Finally!

Finally we were able to have our first services at
the new location!

It wasn't completely finished...there were things left unpainted,
base boards that hadn't gotten put up and little odd and end
things that would have been nice to have done... ;o)
but despite that...it was still beautiful.

Don't you just love the chairs ;o) The ones we ordered in
JANUARY weren't ready yet--??--so, the company sent us
loaner chairs...as you can see in the picture...
they didn't all match. ;o(

But they weren't squeaky~and didn't hurt my back~
and there wasn't any gum under them to get stuck to
my skirt!------well, before church there wasn't. ;o)

This picture is taken from the sound room...I snapped it 
as people were coming in. They counted 310...but
I think they missed a few. I noticed there were some 
kiddos sitting in the same chair all over the building.

Hubby led the singing...the wood on the stage came

from the sanctuary floor of the old church building..

it's really pretty!

Kailey, Elijah, Kayla & Landon...Kayla loves to

babysit ;o) Bro. Jerry says she's in training to be the

head of the nursery.

Look at those smiles!

We had a lot of kids on the bus...they love

when it's time for the little missionary offereing.

Hubby's dad~Leonard Ballinger~preached a good Father's

 Day message...this is a terrible picture...but someone

with little fingers changed my camera setting ;o)

I want to say a great big

THANK YOU

to everyone who helped work on the church building...

I know there were some that wanted too and couldn't and

some just didn't have the time---but there's still a few more

phases left and plenty to be done for you to get in on the fun! ;o)

...but just between us...

I hope it's a few weeks before we start ;o)

I'm exhausted!

Foul Balls & Free Food

What would you trade for a foul ball?

Ethan caught a foul ball at the Diamond Jaxx game the
other night...

I guess if it had been his favorite team he may have kept it...

but 7 Chick-fil-a 'free' food coupons, a bookmark and

a $5 bill sealed the deal.

Smart boy!

He said, "You can't eat a ball"

Just had to share!

  Remember the last outfit I posted??

I added an applique letter to it!

Isn't it cute?!?

This is is before the applique...it's reversible...

so you have 2 cute outfits in one.

This is with the applique letters!

Just thought I'd share!

This is what I've been busy working on this week!

Hello~

Have you ever been so busy that you didn't think

you were ever going to get a break??

Well~I have (still am) ;o) ~

We have been working super hard trying to get this church

building finished...hubby's sister Linda has been such a great help.

I couldn't imagine where we would be without her...

I did learn to grout tile...it's definitley not one of my favorite
jobs to do either...actually...it's probably way down on the list...
like in the hundreds. ;o) My knees are still bruised! Not to
be whiney-but I think next time I may give in and try the
knee pads ;o)

We have some awesome church folks that have
been there day in and day out working...

The don't have to....they want to...

We are all tired of meeting at the PDC

building...thankful to have it, but there's no place like home.

Satan has been up to his dirty tricks, working overtime trying
his best to keep us out of that building...but I've got news
for him...he's not gonna win - no way, no how!

Oh~softball started again...our youth team are the ones in the green.

Dalton has been nicknamed 'chicken legs' ...he definitely

doesn't get that from me ;o)

Alex & Ethan 

I don't have any pictures of the adult team yet...maybe that's

because all of their games are at 9 p.m...well, the schedule

says 9...but it's usually later than that.

I bought a new pattern!

The top is reversible...this picture doesn't do it justice

because it's really super cute! 

Oh yeah~and I turned the big 36 last Wednesday!

I know birthdays are a blessing...I really do...but

these days I'm sure feeling old ;o)

I wonder if 2 teenage boys have anything to do with that?

lol

...or maybe their 6 teenage friends that have been

here over the weekend. ha~

I will try to post some pictures of our new building soon...

Enjoy your Sunday!

~Youth Carwash Pictures~

Have you ever washed a car when it was freezing cold

outside? Well...we have ;o) Saturday was the youth carwash...

and it was freezing cold and very windy!...but despite the

cool weather we still had plenty to do.

It looks like I caught Ashley being naughty or atleast thinking

about it~I think she decided against it in the end though ;o)

They spent waaay too long on this car! ;o)

If you zoom in on this picture Sean is trying to

spray Bro. John with the water...

The money the youth raised will help send them to youth camp.

Hopefully it will be a little warmer when they have the next carwash!