Day 33

Today was Family Fun night at church. There were lots of things for the kids to do and get prizes. Everyone had a good time.

Gabriella showing her bowling skills.

Match the duckies

This game was hilarious and drew a lot of attention! Goal: put an oreo on your forehead and move it down to your mouth using your facial muscles only! No hands! ;)

Shane was trying really hard. Hee hee

Almost there!

GOT IT!!!! Yay Shane!

Gabriella fishing for a prize.

Gabriella's attempt at hole hooping. WOW that was funny!

Gabriella loved this fishing game.

My future ride! ;)

Day 32

Today we had to go to Urgent Care for Gabriella's eye. It started out as a small stye, but kept getting worse. This morning when she woke up it was huge and purple. :( The doctor said that it was a stye and it had gotten infected. So she is now on antibiotics.

Day 31

So today was a pretty emotional day. I had some events over the weekend that started the emotions a little and then today we had our second meeting for the women's Bible study. Whew! Beth Moore really knows how to dig deep inside and get things stirred up! Although the Bible study is on DVD, today I felt like Beth was sitting in front of me and solely talking to me! Man did she hit the nail on the head! I know now, that God has placed me in this Bible study at this specific time in my life. Wow, God is amazing! He knows exactly what I need and when I need it! He even placed some great friends in my life that were available to me today to make me feel a little better! I was able to spend some time with Jennifer after the Bible study to talk about it some more....Thank you Shane for allowing us to have that much needed time!!!!! It was refreshing. Then I had two other great friends send me text messages to check on me and see how I was doing. I was empowered by the love of Christ and felt His presence in me though my friends. My day just kept getting better. Our friend, "Sisa" took us out to eat Japanese for dinner. Japanese food always makes me feel better! ;) It was great spending time with her and catching up...and of course we had many laughs. Ahhhh laughter! I needed that! Thank you Sisa for dinner and lending your ear! Looking back on the past three days, just amazes me. I truly have some great friends to carry me through the tough times! I am so blessed to have each and everyone of you in my life! I love you all!

Day 30

Today was Mr. Bill's birthday! We went to the Kreiling's house to celebrate with them and have some yummy Cold Stone ice-cream cake.

We are so blessed to be included in the family festivities! 

Day 29

Today we went to see some of our friends play basket ball for Upward. We really enjoyed seeing our friends and spending the day with them. The Kreilings/Nystroms are a very special part of our lives and we are so thankful to have great friends like them!

They boys looked really good playing basketball. I am so proud of what they have achieved this year!

Day 28

Today was a lay around in jammies kind of day. We hung out, watched movies, and worked on our puzzle. Gabriella enjoyed wearing her monkey snuggie that "Sisa" got her for her birthday!

Day 27

Today the house was filled with laughter and giggles of little children all day! That sound never gets old! Gabriella had two little friends over and I had the pleasure of watching Pierce as well. Here, Gabriella is showing him how to play a game on the computer. I cant believe how much the both of them have grown in the past couple of years!

Day 26

If you know me well, you know I LOVE FREE stuff!!! ;) On Wed. I scored this awesome kit for school in the mail for free!  

I got 2 DVDs, a CD, and teacher/student workbooks on Shakespeare! I am super excited and cant wait to start Gabriella on it!!!!

Day 25

Today we made bouncy balls! YAY! Some of them even glow in the dark. It was fun and messy! ;)

Gabriella's hair is a hot mess!!!!! UGH! I really want to cut her bangs, but she is trying to grow them out. So this is what I get to look at all day!

And here are our beautiful bouncy balls! ;)

Day 24

Today the women at Rockfish Church started a new Bible study. I'm really excited about it and cant wait to see what God wants to show me through this. We are doing Fruit of the Spirit by Beth Moore. I love Beth Moore!! We meet in the morning and they have childcare, so Gabriella gets to spend some time with her friends. After we came home I made "fried"/ baked zucchini. It was pretty good, but of course Gabriella would not eat it. Now surprise there!