Follow up on Mom and Dad's Anniversary Present

Ok, So I said I'd post a video...but it's not working. :( Sorry.  Instead I took pictures of the answer! :) In order for Mom and Dad to find their gift we sent them on a wild goose chase! :)  Each time would end in a card with a clue to find the next card.  Here's an example from one of the cards:

Sorry the picture is blurry..I had to copy it since blogger is being bad. ;) 

When they had found the last card it told them to sit down at the kitchen table for us to reveal the secret. On the back of each clue-card we wrote different words that would spell out their surprise gift. Read the cards below to find out what their BIG GIFT is!!! 

YOU

ARE

GOING

ON A

CRUISE!!

Yes!! They are going on a cruise in October to the bahamas!! They are going through the Carnival cruiselines on the boat Carnival Glory! 

This is their ship:

Copyright of Carnival Cruises

 They have a balcony room like this:

 

 The ship is 952 feet long and can hold 2974 passengers with 1150 on-board crew! It also has 14 levels!!

Go HERE to explore the ship!

They are very excited (they haven't been alone- for more than a few hours- since they had Hannah 18 years ago!)!  It is 6 days long!!!

Anyway, that's it for now! Have a blessed week!!

Joyfully His,

Alexis

Insulation and Drywall

 Since we are very busy right now, I'll explain what we did and let you add your own caption to all the pictures. :)  Back in July (you can tell I have a lot of catching up to do)  Paw-paw came over to do insulation (with us helping, of course).  His father's business (that him and his brothers now run) is W.W. Nash & Sons Co. so he does lots of professional painting, fire-proofing, insulation, etc. It's a blessing to have him around! :D Once the insulation was done (hot and sticky work), we moved on to our next major project!  Not in the same day of course..it was more like a few weeks later. :)  That was drywall!!  We have a friend from our old church that did some for us before so we got in touch with him to see if he could work for us.  It ended up working out to have his company do the work for us, so that was great!  It's always nice to be able to pay Christian friends!  Now that you know what happened I'll leave you to enjoy some pictures!! :)

 They were very efficient workers! They finished it all (hanging, mudding, sanding) in three days!

 Three happy workers! :)  Before this picture, I had tried to snap a picture without them seeing, but the man in the blue shirt saw me and said "Cheese!" :).  "Wait a minute! Do that again!" I said.  So he did- and I got the above picture! :)

The finished project! :) Ahh..now it looks like a room! :)

Sorry I didn't have any pictures of the installation of the insulation....this will have to do (Do you like my play on words? ;)!

I hope you're all having a blessed week!  This will be it for a little while....we leave for the OBX in two days!! :-D  Pray for nice sunny weather! :)

Joyfully His,

Alexis

Question:

 

What do these two ladies have in common (be nice now :)?

Hint: My Aunt Megan also has this in common.

Please leave a comment with your possible answer and we will reveal the true answer tomorrow!

Hannah

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Today is Scott Micheal Wassenberg's 43rd birthday!!  I'll do a post another time about what we are going to do/did.  I just thought you might want to know before his actual birthday "party" post (since that might be awhile ;).  So, if you're reading this, and you would like to, please leave a comment telling daddy "Happy Birthday!" and whatever else you want to say. : D  He's the best and we wouldn't trade him for the world! Here is a list of a few things we love about daddy:  He works HARD, He spends time with his family as a whole, He spends time with the individuals in his family one-on-one, He cooks eggcellent eggs, He leads our family, He is a strong man of God, He is a man of many visions, He is strong physically, He loves us, He does spur of the moment things (which is good and not-so-good at times ;), He is awesome...no, wait, beyond awesome...what word fits that? Oh, yeah BEAWESOME0!!!   And for those of you who have NO idea what I'm talking about...you seriously need to watch the movie Bolt !!

WE LOVE YOU PAPA-BEAR!!!

Love,

Your Fam.

 

20 Years and counting!

On August 8th 1992 Scott Michael Wassenberg married Michelle Diane Nash.

  These two became one, and not long after their marriage, they gave their lives to Christ.
They are now living on 10 acres in the country with 9 children and many farm animals.
They are blessed and are a blessing to everyone they meet!

Since this was their 20th anniversary, we children wanted to do something extra special for them.
So, watch the video on a following post to find out what we did! :)

We have some people that contributed to this gift and we are very grateful to them.  For privacy's sake though, we won't say who they are.  :)

That concludes this post...be sure to look for the video to see what we did! :)

Have a blessed week!

Joyfully His,
Alexis

Kimber's License!

On August 8^th Kimber Ashley Wassenberg passed her behind-the-wheel test!  She now has a license!!!!!  She’s grow’n up on us. :'(  Anyway, enough of the tears- we’re excited for her! :)  She is very happy to be able to drive to her job down the road now, as well as go to photography sessions without worrying about how to get to and from them! :)  Well, enough talk.  Here are some pictures from her big day!

 

 Dowy was working on cabinets that day so he wished her well before she took off.  

 Lydia also was there to wave good-bye! :)

 We’re there!!!!!!!! 

 Getting ready to get out of the car and take the test!

 Daddy filling out his sheet (he had to renew his license).

 Kimber filling out her sheet (to get her license).

Kimber got her picture taken to put on her license if she passed. 

She was trying not to laugh at daddy in this picture. :)

Daddy eventually went away because he kept making her laugh! :-D

 Off she goes!!

They’re back...

 and happy….that’s a good sign. :)

 This is the man Kimber took the test with- he is filling out some sort of paper-work in this picture.

 When her number was shown on the screen, she went up to see her results.

 YAY!!! SHE PASSED!!!! :-D

 Kimber by the DMV sign.

 Kimber with her driving instructor.

 To celebrate we stopped by a Sheetz gas-station on the way home and Kimber picked out some... 

.....doughnuts to share!! Don't those look mouth-wateringly delicious!!!????  

Thanks for reading!

The next post about driving (which will happen next year ;) is going to be about me getting my learners permit!! :)  Scary, I know.  :)  Just thought I’d share that exciting piece of news with you folks. :) 

I  know we’ve been slacking recently on the posts and all, but I’m trying to make up for it. :) 

 Oh, and one more thing before I end this post: the last week of August is our annual beach vacation with mom’s side of the family.  This year everyone is coming…I can’t wait!! Please pray that we’ll have great weather and servants hearts the whole trip- it would be greatly appreciated! :)  

Have a blessed day!

 

Joyfully His,

Alexis

Ps- You might want to stay off all roads and sidewalks…KIMBER HAS HER LICENSE!!!  8-O  Just kidding. ;)

Taking down the wall!

Yay!! An exciting day it was when we took out our wall.  No longer was there a separation of old from new- but one big room!  My dear grand-father...whom we call Paw-paw, came over to help us take the wall down on July 23rd (with a little extra work being done on the 24th and 25th).  I should probably say he came and we helped him...he is such a wonderful man of God with a servants' heart- always ready to lend a helping hand wherever (and whenever) he can!  We love him! :)  So here are some pictures!! 

The reason some of these pictures look really blurry is because we had plastic up.  You can see one of the little poles holding it up on the right hand side. :)

 Being the thoughtful man that he is, paw-paw brought the plastic to keep the dust from the...more clean...side of the house. :)

Sorry.  I know this picture is sideways, but, hey, at least I put it on the post for you! :)

As you know, we moved the fridge and freezer when Dowy built the pantry. 

Now, they are no longer up against our wall but in the middle of our new kitchen! :)

Eden was skimming milk (taking the cream from the top of the milk) before the old kitchen wall came down.

Taking out the window!!!!! : D

Judah was very intently watching what Paw-paw and daddy were doing. :)

So, most of you are probably thinking "EEWWW!!! Grosss!!!!!!" but there IS a reason I put this picture here. Whenever we would wash dishes the water would go behind the sink.  We knew it would be absolutely disgusting back there and thus couldn't wait to see it. :)  Yeah, I think we were pretty accurate in our estimation of grossness! :)

A pile of grossness. :-L

YAY!!!!!!!  The drywall is down!!

Daddy using the crowbar to pry a stud loose.

Yes, we have lights in that part of the house now.  Back then it was a little dark. :)

Paw-paw sawing away

I was standing on a ladder to get this picture for you. You should thank me. :)

Working hard.

Here is a video of them taking down the box.  

Just so you have a SMALL feel of how chaotic our home was and is still. ;)

Well, that's it for this post.  I hope you enjoyed it! Have a blessed week!

Joyfully His,

Alexis