We had fun teaching Eddie how to play Dutch Blitz. Hopefully we can do it again soon!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Guests January 19, 2010
Finally, Catressa Hamilton brought her boyfriend, Eddie Sweetwood, over to meet us. I had done a sewing job for them remodeling a size 56 football jersey down to a size medium so it would fit Eddie. They came over to pick up the shirt, eat supper with us, and play some Dutch Blitz. It was fun to see Catressa again, and to meet Eddie.
We had fun teaching Eddie how to play Dutch Blitz. Hopefully we can do it again soon!
We had fun teaching Eddie how to play Dutch Blitz. Hopefully we can do it again soon!
Fun at Federal Heights Jan. 17, 2010
We have been having a great time helping at evening Sunday School in Federal Heights. Judy Hunt has been in charge of a series on the Armor of God with a different piece of armor introduced every week and a Bible story to go along.
Here Ben Reynolds is modeling the armor pieces: the helmet of salvation and the breastplate of righteousness.
The story was about the 5 kings who captured Lot and how Abraham rescued him, all the other people, and their stuff. Ben was the vigilante who captured Lot, (Jeffrey).
The action was so fast moving, that I didn't get the camera up in time to capture Abraham (Rowen) whopping Vigilante Ben on the head with a big stick and rescuing Lot. Here is Rowen looking calm and innocent after the brave deed!
For a fun activity, the kids played a war game against sin (black balloons) with empty paper towel rolls. It was a riot! Below is a still picture of the war, and then a video of the war.
Enjoy! Notice how the helpers had a great time too!
Here Ben Reynolds is modeling the armor pieces: the helmet of salvation and the breastplate of righteousness.
The story was about the 5 kings who captured Lot and how Abraham rescued him, all the other people, and their stuff. Ben was the vigilante who captured Lot, (Jeffrey).
The action was so fast moving, that I didn't get the camera up in time to capture Abraham (Rowen) whopping Vigilante Ben on the head with a big stick and rescuing Lot. Here is Rowen looking calm and innocent after the brave deed!
For a fun activity, the kids played a war game against sin (black balloons) with empty paper towel rolls. It was a riot! Below is a still picture of the war, and then a video of the war.
Enjoy! Notice how the helpers had a great time too!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Rowen's Birthday
Thursday, January 21, was my 52nd birthday. As usual, my family made it a special day by making fruit pies (instead of cake), and having our friends, the Kauses, for supper. I have always told Janet that fruit pies are "real food", while cake is only fluff. Janet used the opportunity to give Beth experience at making the pies...
Beth got to make the woven top on the pie, and it turned out perfectly!
Together they made the best cherry pie, and a delicious pumpkin pie. Thanks ladies!
After eating, the girls and adults played "The game of Things", (we didn't get a good picture) while the boys played Legos.
It was a good kind of birthday celebration for an aging, but grateful man ;-)).
Beth got to make the woven top on the pie, and it turned out perfectly!
Together they made the best cherry pie, and a delicious pumpkin pie. Thanks ladies!
After eating, the girls and adults played "The game of Things", (we didn't get a good picture) while the boys played Legos.
It was a good kind of birthday celebration for an aging, but grateful man ;-)).
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Really old news about the quilt I made for Randy and Joy for Christmas!
I made a quilt for Randy and Joy for Christmas using fabrics that the candle lighters at their wedding in 2006 had their dresses made from. It was a surprise for them, even though they knew "someday" I was going to make them a quilt. This pattern is called "Wagon Tracks" and I found it on the internet after I saw one block one of my facebook friends had made.
We gave it to Randy and Joy at Thanksgiving at the Scoles gathering in Columbia, MO. It is on their bed now and they are enjoying it.
Jeffrey and Jason's room
Jeffrey and Jason's room before:
Jeffrey had to decide what color he wanted to use out of the paint we had available. Jason suggested stripes using all of them, but his motion was voted down.
He used the blue primer we had for the girls' room, but added some white primer with it. Then he did all the cutting in with the green.
Jason did all the taping and "gophering", plus supplied the room with Radio Theatre. This picture shows the new ceiling fan/light, without the shade on it.
Jeffrey let me do all of the rolling of the primer and the green. It was really fun! (We sent Rowen on a mission to hunt down new tennis shoes for Emily, so the painting field was left open for me.) We don't have a color name for the green, because it was a "mis-tint" Jeffrey got cheap at ACE Hardware. But it was very good paint; it was ACE paint.
Next we had to decide what kind of faux technique to use. The one on the left was repainted over with green and that wall was left green.
I got a phone call while I was fauxing.
You can see in my hand the sea sponge I used for the fauxing. I also have a piece of styrofoam that was helpful for getting in the corners and edges.
The west wall of their room after it was put back together. We still need to decorate this wall.
The south and east walls of the room. I need to make curtains that go with the new paint. (A project for another day.)
The entry to their room. This little wall and the south wall are the only ones that are fauxed. The picture was painted for Jason by Russell Richardson, in about 10 minutes, back in 2005.
It was fun painting the boys' room! We called off painting for awhile, until we have more time to do our bedroom...
Jeffrey had to decide what color he wanted to use out of the paint we had available. Jason suggested stripes using all of them, but his motion was voted down.
He used the blue primer we had for the girls' room, but added some white primer with it. Then he did all the cutting in with the green.
Jason did all the taping and "gophering", plus supplied the room with Radio Theatre. This picture shows the new ceiling fan/light, without the shade on it.
Jeffrey let me do all of the rolling of the primer and the green. It was really fun! (We sent Rowen on a mission to hunt down new tennis shoes for Emily, so the painting field was left open for me.) We don't have a color name for the green, because it was a "mis-tint" Jeffrey got cheap at ACE Hardware. But it was very good paint; it was ACE paint.
Next we had to decide what kind of faux technique to use. The one on the left was repainted over with green and that wall was left green.
I got a phone call while I was fauxing.
You can see in my hand the sea sponge I used for the fauxing. I also have a piece of styrofoam that was helpful for getting in the corners and edges.
The west wall of their room after it was put back together. We still need to decorate this wall.
The south and east walls of the room. I need to make curtains that go with the new paint. (A project for another day.)
The entry to their room. This little wall and the south wall are the only ones that are fauxed. The picture was painted for Jason by Russell Richardson, in about 10 minutes, back in 2005.
It was fun painting the boys' room! We called off painting for awhile, until we have more time to do our bedroom...
The Hallway facelift
Before Picture:
The upstairs hallway has been country white since August of 1989, like most of our house. Since we were in a strange frame of mind, (changing the girls' room so drastically), we decided to do a "color" in the hallway. We thought we picked a color that went with the carpet, but when it was done, Rowen did not like it.
So we debated whether to faux over it, or "get used to it." On email chat with Tim, he encouraged us to try the faux. I got to do it because Rowen got busy doing the electrical work of putting up ceiling fans/lights in the kids' bedrooms. I really enjoyed getting to do the faux, and we love the new look. It is Nevada Tan underneath, and Scone, a lighter tan, on top. I used a sea sponge for this, different from the technique Randy used in the girls' room.
Rowen used the ceiling lights from the kids' bedrooms to replace and add lighting in the hallway. It is so much better now! We changed the pictures on the walls to include some new ones we got from our children for Christmas.
The upstairs hallway has been country white since August of 1989, like most of our house. Since we were in a strange frame of mind, (changing the girls' room so drastically), we decided to do a "color" in the hallway. We thought we picked a color that went with the carpet, but when it was done, Rowen did not like it.
So we debated whether to faux over it, or "get used to it." On email chat with Tim, he encouraged us to try the faux. I got to do it because Rowen got busy doing the electrical work of putting up ceiling fans/lights in the kids' bedrooms. I really enjoyed getting to do the faux, and we love the new look. It is Nevada Tan underneath, and Scone, a lighter tan, on top. I used a sea sponge for this, different from the technique Randy used in the girls' room.
Rowen used the ceiling lights from the kids' bedrooms to replace and add lighting in the hallway. It is so much better now! We changed the pictures on the walls to include some new ones we got from our children for Christmas.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Painting the Girls' Room
Because of weather in KS and MO, Randy and Joy got to stay with us longer than they had planned. (Tim and Brenda flew on Christmas afternoon to spend time with her family in NJ.) Randy decided to help us with our painting project in Beth and Emily's room. Since that is what he does for a living, we let him help us out. In fact, he did almost all of the work, not just help us. :)
The "Before" picture: wallpaper half way up, chair rail, country white paint above, red bunk bed.
So it was a lot of work, moving out of the room and taking the wallpaper off; these pictures show the progress.
This is the beautiful primer after it was on.
Putting on "Gentleman's Gray". We all thought it looked more like blue than gray, but it was a pretty color.
Randy, after having "ragged off" Bridal Pink.
Jeffrey painted the trim pure white.
Here is one corner redecorated. I had to add a dark blue edging to the curtains.
We were able to put a ceiling fan and light in. Having a bunk bed for years had kept us from doing it before. We got the shelf under the window off of Craig's List.
Also, we gave away the bunk bed to a home school family who needed it, and we moved the queen bed up from the basement for the girls to have.
The girls are enjoying their "new room"!
The "Before" picture: wallpaper half way up, chair rail, country white paint above, red bunk bed.
So it was a lot of work, moving out of the room and taking the wallpaper off; these pictures show the progress.
This is the beautiful primer after it was on.
Putting on "Gentleman's Gray". We all thought it looked more like blue than gray, but it was a pretty color.
Randy, after having "ragged off" Bridal Pink.
Jeffrey painted the trim pure white.
Here is one corner redecorated. I had to add a dark blue edging to the curtains.
We were able to put a ceiling fan and light in. Having a bunk bed for years had kept us from doing it before. We got the shelf under the window off of Craig's List.
Also, we gave away the bunk bed to a home school family who needed it, and we moved the queen bed up from the basement for the girls to have.
The girls are enjoying their "new room"!
Christmas week happenings
These pictures are a taste of our time with all of our family together the week of Christmas. One of our favorite games was "Things", in which each person writes a response to a question, for example, "What do you not understand?" and everyone tries to figure out who wrote each thing. It was good for a lot of laughs.
We call this "Race Car visits the Nativity."
Rowen is not crazy about playing games, so we often found him reading a book to Quil.
Tim and Brenda (before his haircut)
Micah really wanted to play, or at least pick out the next game!
The game that was most frequently played was "Scotland Yard" where Mr. X was making moves with up to 5 detectives trying to find him. Mr. X wore a special hat to conceal his eyes moving across the board planning his moves.
I found that Scotland Yard took a lot of concentration, trying to figure out where to move next and where the elusive Mr. X would go.
In this particular round, I was Mr. X and actually stayed alive without detection through the whole game!
Brenda, Jason, and Emily playing Christmas songs on Christmas Day.
Emily and Micah, both being sweet...
After church on Sunday, visiting with Randy and Joy
Randy, deep in thought...
Randy looking at Jeff's pictures from his Ukraine mission trip.
With a car in each hand, Quil is content.
Putting together the train track Quil got for Christmas!
Brenda and I worked on a skirt/jacket project for her grandma.The jacket is on my lap and I was getting ready to make buttonholes. Brenda is working on the skirt.
Micah and Grandma having a nice talk.
Randy and Joy being sweet during one of the many games we played.
Quil got to go sledding for the first time in his life while he was here. This is a small hill at Parish Park. Quil didn't have snow boots along, so he had the "several layers of sock-shoes-double bread bags-feet covering". He had fun sledding with his mommy.
Emily with arms full of nephews.
Jeffrey with arms full of nephews, wearing his new Christmas apron.
This was the last thing Quil did before they left for the long drive home--had Grandpa read him another book! Rowen is wearing his new Christmas vest.
We call this "Race Car visits the Nativity."
Rowen is not crazy about playing games, so we often found him reading a book to Quil.
Tim and Brenda (before his haircut)
Micah really wanted to play, or at least pick out the next game!
The game that was most frequently played was "Scotland Yard" where Mr. X was making moves with up to 5 detectives trying to find him. Mr. X wore a special hat to conceal his eyes moving across the board planning his moves.
I found that Scotland Yard took a lot of concentration, trying to figure out where to move next and where the elusive Mr. X would go.
In this particular round, I was Mr. X and actually stayed alive without detection through the whole game!
Brenda, Jason, and Emily playing Christmas songs on Christmas Day.
Emily and Micah, both being sweet...
After church on Sunday, visiting with Randy and Joy
Randy, deep in thought...
Randy looking at Jeff's pictures from his Ukraine mission trip.
With a car in each hand, Quil is content.
Putting together the train track Quil got for Christmas!
Brenda and I worked on a skirt/jacket project for her grandma.The jacket is on my lap and I was getting ready to make buttonholes. Brenda is working on the skirt.
Micah and Grandma having a nice talk.
Randy and Joy being sweet during one of the many games we played.
Quil got to go sledding for the first time in his life while he was here. This is a small hill at Parish Park. Quil didn't have snow boots along, so he had the "several layers of sock-shoes-double bread bags-feet covering". He had fun sledding with his mommy.
Emily with arms full of nephews.
Jeffrey with arms full of nephews, wearing his new Christmas apron.
This was the last thing Quil did before they left for the long drive home--had Grandpa read him another book! Rowen is wearing his new Christmas vest.
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