Busy Weekend

Last Friday my family and I went to some booksales with some friends of ours. It was fun!! There was a huge line.  Thankfully, we got there early enough to not be so far behind. After walking around and finding some really good books we all went to Chick-fil-a. After we picked up our food, everybody headed back to our house. When everybody finished eating, the boys all had a big Nerf war and the older girls all went outside to watch the younger ones. After everbody left, my family and I all got back into the car to go to a thrift store and the library and then my Dads' work to pick him up. When we all got home and after eating a quick dinner we headed to another booksale where I also found some good books. In case you haven't guessed already I really like books!!

Then, Saturday morning I went with Mom to look at a bicycle for my little sister at a garage sale. It looked almost brand new!! After calling my Dad to ask if the tire size was okay, Mom bought it. When we arrived at home Providence had just woken up. My brother Josiah and I brought the bicycle into our kitchen where Providence couldn't see it. When the whole family was in the living room Dad told Providence that we had a surprise for her. Josiah wheeled it into the living room. She was surprised!! She went out there and rode it with her new helmet. :)

Riding outside, still a little sleepy.

Providence's New Gear

Last night Mom went to Walmart and bought Providence a helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, and gloves. Providence was so happy and excited!!! We all went outside to watch her scooter at 9: 13 PM, and then out again this morning. :)


This afternoon my kitten Pippin decided to take a nap on top of a coil of rope. :)


Doesn't he have such a hard life!! :)

Apple Bread, Potato Salad and Flood???

This morning I mixed up 4 batches of apple bread, since our kitchen is being remodeled this was no easy feat. :) When I had just finished the second batch of apple bread and put the potatoes to boil, our washing machine flooded. For the past two days our washing machine was unhooked so we could tile. This morning we were getting caught up on laundry, when it flooded. After wiping up the laundry room and trying to keep the water from going down the air vent, I went downstairs to see how bad it had leaked down there. When I arrived the floor of the whole back corner was soaked, as was the table, clothes, boxes of clothes, tool boxes, lightbulbs, and window shutters. After wiping that all up and having fans blow, I went back upstairs with a basketful of dirty towels to be washed (trying to wash towels just created more to be washed). As soon as I set the basket down to be washed, I went back to the potatoes only to find they were between mush and firm. :) Oh well, they still worked.


Dry ingredients.



Apple bread finished

NRA Yearly Gun Show 2012!

This past Saturday my family helped a church family move. It was great! We were all trying to load the boxes and furniture onto the moving truck without getting soaked (it was raining)! :)  Then after we were done, our family went to the NRA conference! The National Rifle Association gun show was amazing! There was a estimate of 64,000 people there! Our family went 5 years ago when it was held in St. Louis, but it wasn't this packed! At the beginning you could hardly move. We all headed to the back where it was less crowded. Sorry if some of the pictures are blurry, I kept trying to get a picture before someone walked in the way, and didn't have enough time to get the camera to focus. :)

Isn't this an amazing yellow safe?!

  

My brother Josiah aiming a gun.



Henry Rifle Stands.



My brother Joshua trying out a gun.

All of the people there!