good and bad guests in the ghetto

We've had quite a few guests at our house this past weekend! On Friday evening, we had my sister (Kayla) and her friend (Kari) here. We went out to eat at the Old Spaghetti Factory, watched Remember the Titans, part of Sound of Music and went to the Somali Mall so Kayla, Kari and Ellie could get henna.

Kim and her friend Lisa stayed here this weekend as well. They were in Minneapolis for a conference on Perspectives. Kim is known by some of our friends here as "the ear lady" because last time she was here, she checked all of our ears. Some of us had too much wax. She gave us helpful tips about how to clean them out. Just ask if you want to know...



And then, Sunday afternoon, we had three great friends -- Gabby, Greta and Bethany over for lunch. We had Cranberry Chicken with rice (a new recipe from Lacy), played speed Scrabble, looked at Sarah's pictures, a nap for two of us and did lots of laughing. Here's a picture from a few weeks ago. We wish Katie could have been here too but she was just getting home from the hospital.


Then, about a half hour later, our small group showed up for...small group. Johnathon taught on Bethlehem's fighter verse (Psalm 96:1-3). It was really good. We also had a time of singing, accountability and prayer.

But then, today, came the nasty pets. The squirrels and the ants. We have had some problems lately with the ants in our house. They are out of control. The other day we didn't have any ant killer, so we decided to "windex" them. We thought they were gone, but tonight they have made their mega debut in our house. We have seven ant killer traps on the floor! Ick!
We also have a squirrel in our backyard--in our new trap! Our friend, Abraham, inspired us to trap them so now we are waiting for him to come give us a lesson on finishing the job. After seeing the ruined plants, we wanted vengeance on the squirrels,
but now seeing it struggling in the trap, we want it freed! We'll see what happens.