Homecoming

I like to show off my kids so I'm going to post a few pictures of Caleb and his girlfriend before her Homecoming Dance. He is so grown up and she looks so pretty. I will have some pictures to show soon of his 18th birthday at my house.....that in itself is hard to believe.

more pictures

loved all the shots of the ladies getting pampered.....

Ladies Retreat

October 23 and 24 my church had there annual Ladies retreat!! It was sooo much fun. It is always a lot of fun to get together with the girls', visiting,staying up late, playing games, eating. This year I was privileged to be a part of the planning and a table leader. We wanted to try and draw some younger ladies. The conclusion was a SPA theme. It was great. We had people painting nails, you could make a hand scrub, put your name in a drawing for a massage, facials, paraffin dips for your hands. It was a great relaxing weekend. The speaker was great hit me where I needed it!!! I loved the ladies at my table. The food was amazing !! We have an amazing cook and crew who keep us well fed with plenty of yummy snacks and meal.

Conversations

Last week Molly invited a friend to IMPACT......that is our church's youth program for Jr. Highers. She has done really well about inviting people. On the way there Molly and her friend were talking about different actors and who was cute and so and so is super "hot" Ari pipes up " hello little kid over here" I thought I was going to split a gut. I did keep my laughter in check. I thought that was so cute and thought I would share.

Painting

Charlie and I have been working on our house to get it ready to put on the market. He has been working super hard.....he has put on a new porch,gutters, paint, ripping out a closet sounds like fun??? Well this past weekend we painted the trim and foundation. I wanted a nice dark red.....the color on the lid looked like the card I had picked out at Wal-mart she assured me she could match it. Well as we were painting it I kept thinking it will darken as it dries. Charlie was using the sprayer on the foundation and it wasn't looking good. We also think the paint wasn't right or something. Anyway, the girl's would have liked the color it was a nice shade of pink. It was pretty bad when you can pull into the driveway at night and the house was glowing!!! So, Sunday we went to Sherwin Williams picked out another color got just a sample to see if we liked it. Let's just say MUCH better!! I will share a few photos of our painting saga. The pink foundation picutres are on the bottom when they should be on the top. I clicked wrong so bear with me.

I'm still here!!

I haven't forgot about my blog, I promise. It has been so crazy lately. I need to download some pictures then I would have some things to talk about. We are trying to get our house ready to put on the market ( pray for us). My hubby has been super busy putting on a new floor on our porch, scraping, priming, painting the house. He rocks and I am so grateful for all that he does. The kids are loving school a lot. It is nice to finally be back into a routine of going to the Y, getting groceries, running other errands, Mom2Mom, whew makes me tired thinking about all of the things we do. I wouldn't change it for the world, I love my life.

New School Year

Well, another summer ended and a new school year has begun. Molly was super excited, she started Jr. High this year. She loves the idea of having a locker. She was a little nervous about having to remember her combination. So far so good. She has to remember two combinations right now and when she adds P.E. it will be 3 combinations. She walks to school and loves it. Ari started first grade this year. She was a little apprehensive that first day and nervous about riding the bus. I took her the first week and then we worked on riding the bus. Now, she enjoys it. I'm excited to see what this school year will bring for my kids'.