Here we go again...

This time all three kids were outside and Rachel came in to tell me that Sarah was covered with wet sand! Daniel was covered a little, but not in his hair.

When I combed her hair AFTER her bath, I was flipping sand all over myself... Here she is - all clean. When she saw the camera, she yelled "No!" and covered her face. Typical. She'll be two in a couple of weeks.

When the cat's away, the mice do play.

I really needed to make some progress on this house today, so I sent the kids outside. I had also filled a container of dried drywall compound with water so that I could clean it out. Well, now I don't have to worry about that! I found the kids painting themselves with drywall compound. Here is the result...

I would have to say that this is MUCH BETTER than what Daniel used to paint himself with. :) Along those same lines, I put Sarah in panties for the first time today, and she stayed dry throughout the entire incident!

Plans

Brad and I flew down to Florida to be with his parents last Sunday. Brad flew back last night, but I am still here in Florida! My father-in-law, Dave, has an appointment with a doctor in Indianapolis on Thursday this week. He had a biopsy on Tuesday this week (the tumor is cancer, but his lungs are clear!), and we made plans to relocate Dave and Susan to Indiana with us. We made lots of phone calls on Wed. to arrange all the medical stuff, started packing on Thursday, and packed the truck today! I will be driving Dave's cute Volkswagon beetle up north, and Susan will drive her car (with Dave in it.) We plan to leave tomorrow after church and spread the trip over three days or so. Two men from the church down here will be driving the truck up for us. So, we've been busy, busy, busy, but we see the light at the end of the tunnel, and we're praying that it's not a train. :) Please continue to pray for Dave and Susan throughout this transition and cancer treatment.

Pastor Dave Terhune

I just wanted to let you know that my father-in-law will be having surgery on Tuesday, May 26. He has a tumor in his thigh that is grapefruit sized and fast-growing. The doctors are 90% sure that it is cancer, but they will cut into it on Tuesday to know for sure. Here is a website to keep you updated...http://http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/pastordave

David and Ella

Here are my darling niece and nephew... taken just before Easter. We saw Kevin this weekend, so I got the pictures!

Easter

After church this morning we went to Amy's for dinner and an Easter egg hunt. It was a beautiful day - a bit on the chilly side, but sunny.

Sarah was the first one let outside for our Easter egg hunt at Amy's. She got a head start finding the "balls."


Rachel and Sydney before dinner... These two can't be separated since Syd moved back.

Brady, Bryan and Daniel- the boys are getting to know each other and enjoy playing together.

Here we are, in our newly painted green kitchen! Candy and DVD's all around

Sarah wasn't sure about the sugar on the Peep she was trying to eat. She made a face and put it down.

All dressed up for church! Sarah just wouldn't give up the pacifier. Sigh...

Home Improvement

We've been working hard, getting our house ready to put on the market. We would just like to be closer to Brad's workplace and Rachel's school! Several projects had been started, so now we're finishing them and starting more! In the past month, we've removed the wallpaper from two rooms and a stairway and painted four rooms. We still have to repair one wall in the music room and the huge wall in the stairway. Then we can finish painting. The trim still needs to be done, as well.

Here I am on the second floor using the steamer to take the wallpaper off. Brad put the ladder over the railing, so I was up high!

Here's a little bit of "before" and "after" together! The striped wallpaper was the same that was in the music room when I was a kid. This wall is plaster and needs a bit of work to be paint-ready. The cream color on the right is the finished product.

The wall behind Mom to the left is the same wall as above.

"After" in the music room...

Try not to pay attention to the three darling children in this picture... check out the wallpaper behind them. It actually came off rather easily, and now the kitchen is painted green.