Survived Bible School

Seems like I am in a fog after what felt like a straight 24 hours of Bible School. I took Kelsey, Kaleb, Tristin and Paige and their friends Ashley and Chase were there. We had it last night from 6-9PM and today from 9-3:30. Since it is 25 mile one way to our church that meant an hour on the road each day. The kids all had fun. I always work in the Snack Shack. It is SOOOOO!!!! wonderful to be able to have VBS in our new church. Kelsey got sick today and I had to have her mom pick her up at noon. She just started Cross Country and I think it was a result of running 2.8 mile before VBS this morning and not re hydrating herself. She started with a headache and then nausea. She is feeling better. I am in much need of a nap but that don't look like it is possible.I brought Kaleb and Tristin home with me until their mom gets off work. As tired as they are they still have a lot of energy. Kaleb just went up the hill in the woods on the 4-wheeler and Tristin is trying to catch a crawdad to fish with. We are greeters at first service tomorrow and Jay works as Guardian Angel both services. There is a VBS picnic immediately following 2nd service and I will be helping to serve. Maybe I will get a "power nap" later tomorrow afternoon. But then probably not as I will just have to stay awake to watch the #24 win the Nascar race!!!!! Talk to you all later.

Two busy days with the Riders

Rob, Leslie, Brooke and Ethan left at 1PM today heading back to Indiana. They logged a lot of miles the past day and a half. They had several personal appointments plus a meeting with the contractor doing the work in their house. Met with the flooring man to pick out the new carpet and vinyl and finalized the order for their kitchen cabinets today. They were tired when they left. I was with them most of the day yesterday and this morning. Bobby and I went about 20 mile south of here late today to get a material list for a new service we are installing tomorrow. In between I caught up on laundry and dishes. I also finished the last chapter of a book I have been reading. The author is a friend of mine from church. I got home about 7PM and Jay came in just a few minutes later. We ate and did our nightly ritual of fishing a few minutes at the pond. It is always a good way to de-stress for us.
Just realized how quiet it is tonight with everybody gone. Miss them already!!!!
Gotta go. PS: I got my backrubs and manicure from Brooke. Ethan drove his mom crazy by constantly running the massager on my recliner. She told me to hide the controls next time they came.

Great day with the family

Rob , Les, and the kids arrived last night about 8PM. Jay was fishing and Rob and Ethan couldn't wait to throw the lines in. They caught some fish. We are blessed to have a beautiful heart shaped pond just 50 feet from our door. It is fully stocked and the grand kids all love to fish as they always catch a lot of fish. We got to bed late so we went to 2nd service this morning. Jay and I usually go to 1st service but it was a little too early for the kids. It was great having all the kids and grand kids together at church. We treated them all to lunch at Bob Evans afterwards. Our church is across the road from the Bob Evans Farm. It is kinda strange not seeing Mr. Evans around anymore as he passed away this past winter. Jay and I met him and became friends with him shortly after we moved here 27 years ago. This afternoon all the kids along with some of their friends came here. They all fished for a while and rode the 4-wheeler and then the grand kids decided to jump in the pond and swim. They had a blast. Jay grilled hot dogs and corn on the cob on the grill for supper.

The DNR came here yesterday and asked permission to set up some nets to catch bats. They are looking for a specific bat called the "Indiana Brown Bat". It is determined by measuring the hair on its toes. NO KIDDING! They set 2 traps here and starting about 8:30 PM until 1:30 AM they checked them every 20 minutes. They are doing it again tonight. The reason for the project is because a coal company is interesting in mining in this area and if an "Indiana Brown Bat" is found then they cannot mine because it is an endangered species. Interesting ,uh?

I must get these dirty kids in the shower before Rob and Les get back from seeing some friends so I must go. Love ya all!!

I spent the morning at the market hog sale at the fair buying a hog for our business. We usually have it re-sold but decided this year to have it processed for meat. It was a hot morning. I was so impressed and proud of the exhibitors because as each one sold their animal they along with a parent would find the buyer of their animal, thank him/her, shake their hand and give them a large glass of lemonade. It's is heart warming to see the respect their parents have taught them. After the sale I stopped at our electrical supply store to return some material and then on home to (what else) get some more office stuff done. I am on the job site most days along with the crew on top of tall ladders, hanging from a truss or 3 bucks high on scaffolding but also keep all the office work done. I need a secretary for myself but have decided it would be harder to train someone then to just do it myself. Once a week I mow our 5 acres here too but that is one thing I enjoy. It is my official thinking time.

I am so excited to know that my Daviess County kids (Rob, Leslie, Brooke and Ethan) will be here tomorrow. Brooke always starts a countdown via e-mail before they come home. We have a busy weekend scheduled for them as they have to meet with contractors, flooring people and cabinet people while they are here. In case you didn't know they own a house here and it was severely damaged by a hot water line break about 6weeks ago. It pumped in 5000 gallon hot water in 1 week. It was a blessing in disguise as now it will be like a new home inside. It is getting all new flooring, drywall, insulation, cabinets, lights, and paint. Us electricians plan to also install all new receptacles and switches. Brooke has promised me one of her famous back massages and a manicure while they are here. Boy do I need that!!!!Yea God!! She says it is payment for handling the water mess at there house for them.

Sis Lou called today to give me an update on mom's medical situation. Seems she has a few more problems to ad to her list. Mom amazes me for all she still does at her age. Leslie said when she was there yesterday picking corn mom showed up in the garden to pick corn too.Please keep her uplifted in your prayers as she deals with the latest problems.

Since they are arriving tomorrow I guess I'd better get some cleaning done tonight so I can run to the grocery store tomorrow after I sleep in for a little while in the morning.

My first blog

Hey everyone! I can't believe I am doing this but with a lot of my family blogging I figured I might as well too. It is a great way to keep up with everyone. We actually took a break(part of the day) from work todayand went to see the steer show at the fair. We havethe largest junior fair in the state and the steer show is a big thing. We had not missed a show in 27 years and it always brings back memories of from our kids showed. To give you an idea how big it is there were 96 steers showing, close to 500 market hogs and about 150 lambs. After lunch we went to our new church building which we finished a week ago today to check on some little details that still need done. Then stopped by another new church going up that we need to put the new electrical service in tomorrow. It was so nice to have an actual break from "work" this morning as we have been working 6 long days a week for quite a while. We had 5 big commercial jobs going at once and were getting pretty burned out. I personally put in 60 hours on the job last week not counting the 30 minute drive to and from. It was for our new church so it was worth it. We had our first service in it last Sunday and it was awesome. We are so blessed to have an awesome pastor. As I blog you will see me refer to Pastor Greg quite often as Pastor G. and our church Fellowship Of Faith as FOF. You can log on to www.ygod.org and read about our church and our vision. Our goal is to "Transform Lives and Serve Jesus Christ." Well I have a lot of business paperwork to do before bed so I better stop for now. Talk to you all soon.