Our 2017 So Far - February

I attended the IF Women's Conference. 

Bekah sang on the youth worship team.

William Redmon celebrated his first birthday.  He did not enjoy our singing.

Lydia started making some really cool jewelry!  I just love her creativity!!

We got to watch Newsies Live in the theatre.  It was so incredibly cool - almost like going to a real show!

Funny conversation between Mom, Lydia, and me.  Ha ha!!

Still recovering from the 80's prom!!

Promduit - Murder Mystery Party

 Our friends, James and Bekah Boyd, put on a murder mystery party every year at their house.  Well, this year, they let the whole church in on the fun and had the party at the church over two evenings.  

The theme was "1980's Prom" and we were all over it!!  Soon, the Conduit Prom became known as Promduit, and there was much trash-talking on the church Facebook Page.

Well, on our recent visit to Georgia, I dug my old prom dresses out of Mom's closet, and what do you know, I had the perfect dress!!

So David and I got all dolled up to head to the prom!  Popped collar, rolled up sleeves. Big hair and copious amounts of glittery eye makeup.  And we were ready to go!

We arrived and the church was all decked out in neon and all-things-1980's (including cans of tabs we got from Mom!).

Everyone was dressed to the nines!  And there was just. so. much. hairspray!

We had dinner first - which I had to be careful of, since I barely squeezed into this dress.  LOL

And then it was time for the game to begin.  During the evening, someone on the prom court would mysteriously drop dead, and then everyone else at the prom has to gossip, investigate, and work the crowd, to gain clues of who the murderer is.  You can make things up to throw people off, or you can drop actual hints, based on what you know about your character.  Then you network with the other guests to try to gain more clues - and win the prize for solving the murder mystery!

Suddenly, Gus dropped dead.  His date, Linda was distraught.  So then the investigation started!

In the end, it was revealed that Shelley was the murderer.

And David and I both won prizes!  David won Drama Queen (again) and I won Best Dressed (which I was super stoked about)!

And just like a regular prom, there were stations for portraits with your date.  And this one was complete with a balloon arch.  I'm not sure if we could get more 80's than that!

The whole thing was a total blast.  We had so much fun!

Our 2017 So Far - January

Here are a few pics to show how our 2017 is going so far. 

Jack sent us this picture of William, after he said, "Look, I'm Rebekah!"  (Look at the bracelets.)

Lydia got to drink out of the fancy glasses.

Lydia started taking guitar lessons.

I made some hats for Mary Clementine and Poppy at church.

Facebook funnies:

I made this little hat for Millie, the granddaughter of a lady at church.

Lydia's "non-messy bun." 

So, a few months ago, we had someone register for a trip to Haiti as "Lion of Peace."  David wasn't even sure how to handle that situation.  We were dealing with a lot of cultural issues with different churches, and David was trying to handle it delicately.  

And then, we get these two applications, and David's stomach dropped.  What was he going to have to deal with this time?  

Cub of Courage, and Wolf of Wisdom. Then we saw the last name!  Martin Bennett was pulling a fast one on us!!

A little throw back to my art work of New Kids on the Block.

David and Bekah being funny, making a note of when I said I liked one of David's ideas. LOL.

Helping the Rojases finish a puzzle at small group.

Got back into my prom dress from junior prom.