Talent Show and Surgery

Friday night was the Shawnee Talent Show and Kayla did a mime presentation to I Can Only Imagine by Mercy Me. She had learned the routine through AIM and was one she could do by herself and she did a fantastic job. She was excited about doing it a received lots of compliments afterwards, even from people she didn't know. I think it is so awesome that she is willing to witness to her friends, parents and the community through her presentation. I am not sure she even realized what a big deal it was. I am very proud of her.

Tomorrow Tim has gallbladder surgery. I am so glad it is getting done, wish it had been last week. So, we will take the girl's to school and head up to the city. Kayla will then get off the bus at Diane's house for piano practice and then Diane will take her to softball practice. Susan is picking Emily up and will take both of them home with her after practice. We will pick them up there or they can spend the night if they need to.

Misson Clinton Clothes Closet

Today was our first Mission Clinton Clothes Closet and it was a huge succees. There were about 40 vouchers handed out for ladies and kids to come and pick out two new outfits including shoes and jewlery. We had at least 25 folks come and "shop."  We wanted people to be comfortable and have fun and I think we accomplished that. If nothing else, we had fun! People were so appreciative of getting new clothes. The younger ones were really thankful and excited...and that was so cool.

Last night Kayla spent the night with Peyton and they sleeped out in the camper in the front yard. She said she got a little cold, it got down to 41 but she had a good time. The roasted marshmellows and had smores.

Tim is going to see a surgeon on Wed about his gall bladder. Hopefully, he will be able to have surgery this week because on the 29th we will be leaving for Williamsburg. I am so excited about getting away and especially about taking the girls and my mom to DC...however, I haven't even thought about packing. Kayla has one more book report to do and she will be all done with her reading circle certificate. She has to do another non-fiction and we have a book about DC, so we are hoping to get it started tomorrow. The great news is that Tim talked to Mrs. Williams about homework while we are gone and she said that as long as Kayla does her blog and maybe give a talk when she gets back, that is all she would have to do. So thankful we are going in May and she is a straight A student!!

Easter and Rummage Sale

Easter weekend was a busy weekend. We started with Good friday service at church. I has a reading to do and Kayla and Tim walked with incense. The next day we went to Branson with the church to see the musical Noah. We had gotten really cheap tickets through the Voth's. It was a good show, I'm not sure it would be worth the $52 tickets that are the regular price. Mom and Jacque came down and meet us as well. On the way down we down Tim was able to help an older couple that had a flat tire. It was such a new vehicle that the man didn't even know how to get the tire down.

The next day was Easter and all of the Taylor's plus some came to our house, we ended up with over 30 people here. Thankfully, it was a beautiful day and some were able to eat outside and the kid's were able to play outside. They has bubbles going, and Easter egg hunt, kite's flying and just playing. It was a very long day. We started with sunrise service and Mom Taylor went with us. Tim and I has gotten up early to put the ham in the oven...turned our clock thought it was smarter than us and had reset itself for day light savings time. So instead of being up at 4:50 we were up at 3:50! But over all it was a good day.

Today was the rummage sale at school and I am exhausted. It is a lot of work for three days and not a lot of help. We only made $348 dollars this year compared the to $900 last year. We really need to think of a new idea and some way to get more parents involved. It seems like it is the same ones every year.

Kayla went to a math contest today. She didn't place but I was very proud of her for trying something new.

Now we are all relaxing, and playing the wii.