Bus Conference

Monday and Tuesday night of this week our church hosted our 3rd annual bus and soul winning conference. It's amazing to see how it has grown in these 3 years! I haven't heard a final count, but according to "pre-reg" numbers we were supposed to have over 500 people attend! We went Monday night and I know the main floor of church was very full! We had people from IN, OH, KY, SC, and a few other states attend. One guy drove over 500 miles from PA!

The conference starts Monday night, there are sessions all day Tuesday, and a church meeting Tuesday night. This year, C's kids choir opened the entire conference singing 2 songs. They did such a good job! It's so cute to see all of them up there. He is in the group that is 4 year olds to 2nd graders. A big age range to work with, but once again our church secretary does an amazing job!

Here is just one picture from their singing. Our camera battery was blinking red. Oops.

After church, we always host a 3 on 3 basketball tourney. This year Daddy refed (umped?) and I kept score. It was a lot of fun! But a really late night. We didn't get home until midnight. The kids were in bed VERY FAST. Meanwhile Daddy was back at the gym looking for C's hat and coat which he had left in the bathroom when he was changing. Thankfully we found it. I really can't talk cuz for a few minutes I lost my keys. Found them too. What a night! Since Monday night was so late, we didn't go Tuesday night. What a week! My calendar just keeps getting fuller and fuller (more full and more full?) On that note, I think I'll end this post.

Mugsy

Mugsy

Our friends had to put down Mugsy this past weekend. He had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and went down hill quickly. He had been their dog for over 10 years! And he was a little bit ours too. I loved "dogsitting" him. He was such a sweet dog and so good with the kids--even when they (she) wasn't so good to him. I cried; C cried; K girl said "oh" and went to play. Typical. My friend said her kids are having a tough time, so they went and bought them rabbits. Does that mean I have to "rabbit sit"? We shall see.

BTW: we didn't tell our kids that our friends had "put him down"--didn't want to have to explain that. We just said Mugsy died.

C's new room

C's room is finally done! I painted it an amazing color--white! He wanted so much on his walls that it had to be a neutral color. It was fairly easy to paint because everything got painted the same--doors, trim, baseboards, walls. There are just a few little details that need to be taken care of (we want to put the Derek Jeter trading card in a frame; he needs an updated pix of K beside his bed) and Daddy is going to build him a shelf for his baseball collection--once it's warmer in the garage.

So here are the pictures to prove it is done.
Here his is new dresser and the TV that we hung for him to do school. Behind the TV on the wall are 4 pennants: Colts, Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, Yankees, and Florida State.

Here is the wall of pennants and his school desk is right to the left of the lamp.

Behind his door we hung a bulletin board. I'll use it if I need to hang things for him for school. On the bulletin board, I stuck 5 of the trading pins that we brought back from Disney world. I'm also going to hang some of the AWANA ribbons that he has too.


This is the wall above his bed. Most of the pictures are signed by at least one Colts player. There are 2 signatures on the poster.

Here is my favorite wall. We bought a Fathead--so worth the money! There's no way I could've painted all that and made it look that good. LOVE IT!

All together, I think we only spent $200. That was for the Fathead ($100), paint, supplies, frames, and pennants. The TV and dresser don't count. He needed both and we had planned to buy both with this year's tax return anyway. Not bad.

My SIL is coming to visit in April. She commented that our house is going to look like a different house by the time she gets here. That would be the point. I'm not enjoying the painting, but I am enjoying the results. Check back soon for the living room reveal.

Almost done

This is what the kiddies were doing while Daddy and I were finishing up painting the living room. As we took the tape off, we gave it to the kids and they had the best time playing with it. Just like the box is better at Christmas than the toy that is inside.

The living room is almost done. I'm hoping to finish the touch ups tonight. Saturday I am going accessory shopping with a friend. Hopefully by Saturday night everything will be done! I am so excited! Daddy ordered a new recliner that won't be here for 2 weeks. That should be the last of everything! I'll post pictures when it's all done--even if the new chair isn't here.

Here's what I've been doing

Here is what I've been doing this week. And below, are some accessories. BUT you will have to check back for more info and to see the final product. Hopefully about 10 days from now. (to reiterate: I HATE TO PAINT!)