Well another busy week. I've learned a new function at work to help another office on my team - along with working my office and back up my sister office. The sad thing is that with learning indexing - it's the first step to get quotes into the right queue for an office - my office and back up office don't index timely for my co-worker and me. I wish I could do indexing for Portland/Seattle instead. Oh well.
Our mission team arrived home Wednesday morning and I am hearing lots of awesome stories of what they were able to do in Lima to help that missionary down there. Pastor Josh said we'll have a slide show and testimonies next Sunday - can't wait.
Tuesday night I headed out at 8:00 pm to watch the LWF softball team play two games - they play in Raccoon River Park which is close to me. Unfortunately they outcome wasn't in LWF's favor for either game but it was fun to watch them. I tell people how Rowdy waits for me at the kitchen door when I come home and Sadie sometimes is there waiting. Check out the pic below - not the best pic because they were moving - but they were both waiting for Mommy Tuesday night after 10:00 when I got home after the games :)
Thursday night I headed out to Altoona to help our sister church with their final night of Vacation Bible School. They sang songs, had a quick skit, talked to the parents that had come to family night and then turned the kids loose to get in line for their school supply giveaway and ice cream. The picture below shows some of the crowd. When they said to run over to get their free school supplies it looked like a herd of locust heading our way - and not getting into a line. So I'm yelling, "Line, get into a line" as we were being invaded :) I was glad I could help that night.
Friday night a family in our small group was having a cookout and showing a movie outside - "Wreck It Ralph" which is an animated movie. I thought it would be fun and headed over around 7:15 for a little food, more fellowship and then show time at 8:45ish. Dennis put up a big white sheet to show the movie on. It was really cute - and it got pretty chilly before it ended. I think everyone was wrapped up in a blanket :) Earlier in the evening I had grabbed my pastor's youngest girl, Neriah, to have a little baby time. She is just a riot. Check out her taking a picture of herself with my phone :)
Saturday I had to get things done at the house starting with a very bad kitty pooper pan. I will warn you the picture below is bad. Rowdy and Sadie have been dealing with loose poo since I got them and I've been working with my vet to try to get their tummies settled. There is nothing physically wrong with them when their poo was tested. I had them on a low fiber diet food that did not help - so put them on something else and it seemed to work for a while and then it didn't. So this is what I had to deal with. I thought I was going to pass out from the ammonia smell from it all.
Stick had it's first blooms of the season too - and of course that picture can't get uploaded for some reason. I also attacked my front and back enclosed porches and they are looking pretty good.
Today we had a really good sermon - we are going to be studying the Lord's Prayer all August. Pastor Josh did the three verses preceeding it as his "intro sermon". Then I headed to the movie theater to see "Red2" with a friend. It was pretty good.
Looking at my calendar for this coming week, I have something every night and something Saturday morning and Saturday night - wow. And they are all church related except one.
My niece and I are heading to the Iowa State Fair Thursday (can't believe it's time for the fair) and then hopefully I'll be back on the other side of town that evening to hand out flyers in the neighborhood for our free school supply giveaway which will be August 17th.
The picture below is of Rowdy trying to attack the fly that was in my bedroom Saturday, he's such a goober.
