This morning I was late waking up and I worried about making it to church on time. Then I remembered that our van's air conditioner is fixed and we could all go to 11:00 mass together. We were able to relax and "take it easy" and we got there with plenty of time to get seated and settled in.

The kids misbehaved some but mot too bad. This day my wife and I were able to apply discipline consistently without too much griping.

We took all the kids on a shopping trip intentionally today to teach them to behave in public. I am amazed at how we are able to deal with this now where in the past it would have been unbearable.

This evening we had a freak storm that blew down trees in our neighborhood but nowhere else in Austin. It made for a cool clear night after the sun went down. I took the kids outside and showed them the big dipper and the north star.

I got to go to a meeting tonight and the topic was one day at a time.

Thanks be to God.