Variety is the spice of our life!

Paul's latest project has been an arbor for our side yard. We have grand plans for this area, which will include a pond and sitting area, and this is step one.


It all started with Paul getting a fabulous, beautiful redwood door.....that we brought with us to TN.... knowing one day we would have a use for it.


We had Tegan overnight a couple of weeks ago, so it was Hailey's turn this week to be over, and of course make chocolate chip cookies!

She also enjoys her cartoons. After I took this picture she moved in chairs and wanted to share them with all of the babies (Cabbage Patch dolls) that live here. Those Cabbage Patch babies just don't seem to grow up!!

One day last week we happen to see an article in the paper, telling about an open house that day at the Spring Hill Manufacturing Plant, the GM plant that formerly built the Saturn and Traverse automobiles. The facility was built 22 years ago, and literally made Spring Hill the city it is today. They now build various parts, including doors, and upper and lower dash boards by stamping, and making bumpers and fronts by molding. No pictures, unfortunately, but it was a very interesting place to visit, taking about 3 hours!! They provided hot dogs, drinks, and cookies, and offered test drives for various vehicles. After waiting in line for a while, we got to test drive their newest electric car, the VOLT. It was a fun, roomy, quiet little car! May even consider it for our next vehicle!
Many of you have heard of the devastating tornadoes in the south this past week. We appreciate the concern shown for us and our safety. We had some wind, really loud thunder and lots of rain, but we have had worse. So when the tornado siren went on, we turned on the TV. While we were watching our local channel that tracks the storm for our immediate area, we did not realize how far reaching the storm was. Most of the warnings were to the west of us. So we were really surprised over the next couple of days to hear of the deaths and destruction to the south (we were glad we were not in Tuscaloosa that day!!) and east of us. This morning, Sunday, we were asked to join the team going from our church with the Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief to help with the clean up in a city that was hit pretty hard. Cleveland, TN, is located just east of Chattanooga. We will be leaving Monday morning, and returning some time Friday afternoon. We do not know how much access to electricity and internet we will have, so I will probably wait until we return to blog about it and post pictures. Please pray for safety while travelling and while we are there working!