did our Mark Kistler’s Draw Squad and read a couple of chapters from How to Win Friends and Influence People. Christian read the second chapter. I had not heard him read for six or eight months. It is amazing how much his vocabulary and reading fluidity have improved. We need to have him read more. I need to get my eyes checked again because it is getting to be a strain to do too much reading. It was good to have such a nice evening as I have to head down to Livermore, California for three days for work. I really miss the family a lot when I am gone.
Mark and Clinton have just about finished putting up the fence around our back patio and side yard. It looks great. The only thing left is the wooden gate for the side yard enclosure. Mark put an arbor looking thing over the gate leading into the back patio. It looks absolutely great. Lorena wanted one for the side yard gate, too, but the posts are not tall enough. Maybe we can build a real arbor later this fall after we get our retaining walls in place. I plan to start on that on Saturday.