Kelly and Christian are gone to spend the week with their Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah. The plan is that they will go visit the fish ladder, the fish hatchery, and one of the big dams on the Columbia River today, then OMSI, the zoo, later in the week. The days they are not visiting attractions, they are going to build something out of wood with Grandpa Milo. They went to Sunday Morning Meeting yesterday and then, after eating lunch at the Burgerville where Cousin Kylee works, went to visit Aunt Jean and Cousin Kylee. Kylee will go up the Columbia River Gorge with them tomorrow, too.
As for Lorena and I, we hardly know what to do with ourselves. I had to work all weekend, so Lorena stayed home and worked on the garden when we were not at meeting. We ordered pizza in on Saturday night, then went out to dinner yesterday after meeting. It is really nice just spending some quiet time together, but a little bit disconcerting to not have the kids there. This is the first time since they were born that we have not had them with us for more than a day. We mentioned that we past half way to the point where they will be gone off to college, so this is kind of what our life will be like when that happens. Lorena said she really does not want to just go to work and come home to think about something to do in our leisure, but she wants to be a help somehow. I think we might try to find a way to live somewhere in Latin America where we can help in the spread of the Gospel.
I was able to finish my next Wayne the Mexican comic strip in time for the article I am writing on socialization in the homeschool. Now, all I have to do is finish the article. It has taken quite a bit of thought. The issue is not quite as cut and dried as either side thinks.
