Day 1173. Today I had set an alarm, as I had a 10 am lesson to teach. Emmy, of course, was already up early. I finally crawled out of bed, we had breakfast, and then I cleaned them up and dressed them, but there was no time to take them downstairs and read a Bible story today.

Day 1172. No alarm clocks this morning, besides Emmy who is the first one up at 7 am every morning. I was really tired this morning and had a very hard time getting up, even though it was already approaching 9 am, when Randy got up first. After breakfast I cleaned them up...

Day 1171. This morning I had to set my alarm for 8 am. It was really tough getting up. After breakfast I cleaned them up and dressed them and then took them down to read a Bible story with them, as we still had a few minutes until 9 am. We were downstairs, when the doorbell rang.