Our Family Ramblings!

1. Our work on the house has begun! We are looking to put it on the market after Christmas! Family room painted... check.... kitchen painted.... check!!

2. Well, our worship pastor from church went and auditioned with his band to play at Night of Joy! He made it!! Woo hoo!! What a great opportunity for him to change more lives!

3. Sunday was our first "Shepherding a child's heart" life group meeting! We had about half of the people that signed up come. Not a bad start! We have a great group of ppl with ages ranging from 1week olds to 18 year olds! The first thing we learned in the introduction was that kids need to know the "WHY" and not just "WHAT" they are doing wrong! WOW , it is going to be a great 14 weeks!


4. Monkey has found a new obsession. BLUE'S CLUES!! I happened to have saved all the old VHS tapes of the episode I had when my other two were obsessed. I can't seem to find any new episodes w/ Joe. Steve is better anyway! She gets super excited and jumps around. She loves to do "head ,, shoulder, knees and toes w/ Steve!!

Week 2 of school coming up!! :o)

1. UGH... school starts on Monday! It is bitter sweet! I think the kids are excited! They have great teachers this year as always! This year my boy is a part of the "school patrols" that lets kids in and out of the cars in car line! I think he is excited!!

2. Softball tryouts were Sat. Princess did really well for never playing a day in her life! She needs a little more "umph" in her swing and needs to get a hold of those ground balls! I think she is going to have a blast!~

3. We also had a garage sale on Sat.at my mom's . Once again, we did really well until about noon, then the storms came in. Blah... no more ppl came after that! I sold a couple pieces of furniture, which helped gets things a big more de-cluttered in the house as we prepare to sell in the spring.

4. Next Sunday starts our "small group" at church. Hubby and I are leading/hosting a small group in which we are studying "Shepherding a child's heart" by Tedd Tripp. I did this study before and really loved it, so I am excited to have hubby go through it. I will try and post a little snippet weekly about what we are learning!

5. I am going through a bit of a guilty depression in bloggy land. I have just been slammed with stuff getting ready for school to start, thinking about getting the house ready to sell, etc... I feel I have neglected my bloggy friends! So sorry, all! I do read a bunch when I can, but don't have the time to comment as much as I should or want to. Just know, I am reading and keeping tabs on you!

Have a great week all!!

1. I am furious w/ our Home Owners Association. This was the straw that broke the camel's back! We have decided to work on our home and then after Christmas put it on the market! This isn't my first choice, but we have been talking it about it for a while due to needing more space. This just sealed the coffin so to speak for me. That final push down that path of insanity of trying to sell our home. I am so tired of being told what to do , when to do it, and how to do it. This is MY home and MY husband's blood, sweat, tears, and $$ into OUR home! Threatening us w/ legal action because our weeds aren't pulled to their perfection isn't going to cut anymore! Hmmm , wonder why we have so many foreclosures in our neighborhood--- because the HOA is forcing it on the homeowners, not the economy! Okay... off my soapbox now!!

2. Princess went to "check out" softball tryouts at the local girls club. She wants to play, but we are observing today to figure out what she needs to know for tryouts and what to be equipped with! This means she will be giving up gymnastics for a year! She is fine with it. I wish she would stick with it, but I guess she needs to experience it all to see what interests her and what SHE enjoys the most!

3. It is almost Night of Joy time at the Disney Hollywood studios! Hubby is working hard! We just found out that our worship leader from church is planning on auditioning for the "talent spotlight"! I am so excited for him!! I hope he gets in!!

4. We are planning a garage sale for this weekend , but I have been informed that we may get rained out due to a hurricane. They only weekend I pick to have a garage sale? Wonderful! We will see!

5. This is the kids' last week of summer vacation! It is bitter sweet! I love having them home due to me not dealing w/ homework, projects, lunches etc. BUT it is nice to have everyone back on a routine and schedule! We thrive better that way! So here is to a great last week of summer! Horrah!