A quickie blog before  taking the kiddos home from church.  I'm sitting here in Matt's office with the kids drawing pictures and messing up his bookshelves!  I had to hop in and teach third grade Sunday School because the teacher "lost track of time".  Ugh.  They were good kids, but it is hard to administrate and teach concurrently.

We have a big week this week.  The Kids Club at church is going on a two mile hike this afternoon.  It should be super nice.  We are having some AMAZING weather for Autumn in Minnesota.  It was nearly 80 degrees yesterday!  Of course, Matt took the air conditioning units out of the windows on his day off on Friday.  Last night Matt and I had a date with some good friends.  I had the yummiest chicken breast smothered in wild mushrooms, artichokes and parmesan cheese.  I have enough left for lunch today, and my mouth is watering thinking of it!  It was a lot of fun being out on a date with another couple...it is more of a guarantee that we don't discuss the kids while on a date!

Matt's parents and brother will arrive early in the week.  The guest room is ready, but I still need to clean the office for Ben.  I also have a bag of bananas to transform into banana bread.  I'm also going to bake some cookies and bake a vinegar pie for Matt's dad...it is his favorite.  It tastes a bit like vanilla custard pie...with a hint of lemon.

MOPS on Tuesday and Ladies Aid on Thursday along with my MOPS steering meeting on Thursday night.  I hope I have time to enjoy our house guests.

My scrapbooking is plugging along.  I've been in more of a stamping and paper crafting mood, so I made ten cards on Thursday.  I've been making covered journals for people lately, so maybe I'll make a nice one for the guest room.  I'm thinking of getting a big table for the office and moving scrapping things in there, since we won't be home schooling for another two years...but I don't mind working in the dining room...but leaving it all out on the table overnight would be a perk!  I see gorgeous scrapping rooms in magazines, only to realize that that will not be my reality any time soon!