It's been a while...busy schedule....

Greetings from the Stout house! Sorry I haven't posted our family highlights, but here goes....

I am so glad it is Friday today!!! We have had a busy week so far: Maddie school (on m-w-f mornings), Tim working, Tuesday I had Bible study and we are studying the book Philippians and I love it and I LOVE the ladies at my table- I am learning soo much!!!, Wednesday night church- Maddie in AWANA and Tim and I are serving in student ministry and we are all learning about eternal CPR- cultivating relationships and planting seeds of the Great Gospel of Christ, I subbed a half day on Wednesday in elementary P.E. at Westwood elementary in Ankeny- it was a blast, I subbed all day yesterday in 8th grade Math @ Southeast Polk. Tonight we are taking the girls to their first football game- that is going to be a blast! It is Grandview's homecoming tonight! They plan 8-man football and I have never watched an 8-man game before! Also, we are doing the whole tail-gating thing with some friends!!! FUN! The weather is supposed to be in the 60s and it will be under the lights and I hope we will be able to stay the whole game, but if not it will be GREAT! Praise the Lord we live so close!

We have started the official plans of remodeling upstairs and tomorrow I get to go shopping and price a toilet, sink, vanity, light fixtures, and an attic fan! I LOVE IT! I know it will be a messy process, but it will be fun to help our contractor (he is a friend of our from college to does remodeling as a side job- his real job is designing homes). I love doing handy house stuff! I am going to take before and after pictures for all to see!!!


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Went to the G-view came tonight and it was a BLAST! It was a great night weather-wise and we had a blast watching our G-view boys play VERY WELL! They won 60 something to 30 something! We are so proud of them! We were able to visit with a ton of friends and family (in the family of God that is). I love spending QT with Tim and the girls! They loved watching the game - yelling de-fense, fumble, Go Grandview! and touchdown @ the appropriate times. They are a blast! Everyone kept commenting how much the girls are growing and that's when it really hits me that we have a 4 year-old and an almost 2 1/2 year-old. We cannot wait for next Friday's game- GO DEFENDERS!

Tomorrow is Saturday and Tim is playing b-ball up in Ankeny with some buddies from work and Faith friends. The girls and I plan to enjoy homemade waffles for breakfast, Nick Jr. (Dora, Blues Clues, Little Bill, and The Backyardigans) on CBS and doing house chores! Tomorrow afternoon while the girls nap and Tim watches college football- we are having a laundry folding party! Don't ya just want to hang out at our place! Whatever it takes to get caught up- with our busy schedule this week the laundry has suffered (aka not been done and rapidly covering the basement floor)! I am also hoping to get some scrapbooking in soon- I need to complete J&J Anderson's wedding book and get that in the mail, but I am waiting for some pics from the Anderson family that were taken at their Iowa reception, but I still could probably work on it!

Well- it's late and Tim and the girls are asleep and I need to hit the hay too!
Praise the Lord for a great week and a great family life here in Des Moines!
He has been so GREAT to us! What a mighty God we serve!!!