BUSY weekend!

Our church is having a community Fall Festival OPEN house today. So we will be spending most all of day there, helping to set up, work the festival and then clean up. It finally stopped raining, so hopefully people will come and have fun.

Then tom'w. we are coming our three services together into one(the traditional, contemporary and spanish services... 500+ people). It will be the first time we have been able to combine like this since we moved into our bigger church bldg. After the service then we will set the cornerstone and then luncheon afterwards. I am going to need a nap I am sure afterwards!

We are all fixed...hopefully!

DD got all the questions answered on her PSAT on Weds. Since this was a big timed test...we were worried about her finishing on time. NO problems! She feels like she did well...we will see, The results are due Dec.

The guys finished our work on the new heat pump Thursday. They broke two of our ceiling tiles.(you know those white false ceiling type tiles?) They went and bought a box of 5 and replaced them. AC works BETTER then before. The inspector is due here on Monday. Hopefully all will check out ok.

The plumber came and tighten some bolts...no more leaking. Should have figured that since 4 kids use that bathroom alot! Now I have more priming to do on the kitchen ceiling!

After all that has happened the past two weeks...this shirt is so true!

Says: "Its hard to stumble when you are on your knees".

The tire from DH's blow-out weekend!

Wanted you all to see how the Lord was watching over DH last weekend!

Plumbing and Heat and the PSAT

We need these two, right! I just primed the kitchen ceiling area where we had a leak in our bathroom last March and wouldn't you know it...the kids bathroom has a leak now!
How did I discover it...a new leak area in the kitchen ceiling right by the area I primed!

Dh came home and figures it may be a seal that needed replaced. So, we went to Home Depot and got what we needed and he replaced it. It was leaking a few drops...he tightened it some more and now we are just waiting to see if its fixed. The plumber is scheduled to come out tom'w....

AS far as the heat goes...the heat/AC guy is here now beginning work on replacing our heat pump and fan coil. He said it was the best route since they are phasing out the refrigerant we have now in three years. Look forward to a more efficient unit!

AND speaking of the PSAT...our DD is taking it at this moment at the local high school.
She knew she was going to take a *test run* this year...next year in the eleventh grade it counts for state scholarship consideration.

Youth weekend...

It turned out wonderful...the 4 girls we hosted(along with our DD) were her overnight, but didn't get here till 10:30p.m....so you know they were up late! Their Bible Study leader also stayed...they did a lesson each night after they arrived here, of course, AFTER they had a snack! I made brownies Friday and Saturday we did chocolate chip cookies on Sat...hmmmm, maybe thats why they stayed up late....the sugar??

On Sun. at church during the later service, we had The Turning that played(plus, they played all weekend for the youth retreat!) -http://www.myspace.com/theturning to play at our service and a GREAT Youth speaker by the name of... Chris Brooks, he was awesome! You can listen to a great talk he gives here... http://www.wayfarerministries.org/Media/index.html (...click on the link for Media Player/Real Player under Chris Brook's name)


It was great to get home and have a wonderful evening with the kids...it was a beautiful fall day!

Dh and I made chili and corn muffins for supper and then we walked in the crisp fall evening air!

Angel was watching over my DH!

He went to a baseball card show up in PA today(3 hrs away)...and he called with the news he had a flat in York (which is 1-1/2 hrs away)and couldn't get the lug nuts off the '06 Toyota Sienna! A guy had stopped to give him a hand and the guy gave me directions on how to get up there in case My DH couldn't get it fixed.

Sitting here praying and waiting..DH just called back... the *guy* took him to a gas station where they got ahold of a tow truck and the guy put his donut spare on so DH can drive home. The *guy* who helped him was named Micah and he attended the Washington Bible College there...tell me he wasn't an angel sent to rescue DH!

He should be home a 2am..

October 3rd already!

Decided to change up the color abit here...



also found this quiz on Lindas blog about What Gemstone are you?

here is mine:

Your Gemstone is Topaz

Comforting, considerate, and stable. You are down to earth and grounded.

What Gemstone Are You?