New House...

So, Ed and I decided that it's time to get a new house...we are outgrowing the one we are in now and needed something bigger. We went to look at some builders in a town northwest of where we live now and found a builder that we liked...and we put in a contract after a week of deciding things...things we needed/wanted to add to the house and whatnot. I'll post a picture as soon as I take one. I went out this week with the intention of taking one, but didn't take the camera. The funny thing was that when I drove up to the lot, I told K to look at where our new house was going to be. She peeks around the side of the car seat and burst into tears and covered her face. It was quite funny!

Pooh Shoes

The other morning I was getting K ready for school and went to put on some cute hot pink shoes that matched her girly outfit for the day. As I was about to put the first shoe on she started to yell, "Pooooooo. Poooooooooo. Poooooo." I looked up and realized that she was pointing to her Winne the Pooh shoes. So my girl has an opinion about her shoes for the day....I gave in and let her wear the shoes she wanted! Why not? She's a girly girl and can wear her Pooh shoes if she wants to!

storms in the night

3:42 am - tornado sirens go off
3:43 am - waiting for the tv to come on so we can check out the weather (it's a flat screen and for some reason they take a long time to come on)
3:45 am - Ed and I are frantically looking for a flashlight
3:50 am - Ed and I are quickly cleaning out the downstairs closet (the ONLY room in the house that has 4 inside walls...WHAT?!?!)
3:55 am - Ed is moving from the front door to the back door checking out the storm
4:00 am - Ed and I are sitting at the top of the stairs wondering what we should do - should we wake K up or go back to bed (the siren has stopped at this time)
4:15 am - lying in bed listening to the storm rage (yes, rage) around us.
4:30 am - wishing I could go back to sleep
4:35am - K starts crying - what? She didn't wake up at all through the tornado sirens or the lightning or thunder...but NOW she is going to wake up. Thus begins the series of "visits to her room to make sure she has all she needs to sleep.
4:45 am - I casually mention to Ed that he could just bring K in our room.
5:00 am - K is rolling around between up and popping her head up. I almost attempt to take her back to bed and she quickly quiets down and goes to sleep.
5:15 am - I'm still awake listening to my two favorite people sleep....loudly.
5:16 am - I turn off the alarm clock in hopes of actually going to sleep for more than 5 minutes.
6:40 am - The cutest girl in the world wakes up and showers us with her hugs and kisses! That's a great way to wake up after a rough night of storms.
8:39 am - roll into work to find out that we are not to be on campus until the electricity comes back on...seriously? So even though I've gotten nothing done this week, I came home to spend the day with K.

I need to change

Adventure Week Away!

The Castle in the middle of the building

So, where have I been for the last month? I've been working my proverbial tail end off...for the coolest summer event ever! Fellowship Church has a huge summer event called Adventure Week and it's basically VBS on steroids....for FOUR weeks! We spent all of last week building up the preschool and children's areas into different environments (space, aquarium, city scape, sports, etc). The late nights are well worth it when you see the kid's faces as they enter the building and see it transformed from what it was the week before.

Each night the kids rotate through some really cool activites and then see a theatrical production at the end of the evening. My hubby is playing the bad guy and having a blast. I have been watching the show each night to see him and it's been so much fun!

If you want to check out more, go here: Adventure Week

Katie's back

I know this probably isn't too significant to a lot of people, but one of my favorite authors (Robin Jones Gunn) is going to be writing a new series about one of her characters named Katie Weldon. KW was in the Christy Miller series for teens and I loved the books (even though I read them past the teen years - and still read them from time to time now). I was left wondering what ever happened to Katie...and now we will find out. The downside is that the books won't be coming out until March 2008!! That's a long time...I guess if I waited this long...then what's another 9 months!

Good Bye to Sara

My hubby had to say good bye to his first (and only) car this weekend. He bought her 10 years ago and they traveled long roads together. He had to take her out for one last car wash on Thursday night. He came in with the hint of a tear in his eye and told me that they had had their last ride together. He did also mention that he was sad to get rid of the car because we had our first date in it. So sweet! He's getting my Camry and I'm getting the new car...So good bye to Sara and hello to the new Mazda CX-9!!!