Janzens coming soon!

The Janzens are getting here tomorrow :) I am so excited. Grace and I have seen each other every summer since I was like 10 or 11. We thought maybe we weren't going to be able to see each other this year because of backpacking not happening, but Grammie and Bapa were so generous and paid for them to come out here! :) They are only staying until Sunday, though, so it is a very short visit. I canceled all but one of my babysitting jobs and the one I didn't cancel is a night one and Grace is coming with me.

I've been babysitting a lot. I knew July was going to be my busiest month. So far, I'm down two of the really busy days and they didn't go quite as I had expected. Monday, I went over to the family's house and their grandparents were there...who took the two older children canoeing and the baby slept for about an hour and a half. He finally is getting used to me, which is quite a relief. He wouldn't let me do ANYTHING for him and he would just scream and scream and scream. The two older children are a handful and are very disobedient, so it was nice to not have them for six hours. When they arrived home, they stayed outside and played with their play pool, the slide and the hose.

Today, I went over to the same house for 3 1/2 hours. I took the girl to the farmer's market, which was totally awesome. Who knew smelling and squeezing veggies and fruits would be so much fun. I have always wanted to go to see if they had good stuff, but I am always working on Tuesday mornings. One time, Daryl and I were waiting for someone and were near a farmer's market and had a sample of the tomatoes and OMGoodness I have never forgotten that tomato.

From that house, I had to go to another family for 4 hours. I only had 1/2 an hour between them, so I had to really rush to get lunch and then get to their house. When I got there, no one was there!!! So I called and was told to come back at 2 because they had gotten hung up at the doctor's (they have a brand new baby :) ) So as I am getting into my car from home at 1:50, I get a call saying wait for them to call me. So I wait at home...until they finally call me at 3:40 and I go over there (I was only supposed to stay until 5 originally). So needless to say, that mom had had a VERY stressful day. So I stayed a little bit over 5.

whew! Tomorrow is another of the same schedule as yesterday and then when I get to Grammie's, the Janzens will be there!