Short and Sweet

So this is going to be a short and sweet update...

Last week Tim was at camp with the Senior High students, which he had a blast at again! I think he is still a little "star struck" that he gets paid to have that much fun! Although Saturday was spent napping since there wasn't a lot of sleep that was had the week prior!

While Tim was at camp I had a relaxing week alone with the puppies...did some crafts and took care of some domestic duties but mainly was lazy and bummed around the house. I did apply for a few more jobs but unfortunately no luck...but that's okay. Tim and I will be coming home at the end of August for a bit so I think for now the job hunt is on hold since I don't want to miss that opportunity...but it gives me plenty of time to be crafty and enjoy the time we have together before his schedule gets more busy!

Not much has happened this week so far...Tim's been at the church, meeting with the youth, having small group and I believe he is starting to get Sunday school material ready and put together for this up coming year! Its crazy how fast time is moving! Some schools here start on the 5th of August and the rest are starting on the 14th of August! I can't believe how early school starts here it's insane! But I guess I don't have to worry about it since I'm no longer in school. But now it'll be just enjoying our time together until school starts and Tim's schedule gets even crazier than it is already!

Blessings!

Hot, Hot, Hot!

Man its hot outside! So thankful for air conditioning that works and that this week is almost over with! It looks like it's suppose to cool down a little! I really wish someone could or would invent an "air-trapper" that would trap air that is cold and hot in separate container things and all we would need to do is flip a switch and just the right amount of cold or warm air would release cooling or warming us...that'd be nice but probably impossible!

So last week I don't really remember all that happened well at least not at the beginning of the week but the end of the week was fun!


Tuesday we had our small group in the evening, which was good as always!
Thursday Tim and I went out to dinner and saw Grown Ups 2, which is just as good as the first one I think!
Friday we went to a Quad-Cities River Bandits baseball game with a few people from the church, which was pretty fun! I believe for those of you in the cities the River Bandits are the same as the St. Paul Saints...I believe...pretty sure that's what Tim said. But anyway while we were there we learned that Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau (sorry if I spelt their last names wrong) played for the River Bandits, which was cool.
Saturday we spent pretty much ALL day at the John Deere Classic, which is apart of the PGA tour. It definitely was a new experience for me. We watched a lot of the groups start at the first hole until the guy that Tim wanted to follow went then we walked with him for about 2 holes, it was really HOT and very crowded so we went back and watched the ones come in at the 18th hole. Overall pretty fun day!

Last week and early this week there were a lot of birthdays and an anniversary so I did what I love to do and that was make some cards! I also made a get well soon card that was needed to be sent. You will find the cards below.

Birthday card for one of my sisters.

Birthday card for my dad.

Birthday card for my niece that had her FIRST birthday! 

Anniversary card for Tim's sister and brother-in-law!

Just another view. 

And the Get Well Soon card! 

I also gave Wini a bath last week and she wasn't to thrilled but she enjoyed it once she realized she could try and drink the water...didn't let that happen though! I think she is cute when she's wet so took a picture of her!

Hope everyone has had a great week so far and a blessed weekend! 

Blessings!

Home Sweet Home

So as it turns out I found my camera and I have no idea how I thought where I put it was a good idea...although I have a feeling I had put it in the box with the other things to file because my intentions of going through that box were probably pretty high at the time but slowly diminished, but none the less I did find it and it will be going in my desk where it belongs.

As promised here is our new house tour...it won't take two days like the last tour but we are pretty blessed to have found this house and our landlords are pretty much amazing!

The front of the house
Side Note: I took this picture when I was house hunting, but nothing has changed other than the trees have more leaves now and there are a few plants under the big window. 

One side of the spare room/ craft room
It was REALLY hard to pick just the "essentials" or most used items!
The rest is stored down stairs in the basement in a corner.
Yup I'm missing my craft room that I had in Hazen...

Other side of the spare room/ craft room

Part of our bathroom

Other view of the bathroom

Our bedroom view 1

Our bedroom view 2

View 1 of the living room...yup those are the dogs favorite spots...can you say SPOILED! 

View 2 of the living room

View 3 of the living room...notice how the dogs didn't move :)

"The Den"/ Tim's office space

View 1 of the kitchen or the dining room whichever way you wanna look at it!

The "real" part of the Kitchen 

Part of the back yard...its REALLY hot and humid today and my camera lens kept fogging up
so you may have to squint a little to see it clearly.  

The other part of the back yard

Another try to capture the back yard

And yet another try! 

Well thats the new house in picture tour form! I hope you enjoyed it! We certainly do! 

This last week was pretty low key. Tim came back from camp on June 28th, we had some company (my sister, her husband, my brother and my niece) that weekend which was nice. 

Sunday was good. We had church and then we were invited for a pool party with some couples our age which was very nice and relaxing! 

Monday Tim had off since he had to "work" on his day off the week before. He had a great time at camp! He is very much looking forward to go again in two weeks with the senior high. 

Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty normal days with Tim at the church and then me home attending to my domestic duties. Tuesdays we have a young adults (20-30's) small group at our home and we again had a blast with that! 

Thursday was Independence Day and in the morning we had an evangelism outreach at the Firecracker Run in East Moline handing out postcards with the Kingdom Builders Sermon Series scheduled and church information on it along with a granola bar, a few youth helped with that and then later in the afternoon we were invited to members house for a BBQ/ Pool Party which was nice and relaxing again minus the slight sun burn and bug bites but that comes with the territory though. We didn't go to any fireworks mainly because we aren't quite sure where we would have parked and such but it was ok since if we stood out on the street we could see three different shows at once so I did get to watch for a little bit. 

Friday we relaxed mostly. Went to Sam's Club...which not sure if I've said this before or not but I LOVE THAT PLACE! We stocked up on some meat and a few snacks and frozen goods! 

Saturday was very relaxed, got to sleep in and just hung out around the house. 

Sunday the 7th was Tim's first preaching Sunday, which he did a wonderful job! 

Yesterday Tim had office hours and I put my heart into job searching again...I applied for 6 jobs and now I am waiting to hear back...which is the worst part I think! But God has a plan and we know He will open doors he wants opened and shut the ones that he doesn't. 

And today Tim has his office hours and I've been pretty productive with my domestic duties...I really like saying that phrase "domestic duties"...even though I could think of a million and one reasons to do something else it's still fun to say!

But ANYWAY the doggies are giving me their signal they need to head on outside so I should let them out and continue with my To-Do list for the day! 

Many Blessings!