So what's up?

It's still summer. . . things are still crazy. I'll try to fill you in.

Earlier in the week, it was my freezer/ice maker. My wonderful husband fixed it!! Last night, my washer started smelling like something was burning... not good when today is laundry day! ;) Call the repairman and he can't come until August 11th!! So, my piles of laundry are sitting in the bathrooms -- that's why I have time to blog! ;)

Cherith & I went to the American Idol concert last week. It was a BLAST!! Here are a few pics from it. . . out of the 87 pictures that I took (I'll spare you all of the bad ones):

Adam

Adam & Allison singing "Slow Ride" -- this was my favorite part of the night

Kris Allen

Adam & Kris during the finale

Top 10 during the finale
L to R: Scott, Lil, Michael, Danny, Adam, Kris, Allison, Anoop, Megan, & Matt

Anoop

Michael Sarver

Lil Rounds & Megan

Allison singing "Cry Baby"

Danny singing "My Wish" -- the most powerful performance of the night

I'm in one of the weirdest and hardest seasons of my life. Right now I'm listening to Kris Vallotton's message "Love Suffers Long" and it seems to be right where I am. These last few weeks have been so lonely, frustrating, hard, emotional, etc. I just want to scream sometimes -- yes, that's how I feel. Kris said his season lasted 5 months. . . just hoping mine is shorter! ;)

Still doing P90X. I really like it! Everyone else has dropped out of the group, but I'm still going and I'm determined to finish. 6 am is early, but it's so nice to get it out of the way for my day and then when I get home, I still have about 1 1/2 hours to myself before the boys wake up and I'm really liking that! But, I'm on week 7 out of 12, so I'm on the down-side!!

Here's some AMAZING news!! Emilie has been working so hard on my classrooms and the hallway. Here's some before & after pictures of the barn, which will be for the 2 year olds:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

This isn't even completely finished, but isn't it amazing?!?! It's finished now, but I just don't have pictures of it. She's been working so hard and has so much done! When she finishes the hallway, we'll only have cutting in to do inside the classrooms & flooring. . . then we can move in!! I want Emilie to paint the inside of the classrooms, so I'm believing God for the money to pay her what she is worth. God owns everything, right? So, my amount isn't very big. ;)

OK . . gotta run and get something done. Pray for me. I'm asking God what His vision is for children's church. I know it's big and I know it's bigger than me. . . I just need to know what God says about it.

My Latest Project

Goodbye John Wayne . . . Hello Cars!!

BEFORE:

AFTER:
The boys putting up the stickers

The bed with the most ridiculous stickers!

This excited little boy makes it worth it all. . . and no, I never got the permanent marker all covered up. . . guess it's ok.

Yesterday, we found out that Payton's principal passed away. We are very sad and words just really can't even begin to express what an amazing woman she was. So, last night we told the boys and talked about it. They both seemed ok with it. Here's how part of the conversation went:

Aaron: But, she's alive in Heaven.
Evan: What? You mean she's up in the sky with God? That Heaven?
Aaron: Yes.
Evan: Now that's just awesome!

I think that pretty much sums it up. Please pray for her family and for the Cornerstone family. I love that school because it really does feel like one big happy family, so we are all grieving about this loss.