Yummy!

The Smith girls came over and made us dinner last night. It was so yummy!
It was all weight watcher friendly food.
Here is the stuffed rolled up chicken before they baked it. I didn't get a picture of it after it was done. We scarfed it up!
Here they are making apple turnovers . . . . boy were they good!
Thank you Lynette, Chrissie and Cassie for all you do for us. We love having you here living life with us. You guys are such a blessing to many! I love you!

Backyard Fun!

Kristen and Abi had matching skirts and leggings on. Cuties!
Nicholas playing football with some little guys . . . .how sweet are they?
Our back patio . . . we have already put this to good use! We love it!
Daddy and Kristen (I think they were spying on the neighbors! HA)
Those boys love their basketball goal! And how cool that they have their own "court" to play on. God is so kind! I am so happy that they can play basketball again.

Our school room - YAY!

One of my favorite rooms of our house is our school room. It is so nice to have a room just for school, crafts, and projects. The best part . . . . the double doors off the foyer close so no one has to see our mess! YAY! We start school on Monday . . . .how exciting!

Kristen's room . . . . her curtain is polka dots but it is hard to see in this picture. So cute
The boys' room. Their quilt is red, navy, tan and white so I painted the bottom navy and the top tan with a white chair rail. I love the red curtain!

Here's the new place . . . God is so kind!

Weight Watchers Update

Well it's been awhile since I have posted anything about weight watchers on here. We are doing great! We really like the program and we have now been on it for 10 weeks. It's hard to believe it has been 10 weeks already. We find it very easy to follow and we don't feel deprived of anything that we want to eat. That is the best part about WW . . . . you can eat whatever you want, you just have to stay within your points allowance for the day.
As of this morning I have lost 18 pounds! I am not sure John's exact loss but I know it is near 30 pounds. He has really been serious about doing the Wii Fit and it has really helped him. And with this move . . . . we have both worked our tails off! We have a really nice neighborhood to walk in. There is one circle that is 1/2 a mile around and another that is 1 mile. And unlike our last neighborhood . . . . it is all flat, no hills!

We have moved!

God is so amazing. We LOVE our church body. Not because we had a huge turn out of people helping us move, but because they truly love us and care for us and because we truly love and care for them. They are our family! They serve with joy and that just makes me smile. What a testimony this church family is to me.
We moved yesterday to our new place. We all feel so at home here already. We love it! I will post pics soon. I need to get things put away first.
The boys were especially blessed today. When we moved to Crestview 2 years ago, they had to leave behind their basketball goal because for one, we didn't have room on the truck, and for another, our lease for our home didn't allow them to have one. So for two years they have not played basketball. If you are from Indiana, that is what you do is play basketball all day long, every day! The boys have been so good about it all though. Well our new home has a huge cement patio out back just perfect for a basketball goal so Johnathn has been mowing our neighbor's yard to make some cash to save for a basketball goal. Would you know that today, our first whole day in our new neighborhood, our neighbor here had a basketball goal for sale for $40! So Johnathan went over and bought it right away and came bringing it home and set it all up. He was expecting to spend $150 on a new one. God just amazes me how he blesses us with the little things. God is so kind! Nicholas was thrilled to death to be able to play shirts and skins and get all stinky. Why do boys love to smell bad? It is like they are proud of this odor they produced . . . .I guess it does take some effort. Anyway, I was just in awe of God today in how he provides the simple everyday pleasures for us to enjoy. We don't deserve anything but he blesses us because he loves us so.