One more day!

This is what the market area and the miracles of Jesus scenes looked like the first week school was out. After several weeks of painting, I will be finished tomorrow!

This set had to be painted on both sides.


Because of vandalism, the 4 rooms were boarded up today. I hope and pray that the sets do not get anymore graffiti painted on it.

Guatemala Bound!

We dropped Ashley off at the airport yesterday, and she is headed to Guatemala. She is traveling with Buckner Missions and will be working with the children in Bible School. Please pray for her safety, health, and her impact on the kids there.

Fredericksburg

Ain't No Mountain High Enough!

Yes, our mom is making us climb this humongous rock!
Ashley, Lindsey, and I headed to Fredericksburg this morning for my Mother's Day present. We shopped a little at the Trade Days, settled into our B&B (pics later), and headed to Enchanted Rock.

Come on Ashley, it's not that steep!
We made it to the top! You can see forever away.
Ashley kept saying her heart was hurting! I thought for a minute she could be Fred Sanford grabbing his heart yelling, "I'm comin' Elizabeth!"
Okay, we got up here. The panic sets in. How are we going to get down?

Junebug 5K Marathon

Sara, Kinsey, Jamie, Lacy, Hillary, and I traveled to Huntsville this morning and ran our first marathon! The run was partly on the SHSU campus, and if any of you have been there before, there are HILLS! Oh my goodness they were killer. Anyway, we all came home with ribbons! Our stats and other info are found at www.7hills.us/latestnews.htm

22 Years of Marriage Today

Classic 1986 mauve and grey wedding colors!
Todd had a lot more hair then! The girls thought he had a fro, but it is actually the shadow that makes his hair look "bigger"! 22 years ago Todd and I enter a more blessed life than I could ever dream of. Little did I know at the age of 18 that I would have a husband who has proven to be our spiritual leader and successful at his business, 2 wonderful daughters, and a teaching career. These years have flown by and I am looking forward to many more years of happiness.

Writing on the Wall

This is my inspiration I found on vinylattraction.com
With the help of the word processor and an overhead projector, I managed to do this rather quickly on my bathroom wall above my bathtub. The only problem is it is not vinyl, but I can always paint over it when I get tired of it.
Painted this too. Now where else can I paint words...................................?

Decorating

I stayed home today and took down, hung up, put holes in walls, and filled in holes in walls, etc. I had a huge wreath above the mantel that I made 5 years ago. I definitely needed an update. Found the wall art at Kirklands and spent less than $40. I put the fake fruit in my Southern Living vases.
This is the idea I found on a blog site. She covered canvas with burlap and mounted the black and white pictures on the canvas. I painted the canvas to match my bedroom. The pictures are of Todd and me. I am thinking about painting a quote like: "....and they lived happily ever after" under it. I spray painted these mismatched frames and put pictures of my grandparents and my parents in them. I have these in my room too. I still have some other things I want to do. Tomorrow I will have to touch up with paint the holes that I filled in. That should take a good while! I am looking forward to my trip to Fredericksburg with the girls this weekend. Maybe I'll get some more ideas there.

New Running Shoes!

On my shopping trip, I ran by (not literally) Academy and bought a new pair of running shoes. I spent more than I ever have on shoes, but they are so comfortable and cushiony! By the way, just got back from running 3.5 miles! It must be the shoes!