Family day is a wrap. We had a good time together. Too much food, an Easter egg hunt, coloring Easter eggs, lots of hugs and some hard conversations. A successful day.
I am so proud of how my kids are working together on a tough family situation and figuring out ways to help in the midst of so many unknowns and twists and turns. When the going gets rough, they band together and help out as best they can.
I fixed a meat loaf, macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole and roasted veggies. Jason fixed pig tails and gravy. Pig tails are pork loin cut into thin strips and deep fried. They were so yummy. Michelle brought our family’s traditional bunny cake and I made a banana pudding for dessert. Everyone took home lots of leftovers.
I used my egg money and put it in the Easter eggs that I hid for all the kids – big and little to find. The top winner found $22 worth and the lowest was $11. They had fun finding the eggs in the back yard.
Michelle, Tagen and Ellexia colored a dozen eggs. It has been a family tradition with those two little ones since they were very little. They had fun coloring the eggs. My chickens give me green, brown and white shell eggs so each egg took the color in a unique way.
I am running the fourth load of dishes and I have at least one, and probably two more loads to do. I do like to dirty dishes when I cook. I have the rest of the kitchen cleaned up so will work on the rest of the dishes through the evening. No rush to get them done as I am not cooking tomorrow.
I have a load of kitchen linens and tablecloths in the washing machine. I’ll get those washed and dried and put away later tonight. I’m grateful this kitchen cleans up easily.
I went to Cottonwood Falls this morning to meet the guy that is setting the foundation for the new shed that is going to be delivered to the house I am moving to next week. I showed him where I wanted it and paid him and then came back home. I want to run into Cottonwood Falls in the next couple of days and take a look at what he did.
I am tired this afternoon. I didn’t fall asleep until almost 5:00 this morning and then was up by 7:00. It is late enough now that I will wait and not take a nap and go to bed early. I have really gotten to dislike bedtime as I have too many nights like that.
Nothing on my calendar for tomorrow. I’ll take a rest day and recover from today. Monday I have to be in Emporia by 9:00 to do an extra tax shift and then go to exercise. The new mower is going to be delivered sometime on Monday but Kathy will be home while I am gone in case in comes before I get home. Tuesday I get to stay home. Wednesday I have to make two trips to town as I have two tax shifts to do. Thursday I get to stay home but will have to go back to town Friday for exercise. I will also have to go to town Saturday as I am helping at the Friends of the Library book sale. Sunday and Monday I am going to Oklahoma with a group of friends to experience the totality of the solar eclipse Monday.
Busy week ahead. I need to find some time in there to continue downsizing and getting rid of things. I had lots of things to list on Facebook Marketplace when I get brave enough to do so. I move May 1 so am starting to run out of time.
Family days are my favorite days ever. It is so fun to have all the kids together and see them interact with each other. I would do it every week if it was up to me but that isn’t fair to them as they each have their own lives and friends and things to do. I am always grateful when they give me a day or two every couple of months. I am one blessed mother.
My heart is full from today. This may be the last gathering we have together in this house. Life changes, moves happen, life goes on. Looking forward to a lot of new firsts for us in the future.
Grateful the kids all came home today, grateful for the wonderful food and fun we had together today, and grateful of the kind and generous adults my kids have become.