Work Day with the Richards!

Yesterday morning Billy got picked up by Tucker and Mr. Frink to go to Bridgton. About ten or fifteen minutes later Mrs. Richards, Rebecca, and Corrie picked Shannon and I to go to Bridgton.

When us girls got there, Billy, Kevin and Tucker were trying to "break into" the garage because they didn't have the keys, Mrs. Richards did. :) Pastor Sam drove in soon after that and put us right to work. Malia, Shannon, Pastor Sam and I got a whole bunch of hoses connected into one long hose so we could reach where we were going to have the bonfires. Yes, bonfires. :D That's plural. All of us ladies and Pastor Sam started the first bonfire by getting lots of the wood we needed to burn. Malia, Corrie and I hand sawed some small trees into reasonable carrying sizes. After while, Mrs Richards watched the fire while Malia, Corrie and I went to go help Shannon, Rebecca sand a stairway that had been recently mudded. Once most of the hall was done Shannon, Rebecca, and Corrie went to go help Mrs. Richards with the bonfire. Malia finished off the ceiling while I touched up the walls and got behind the railing. Once I was done I went down to the bonfire and helped a little. Malia had to leave when she was done with the hall so we all said "good bye" to her. After a little while it was lunch time! Rebecca and Shannon volunteered to watch the bonfire while we ate. Just before we were about to pray for the food Mrs. Richards decided to let Shannon and Rebecca come up for lunch while she watched the fire.

Lunch was some sort of vegetable soup with kielbasa or something in it and an optional side of Quiche. I didn't try the Quiche but the soup was yummy and hit the spot! :D During lunch Daniele (a friend of Rebecca, Tucker's and mine) arrived! That was cool!

After lunch Daniele, Rebecca and I had Pastor Sam inspect the stairway to see if it was sanded enough. He had us sand the ceiling and one little section again. When we were done that I swept the stairway while Daniele and Rebecca went and played the piano for a little bit. The. Stairway. Was. SO. DUSTY! I swept from the top to the bottom of the stairs and by the time I was done my shoes and pants from my knees down were pure white! I had to carefully walk outside of the garage and then shake the dust of my legs. :D There was a cloud of dust behind me when I was done shaking it off. I swept it a second time and then Rebecca, Daniele and I let the dust settle a little while we check on the bonfire. Shannon and Corrie had started a whole other bonfire and the other one was almost down to it's coals.

Daniele and I painted the stairway a "pear glaze" color which is pretty much a creamy white. That was alot of fun! I used Billy's iPhone to play Tobymac, Phantom of the Opera and some other random songs. Painting seems so much easier when you listen to music. :)

When we were done Daniele went down to the fires and Mrs. Richards gave some hot chocolate for me and some for me to bring down to Daniele. Shannon, Corrie, Rebecca, Daniele and I roasted marshmellows and made a few s'mores. It started raining pretty steadily so Daniele and I went up to house and played airsoft with Billy and Tucker. We had the BEST battlefield ever. It was in a thick forest area with just TONS of pine trees about 5-7 or 8 feet tall! PERFECT for airsoft! But we didn't play in the woods for long because it got pretty dark so we couldn't see. We ended up having an open field with a view trees and other things as cover. Daniele and Tucker were on a team and Billy and I were on a team. Daniele and Tucker technically won because I ran out of amo sooner than I thought (I had clear shots on both Daniele and Tucker but I was blank firing...), Billy's gun jammed and Tucker shot me once. I don't think anyone else got hit.

It was raining pretty hard by the time we were done and it was dark out so we went inside and ate cookies, marshmellows, chocolate, bread pudding and drank water and hot chocolate. Mrs. Richards drove Rebecca, Billy, Shannon and I to our church so we could go to Bible Study. That was SO much fun! :D I was REALLY tired though.