BUSY!

I have been so busy lately! I don't seem to have enough hours in the day! Last week Jared and I were at ICYC. We both had a very good time! Last Friday we came home from camp to our unfinished bathroom. Things have been hectic in that department. Work is STILL being done as I type this post! Anyhow, I have worked 7am to 6 pm everyday this week and today is my first day off! Hallelujuah, well... sort of...I had to get up at 6:45 am to get a shower before they got here to work on the bathroom, so no sleeping in! My in-laws will be here somtime this evening because we are all going to Gatlinburg for the next 5 days. Should have some interesting things to post when we get back from that trip! It's already started with, "Should we get a hotel room tonight since your bathroom isn't done?" Well the shower works and we having a working toilet in our half bath, so what's the difference between that and the situation we always have when we go anywhere with them? 7 people sharing one toilet, sink, shower, and usually room???? At least here we all get a bed and a room! Enough of that...we WILL have a great time! :) Life's an adventure!

Catch up

I think I will be caught up on news after this post.
This weekend was a good one. I was (and still am)completely beat from last week. I worked 7am-6pm and then went straight to VBS and taught, got 4 or 5 hours of sleep and started all over again! It wore on me! Friday night, Jared and I were beat, so we got Subway and stayed at home watching his new dvd, Collier and Company (that's the movie John Schneider(Bo Duke) made as an Indy film recently). It was in response to Jessica Simpson and Jonny Knox's version of The Dukes of Hazzard movie. It wasn't the best movie ever, but it was decent. We have the case autographed, so it's a good keepsake. Saturday I slept til about 8:30 am, got up, went to the couch and watched tv and slept some more while my sweet husband spent 2 hours mowing and weed-eatting the lawn. Then he came inside, showered, and then swept the kitchen and two bathrooms, and scrubbed the two bathrooms, never once complaining about my laziness! I am so lucky! I finally got up, showered, mopped the kitchen and two bathrooms and later vacummed. Then we went to several furniture stores with Pam, helping her find livingroom furniture. We ate lunch at Red Lobster and then came home. Joseph Garrison and Chris Hosmer came over to play darts and shoot some pool. Sunday we ate lunch at Golden Rule BBQ to celebrate Pam's birthday (late). Jared's parents came so I could take them to the airport on Monday. They are flying to Washington D.C. to visit Granny's sister. Her name is Beulah Mae. After church Sunday night we went to Chili's with a group including Jared's parents. Monday I dropped the in-laws off at the airport and then met Jared for lunch at Logan's. I love the summer because I get to eat lunch with Jared a good bit. It can be costly, but well worth it! I love my husband!!!!

Vacation Bible School

This past week Sylvan Springs Church of Christ had their VBS. It was a lot of fun and work! Rachel Garrison was my helper in the 2's and 3's class. If you know Rachel you know that she thinks she is clueless when it comes to kids, but she really did GREAT! I had a really good time with her and am trying to convince her to be my helper in that class on a regular basis since we have more kids in their now. We'll see! We had MANY laughs! Kids are hilarious and when you throw Rachel in the mix- priceless! Here are a few things that went on during the week.

Sunday Rachel refused to take a strange kid to the bathroom, but did wipe Xander's snotty nose TWICE! (side note: Xander did his famous stunt of pooping his pants, but neither of us had time to change him until class was over! He didn't smell that bad! Plus we were finger painting and trying not to get it everywhere! Who am I kidding? Rachel wasn't about to even consider changing him!!!) Also, Rachel chased two kids around the room while I attempted to teach the other four!

Monday: We did the story of Jesus feeding the 4,000. We fed them crackers (bread) and Sweddish fish (fish) and learned that gummies or some type of food helps them pay better attention!

Tuesday: By now Rachel was real good at chasing and wiping snotty noses and I could do a better job of teaching uses gummies as bait!

Wednesday: Rachel left the room to get something and Xander asks, "Where is she going?" I replied, "She ran away!" To which he innocently asks, "Is her afraid of us?" lol When Rachel came back I told her what he said and she laughs and says, "You don't know how true that is Xander!"

Thursday: I brought my cousin Chandler who is three the last night. I had to go change a strange kids diaper, then Chandler's. Rachel was reading the story to the class. When me and the potty kids came back, we settled in to hear the rest of the story. After a few minutes of listening, Chandler hollers out to Rachel, "You stink!" Then Xander chimes in with, "Yeah, you stink!"

I will sum the week up by saying this- VBS was a blast and I can't wait til next year!

Dukesfest 2007 & Our 5th Wedding Anniversary

For our 5th Wedding Anniversary, Jared and I wanted to go somewhere, but it had to be close because we had to be back for VBS. We heard Dukesfest was going to be held in Nashville, so we decided to check it out. If you know Jared, then you know the show The Dukes Of Hazzard was his favorite childhood TV show! We had the BEST time! We left Friday night. We ate dinner at Cracker Barrel and then checked into the Hotel Preston. We've never stayed anywhere in Nashville except for the Opryland Hotel. We enjoyed our stay at Hotel Preston. We woke up Saturday, grabbed some breakfast at McDonald's and then went to Dukesfest at the motor speedway in Nashville. We walked around and looked at about 190 General Lee's and other cars from the show. That was neat! Then we decided to get in a line for an autograph. Since Roscoe P. Coltrane (James Best)was Jared's favorite, we got in his line first. We stood in line for over three hours! James Best is also an artist and had some very beautiful paintings, so we bought one. The above picture is of us with him and the painting we bought. He was very kind! He was signing autographs all day. Did I mention he is 86 years old? Then we stepped over to Enos's line and bought a 8 by 10 of him and had him sign it. We have started a collection for Jared's "Man Room" a while back when I met Cletus while at Cooter's Garage in Gatlinburg. There I bought an 8 by 10 of Enos and had him sign it along with a t-shirt for Jared. Anyhow, then we left and went to Cooter's Garage there in Nashville and then on to eat at The Rain Forest Cafe. That was a really fun atmosphere! We had our picture made there, but it's not digital and so I don't feel like scanning it right now. Then we went back to Dukesfest to hear The Crickets and Cooter's Garage band, and then the cast sang "Just the Good 'Ole Boys" a few times. They also had kids from the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital there because all proceeds from Dukesfest went to the children's hospital. Ya'll know how we feel about Children's Hospitals! Then they had all 190 General Lee's (The Parade of General Lee's) driving around the race track. It all ended with fireworks. We came back Sunday after church, had lunch at The Macaroni Grill and went straight to VBS! It was a wonderful weekend! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, JARED! I LOVE YOU!