Friday This N That

Ok so Stef and I are playing "who can borrow the most pictures from each other's blog". LOL! Since she lives at my house half the time, maybe we should just have one blog, but then we couldn't each play with the designs like we often too. Well anyhow, I am borrowing pics from her post today. Enjoy!

Joshua came over and was having fun playing with the children the other day...

Discussing a game of duck, duck, goose....

An energetic, vigorous game,

Lots of laughing!


Yesterday there was an "Invention Convention" at the BiLo Center. Of course, this is right up the boys alley so off we went! The whole auditorium floor was filled with 4-6th graders inventions. The boys want to enter next year. J will be too old, I think, but W certainly could! We went a little late, so we did not get to enjoy some of the games and free icecream that was up along the edges of the arena, but especially Pilly enjoyed seeing the inventions. Let's see, some of the highlights? Remote control cars that had brooms or swiffers on them to mop your floors. Or a laundry basket driven by a car. W loved this cool hover board that worked off the polarity of magnets. There were some really silly "inventions" too, of course. As my scientist son pointed out...alot of them were "remakes" not true inventions. Anyone want a pair of shoes that have slits in them for credit cards? How bout a hat with a fan attached to cool you as you walk?

The children checking out inventions made by other children at the Invention Convention.

On another note, you cannot believe how busy of a week this has been. I have literally been having to actively rest between each event to be able to keep up. Monday we had a home visit with our pastor and elder. We always look forward to this! Tuesday and Wednesday we attended evening sessions of a conference here in Greenville. David Murray was speaking and was excellent as always. We feel so privileged to have such a gifted man of God in our denomination. Yesterday was supposed to be my quiet day, until I realized that the Invention Convention was yesterday and not a week from now. So off we went in the chilly rain! Today we are going for a fun overnight at the Broyles house to have a Ben Hur night...we look forward to fun, fellowship, late night movies, and don't forget eating! And yes, our baby...chicks that is, have to come with us.

Grown up chicks!

Speaking of baby chicks, I had forgotten the care these little cuties take. As I posted on facebook the other day

"oh sweet, dear, baby chickadees, thou dost make one want to gag....reflections of the baby chick nursery cleaner." Just be glad you are not a guest in my house right now, because these ten little things are in the guest bathroom and are going to wear out their welcome in my home very soon. They surely are cute though, and growing so fast! By the way, since we moved our ten hens and one rooster we are getting nearly a dozen eggs a day...they must like their new home!

I will close with a quotable quote from dear E...do you know the name of these, according to my dear daughter?...

These are Life Guards! :)

Addendum:

Forgot one other little tidbit. We got a notice a couple of days ago from the water company that we needed to check for a possible leak. It said we had used 36,000 gallons of water in the last 60 days! Now, I have been taking lots of hot baths, but...I don't think so! Come to find out, several others up our lane got the same notice (wipe sweat off of brow in relief). So now there is a truck up there today trying to find out the problem. Our landlord is also coming out today (one of the nice benefits of renting) to try and locate the issue. So, wasn't that exciting news that you just really wanted to know? Ok, well then just skip this part of my post. Until next time...