The Turcotte Bunch

So it's move-it-all-outta-the-apartment week!
We had a ball ministering alongside about 15 new friends at the nursing home last Saturday
in celebration of Cypress Bible Church's BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS outreach day.
SaraKay, Daniel & I played a whole lotta BINGO with the residents and SaraKay's new friend even won a round w/her help.  Daniel was trying to keep up with 2 different bingo cards, so it was a good challenge and it stretched him, both mentally and spirtually.

Greg unbended and rebent wire coat-hangers for about 2 hours to help them prepare for their next in-house craft - the yard doggie.  Gotta say that it looks like more work than it's worth, but then so much for my two cents!
I also did a couple of manicures for the residents and that was fun.  It's been a long time since I actually had to FILE DOWN someone's nails.  Skay and I are both nail biters (yeah, I know... nasty habit) but I have always justified the habit with the piano teacher montra: short nails lead to faster fingers on the keyboard!

Sister-and-Brother-In-Law Barry & Adele came and helped Greg move a whole bunch of boxes and odds and ends out of our storage unit last Saturday.  What a blessing!  Greg's goal is to have it emtied by Sept. 30th, so that we don't incur another month of charges at "Uncle Bob's Storage."  Come on baby... we can get 'er done!

This week, the kids and I have been trekking back and forth from the apartment to the new house with all sorts of odds and ends that won't "pack" well this weekend.  We

SCHOOL most all day between 9am and 2:30pm over here at the house and then I've let them swim in the pool... what a reward!!

Saturday, we are hoping to have several new friends from our small group at church help us move furniture and our freshly REPACKED boxes from the apartment over here to the house.  We are grateful for anyone who will show up.
I'm hosting a hamburger and hot dog lunch here at NOON to motivate all of us!
Then... let's change out of our nasty clothes and get in that awesome pool!  Please be praying for the safety of Greg, myself and the other adults and teenagers that help us move this weekend.  We are so appreciative of the help!

Here's a few pics of the last week... they'll be a lot more cardboard in my next three days... for now, it's just school work, weeding, and painting to the __th degree for this mama!

SaraKay helped babysit a friend's little girl while we painted bedrooms.

I love DATE nights though - and am very thankful to have one a week again now that we have the kids in an evening activitiy that allows us one night of total freedom.  It's wonderful.  Blessings.  ~K

My friend, Lauren, from the apartment complex, came and helped me get started painting Monday morning.