The tradition continues

MAD Day -something we invented our year of college. It stands for Mary, Amanda, & Doris...and believe me, it's madness when we get back together. It's tons of laughter and gratefulness of this amazing bond that hasn't diminished over time and miles. When we were in college, we knew that we needed to set aside a specific day to meet or else we might get too busy to ever get together. So, the actual MAD day is August 26th...though at the moment, I can't remember why that day. This was the fourth year that we've come together, but the first year we were able to spend a significant amount of time together. Mary and Doris came to my house Wednesday night, and we left Thursday to drove to Nashville. We stayed for nights, and finally returned home on Monday. We went on a tour of the Grand Ole Opry -with senior citizens...which makes it mostly funny. We did lots of shopping and went on a historical night tour of Franklin, Tennessee. It was great fun, and I already miss the camaraderie of the girls....



I'm excited about the reunion this weekend. I hope that it's as fun as I've been dreaming. I've been looking forward to this weekend for about 2 months. Andy and I both have Friday off, which will be exciting as well. And, we're picking up Carey...which is really exciting, too. So...fun times await. :)

Fun & Happy Times

So, lots has happened. Ummm, Gwyn came to visit. She stayed for 3 days, and it was lovely for me to have her here. I'm so excited that she's a fairly short drive away if I feel the need to visit her. She left a week ago this past Wednesday to head back to Bloomington. On Wednesday night I thought someone was trying to break in our house, but it was just a tree falling and causing the electrical wires to rip from our house and take away our electricity. We were finally able to get our electricity back Friday afternoon, but Andy and I are really grateful for those electricity-less days. It was a great renewal time...kind of like going to church camp to get away from it all, only we just had to come home.

On September 1st we went to a wedding for Andy's reporter. It was in Bowling Green, KY which was a nice drive. The wedding was pretty...and I came home with ribbons and boxes.

Then, I started in on making my room for Awana. It was a really long process because everytime I nearly finished one thing, I thought of something new to add to my "to-do" list. I bought the electronic cricut cutter, and I have to say I love it. It's been tons of fun, and it's really saved me lots of work. Oh, and I also found a teacher supply store here in town, which was exciting to walk through. I think that the room turned out wonderful, and I hope that I can maintain the excitement throughout the year. I had 11 girls in my class the first night. I thought I would only have 8 but I prepared for 12, which I'm quite glad for now.

So, the week is coming to an end and at least at this point we actually don't have anything scheduled to do over the weekend...and we're not even teaching Sunday school. So it seems as though we're totally free which is quite exciting.