Busy Weekend

Friday PM

Regatta with the Vision of Hope girls at Adam's Mill. Our family sponsored the event where we taught the girls how to make paper boats and then sailed them down the river in a grand race. The winner got a huge gift basket of snacks. The VOH girls floated down the river with the boats. For some of the girls it was the first time they'd ever been in a creek.

Saturday

Event #1 - 7 am - 10 am Sort out the many, many piles of clothes. Begin some loads of laundry while doing the dishes that seem to sprout and reproduce on the counter.

Event #2 - 10 - 11:15 am Take the girls to their surprise adventure for the Saturday - a car wash where they get to do the work. FUN!

Event #3 - 11:15 - 12:15 Stop and pick up lunch from Subway, race home, and eat on the picnic table

Event #4 - 12:15 - 1:15 get the fastest baths and showers you've ever seen, throw on our wedding clothes, and head out to our friend's wedding.

Event #5 - 1:15 - 1:45 travel to VOH to pick up the VOH girls for the wedding

Event #6 - 1:45 - 3 Wedding of Rachael Lanz.

Shelby with Danyelle, an intern at VOH, at the wedding.

Hailey and Nicky, her special friend who just accepted Christ as her Saviour, together at the wedding.

One of the reenacters at the wedding with VOH girls. The bride and groom do historic reenactments.

Event #7 - 3 - 3:45 pm Wedding Reception

Hailey, Shelby, and her VOH friends riding the funky little bike thingy at the wedding reception.

Shelby playing at the playground at the church where the reception was held.



A rare photo of me (albeit it with my hair all needing to be colored really badly)

Event #8 - 3:45 - 4 pm Transport the VOH girls back to the house

Event #9 - 4 - 5:15 pm Crisis counseling with a VOH girl having a hard time handling a difficult situation

Event #10 - 5:15 - 5:30 pm Travel to Kendra Adamson's Graduation Open House

Event #11 - 5:30 - 7:30 pm Kendra Adamson's Graduation Open House. Visit with friends, talk to Shane and Christine Bolton about their precious triplets.

Kendra, Hailey, Rebecca, Shelby, and one of the VOH girls that attended the open house (Shelby is totally attached to her). Kendra and Rebecca are Miss Teena's daughters and they are like big sisters to the girls.

Event #12 - 7:30 - 9:30 pm Fly home, have supper, cuddling time, and throw the girls in bed telling them to fall asleep as quickly as they can so we can get to church on time the next morning.

Sunday

Event #13 - 8 - 11 am Church

Event #14 - 11 - 12 am Lunch at The Great Wall Chinese Restaurant. YUMMY!

Event #15 - 12 - 2 pm Playing at Columbian Park. While we were there we ran into Dana Todhunter and her son, Connor, who is in Shelby's Sunday School class. We had so much fun and rode the train around the park.

Event #16 - 2 - 2:30 pm Travel home

Event #17 - 2:30 - 5 pm Nap in sweet bliss with the wind blowing in the windows

Event #18 - 5 - 7 pm Lay outside cuddling with the babies in the beautiful sunny afternoon.

Event #19 - 7 - 8 pm Supper, Cuddling Time, Bed

AHHHHHHHHH. . . . . . . . . . What a wonderful, busy, marvelous weekend!

Monday

Event #20 - 5:30 am Up and ready for the day

Event #21 - 6:30 am Drive the girls to Frankfort for their Summer Daycare. That's going to be a long commute every day, but it's worth it to have them go somewhere good.

Event #22 - 7:30 am Fly into work, get ready for an 8 am - 4 pm meeting with people wanting to start a home similar to VOH

Event #23 - 3 pm Surprise, got done with meetings early

Event #24 - 4 pm Counsel a VOH resident

Event #25 - 5:30 pm Tornado Warnings going off all over the place; Decide whether to drive home or stay in the Tornado Shelter; Decide to drive home since the tornado looks to be south of us; Encounter the most freakishly scary lightning experience of my life as I see an ENORMOUS cloud to ground lightning bolt hit the ground in the field about 50 yards from my Jeep while I'm turning onto my road; hightail it home and kiss my kids and praise God that I'm alive.

Whew!!!! What a weekend!