Focht Family Blog

This week has been busy as always but we have had some fun surprises. On January 14th, my baby boy turned 6!!! I still can’t believe that he is already that old. On Joshua’s birthday we spent the day at Hollywood Studios since he wanted to have lunch at the Sci-Fi Theater. After lunch we headed to Rock-N-Rollercoaster so that Samantha and Timmy could ride. When we came out of the ride, my mom was talking to a woman and her kids and it ends up that it was Kerry from the comments on my blog. Kerry was one of the first people that was not family to leave a comment on my blog. Over our years on the road I have emailed her many times because she wanted to be able to do the same with her family. She is now on the road and somehow my mom and her met up outside of the ride. Kerry has 6 kids and her oldest daughter is the same age as Samantha. The girls instantly bonded. Kerry and her family ended up at the same campground as us for the last few days so the kids have been playing together, doing school together, swimming together, and we even had a sleepover at our house for the girls. Here is a picture of Samantha with Katherine this morning as their family was saying goodbye…

New toys… I finally ordered a dishwasher. It is a portable countertop dishwasher that holds 6 place settings. I LOVE IT!!! I am convinced it takes less water than I use when I wash dishes and it gets them much cleaner than I could. Nathan is already trying to figure out how to get rid of it but I don’t think he wants to pay for the drawer model to be installed since there would be cabinetry changes needed. Here is a picture…

New Skills… Samantha has been wanting to learn how to cook. I told her that once a week she could choose something to make. Today we were at Publix getting groceries and I was looking at some of their recipe cards that are free to take. Samantha asked if she could pick one to make so she chose a Raspberry Salmon with Butter & Herb Rice. Since we don’t eat seafood we changed it to a chicken recipe and gathered all of the ingredients. Tonight she made dinner and dessert. She did everything herself including turning the chicken when it was needed. She has never cooked before except for making brownies. Everything tasted WONDERFUL!! She did an amazing job! Here is a picture of my dinner…

Samantha chose Pillsbury Grands cinnamon rolls for dessert. Again she did everything by herself….

I should have let her try this years ago! It was so nice to have a wonderful dinner and dessert and not have to do anything but the dishes and with the dishwasher that was an easy job!!