Bad 4 weeks

 It seems almost nightly, I come to bed feeling like a loser of a parent or just plain exhausted.  I feel like I am barely afloat this school year. While the whole "in person" teaching and "virtual" teaching is exhausting in itself, I come home to try to make sure my boys have done their work. Will is in trouble very night for his school work not being done and his desires to watch television and be on electronics instead.  His grades (well all three that are still in regular school (not college)) are lower and it makes me feel like a terrible parent.  I am struggling to try to balance work and home right now. I feel like I always have a list a mile long to do for work and then it does not help to get messages or stopped in the hall about my kid missing work.  It really is almost more than I can take these days and I am clueless as to what to do to make it better. I wonder if I was home with them if it would be better.  Ginny has been great about being here but it is not the same. Did we make the best choice for our kids?  The kids at school do not seem to be getting sick, so would my kids be? Then I wonder if Covid is really as bad as it has been made out to be. I am really doing my best but I feel that is not enough. 

Wrapping up summer

 How our two weekends before students returning looked.

Happy Sweet Sixteen

 Our Aubree is double dating age---YIKES.  What an example of righteousness she is to our family.

Facts about Aubree, by Aubree:

You currently want to be when you grow up: A veterinarian/ veterinary assistant (but I'm also allergic to dander so... subject to change) OR Any sort of medical degree ... With that said, it's a lot of college, so I may just teach or something like that

Your favorite color is: Forest Greens, blue, & sunset yellow/ orange

Your favorite show: Parks and Recreation

Your favorite game is: The Farming Game

Your favorite toy or activity is: Theater

Your favorite boy is: Jesus

You are really good at: Ummm, I don't want to sound prideful. However, I feel like I'm pretty good at acting and painting. I've also gotten a lot better at musical instruments (the piano, ukulele, my own dang voice, and guitar) not good enough to say I'm really good at it, but it's improvement. 

Your best friend is: GINNY!! Amelia Seamen, Noah Orris, Anna Wright

You want to vacation to: Greece, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland -- Somewhere with fantastic views that I could paint and write poems about

Your favorite ice cream is: Denali Moose Tracks (Private Selection/ Fancy Kroger Brand) or Talenti ice creams

Your wish is to be: Charitable, patient, serviceable, and kind

Your hero is: Jesus & Papaw & Dad

Your favorite thing to do with your friends is: Have talks in the car with one another; following going to Sonic

Your favorite holiday is: Christmas

Your favorite person in the whole world is: Jesus Christ

Your favorite song(s) is: Nothing More by Alternate Routes & Aubrey by Bread (Papa Eaton and I dance to it together) & Classics like Earth Angel (the Penguins), Fly Me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra), Teenager in Love (Dion and the Belmonts), etc.

Your favorite restaurant is: Gus's Fried Chicken

Your favorite foods are: Mom's Pork Burritos, Dad's Freddy's Burgers, and Ginny's takeout

If you had $1000 you would buy: First I would pay tithing (mom says every year that it is after I pay tithing, but I just felt the need to clarify). Then, I would probably save the money to pay for college.