Five days and counting! Yes - I have reached the point where I am anxious for school to begin. Last week, had you asked me, I would have lamented over all that I still wanted to do with the kids and how we were having so much fun together. Yesterday, however, was hell on earth, and I am now very ready for the kids to further their education...at school...for 8 hours a day.

Today was better. I told them we'd go to Blue Lake - it's a gorgeous day - if we got the house in shape. They did and we spent a few hours there before Isaac's guitar lessons. While they played, I finally finished Anna Karenina - loved it. Dave will be happy. I have been hauling this encyclopedia-sized novel around with me for weeks, including as my carry-on on planes. I think it's fair to say that he doesn't share my passion for the classics.

Soccer is in full swing. The 'brown eyes' are playing, as Taylor would put it. He separates all we do into brown eyes and blue eyes. He noticed, and is correct, that we always seem to separate into brown and blue - at a restaurant, running errands - kinda funny. Anyway - Taylor and Morgan are playing. Yesterday, Morgan took an elbow to the eye and is now sporting a black eye, which will be lovely for the first day of school.

Training continues, though some days are better than others. My right knee is bothering me - runner's knee, I think. (Right now Buffy is shaking her head at me, thinking, I told them!) I am trying to strengthen it, but continue to run on it. It makes a pretty sick crunching sound. Paige is stellar and is running circles around us - I am so proud of her - she is awesome.

Isaac served sacrament for the first time on Sunday. He did great, other than the big wad of gum he was chomping on. He starts 7th grade next week. I'm not even going to dwell on that frightening prospect. If any of you post-seventh-grade-adolescents have any advice...share.

Brooke - lest you think you are being ignored, Dave knows you have camera questions - we are ships passing in the night, and I don't know if he has had a chance to look at the blog. If I could help, I would, but I am clueless when it comes to cameras.

Before this gets too long -
Adina