Our Last Month or So

Just an up date on the Abells

On Feb 14th the kids and I helped the Sunday School decorate 72 dozen sugar cookies that we pre-sold to raise money to aide a third world family through Heifer International.

The youth event I organized went off w/o a hitch with 150 in attendance!! Not bad for a town with no stop lights! I told the youth there that I did not want this to just be a fun event but the beginning of a conversation. I didn't want to talk at them but WITH them. I took their emails, cell numbers for texting, facebook, myspace info, etc. We will continue the conversation in the months to come.

For tons of Cabin Fever pics go to our youth blog at http://www.thelimegreenroom.blogspot.com/

"Yo Mama Ain't Here" sign. (I told the kids at the beginning of the day that I wanted everyone to have fun but that I was not their Mama and would not pick up after them. I selected one youth to be the YMAH Police and carry this sign shouting "Yo Mama Ain't Here!" whenever he saw a violation.

The Next Day was youth Sunday at our church and the girls dance team I lead performed for the first time. They did so good! I was so proud! (Ages 5-9)

My daughter decided to draw with chalk in 18 degree weather...

We visited the work cite of the cousins of ours who are going to build our timber framed house in Endicott.

This is the family trying to help me visualize how big our main room would be (cuz this one is bigger than our house will be).

My son checking out the 2nd story.

Today for family day we painted bird houses.