Moving!!

Kevin is moving to Nevada on June 15!! His meeting on Tuesday went great! He is very excited to be able to work at Happy Joes 3 mornings a week folding pizza boxes. I met his roommate who is ready for Kevin to move in as he says he gets lonely without a roommate. On the trip to Decorah we ran into some rain, but nothing major. I loaded up boxes he had packed and headed out. When I was outside of Elma it started raining for awhile, but I drove out of it. When I got about 1/2 hour away from the rain, I heard on the radio that a major thunderstorm was hitting Elma. God is so good! I actually got to Ames earlier than I expected.
Yesterday and today we have been getting ready for the garage sale on Saturday. We baked cookies and muffins yesterday and today we cleaned out our garage. My thought is we can make money, but it also gets our garage cleaned once a year. Oh and it also get rid of some of the extra junk we have in our house, that we really don't need.
Christopher will hopefully have a baseball game on Saturday. The last 2 Wednesdays it has rained so he hasn't had games. The Slater pool is to open on Saturday, I think. They did have to do some repairs, so I'll call tomorrow and see if they have it done. We had talked about going to the Ankeny pool this week. But with the rain and garage sale we haven't made it.
Well back to work on garage sale stuff.

Project #2 Done!

I just finished the flower bed! I'm alittle worried about all the plants making it, but at least with the tarp and woodchips there won't be a bunch of weeds.
Kevin started mowing, but then it looked like it was going to rain, so he only got 1/4 done. Oh well every little bit will help Keith.
We went to the Ames Memorial Day parade and service this morning. It is held in the cemetry where Nicholas is buried so we also went to his grave.
Tonight we are going to Kim and Steve's(Keith's sister and husband) for supper. It was kind of a last minute idea, but we should have a great time!
Tomorrow I have to work, then go to Kevin's staffing for his new place to live. Then I will take him back to Decorah. Thankfully Beth and Chris get to go to friends' house for the afternoon and evening.

Nice Days

Yesterday it only rained in the morning, however Keith had some things to do so didn't get only 1 thing done on his list. I did begin to get the garage cleaned out for the garage sale on Saturday. We had a good time at the Ames home school graduation. Then Kent and Kevin came for supper. We grilled hamburgers and ate outside at the picnic table.
Today after church Keith was working on a disc for Kevin of pictures and songs he'd liked. It wasn't working right, so I stayed inside and watched what was going on. I did youth group stuff and made a camp cofee cake for breakfast tomorrow.
Bethany helped Keith outside in the floor bed. She managed to get totally dirty. (our camera is in getting fixed, so no pictures sorry) We did get the tarp laid down on the big flower bed under the kitchen windows and the plants all plannted. Tomorrow we'll only have to lay woodchips.
We are also going to the memorial day parade and ceremony in Ames.

1 Project Done!

We finished up the wood chips under the swing set! Keith stayed up and worked until about 7:30 pm. The kids helped him off and on. They also helped with watching Micah. He really like being outside. I helped, but I also did laundry so I could hang it outside. I can't wait to take a nice bubble bath and get into my clean bed!

Night out

Keith and I were able to go out to Perkins. Chris and Beth went to McDonald's with Renee a teen from church. Then we all went to the baby shower at church. It was different, but fun! It was nice to share time with Keith, however it was hard to socialize with all the other ladies with Keith there.
Tomorrow we are watching Micah, a 18 month old from church. His mom is having her wisdom teeth out. He isn't coming until 10 so the kids and I can sleep in some. Then I'm sure Beth will do most of the work. Which is good since I have laundry to do. With rain being predicted for Saturday Keith is planning is stay up tomorrow and work on the yard. Then Saturday we do have a graduation and party to go attend. Then Sunday is church. Monday we are going to try to go to the museum at Camp Dodge. We also are planning to go up to Nicholas's grave sometime this weekend.
I trust all of you will have great weekend.

Storms

Tonight we went to Christopher's baseball game and as luck would have it, it started to thunder. They decided to play until the lightening started. So they called the game. Our coach was disappointed as our team did so good at the last game. Chris walked out of the dug out with a big smile and said " I got a treat!" Of course most of you know that Chris enjoys playing sports for many reasons, but towards the top of the list is the treats.
Then we went to church. While we were talking the storm got worse, so many people stuck around until the storm got better. It is our last Wednesday before the teens join the adults as part of the Season of Prayer for the summer. It will be an awesome chance to see God work in our church.
I am cleaning tomorrow and then hopefully Keith and I will go out for supper and then to a couples' baby shower. I am running the games. I am filling in for a friend who has family coming to town.

Class of 2007

This weekend began the celebrations for our seniors in the youth group! It really hasn't been a sad time as we realize that we can stay in contact and see how God keeps working in their lives. Friday night we attended Grandview Park Baptist Schools graduation. It was good. Pastor Rod Bradley from True Bible spoke. He did a great job! Then yesterday we went to an open houses in the late morning and early evening. Our friends, Jim and Ellen Trunnell were able to come and spend sometime with us before the second open house and then they went with us and we talked some more. It was great to see their boys and talk face to face. Thankfully with blogs and e-mail we have kept up on each other's life. Kyle their 5 year old convinced Chris to give up his swing for him. Then they were able to play together at the open house. It was held at a small Bible camp. Ellen was concerned about Connor at one point, but when she checked on him Bethany was playing with him..
Today we were able to celebrate with the church all 9 of the seniors' accomplishments. It was the first time that Keith and I were solely in charge of Senior Sunday at our church. We actually had all of the seniors there and able to participate in all parts of the morning! We are already thinking of things we can do better next year. Then later this afternoon we had another open house. Next week we'll have other ones to go to, but Keith also wants to do some yard work done. We have been getting mulch to put under the swing set, since the storm we had many places are giving it away free.
Christopher had a baseball game. He got hit by a baseball. It was kind of odd since he was at bat, he said he hit it, then it hit his helmet and then hit by his eye. He of course didn't cry since he was in the game. His right eye is bluish under the eye. However when he fell outside of church he milked it for all it was worth.

Sunny Day

The kids are having a great time outside. It is alittle windy, but otherwise it is beautiful! We have begun working in the flower beds to get them to look better. The last 2 summers we really haven't done anything except weed. Keith would like to get mulch and a border down on each bed. He also wants to put mulch and border around the swing set. This is his job for Thursday night. I need to go measure and see what I need to go buy fomorrow.

Mother's Day 2007

Since we had gone to Adventureland and Keith worked Saturday night, we went out for supper for Mother's Day. We went to Benningans. I had a salad and Death by Chocolate.

Adventureland

We went with the teens to Adventureland yesterday. It was nice to actually have a nice day with sunshine. We rode the raging river 3 times. Christopher's favorite ride was the Falling Star. Beth said she didn't like the falling feeling in her stomach. I think Chris will be like Keith and ride anything. Except Chris didn't look in the Underground, he says it is too scary. It is dark and suppose to kind of be scary.
The kids and I just got back from the park.

Tulip Time????

Ok so we hurried to Pella after I cleaned today. We did get to see most of a parade, however it did rain off and on. We were all wet by the time we got back to my parents.
Tonight we decided not to go uptown to eat since it was kind of raining. We were debating about going to the parade,when we heard it was canceled. The kids took it well and the adults were glad that we didn't have to go or make the decision not to go. We ended up watching the old Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with Timothy and Johanna. All in all it was a good relaxing time.
We'll just have to see about the weather tomorrow. Joel, Stephanie and Eli are coming tomorrow to join the party!