the month of may-in pictures! (part 1)

lynn, robin, and me: PACC's mother's day banquet

an afternoon with a group of great kids!
ryan and riley, jake, luke, and karly
(not in order of the pics-sorry)

we bought a steamer-because you can't rent one anywhere around here

and finally started the process of taking the wall paper off!

kitchen-done

two more rooms to go

we love baseball: even if it's not the majors!

florida state league-daytona cubs

ryan and riley celebrated their 11th birthday!!

emery pics!

well-i love pictures and i love my cat: put the two together and i'd say i have to many pictures of her-here are a few of my favorites! she simply is the best cat in the world!!

Wallpaper

So I've been working on taking off the wallpaper throughout the house so we can paint the walls and make it look like a modern home. So here's a poem I wrote about wallpaper...

Wallpaper, wallpaper why do you stick to the walls?
Wallpaper, wallpaper I get interupted with those cell phone calls

Wallpaper, wallpaper I hate you so
Wallpaper, wallpaper why don't you just go?

I sit there all night scrapping you off
I sit there all night thinking I would rather golf

The end -- Andy

...should i update?

this post is to help me weigh the pros and cons of updating. i don't really have much to update about besided the fact that i want red roses at my wedding. and they are expensive! i'm still throwing a few ideas around for the meal and i think i've found a wonderful baker-she even cooks for the president when he's in the area!! she has a shop in ormond and i'm planning on visiting her. andy and i were lucky enough to try some cupcakes and they were delicious.

i guess that's it for wedding stuff.

i hope any and every one who is a mom and reads this had a great mother's day!! i can't really believe that it's the middle of may already!!

xoxox
lindsey

busy weekends

well, i think it's safe to say that we have officially entered into the season of busy weekends. baseball season is in full swing, the weather is absolutely beautiful, and there's always something going on. this weekend was very busy and full of long days. i guess it started out with the middle of the week when andy was gone for three days at a conference in orlando-then thursday we met for lunch and from there went to sarasota-we stayed at my moms-friday night we went to the Tampa Bay Rays vs. the Boston Red Sox-the game lasted nearly 12 innings-and the Rays won, after all of that! we drove back and then it was another full day-i helped out with childcare at a sister church and then andy had the honor of saying the drivers prayer and opening prayer at the new smyrna speedway-it was fun. we stayed and watched about three races-the last one being a truck race. it was a fun night because we were able to hand out church frisbees and invite a totally new crowd of people to church and then sunday-well, almost every sunday seems long-but yesterday was Friends Day!! we had a little extra setting up to do and cleaning up. all in all i'm excited about the busy weekends!!

sector jacksonville

this weekend was a little uneventful-andy had coast guard drills and instead of being in new smyrna he has been transferred to jacksonville-not so fun-a two hour drive both ways and new duties but i guess it wasn't too bad.

emery and i stayed at the house and although she meows at night-with no explanation-she's great during the day!! i got her a new toy to see if that would help at night-but without fail she was meowing before i knew it. tomorrow she goes to the vet and we'll see what he says.

church was good and next week we're looking forward to friends day!! an outdoor worship service and a fun filled afternoon with a little something for everyone!! i'll be sure to take pictures!

...and that's that!

xoxox
lindsey

...new news!

well, who can believe that it's nearly the middle of april already!!?? i can't!! there's lots to do in terms of wedding planning and in about a week i have an appointment with a florist. (lucky for me she's also a friend!)

things at work are good. we kicked off life groups last week and the youth one was very encouraging! we are working our way through max lucado's book 3:16 the numbers of hope; in children's church we are doing a 13-week series titled treasure seekers and we've had a great time so far!

andy and i are doing great and since fridays are usually our day off we spent the day deciding what to do to a few things around the house with the beginning of the list to do away with the wall paper in the kitchen and both bathrooms, then we want to refinish and paint the dinning room table. but the most exciting part of today's news is that we got a kitty! she is from the humane society-the pet adoption process is more detailed then i had imagined.

we walked into the feline room and there were crates with cats in each one-karma-her name before we adopted her, was in one of the first crates and she quickly welcomed us with nice meowing and pawing. she is a gray and black tiger with white spots-especially on her belly. we looked at the other cats and both andy and i returned to her. we filled out the paper work and paid the fee and now she's ours! we renamed her emery. the first thing we did was visit the foster home where i work to let hisham-whose 5-see her. he liked her and wanted us to stay until the rest of the kids got home-which was over an hour from the time we got there. so we left and let her explore in her new home. it's been a fun day!