If You Came to My House Today.....

I'm joining the party over at Kellie's blog.  (Thanks to Meredith!)

 

So, if you came to my house today, here's what you'd find:

Just inside the door you would see where my husband fixed the floor going into the office.  He had to glue a piece of wood down and then put two heavy bags of I-don't-know-what on top while it dried.  It's a great look.  Very classy.  Ahem.  Moving on.

You'd also see pictures, a towel bar, toilet paper holder, trash can, and a table in the dining room.  We painted the powder room yesterday and haven't put it back together yet.  Nice.

(See, we're putting our house on the market next week and we're doing little fix-ups around the house.) 

You might also see some happy kids playing outside.  Very happy because they've been stuck inside ALL WEEK LONG.  Sickness plus rain, oh the rain, adds up to bored kids (and mom!) with cabin fever!!  There are rumors that the sun has come out today, but I'm not sure I remember what it looks like. 

If you'd come a little earlier in the day, you would find me talking to a friend about home schooling.  She's getting ready to take the plunge and is looking for encouragement/ideas/support.  And since I love to talk about our preferred method of education, I was more than happy to have the chance. 

And before you leave, I'd love to serve you some sweet tea or even some coffee.  I bought Peppermint Mocha creamer today and I'm dying for an excuse to use it!! 

I might even encourage you to come back tomorrow.  And it would have nothing to do with it being Work On The House Day.  I promise! 

 

Want to join the carnival?  Check it out HERE.

Happy Fall, y'all!

It's been so long since I've blogged I might need to introduce myself!!  Hello, my name is Jennifer and I've been a bad blogger.

I knew it had been a while when my mom, who can't even email, said, "You never blog anymore!" 

Yesterday was quite the family fun day around here.  We started out the day at the circus with Becca's soccer team.  Kind of an end of the season celebration.  With clowns.  (Have I ever mentioned that I dislike clowns?) 

Forgot my camera.  I did take one pic of a clown with my phone to send to my friend Chad.  To torment him really.  He likes clowns even less than I do.  But it didn't turn out very well, because 1) my phone doesn't take great pics, and 2) you didn't expect me to get very close, did you?

Next we went to 2, count 'em, 2!!  fall festivals.  Cause we are very into the candy family togetherness. 

Here's our little Clone trooper, Commander Rex (apparently the Leader of the Clone troopers, I'm being told right now.  This is from Star Wars, if you aren't in the know.)

                                

And our Brazilian soccer player. 

                               

This is also known as "doesn't really want to dress up but doesn't want to sacrifice the candy."  And no, she didn't have two buckets.  One is Hayes's. 

Here's my costume.

                       

This is called "Mama doesn't do dress-up."  Besides, aren't big cocktail rings in?

The following pictures are known as "taking pictures in the car of kids hopped up on sugar."

                       

                       

                       

                      

There's my sweet girl.

And I'll end with a funny from Hayes.  (If you're a FB friend, sorry for the repeat.  But it's worth repeating.)

We were driving in from picking up our babysitter Friday night and I guess Hayes felt the need to let Shelby in on new stuff going on at our house.  He says, "We have a magician chicken on the door!"  People, it's a turkey with a pilgrim hat!  

Oh bless.  I just love that little guy.  

                       

What's that song? "I Left My Heart in Brazil"?

Ok, maybe that's not it.  But I DID.  I think we all did.  I don't even know where to begin to blog about it.  You can go HERE to see what we blogged while on the trip. 

I think I'll just let pictures do the talking for right now. 

                     

                     

                     

                     

                     

                      

                       

Remember her?? 

                       

                       

                        

Look how much Daisy has grown!!

                          

And do you remember stories about Baby Wendi HERE and HERE?

                        

                        

Look at her now!!  I KNOW!!

                          

                         

                        

                        

                        

                         

                         

                          

                          

                          

                          

                          

                            

                          

                          

                            

Souls were saved, relationships were made and strengthened, a roof was raised, and GOD WAS PRAISED!!  Glory!!

Adios Amigos!

                                          

 

Yeah, I know that's Spanish, but whatever. 

Today we begin our 4th trip to Brazil.  And I am SO excited!  The Lord has moved mightily for our team and we know that He can provide "beyond anything we could ask or imagine" while we're there.

We covet your prayers as we travel and as we seek to show Jesus to the people of the outback of Brazil.  Check out World Outback's blog HERE.  We hope to be able to blog throughout the trip.  And you can see stories from my previous trips HERE.

Tchau!  (Now that's Portuguese!)

My children, the sea captains

We're studying Christopher Columbus this week in history.  And air in science. 

So put these two together and what do you have?   

                     

The Nina and the Santa Maria sailing from Spain to the New World.  Or you know, aluminum foil boats being blown from one side of the sink to the other.  We work with what we've got, people.

                    

                      

What happened to the Pinta, you ask?  Well the Pinta was a casualty of economic times.  Translation?  Aluminum foil does not grow on trees and mama is cheap frugal.

Sleepless in You Know Where

So if you're my FB friend, this is probably a repeat for you.  And I'm pretty sure all 5 of you ARE my FB friends.  Sorry!

I got to tag along with Daniel last weekend for a business trip to Seattle.  I never realized Seattle was such a tourist destination!  It's a fun city!

AND.  All that traveling we lived through last year paid off in frequent flier miles because my ticket was FREE!  It doesn't get any better than THAT, amen?

Driving in from the airport. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original St*rbucks, with her little topless self.

 

 

 

 

Pike Public Market was a happening place!  We even saw a wedding party having pictures taken there. 

                      

We didn't get any pictures of fish flying through the air, but this is where it happens.

                      

My very favorite place.  It smelled heavenly!

                      

                      

View of the city from the Space Needle

                     

Getting read for the Ducks Tour

                     

One of our driver's silly hats

                     

Building used for exterior shots of the hospital in Grey's Anatomy. FYI, NOT a hospital.

                     

Safeco Field (didn't get to go to a game)

                      

Sleepless in Seattle house

(By the way, I could not find Jason's house to save my life!)

                    

Seaplane (Seaplane, Faith!) landing right beside us in the lake.

                    

Me and my sweetie on a ferry to Bainbridge Island

                    

And I think that's enough, right?  I mean, my word, that's a lot of pictures and they're not even that interesting! 

So, in conclusion, our Seattle trip was tons of fun, refreshing, and it didn't even rain!  (We're thinking they made up all that rain nonsense so they won't get too many visitors.  Secret's out!!)