Tonight the real-fun began as Dan and Stevan began cutting lumber and nailing together our first step!

I took the “skeeter-infested” job of cutting outside while Dan did all of the air-nailing inside! My legs look as though I have chicken pox!

This afternoon I found time to cut a sink-full of mint from our front mint-patch. Jess is currently letting it soak in the sink before she brews our first-ever gallon of Mint Tea – made famous by my mother! Sadly, this gallon will not be shared with the outside world – but maybe you can taste-test the next gallon?

I can’t wait for it to be ready!

4-gallons of paint, numerous paint rollers, 11 helpful students, plenty of iPod tunes, lunch @ McDonalds and about 5-hours of painting concluded this afternoon with huge amounts of satisfaction!

Good times for sure!

This evening, Dan Welcome and I spent over $500 on lumber and hardware for the next phase of Studio 180 renovations!

Renovation continues tomorrow night!

Just got a new set of business cards from VistaPrint! They’re amazing as usual!

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It’s Labor Day! I took the opportunity to finally put together my weight set downstairs in “my” room! It took me just a couple of hours and then I enjoyed watching the end of Rocky I and the beginning of Rocky II while I worked out a bit on the set! It felt good to finally get the set put together and find time to get some exercise!

This evening we took a “family trip” to Wal-Mart to get the oil changed and pick up some necessities.

Tonight Ella took her longest “walk” ever – 11-steps! We nearly passed out from holding our breath during the walk!

Woke up this morning and just before church I got a phone call from Pastor Gerry exclaiming that we were “being invaded”! I rushed outside with Ella to snap a few pictures of a hot air balloon that landed in our front yard! How cool?!

Tonight we had our first-ever CROSSROADTRIP! We had a ton of students and leaders show up for a great time in the Ponsegrau Pool! Ella and I had some great swim-time ourselves!