Visit from the MIL....

MIL=Mother In Law. We are having so much fun. Ginette arrived in VA on Friday. We kicked off the fun weekend with a game of Catch Phrase! We played until 1 AM. Rachel, Ginette and I played against John and Jeff. On Saturday Ginette, Rachel and I went shopping for window treatments for my house. Ginette is very talented when it come to explaining God's word and making curtains! On Sunday we went to church and then out to lunch at Ruby's to use some coupons we saved up. After finding more curtain fabrics and rods, we headed to our cluster group meeting for the Fireproof study we are doing with our church. I truly enjoy getting to learn from Ginette. She commands a room like no other with her knowledge and spirit. (I'm not just saying all this because she is going to read this, but because I love her and want her to know we appreciate her so much.) I look forward to learning more from her, as always, and playing more Catch Phrase this week!

Here we are making eggs at the fire hall after the Fireproof cluster meeting. We put Ginette to work!

Stay tuned for more on the curtains! Yes they are on my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days! Check out my list to see what all I have been up to.

How egg-citing!!!

As of last night the fire department and the volunteers have managed to make over 6,000 eggs. Here are a few more pictures of us at the fire hall. I was taking pictures everyday but I have been a slacker lately about getting the camera out and doing it.... We have been distracted by watching the Bachelor or American Idol.

John-chocolate dipping station...

A very sweet young lady, Kayla. She is the Chief's step daughter and has helped a lot!
Terri- Fun chick to be around. Her, Rachel and I can talk like we've been friends for years.

I love making new friends in the community.

Wednesday's eggs!

We are trucking right along with the egg count. Last night we made almost 400. The night before we made over 600. Monday we made over 400 and Sunday we made 1,326! It is exciting to see what the number is at the end of the night. Here are a couple pictures from last night. John was at training. Jeff is in on a business trip. He went to Vegas, then I think Arizona and New Mexico? I can't remember. All I know is the weather is amazing where he is and it was a really nasty cold day here yesterday. I can't wait for daylight savings. Pray for Jeff that he has a safe trip.

Also, Please pray for the fire hall. Someone who apparently really needed it, stole a 6 lb. container of peanut butter. The fire hall and the people who volunteer there can be really giving and would have gladly given it if needed, but were never asked. Pray for the one/s who took it, as they may need our prayers.

Volunteering for the fire hall...

Every year the fire dept. has one big fundraiser. Starting in February they make chocolate Easter eggs to sell before Easter. I am so happy to get to help with this fundraiser. It isn't the easiest project to take on nor quick. Rachel and I were there from 10:00 am Sunday until 7:00 pm. Then we went back Monday, and John and I went back Tuesday. Rachel and I will be going back tonight. The other volunteers aren't really that excited about all the work, but I REALLY ENJOY IT! I like the challenge and getting to do something good with my time. We will be making eggs every night except Friday and all day every Saturday and Sunday for the next 6-8 weeks. The goal is to make 15,000 eggs. They will have fillings like peanut butter, butter cream, coconut, strawberry, orange pineapple, etc. There will be 3 different sizes to make of the main flavors (first 3 in list). Each egg is color coated for the filling. I have never made candy before and I really enjoy it. My aunt Rose used to make us candy and I never really appreciated her effort until doing this.


Here are some pictures of the eggs and all of the volunteers.

Richie is the Chef of it all. If you look closely you will see where a cloud of powdered sugar covered part of his head/ear! Candy making is a dirty job, but someones gotta do it!
John, Terri and Rachel decorating team!

John decorating the Peanut butter filled eggs!

Rachel and I showing Jeff how to work the icing!

The peanut butter ones are delicious!

Rachel and me

The butter cream filled eggs. I haven't sampled this flavor yet!
John and the Chief- Jeff
Day 3- Coconut filled eggs (I won't be sampling these as I don't like coconut)
And, if anyone is worried, I am not sampling them too much. I would be one chubby bunny if I sampled all day long!