This Last Week

Things have been very hectic in the last week! On Labor Day, we had two other families over to eat dinner, with a total of 14 extra people, making the total sitting down for dinner here 21. For those of you who don't know, we live in a 1200 sq ft mobile home, so 21 people eating inside made the walls bulge out. We had a great time, with great fellowship, so being really close and really friendly was worth it. The older kids had a great time visiting and playing music together, and the parents and younger kids had fun just visiting. Lindsay posted some pictures on her blog if you'd like to check them out. Our menu for the evening was red beans and rice, salad, homemade rolls and homemade cookies.

On Thursday we celebrated Sarah's 18th birthday two days early(more on that in another post). It was a good thing we did, because I ended up getting some type of stomach bug last weekend.

We also got Hannah, Rachel and Caroline new glasses during the last week and a half.

I met, by phone, one of our new blogging buddies, Laurie MacDonald. Her daughters Carol and Bonnie are in my blog roll. It has been a blessing getting to know their family. We're praying that they will able to come and spend some of the cold winter down here in the balmy South with us.

On Saturday, Gene took Lindsay, Hannah and Caroline to a Bluegrass festival at Trader's Village, and Saturday night they, along with Sarah, all went to folk dancing.

This week has been equally busy. I can't believe it's Wed. night already! We may be having a friend over for chicken and sausage gumbo and crawfish etoufee' tomorrow night. Lindsay is going to show him some of the programming she has learned for setting up our blogs.

Next on our list is putting out fall decorations and sorting through winter clothes so that we see what we need to sew. If any of you sew, which do you prefer for your girls, skirts or jumpers? I am considering going to jumpers, because if a shirt has one spot on it, you can't wear it with a skirt, but you could with a jumper. I'd like to hear your thoughts and experiences in this, so please share.