daddy's home!

friday is bret's day off. that's really nice because we hardly see him on sunday. we can't sit together or anything, so friday is nice. we layed around and chilled most of the morning. (i took a nap while the kids did, 2 1/2 hours!!!!!) then we continued to finish cleaning our house. we did it. everything is done, bathrooms, dusting, vacuuming, .....just a few minor things and we will be ready for the praise team dinner on sunday.
i am cooking for 25+ people. i am very excited. we are going to sam's tomorrow and making everything tomorrow. all i will have to do is put the casseroles in the oven sunday afternoon and brown the rolls. the menu is smoked ham or pork tenderloin (not sure yet we are buying that from a restaurant here), green beans in the crockpots, hashbrow casserole, strawberry pretzel salad, spinach/tomato/croutons/balsamic vinigrette salad, sister shubert rolls (the best frozen wonder since ice cream!) and tea/lemonade/soft drinks. we will get a cheese cake from sams and i will make a mandarine orage cake my sister makes that is out of this world. i may also make a cinnamon and sugar cake that is really good, too.
tomorrow morning we prime the walls in the toddler room for its long over due renovation. the kids are going to love it when it is finished. we are having a shower for our church's nursery and toddler room. i thought that was a cool idea. this way we can get rid of all the broken, missing pieced toys and fix them up with toys that are new and relavant to their ages. they are going to love it. anna will be so sad she is moving up to the three year old room now. hope you all have a wonderful weekend. time to hit the hay now. i haven't done too well on my getting to bed at a reasonable time. i will try harder. love you all,
summer