Rookie of the Week!!!

John Sheyer (the next great white Duke player who won't be any good in the NBA) has quickly become my favorite player (I suppose the just won't let Grant Hill come back-something about him being almost forty or something). He just won rookie of the ACC for the week (14.5 points a game).

It is almost March, flowers will be budding and I will be wearing Duke apparell every day until Duke loses in the NCAA tournament. I am sure I will receive a great many comments on how "that won't be long this year!" But I stand by my (I never attended Duke, but I saw them on TV) team...in the end 64 teams will be sent home crying...And MY team will probably one of the first teams out.

Color takes hold

We have four houses painted!!! Granted it is only one coat, there are six more to paint and the rain doesn't seem to be letting up! But we are moving forward!!

Stopping to honor Him...

What? A scripture writing day on the barren 2 x 4 studs, followed by a sweet time of prayer over our home, our family and our ministry that will be done there in just a short time (still shooting for March 15th but realistically more like the end of March)
Where and When? at the almost-done Irwin house on Sunday, February 11th at 4-5pm
Why? We wanted God's word to be covering us there inside and out of those walls so that we know we are surrounded by His truth. "Thy word I have set before me so that I may not sin against You."
Who? just a few of our fellow believers and some scriptures written for those who couldn't attend. Attendees: Jon Amy and Jonah (in the oven cooking) Knudson, Kia Ella and Olivia Gregory, Scott Jill and Noah Evans, The Chappell Clan: Chuck, Gloria, Levi, Beth and Tyler and Daniel Schultz
How? with some big fat sharpie markers, some bibles, much prayer and a lot of love and fun
We are SO grateful for such special friendships!

A few shades of blue and eight miles of forest

...A moment of silence for our fallen commrads...Duke lost last night to the great evil...North Carolina (I hate that baby-blue)

Dodgeball to the face

Run like a wild BANCHEE screaming your head off while throwing a ball at some unsuspecting kid. What a great way to spend a period. Last Friday we took the afternoon to set down our books pick up cylindrical objects and have a wondeful time. (RIGHT-David Morrow lays out an unsuspecting John Zech. LEFT-Ty Wheeler gives me the "what for" after taking me down a few notches)

We had a great time and were refreshed to start a new week.