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This week I took the big kids to Cornerstone in Ames for Bible school. It was a lot on my part, 45 minute drive, 2 1/2 hours to kill while entertaining Luke. The kids sang a lot of songs and did craft projects. There wasn't a lesson time, so it was a little disappointing.

The corn is not looking to good. All this rain is starting to take its toll. The corn is so uneven and some yellowing. We need the rain to stop, but it just keeps coming. The mosquitoes are horrible this year. We put so much bug spray on our skin, I feel like we take a bath in it every day. One day I let the kids be outside for awhile, didn't put repellent on Luke's face and he ended up with 10 bites. He looked like a kid with chicken pox. Lately we haven't let the kids outside at all to play, for over a week. It just isn't worth it. I can never remember getting so many bites. I sure hope we don't discover later in life that bug repellent is bad for you or we are in trouble!

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