Fun with Sharon and Charie Rose

Sharon and Charie Rose are on the West Coast Team of the Children of the World Choir. Once the tour begins, they usually don't make it back to Virginia until the end. This year, however, they were able to perform with Steven Curtis Chapman in Tennessee and then they came to Lynchburg to perform at Thomas Road Baptist Church. So, we got to have a few days with the girls again. I had such a great time with these two special girls. We played at Kids Cove at TRBC, went to the pet store, saw G-Force at the dollar show, went to Cold Stone Creamery (where the girls made disgusting concoctions and therefore proceeded to eat my ice-cream instead of their own), and drew lots and lots of pictures. It was hard to say good-bye again knowing I won't see them again until June. :(

Fake dogs outside of TRBC (why??)

Our fridge is covered in their beautiful drawings right now!

Me and Charie Rose

Me and Sharon

Experimenting...

Earlier this week, we had Mariam from the Children of the World stay with us for 2 nights. She had to have hernia surgery earlier in the month and was staying behind until she fully recovered and was able join back with her team today.

The first night I asked Mariam what she would like for dinner, and she requested spaghetti. That's easy enough, until I discovered I was out of spaghetti sauce! I remembered all the frozen roma tomatoes from our garden I had in our freezer, and the green peppers we just picked and decided to make my own rather than run to the store. It was my first attempt at homemade spaghetti sauce, and I think it turned out pretty well. Mariam liked it at least!

homemade spaghetti sauce with turkey meatballs

Mariam

For my next meal, I decided to try to make Panang Curry, one of my favorite Thai dishes. I didn't have all of the necessary ingredients, so I had to improvise a little... I'd love to tell you what I did, but I can't remember now! I was happy with the way it turned out. Jesse said he didn't care for it, but he said the same thing when he ate it from Thai 99, so I counted it as success!

Unfortunately, with both of these meals since I was just "winging it" I didn't write everything down! I don't think I'll ever be able to recreate them!

Slacker

I haven't felt like blogging lately... but then a couple of the Children of the World stayed with us last week so I have something exciting to talk about.

We had the privilege of having Sharon (10) from Uganda and Charie Rose (9) from the Philippines stay with us for 5 nights.

They are the sweetest girls ever. We had a great time with them and I was sad to see them go this weekend. They are on the West Coast team, so we probably won't see them until the tour is over in June. :(

I got so SPOILED while they were here. The girls love to do dishes and every night would ask if they could help! Could you say 'No' to these faces?!

They also loved to help cook. (They posed themselves for the pictures)

We talked to my mom on Skype one night and they performed a few of their songs for her. Sharon said my mom is "so cute."

I had a birthday while they were with us and they were so excited to "rejoice" with us. They even decorated my cake.

They love to give hugs and kisses!

"Happy Birthday Auntie Carrie..."

Mmm.... cake and ice cream (Brownie Moose Tracks ice cream to be exact, my new fav).

I miss these girls already!!!