The Shafferland Shuffle

First of all, HAPPY NATIONAL COFFEE DAY!!!! We hope you celebrate (and heartily, at that)! Secondly, we hope to have enough energy today to lift our coffee cups up to our faces. We are pooped! (You'll soon see why.) And here's a look at our week!

* Our church had a baptism service last Sunday, and we really enjoyed hearing the testimonies of those who participated! We had Phoebe with us for most of the day, and she was a good little Shaffer-like family member and took a proper Sunday nap. I tried so hard to cheer for the Colts, but I slept through the entire game. I was so tired! 

* Monday morning, Ryan sent me this GORGEOUS rainbow picture. He saw it from work, and I'm so glad he did, because I couldn't see it very well from our house. I have to show you these other two pictures I took that just cracked me up. I was getting ready to work out, and I found Braeya sitting with the weights, as though pondering a workout of her own. Five minutes later, I took the next picture. Ha! 

* I worked in the office all day Tuesday, printing out new planner pages for next year, writing for the church, and knocking things off the to-do list left and right. We're in the middle of planning for our fall event for women, so I'm staying busy! But that night, after both of us were done working, we watched a movie and ate popcorn. Kind of like a little midweek mini-date!

* Wednesday (and several other days this week) had a beautiful sunrise that I thoroughly enjoyed! It was Bible study night for me, so Ryan made me a latte and sent me on my way to learn! (One of my friends that comes with me to Bible study also has dinner with us on Wednesdays, and we always love having her join us!)

* I noticed on Thursday that the trees in the woods down the road are starting to turn! They always turn red, and I love that! I spent some time organizing blankets that ladies from our church made and donated for a service project. They donated forty-eight! I was impressed! We went to Wendy's for dinner that night, where the cashier said to us, "Oh hey! I know you guys! You're regulars!" Then he said to Ryan, "It's Kevin, right?" So now Ryan is Kevin when we go to Wendy's. :) 

* And that brings us to our huge weekend project, which started on Friday. To round out the projects we've had done outside this summer, we wanted to lay down some stone to finish the landscaping. When we moved in, the landscaping stone ran all along the front of the house, down one side of the driveway, and down one side of the house. We wanted to take it across the back, down the other side, and then match up the driveway. So we borrowed a truck, went to get stone, and hauled a load home. We planned to work all evening, but we got hit with some pretty hefty rain, so we had to take occasional pause breaks in the worst of the rain. (Ryan still worked through a lot of it, though.) We thought we accomplished a decent amount, considering that little hiccup!

* Then yesterday, we got up early and finished the project! It took two more trips for stone, but we completed it! It took something like 8 ton of stone and 45 wheelbarrow loads to get it from the truck to the house, but we did it! And that is why we probably won't be able to move today. Ryan always has such great vision for these projects, and he works so hard. I'm proud of him!