This week has been full and fabulous! Friday I helped some with painting at Josh and Kelsie's new house (my brother and sis-in-law). It is such a cute home! Perfect for them. Friday night I got together with my Quito girls (14 women from McKinney Bible Church went on a missions trip to Quito, Ecuador last July) I LOVE THEM! We stayed up late talking, watching a movie, and eating of course.
All of us together! Thanks for the photo Dianne!
Saturday morning I was back over at Josh & Kelsie's house to do some more painting. Then Saturday afternoon Mom Driggers and I went and picked up Callie (Mom's girl she mentors) and Mahaley (the 9yo I mentor) to go play some putt putt golf at Mountasia! Thanks Aubrey for the coupons!
Mahaley left, Callie right
The cave!
Mahaley, myself, and Callie. I didn't get the pink memo!
Mahaley, Callie, and Mom
Sunday afternoon a little before 3pm, Josh and Kelsie brought over my two adorable nieces so that we could have a play date and they could have a date night. I LOVE THESE GIRLS!
Rebekah went down for nap time right away so Abigail and I decided to paint our nails. She is a girly girl and when Josh & Kelsie pulled up to drop the girls off the first words out of Abby's mouth were, "Are you going to paint my nails?!?" We sat in the entryway with the door open so we could watch the rain.
Abigail painting my nails PINK of course! (her favorite color) Bekah woke up from her nap. Here the little cutie is trying on big sister Abby's shoes. What an adorable smile!!
I pulled out all of my old Felicity doll clothes and furniture. Abby had such a fun time changing the "baby's" outfits :)
Are these two pictures not hilarious?! Rebekah is sitting in one of the doll chairs looking at the classical music that was playing on the TV. She loved those chairs and carted them around everywhere! Abigail wanted to try on some of my make-up. Here she is holding the doll, wearing the dolls skirt, and putting on blush! Did I say how much I love these girls??
Dinner time! When I asked what they wanted Abby said, "Pancakes and salad fruit!" So that is what we had! Plus some scrambled eggs :) We make a not so quick run to Albertsons to get fruit and eggs. It takes a lot of work to get two girls in and out of the car, especially since when we came out of the store it was raining! I just told them we would have so much fun getting wet, and we ran to the car! haha Here is Bekah "having a picnic on the floor" since I don't have a high chair. Because we are remodeling everything, our bedroom furniture isn't up yet, hence the mirror in the dining room.
The girls did so well. They are very well behaved and I just loved getting to watch them. Think we need to do it again soon!
Sunday night we had planned a girls night at the Driggers house. Dad Driggers, David, Mark, Adam, and Noah are all gone hunting in Kansas City so we decided to party! We talked, watched the movie UP, slept in the next morning, talked some more by the fire, and had Eggs Benedict for breakfast. Yummy!
Monday I did several things around the house. Laundry, dishes, picked up, unpacked a few more boxes, took down the rest of the old, nasty curtains in the house, and started pulling down wallpaper!
Taking down old curtains in the formal dining room....I'm wearing a mask because of all the dust on them, ugh!
Taking down more curtains in the master bedroom. We've gotten a few paint samples to try and find what color of blue we want.
Tearing down wallpaper in the master bedroom. Lola, hello! Camera is the other way! That one strip looks tiny, but it was so time consuming. I had to rip off the top layer, spray the under layer with water/Dawn soap (you can see the wet part right above me) and then peel that off. Plus, first they had put the wall paper up, then painted the trim on top and bottom. So I had to scrape the paint to make sure it was all straight for when I painted it (hard to really explain)....And it doesn't help that I'm a perfectionist!
After finished the master I started on the bathroom....wow, that's a big project! I worked until 7, jumped in the shower, then headed over for girls night #2 at the Driggers! We watched some birth videos (laughed our heads off at one CRAZY one!), watched home movies, and stayed up until midnight. It was fabulous :) Today has just been full of running errands and doing small projects. I was also able to spend some time organizing my schedule and planning for the upcoming weeks and holidays. I love planning stuff like that out, now to just DO it!
Well, it's time for bed. I've had so much to be grateful for this week, and each and every day. Lord I'm amazed by You!
