July

Summer sure is going by quickly.  I am enjoying the week off from no kids.  Jenna has to babysit M-W this week, but she is usually pretty good about not depending on me.  We are about 3 weeks away from Haiti and we are now down to needing only $350!!  God sure is good.  Doors have been opened wide open and He is providing.  It hasn't been easy, but it is coming.


We enjoyed the 4th with friends.  Joshua started working for a brick mason.  He hates it.  It cracks me up because the only reason he hates it is because they all speak Spanish and he has no one to talk too.  Joshua and Jacob went to camp last week.  Jenna stayed with me to babysit and also help me babysit.  I surprised Jack with an overnight trip.  I was able to email his boss and ask if he could have the day off and then I took him to Ikea.  We have been re-doing our bathroom and he was begging me to take him to Ikea, but I kept putting him off because I knew I was taking him this weekend.  We spent 3 hours there and then we went to a concert with Jeremy Camp, Mercy Me, Natalie Grant and Meredith Andrews.  It was probably one of the best ones I have been too.


I need to take pictures of the bathroom, but here is the story.  Jack asked me one day if I wanted to go anywhere and I said "Lowes".  He asked me why and I told him because I wanted to dream!!  I found some "cheap" flooring I wanted to use to replace the bathroom.  What was supposed to be a $35 project turned into over $1500!!  Why?  We found a leak that was rotting the floor, so we had to rip everything out. I guess that is what I get for dreaming!!