Woah!  You mean I haven't written on here since June??  Sheesh.  That's a lot to catch up on.

Let's see.  After my last post we went on vacation.  We went to Nashville for a few days and spent some great time with some old friends.  These were friends that we made right after we got married and Scott was in the army.  We haven't seen them for probably 13 years.  We were planning to visit Nashville anyway, but right before we left we discovered that they live there.  We ended up spending every evening with them that week and it was wonderful.  They have kids the same ages, so they got along great.  We also ate at Tootsies while we were there (I hear Kid Rock just did a photo shoot there), saw the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the zoo.

After that we drove to Georgia, I can't remember the town now, to visit some other friends.  They live out in the country in  a beautiful area.  They are some of the sweetest people you will ever meet, and we had a great time with them too.  Scott worked with Kenny when he was at Douglas County, and the families just hit it off.  We miss having them here in CO!

Then we drove to Alabama to visit my Aunt and Uncle, and my cousins.  We had a great time there too.  We don't get to see this family very often and it was so great to catch up. 

After we came home, it was time to help and get our Sunday School department ready to move into our new basement space.  We have been in the same building for 60 years, so there was a lot of work to do.  We got it down and we absolutely love our new space. 

Then it was just about time for school to start.  Adam started middle school (6th grade), Shellyn started 1st grade, and Bryson started Pre-K.  They are all doing great in school.

In October our church did a VBS follow up called Slime Time as a Halloween Alternative.  That was a lot of fun too.

At the beginning of November I went hunting with Scott and his buddies.  That was definitely a new experience, but it was fun. Scott finally got a deer after I left on Monday. 

Right after I returned, I had an unfortunate car accident.  It was not my fault, so the other driver was ticketed and we are dealing with her insurance company.  The body shop says the car is totaled, but insurance still has to make their determination.  I was pretty shaken up and it definitely messed with my already bad chiropractic issues, but I am taking care of that.  The big bummer part is we had only owned the car for about month.  We didn't even have licence plates for it.  We loved that car and got such a great deal on it.  Oh well.

Now, it is time to get ready for the holidays, which when you work for a church, can be busy.  Extra services to get ready for, as well as helping to plan the Christmas Pageant, etc.  However, I really do love my job and I am so blessed to have it.  I have also been put in charge of changing our Children's Church program and getting the new nursery ready to handle babies by next week.  All good things.

I will try to write here more often!  I frequently get sucked into Facebook instead of coming here.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving! 

 Well, Mother's Day has come and gone, and it was interesting to be sure.  We had a very nice day on Saturday with my parents and grandparents.  It was a lot of fun. 

Yesterday was not as fun, but that is just part of being a Mom.  After church Shellyn started throwing up and was really sick into the night.  She is better today, but that wasn't any fun for anyone.  Bryson decided to have a fit during dinner too and yelled and screamed I HATE MY DINNER for over an hour, right while I was trying to deal with Shellyn being sick.  Yikes.  He too is better today.  I guess it's a good thing we celebrated Mother's Day early!

Today has been a nice day, but a little hard too.  For the last several months we have been contemplating giving one of our dogs to the schnauzer rescue because of all her barking and the fact that taking care of three dogs is a lot of work.  We talked to the kids about it, and they agreed.  So we met the rescue lady this morning and she took Oreo.  It sounds like she already has a family for her, which is wonderful.  It was a really hard thing to do, but definitely the right thing.  The kids did fine.  Adam had a hard time and I did too.  But it is already so much more peaceful in our house now.  Here is a picture of the kids with her this morning.

Anyway, that is what is going on around here.

 Wow!  What a weekend this has been!  Yesterday I left the house at 8:00 AM and went to a VBS networking party in Loveland.  It was at the actual publisher of the curriculum so that was really neat. We made slime, tried out all the crafts, and got ideas from other church's doing the same VBS.   I went with my friend and we had a great time and got all fired up to throw a really great VBS in June.  AAHHHHH, June is only 3 months away!  Anyway, I got home around 2:00.  I tried to take a nap, but I ended up answering the phone 3 times and answering the door twice, so that didn't happen (Scott was working overtime).  Next, we ran to the store to get a part for a ceiling fan we are trying to put in.  Bryson threw a fit the whole way.  Then, I made an egg casserole for today's breakfast and stuffed 36 Easter bags for the Sunday School kids.  My kids helped with this and it turned out to be a pretty fun activity to do together.

Today we got to church at 7:30 AM.  The Sunday School always hosts a big Palm Sunday breakfast for the whole church, so today was the big day.  (I also made a coffee cake before I left).  We set up, made lots and lots of eggs (well, I didn't but other folks did).  Then, since it was Palm Sunday, we took the kids over to the first service, handed out their palms, paraded around the church, and they sang a song for everyone.  This was followed by the actual breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt.  Then it was off to second service to parade and sing again.  The kids did an awesome job on their song and everyone loved it.

Whew!  So that is what we have been up to the last couple of days.  This will be a busy week too.  When you work in a church, Holy Week tends to be a little busy.    But, I kind of feel like I got a lot of the big stuff out of the way today, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Well, we are supposed to get a bunch of snow tonight, so tomorrow morning might be interesting. 

Have a good night.