trivia night

On Saturday night, Trailhead Students hosted their 2nd annual Trivia Night Fundraiser. It was a great success and our students did a fantastic job! I was very impressed by how they stepped up every time they were needed, it made me a proud little leader. We raised a good amount of money and it will go toward paying for their mission trip this summer and hopefully it'll flow into next year.

Trailhead Students 

The Mapel Community Group

Table 8 (our Community Group) came in last place but they gave it their all

The Winners!

happy friday

I am really looking forward to this weekend. It's a little busier than normal, but at least we're not waiting to hear back from a bank!

On Saturday evening we have our second annual Trivia Night fundraiser for our high school youth group. Alex and I have been preparing the prizes, sponsorship donations and the students for an exciting, busy evening. This year our students will be going on a more local mission trip to St. Louis to serve our city's needs, as well as to grow in their faith and walk with Jesus.

There is also the Vintage Market Days in Chesterfield this weekend and I really want to check it out this year, so hopefully we can make it over there.

I hope you have a good weekend planned. If you have some downtime, I found some great links to share. Enjoy!

I won't ever be in the same category as this man

I will be digging through all of my old Beanie Babies to see if I have this one

As summer approaches, we will be entertaining more and these are some good event planning ideas and tips

 May is around the corner, this is list of what shows and movies are leaving Netflix

I tried this and it wasn't pleasant but I was awake

This report is real. Someone spent the time and effort to research this...

Try saying some of these three times fast

Happy Weekend!

a bicycle built for two

Last weekend we went to Salem to visit my parents, while we were there my mom and aunt had a surprise for me. It has been on my wish list for a long time and this year it is on my twenty five by twenty six list, so it had to happen.

What is it, you ask? A tandem bicycle!!

I am so excited, I jumped up and down like a little girl when they showed it to me. The bicycle originally belonged to my Noni and Elmer (my grandma and grandpa). They rode it in it's heyday and my goal is to restore it to it's former glory and ride it all over town!

We tried airing up the tires, but the air didn't last through the 5 second bike ride Alex and I took it on (I giggled the whole time) so they'll need to be replaced. The seats are pretty beaten up, so they will need to be replaced or restored. The brakes and chains will need to be checked out and the frame just needs a little elbow grease. Of course I'll be adding a horn and then it will be as good as new.

As soon as it's road ready, you better believe that we'll be riding it as much as possible (or as much as Alex will let me)!

close but no cigar

This week has been one of those weeks that by yesterday I needed a break. To catch you up on last week's news: we put an offer on a house. However, there were several other bids on the house and we didn't win.

There was a bit of disappointment, but mostly relief. We weren't looking for a new house and this one fell in our laps. It was a great price for a lot of space and potential. But, it needed a lot of work. Picture hunter green and mauve carpet, weird lighting and wallpaper, pink counter tops, a master shower straight out of a horror film and a giant water problem in the basement. But, the listing price was too good to pass up so we made an offer...

I was glad that we heard back when we did because we were both about to go nutty waiting. Patience isn't something we pride ourselves on. On the bright side, Alex's parent's closed on their new house and it's just down the road from us, so I would have hated to leave just as they were moving in.