Stuff & more stuff

Been a busy week.  I've done 5 photo shoots in 4 days and will have my work cut out for me next week when I go to edit all of them!  I snapped this one of Rachel out at IMA while I was taking Daniel and Becky's family photos.

On Wednesday I helped at Rachel's school during their fall party.  The kids had yesterday and today off for fall break.

And on a sad note, I just found out that Dallas Clark...#44...the Colts tight end....guy whose jersey I have....is out for the season. :(   Don't worry Dallas (because I'm sure he reads my blog) I'll keep wearing your number with pride this year. 

Monday

Decided to declare today a "TV Free" day.  The results so far are promising!  More time spent talking to each other about our day.  Sat down and did a round of "Sad, Mad, Glad" where each person talks about something that made them sad, mad, and glad today.  Had a nice dinner with no one rushing through their meal so they can go watch a show.  And all the chores are completed.  I may institute "TV Free Monday" as an ongoing event in this house. :)

Awana Superhero Night

Conference Adventures

Spent this weekend with 17 women from my church at the EWomen Conference in Ft. Wayne.  I wasn't really familiar with a lot of the speakers, but I thought they all were very good.  We were treated to Chonda Pierce on the first evening.  Man, did I laugh......a lot!  We heard Selah & Newsong in concert.  I first heard Newsong 20 years ago at a youth conference when it was just 4 guys singing with music tracks, and they looked like this

Only the 2 guys on the left are still in the band.,  They have a very talented lead singer and now they perform with a full band.  They are great to hear live.....even if they did perform "Christmas Shoes" which is my least favorite Christmas song EVER!!

 I got the task of driving the church van.  It's sort of dicey to manuever that thing through Indianapolis interstate traffic around rush hour, but we prayed hard for protection before we left so it's all good!  Got to have a good time with a lot of friends.

Got to get to know some new friends better!

And when I got home only one household item had been broken....BONUS!!

Odds and Ends

The youth praise band that Aaron plays in played on Sunday morning.  They did a great job!  Here's a video of their performance.

Today was Guest Lunch day for Rachel's class so I joined her at the cafeteria.  Rachel takes her lunch so I packed up a sandwich in what else.....a Hello Kitty lunch bag.  I wanted to blend in! :)

Our neighbors are rejoicing!! :)

Happy Birthday Aaron!



Happy 13th Birthday Aaron!

It's official - the Hackney 4 now includes a teenager!