New look...Great Taste

For a while now I've been telling Matt I would like to do our bedroom in black and white with red accents. However, I don't like to spend money on myself and definitely when it isn't a necessity. So...I wasn't going to spend the money on this project. But....Matt saw this bedding set at Wal-mart that was being clearanced. He kept telling me go look at it. If I want it I better get it. And if I don't hurry they will sell them all and I won't have it. But I still didn't' want to spend the money on it. So I didn't. One night I had somewhere to go and he couldn't go with me. For those of you who know us you know we don't do too many things separate. We are you usually together when we go somewhere. (Just the way we like it. lol) However, this does pose a problem when you are trying to buy surprise presents. So he took this opportunity while I was away to go and get my Valentines present. When I got home this beautiful bedroom set was sitting out for me to see. I just love it and can't wait to change our room. Still trying to decide on a shade of gray or a shade of yellow for the walls. So that project is not started yet. But I really love the bedding and I have a great decorator for my husband. He always does a good job helping me pick stuff out.


Check it out..... This is what I came home to. Isn't it just beautiful!!!

This is the bedding set we got.

Fast Forward:

Just one month later, March 16...my sister-in-law, Kristi, calls me and says, "Can you guys stop by later this week?" She goes on to say she has bought a black and white comforter for their new bedroom and wants a second opinion on whether the burnt orange she wants to go with it will look right. I tell her that we are changing our bedroom to black and white too. She says, "No way. I wanted to have blue and brown but didn't because I didn't want you and Matt to think we were copying you guys." I tell her I wouldn't have cared if she had. She goes on to tell me that she isn't sure she will like it because it has flowers in the pattern. I tell her ours does too. She says she got it at Wal-mart on sale and I tell her Matt did too. We are on to something here...lol. Then she asked if ours was Better Homes and Gardens....and low and behold it is. lol We got the exact same bedding. So funny she was trying to avoid copying our colors and totally picked out the exact same bedding that Matt had just bought me. Way too funny....either we both have really horrible taste or we both have really great taste. I choose, "We have great taste." It will be interesting to see the difference in how we each pull it all together.

Regional Student Convention 2010

That's my boy. I am soooo proud of him. Great job Austin!

Margret Coleman and Austin

Austin getting ready to in run 100 meter dash.

Austin and Dalton

Margret and Yajaira being silly. Their blowing Austin kisses.

Margret Coleman, Austin, and Yajaira Baltierra again.

Me and the girls. Yajaira, Me, Janiece Cooper, Melissa Watson, and Britnee Derscheid

These girls were so kind to share their room with me this week. We had a lot of fun. And I am so proud of them.

What a great week we've just experienced. We (Austin and I) spent the week at Ball State University with Frankfort Covenant Academy and four or five other ACE schools. We had so much fun this week at the Regional Student Convention. They had 97 entries in the 52 events they signed up for. And the kids brought home medals in at least 40 different events. They worked real hard all school year to be successful this year and they sure pulled it off. I am so proud of each one of them. As our students would go up to receive their medals I would tear up almost every time. I sit there thinking, "Man, I'm a big baby." But that is okay I'm just real proud of our students.
Specifically I'm proud of MY student. Austin expanded his horizons a little this year and entered in woodworking, basketball, 100 meter dash, and the small ensemble. He also entered five photos...color still life, B + W still life, B + W scenic, Color scenic, and color plants. And I think Mr. Coleman even made him enter the Bible Bowl but not real sure on that yet. He brought home FIRST PLACE with his Color still life photo, and SECOND PLACE with the small ensemble, and FOURTH PLACE with the basketball team. We are so proud of him and ALL of his hard work. At this rate as he keeps building confidence and working hard at his entries he will get better and better every year. I truly is exciting to watch Austin and all the other student grow in confidence and skill. GREAT JOB AUSTIN...WE LOVE YOU!!!