It has FINALLY stopped pouring.  It started yesterday with a tornado watch for much of Manitoba and then that being downgraded to a severe thunderstorm watch.  Nothing of that came to pass thankfully but it did start raining and the wind came up around midnight which has lasted all day till now at noon!

Last night, everything was going wrong.  We'd let Michael go off with our friend for the day and they had a time.  They'd ridden horses, gone exploring in an old church and the cemetary etc and that was fine except for the fact that Michael was needed home here to help out because he's getting to leave and go with this man while brothers and sisters are having to do his chores.  He says he's done or whatever but it is a half hearted attempt and that makes me very upset.  It is not fair to the other two.

Anyway, he was home by 3 or so and that was actually earlier than normal so I was happy and put him to work.  Supper was a disaster.  We'd taken out the chicken but it just wouldn't thaw and so it wasn't in on time and wasn't done on time either.  We finally took it apart and threw it on the barbecue to finish it off.  It worked good that way and once Derk was home he took care of it after we ran to the store.

We'd no sooner sat down at the table to eat when along came this guy and just walked on in even though Derk told him we were just sitting down to eat!  Normally we would have invited him to join us, but we really didn't have enough last night, its one of those we are broke and just getting by till payday meals, and also, he'd already eaten anyway. 

He was going to do laundry and he had decided to come over for awhile to wait on the washers.  It was kind of awkward but we got through it.  He'd no sooner gone when Derk mentioned to someone that Zach looked like he was going to fall down  the stairs if someone didn't get him down.  With that, Zach did fall and Larissa couldn't get him.  Ember was sitting on the steps crying because she'd gotten hurt or something when suddenly she realized what was going on and that 3 yr old child grabbed her brother who was summersalting by her face and caught his ankles stopping his fall and he landed on his bottom!   Ember's little face was ashen when she was done!  I think she was shocked but also thought maybe she'd done a bad thing or something.  When we praised her and gave them all a piece of chocolate it still took a few mintues for her to calm down again!  But... she saved Zachary's life!

Today, life has been very hectic at times, and at others' almost dead!  Derk's doing okay on the route despite sleeping in this morning, and we all were up by 6:09 am too so we have our day well in hand here.

We've planned our father's day service, the meal afterwards, and we're working on a grocery list for that day plus our next two weeks.  Also planning meals for camp.  So much to do and so little time.  I'm working with Josh and Larissa both together on their spelling as they are around the same place.  I want to make SURE they know how to spell so... this way it will take me less time because I can teach the same subject (till Josh really get's it and takes off!)